6 Hidden Health Benefits of Eating Peels, Stems and Rinds
Food scraps can be packed with nutrients as well as a surprising amount of flavor. Here are six trimmings you should start saving.
By Jessica Girdwain
Nutritional Benefits of Broccoli Leaves
A one-ounce serving provides 90 percent of your daily vitamin A requirement (the florets deliver only 3 percent).
How to eat them: Cook the leaves as you would spinach. Blanch in boiling water, then sauté with olive oil, garlic, and salt.
From the
December 2011 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
