Onions should be included in your daily diet for health and happiness.
- Don't skimp on onions in your daily diet.
- A few servings each week is sufficient to lower your risk of certain kinds of some kinds of laryngeal, ovarian cancer.
- Increases bone density and may help avoid loss of bone density that leads to fractures.
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- Was very popular with the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Egyptians, Indians, Europeans and Chinese also use them as an inexpensive medicine.
- . Colored varieties (yellow and red) contain more antioxidants than white ones.
- Bottom line: They are rich in plant compounds and antioxidants, especially quercetin and sulfur-containing compounds.
- Raw may be the best, but cooked on low hear is still good.
- I enjoy the red variety in many of my salads
Ways To Prepare Onions:
- Do this job while standing. This puts your eyes further from the onion.
- Skin the onions .Use caution to not take too much of the nutrient laden skin.
- Cut them into halves then quarters.
- Keep them dry so they will take on more olive oil and not dry out in roasting.
- Put them in a small bowl and slather them with good olive oil.
- Place them in a baking dish or pan.
Preheat an conventional oven or convection oven to about 375 degrees.
- Do not cover the pan.
- Bake about one half hour until nice and brown--or the color you want.
These will travel well and will keep in the refrigerator for about a week.
