By: Ivana Dragica |
Salad rocket strengthens libido and protects you from degenerative diseases |
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Salad rocket (Lat. Eruca sativa) is delicious leafy vegetable that is easily cultivated and protects the garden from pests, so it' is amazingly versatile.
Records of this plant native to the Mediterranean can be found in the Bible and the Talmud, where it is praised for its culinary and medicinal use.
In ancient Rome and Egypt, its seeds and were considered as aphrodisiacs.
In Vergilius’s poem Moretum it is described as a plant that "arouses sexual desire in sleepy people."
Once it was an inevitable ingredient of cough syrup and a remedy against scurvy, and is still popular today in many cuisines and home pharmacies worldwide.
Composition and healing properties of salad rocket
Salad rocket is a valuable food item, which in 100 grams contains only ten calories but is rich in vitamins A, C, K, riboflavin and folic acid and calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, zinc and potassium.
One serving of salad rocket ensures 83% of the recommended daily allowances of vitamin K and 38% of the recommended daily allowances of vitamin A.
Magnesium and zinc are the most important ingredients that make salad rocket powerful aphrodisiac. Not only do they protect the body from stress, but also help with the synthesis of sex hormones.
Due to its beneficial effects on libido and potency, researchers have dubbed this plant a "love drug."
Like most green leafy vegetables, salad rocket is rich in antioxidants, cleanses the liver and stimulates bile and is ideal for spring detoxification.
Like all vegetables from the cruciferous family, salad rocket creates glucosinolates, which are converted in the digestive tract in isothiocyanates.
Isothiocyanates containing numerous antioxidants from salad rocket regulate the immune system, prevent macular degeneration and osteoporosis and actively protect against cancer.
Salad rocket is rich in chlorophyll and sulfur compounds that help cleanse the body at the cellular level.
It is suitable for chelating therapy, which is carried out for expelling heavy metals from the body.
That's reason enough to add this valuable ingredient in your menu!
Salad rocket in cuisine
Salad rocket is prepared as a salad or cooked as a vegetable, which gives a great choice for experimentation.
It is an excellent addition to mixed salads, pasta and pies and is a tasty side dish with rice and potatoes.
Its strong flavor combines well with citrus, pears, walnuts, tomatoes and robust cheeses like Parmesan, goat or blue cheese.
You can use it to dress pizza and pasta. Put it on pizza after you take the pizza out of the stove.
Strawberry, goat cheese and salad rocket panini
Ingredients:
- a bit of balsamic vinegar
- a handful of salad rocket
- salt and pepper
- goat cheese
- a piece of crunchy bread
Preparation:
Preheat grill pan or toaster. Mix strawberries with vinegar. Cut the bread and put the goat cheese on it according to your taste.
Fill the bread with strawberries, herbs and salad rocket. Roast or toast it until the cheese melts.
This recipe maybe sounds strange, but give it a chance. Sweet strawberries and hard cheese with bitter salad rocket will give a perfectly balanced flavor.
Salad rocket croutons
Ingredients:
- pumpernickel bread
- a handful of salad rocket
- salt
- olive oil
Preparation:
Chop washed and dried salad rocket. Add a little olive oil and keep chopping until you get am oily mixture.
Mix that with crushed bread, add spices and bake at 250 degrees C for 30 to 45 minutes, until it becomes crispy.
Croutons are best served with cream soup or cheese fondue.
Salad rocket cultivation
Salad rocket can be sown on several occasions from February to September in any type soil.
You can harvest it 40 to 60 days after sowing.
Apart from the garden, it can be planted in pots. Its typical yield is up to two kilograms per meter square.
It is best kept unwashed in the refrigerator in a bag from which air has been compressed out.
It is believed that vitamins and minerals from salad rocket are better absorbed if it is slightly cooked.
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