Grated Potato, Carrot and Courgette Recipe
Courgette not only can offer you a delicious meal, but it also has lots of health benefits to it. In this article, I aim to encourage you in using courgette more into your diet. Also, cook more at home compared to spending money out on a restaurant.Courgettes are very good for people trying to lose weight as they are pretty low in calories, specially when enjoyed raw or slightly steamed.
Courgettes provide effective amounts of Folic Acid (Vitamin B9) and potassium, which makes courgettes a remarkably useful food for pregnant women.
Courgette is a great provider of fibre, with four grams for every cup. To be absolutely sure you get the utmost nutritional profit out of the fibre, make sure to leave the courgettes unpeeled.
After sharing with you some facts about courgette, here is a delicious recipe which you can try making at home.
Grated Potato, Carrot and Courgette Recipe
Ingredients:
2 tablespoon butter or margarine
2 medium size courgettes (peeled)
2 pieces small size carrots (peeled)
2 pieces potatoes (peeled)
Freshly ground black pepper
Pinched of salt
1 teaspoon dried basil
Directions:
Cut the potatoes into strips.
Wash using cold water, drain properly and pat dry.
Shred the carrots and the courgettes as well.
Mix the shredded potatoes, carrots and courgettes.
Dissolve the 2 tablespoon of butter or margarine in a large pan on medium-high temperature.
When it's sizzling, it's time to add the shredded vegetables and fry for 2 minutes.
Add the 1 teaspoon dried basil, lower the heat temperature to medium, put the lid and boil for 7 to 10 minutes, or until the potatoes, carrots and courgettes are soft.
Spice it up with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
If you decide to cook at home fairly simple to cook a meal that is quite as gratifying as a meal served by a celebrity chef, and at a price that is friendly to your wallet.
The home chef has the advantage of being able to carefully select all the individual ingredients that are required.
If you want to include organic produce, it is up to you.
You can check the vegetables you are buying in person, and be completely sure that you are purchasing the absolute freshest ingredients, with all their healthy vitamins still present.
Another factor to consider is that food cooked at home is usually better for your health.
If you need to, you can cook healthy recipes to match specific medical needs.
Another point to consider is that it is a real time saver.
Almost all people think that eating out in a local restaurant or cafe should be a real time saver, however, realistic measurement proves that this is simply not the truth.
You lose time getting ready, the journey to the restaurant will lose some more time, then wait for your order to be taken and in the end you still need to wait the meal to be cooked.
If you make the same meal in your own kitchen it can be made into a whole family event, convince your children or your partner to join a and a first-class mail can be prepared in no time at all.
Make every time spent with your family a good one; prepare meals for them and make them feel how special they are to you by cooking this delicious meal for them.