One of the guys at work was telling me about this super duper vegetable and brought me a couple of them. It is apparently good for fighting diseases such as cancer. Nutrition-wise it is packed with vitamins, low in calories and high in fiber. It comes from the cabbage family.
Here is a picture of one of the cute little guys:
There are a number of recipes online but my friend that I live with decided to keep it simple. She peeled off the outer green skin until the white "meat" inside was all that was left. She then chopped it into 1/4 slices, coated them in olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic. I'm not sure what temperature she had the oven on but cooked them for about 15 minutes, flipping them so that they would brown.
The consistency was like that of an apple slice. The flavor was very much like a potato and it even looked like potato slices.
I am still waiting to see what kind of effect it has on my sugar but so far so good. No spike and it does not seem to be causing a delayed spike.
All in all, I am impressed with it and would eat it again. I have never seen it in the grocery store, but I have never actually looked for it. I'm sure that the health food stores and natural food stores will have it.
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