This quick and simple whole foods recipe for sauted broccoli with tomato, garlic, and herbs was inspired by my mother's garden. The dish is perfect in summer and early fall when tomatoes are at their best. It's a delicious side vegetable, and it serves well with whole grain or semolina pasta. Broccoli is said to be one of the world's healthiest foods. There's nothing quite like it for taste, and it's additionally said to lower cholesterol. It's great for detox as well because it contains a unique balance of glucoraphanin, gluconasturtiian, and glucobrassicin three glucosinolate phytonutrients that work together to isolate, activate, neutralize and eliminate contaminants. Overcooking broccoli loses these benefits and leaches many of its other vitamins and nutrients, including strong levels of vitamins a and k, folate and chromium. Tomatoes are the other vegetable that's not a vegetable. The u. S. Government is to blame for the confusion, classifying tomatoes as vegetables in the 1800s so their importation could be taxed. This fruit is a strong source of lycopene, which is integral to male prostate health. Tomatoes are rich in vitamin c and are a good source of biotin. There are over 10, 000 varieties of tomatoes growing all over the world, and you can substitute any that you like in this recipe, but plain red ones do just fine. Most tomatoes in the u. S. Are grown in florida.
