Have you ever heard of the lycopene? Well, this is another reason why you need to consume tomatoes. Beside the fact that those round red tomatoes are delicious and can be turned to a number of great dishes, it also has a great amount of lycopene. Lycopene is the antioxidant in the tomatoes and also the material that is responsible to make those tomatoes look so red.
This antioxidant has the ability to fight cancer and increase the body’s ability to absorb antioxidant. So, it is time for you to prepare among the easiest and healthiest tomato recipe, the stewed tomatoes. The stewed tomatoes are among the most versatile dish as it can be combined with so many other dishes or stand alone.
Many people would be asking the question of the difference between stewed tomatoes and canned tomatoes or the difference between stewed tomatoes with crushed and pureed tomatoes. Well, the main difference is the fact that the stewed tomatoes are already seasoned while the others are not. The seasoning that are often used for stewed tomatoes include celery, onion, bell peppers and salt.
If you make a spicy tomato sauce from your stewed tomato, then you be able to create so many different dishes with the sauce as the base. It is also so easy to make because you will only need to combine two big cans of stewed tomatoes, oregano, garlic, olive oil, and onion. For the spice, you can add the chili powder, cloves, red pepper flakes, and cinnamon. The next thing to do is to blend everything together and voila! You have the most basic sauce for your Mexican dishes. Mexican food are usually associated with spice, however the sauce can also be used for any Italian food, after all, which pasta does not need sauce?
Beside the sauce, you can also make the stewed tomatoes into soup. There are so many different soup recipes for your stewed tomatoes. One of which is the Mediterranean fish soup recipe. The soup is not like any other plain tomato soup which only offers the soup and is usually combined with bread. The dish has different components to it. It is made of white fleshed fish, stewed tomatoes, low fat broth of chicken or shrimp, onion, garlic, parsley, fannel seeds, black pepper and turmeric. In addition to the healthy substances of tomatoes, the dish will also give another advantage from the turmeric. The turmeric has curcumin which gives its yellow color and can help to protect against the Alzheimer.
