How to eat grapes?
Grapes have important healing properties: it clears the body of toxins and normalizes the nutritional balance. On the question of how to properly eat grapes - with or without seeds, scientists unanimously assert that with bones. They contain many polyphenols, which reduce blood pressure and even interfere with the aging process. Do not forget to thoroughly wash the bunches: grapes are invariably included in the lists of foods with a high content of pesticides.
Grapes are not combined with all products. It is clear, it is better not to drink it with milk - grape acids chew it, and stomach upset may begin. Do not eat grapes with pickles, pickled and smoked products, and also with very fatty foods. This neighborhood will slow digestion, than cause a feeling of heaviness in the stomach. It is better to maintain a pause between the consumption of grapes and the rest of the food.
About what kind of grapes are more useful - dark or green, argue long ago and unsuccessfully. Each of the varieties has its own "strengths".
Green grapes are necessary for those who wantto lose a couple of kilograms - it contains substances that participate in insulin metabolism and contribute to the normalization of body weight. Green grapes are often added to fruit salads in combination with peaches, kiwi, blackberries. Also, a salad with green grapes is cooked, adding to it leaves of lettuce, onions cut into semicircles and cheese, grated on a large grater. Fill this salad with vinegar mixed with honey and mustard.
Dark grapes reduce the risk of malignantformations, prevents the formation of blood clots, protects the body from various viral infections. Dark grapes are an important ingredient in many dishes. Most often it is added to desserts, baked goods or fruit salads. But there are recipes for meat dishes, where grapes are added to the sauce.
Chicken with grape sauce
With dark grapes, you can cook excellentsauce for chicken meat. Broiler should be cooked in salted water, adding parsley and carrots. Then cook the carcass fry in a pan and pour the sauce cooked on chicken broth. The sauce recipe: a handful of dark grapes should be added to a frying pan to a little flour fried in vegetable oil. There also pour a little sour cream and strained broth. Do not bring the sauce to a boil, as the peel of the grapes can break. Garnish for meat can serve as rice or boiled potatoes.
Dark grapes are perfectly combined with low-fat meat - dishes are obtained though high-calorie, but very tasty and satisfying.
Hot pork salad with grapes
In a frying pan with melted butteryou need to fry 400 grams of low-fat pork, cut into small pieces. Add to the meat 2 chopped garlic cloves. Pork need to continue to keep warm and after its readiness, pepper and salt. Then in a frying pan with warmed vegetable oil quickly fry dark grapes without pits. Add to it a tablespoon of soy sauce, 2 tablespoons of honey, a handful of peanuts and chopped lemon zest. Then mix the meat with grapes and peanuts and add the greens (for example, coriander).
