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Braised Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage with Bacon
This flavorful dish is packed with anti-cancer nutrients called anthocyanins and is a wonderful accompaniment to roast pork, duckling, chicken and turkey.
Time to table: 45 minutes
Serves: 8
Purple Tomatoes — Fooling Mother Nature?
Bio-engineers have created a purple tomato that has the food community buzzing. By inserting genes from a purple snapdragon flower into the tomatoes, they grow with a deep purple hue. The purple pigment is rich in powerful anti-inflammatory antioxidants known as anthocyanins. Anthocyanins from other foods that contain them naturally have been shown to slow the growth of colon cancer cells, protect against cardiovascular disease, boost eyesight, and stave off obesity and diabetes.
The development of the new tomato was announced in the October 2008 issue of Nature Biotechnology Journal, along with a pilot study in which the genetically modified purple tomatoes were fed as a powder in the diets of tumor-growing mice.
Summer Berry Soufflés
It’s hard to believe these berry beauties have less than 100 calories and only 4 grams of sugar. But the benefits don’t stop there. They’re also rich in a powerful antioxidant called ellagic acid that has been found to slow the growth of some tumors and help cancer cells self-destruct.1
Time To Table: 30 minutes
Serves: 6
Pomegranate Spritzer
Cool off with this bubbly beverage. Pomegranates are a rich source of anthocyanins–red-blue nutrients that help to keep the arteries clear and stabilize blood sugar.
