Do you know Cilantro Herbs?

One wonderful herb for the cabbage soup diet is cilantro. Find in the following some useful information on this herb.

Description

Cilantro herbs have delicate fern-like foliage, flat clusters of pinkish white flowers and aromatic seeds. It's an annual herb belonging to the Parsley family. The Leaves have a unique flavor.

Culture Cilantro Herbs

Maybe you want to grow your own cilantro in your garden. That's quite easy. Sow seed in early spring in garden or set out potted plants started earlier indoors. Important: They need full sun.

Selection

You can buy cilantro mostly in fall, winter and spring. Select for freshness, crispness of leaves and petioles and freedom from browning and decay.

Storage

Take bunch apart, wash, place in plastic bag and refrigerate immediately.

Nutrition Information of Cilantro

Coriander is usually used as a spice or condiment. It is very low in calories and a source of potassium. If you eat it in large quantities it can be a source of vitamin A and C.

A 3 ounce portion of raw coriander provides 18 percent of the RDA for vitamin C, 25 percent of the RDA for vitamin A, and only 20 calories.

Preparation

Both the leaves and the seeds of the cilantro herbs you may use for cooking. The leaves should be washed and used as you would parsley. The seeds can be crushed and added to stews and pastries.

Use of Cilantro Seeds

Crush the aromatic seeds before you use it in seasoning sausage, beans, stews, cookies, wines.

Use of young leaves

Young leaves are a wonderful addition to salads, soups, poultry recipes and in a variety of Mexican and Chinese dishes.

Special Tip:

Of course you can get and use cilantro herbs also dried for the cabbage soup diet

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