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The color chard that gives us the Nature allows us to create color on our dishes. And materials we have are: cereals, vegetables, dried legumes, seasonal fruits, nuts, aromatic herbs, spices, seeds, bulbs, roots and tubers. We combine the same colors but different textures and aromas: potatoes and leeks for "Porrusalda" (a typical dish of Spanish cuisine) served with sautéed garlic. We combine the same variety but different colors: vegetables for ratatouillé of La Mancha (Spain)...

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Both in Spanish cuisine and Portuguese one is a tradition to accompany the meals by bread.
- The more color a dish has, the higher its nutritional value is.

- Also, through the meals that we do during the day, we can complete the range of colors.

- Eating assorted fruits is another way to get a great variety of nutrients.

- Vegetables, combined each other, provide us with all nutrients we need.

- Never forget water, essential drink to live.

Some properties, in a very general way:

White strengthens the immune system.
Yellow improves skin elasticity.
Orange prevents inflammation, improves vision.
Red protects the heart.
Blue-Purple protects the nervous system.
Green detoxifies.
Brown provides energy.
Black, cell regenerator.

Bulbs, rhizomes, roots and tubers:

They are a Nutrient Store and, furthermore, are base ingredients for many recipes.

Beetroot, Carrot, Celeriac (knob celery), Florence fennel, Garlic, Ginger, Leek, Onion, Parsnip, Potato, Radish, Sweet potato, Turmeric, Turnip,

We present some recipes / to see more, go to blog archive.

  • Rice: cream, red, black
    ⚫To create dishes with color and different aromas: It is brown rice that takes more or less an hour to cook; I usually prepare Venere...
  • Mediterranean Savor: Fried green beans.
    recipe                                                
  • Combination of black beans and cassava flour (farofa)
    ⚫  This combination of beans and cassava, is nutritionally very complete and delicate flavor. Preparation:                In a s...
  • Quinoa: black, red and white
    Quinoa was a sacred food for the Incas who considered it "the mother of all seeds”. In 1996, Quinoa was classified by FAO (Foo...

Ingredients

apple apricot avocado bay leaves beans beetroot black beans broad beans broccoli brown rice cabbage carrot cassava flour cauliflower celery chickpeas cinnamon couscous cranberry beans croutons (pieces of bread fried in oil) cucumber dried basil dried chili pepper dried oregano Dulse seaweed durum wheat semolina eggplant extra virgin olive oil freshly ground pepper (5 peppers grinder) garlic garlic stir-fry garlic stir-fry with paprika giant butter beans ginger green beans green pepper jasmine rice leek lemon lentils Muscovado sugar mushrooms mustard (seed) natural juices Nori seaweed onion paprika pasta (fusilli) peas pine nuts potatoes Provence Herbs pumpkin quinoa raisins red beans red cabbage red pepper round-grain brown rice (Calasparra D.O.) seasonal vegetables spinach tomato turnip vinegar Wakame seaweed white beans whole grain bread wild asparagus zucchini

Recipes by category or ingredient

  • Broths
  • Pulses
  • Rice
  • Stews
  • Vegetable cream soups

Garlic stir-fry with paprika, a special touch very typical in Spanish cuisine

Photographic guide

  • Quinoa with Mediterranean Savor

Collection: Mediterranean Savor, colors.

  • Black
  • Green
  • Orange
  • Red

Vegan cuisine with Mediterranean style

Mediterranean cuisine, transmitted from generation to generation, is characterized by the wise combination of the products from very faraway lands with the own ones of the region, enriching with the interaction of other cultures through the centuries.

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scodex is a photographic guide about dishes made only with vegetables and the style of the recipes, by the way of mixing the plant foods, has a marked Mediterranean Savor.

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