Has great texture, colour, & flavour
Can be used in most salads, vegetables, soups, stews, dressings, meat & fish dishes.
Parsley contains one of the most concentrated forms of Vitamin C of any food.
It's great to load up your meals with this herb throughout winter to give you the extra immunity boost you need.
A phenomenal tasting herb, rich in vitamins K & C and is also highly alkaline.
Daily consumption of parsley will help ward off Cardiovascular disease, fluid retention & inflammatory disorders.
Parsley will also assist kidney & urinary health.
Many of us add salt to boiling water when cooking pasta. If you're trying to cut back on salt to reduce water-weight gain or control blood pressure, call on parsley.
Omit the salt when cooking noodles, & instead flavour the water, or the cooked pasta, with chopped parsley.
Parsley tea makes a healthy tonic
Nutrition Information | ||||
Serving size: ½ medium parsnip - 80g | ||||
Average Quantity per serving |
% Daily intake per serve |
Average Quantity per 100g |
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Energy (kJ/Cal) | 192/46 | 2% | 240/57 | |
Protein (g) | 0.8 | 2% | 1.0 | |
Fat, total (g) | 0.4 | 0.6% | 0.5 | |
- saturated (g) | trace | 0% | trace | |
Carbohydrate (g) | 8.4 | 3% | 10.5 | |
- sugars (g) | 4.6 | 5% | 5.8 | |
Dietary fibre (g) | 3.2 | 11% | 4.0 | Contains dietary fibre |
Sodium (mg) | 2 | 0% | 2 | |
Niacin (mg) | 1.6 | 16% RDI* | 2 | A source of niacin |
Potassium (mg) | 320 | 400 | Contains potassium | |
Vitamin C (mg) | 2.6 | 7% RDI* | 3.3 | |
Iron (mg) | 0.16 | 1% RDI* | 0.2 | |
Thiamin (mg) | trace | 0% RDI* | trace | |
Riboflavin (mg) | trace | 0% RDI* | trace | |
Percentage Daily Intakes are based on an average adult diet of 8700 kJ |
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Source: The Concise New Zealand Food Composition Tables, 10th Edition, Plant & Food Research - 2014 |