Turnip salad with vegetables and cranberries

Category: Cold meals and snacks

Ingredients
Turnip	1 small 100-130 g
Carrot	1 PC. average
Radiccio salad can be replaced with cabbage (white or red) in the same amount	1/2 head of cabbage
Sweet pepper	1/3 large
Cranberry	1 handful
Parsley	1-2 tbsp. l.
Green onion	2-3 st. l.
Salt	taste
Refueling:
Liquid honey	1 tbsp. l. without top
Mustard with seeds	1 tbsp. l. without top
Aromatic vinegar	1-2 tbsp. l.
Vegetable oil	2-3 st. l.

Cooking method

Grate turnips, carrots on a coarse grater into strips.
Salad (cabbage), sweet pepper cut into thin strips.
In a bowl, combine turnips, carrots, lettuce (cabbage), parsley, green onions, add fresh cranberries, mix gently so that the vegetables do not have time to give abundant juice.
The "drunken" cranberry left over after the preparation of the tincture is very suitable for this salad.
Make refuelingby combining all the components, stirring them well.
Put the salad in a salad bowl, season with salt to taste and pour over the sweet and sour dressing.

Note

The result is a very light, tasty, fresh salad!

The taste of turnip clearly does not stand out from the total mass of the taste of vegetables and sweet and sour dressing, everything in the salad is normal!

Cook with pleasure and bon appetit!

Turnip chemical composition
The chemical composition of turnip includes vitamins, carbohydrates, trace elements, as well as a special rare element - glucoraphanin - a plant "precursor" of sulforaphane, which has strong anti-cancer and antidiabetic properties. Glucoraphanin is found in almost all types of cabbage, but it is present in biologically significant quantities only in our favorite turnip and "theirs" broccoli, cauliflower and kohlrabi.

In terms of vitamin C content, turnip is almost twice as high as oranges, lemons and cabbage. But they are considered champions in the content of ascorbic acid. In addition, turnips contain vitamins A, B1, B2, B5, PP, carotene, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, sodium, sulfur, a small amount of manganese and iodine.

By the amount of phosphorus, turnip is ahead of radish and radish. Turnip includes a whole set of mineral salts necessary for the human body, which give it healing properties. Sulfur salts, for example, purify and disinfect blood, break down kidney and bladder stones. They have a beneficial effect on infections, skin diseases and bronchitis.

Turnips contain magnesium. Therefore, turnip is a prophylactic agent against cancer. Magnesium, by the way, helps bone tissues accumulate calcium, which is very important for the development and strengthening of the skeleton, especially in the developing body of children and adolescents. And for the elderly, whose bones begin to weaken (therefore, there is a risk of developing osteoporosis), this factor is of no small importance.

Useful properties of turnip
Turnip is very beneficial for the body. Thanks to its healing and medicinal properties, turnip is used in folk medicine for the prevention and treatment of many diseases.

For a long time, turnips have been used in folk medicine. Turnip cleanses and revitalizes the stomach and intestines. Turnip has antiseptic and diuretic properties. Turnip dishes are recommended for diabetes and obesity.

Turnip is a low-calorie food and is very conducive to weight loss. It is also recommended to use it for diabetes, liver and gallbladder diseases. It helps to normalize metabolism and stimulates the activity of the gastrointestinal tract.

The juice from fresh turnip roots is used as an expectorant and diuretic. Turnip is well preserved, therefore it is used for the prevention of hypo- and avitaminosis, as well as as a medicinal product for hypoacid gastritis, spastic colitis (constipation).