Delicious, tender spinach, it is time to buy spinach of the season, chemical-free farming and the Baix Llobregat.

Winter vegetables. In green leaf, long, smooth, curly, big or small, depending on variety.

Family: Leaf vegetables

Scientific Family: Chenopodiaceae

Variety: Lagos, Martine, Taunus, Viroflay

Nutritional value: 32 calories per 100 grams

Grams per serving: 250 grams (1 plate)

Features / benefits: Spinach is a food and nutrient digestion by light rich in vitamins A, B and C. The content of phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, iron and other trace elements credited as an excellent regenerator of red blood cells. Also are attributed to anti cancer properties. This vegetable is recommended as a laxative. For its high content of cellulose is well suited to unclog the digestive tract.

Season: October to June (outdoor)

Production areas: In Spain it is cultivated in Valencia, Barcelona, Lleida, Madrid, Badajoz, Córdoba, Tarragona, Toledo, Navarra, Alicante.

Plant Name: Spinach

Trivia: The plant comes from southwest Asia and is widely cultivated in cold regions that have abundant water.

Preparation and consumption: The healthiest way to eat the spinach is raw, as part of salads, along with other vegetables (a condition that the spinach is tender). It also can be eaten cooked or steamed (thus almost completely preserved their nutritional principles.) cooked spinach come in fermentation quickly, so it is important not to make much of which will be consumed immediately and not save leftovers for other meals. Some authors recommend that people have to do a system without salt is not consumed as spinach are high in sodium.