Yotam Ottolenghi Quotes

Raw leafy greens contain only about 100 calories per pound and are packed with nutrients.

Popeye was right about spinach: dark green, leafy vegetables are the healthiest food on the planet. As whole foods go, they offer the most nutrition per calorie.

One of my favorite salads is spinach with pickled strawberries.

I love quinoa. It's great, it cooks like rice and is better than caviar.

There's almost nothing you can't do with a cashew. Not only does it lend its nutty sweetness to savory dishes, it also gives desserts a deep richness.

Radishes grow just about anywhere. People think, 'Oh it's just a radish.' But radishes are delicious, and people don't think of cooking them.

I think sometimes with the parsnip, people are maybe a little afraid and don't use it as often.

Adding chlorella and chlorophyll to your smoothie gives you the benefits of leafy greens in their most raw form.

People underestimate the power of the root vegetable.

I am a huge fan of quinoa, not only for its health benefits but because it tastes the best out of all the grains.

I'm big on green veggies: arugula, spinach, and kale.

Actually I love asparagus.

Leafy greens such as romaine lettuce, kale, collards, Swiss chard, and spinach are the most nutrient-dense of all foods.

Kale is a superfood and it’s special power is tasting bad.

One of the benefits of eating salad is that you can eat tons of it and never be satisfied.

Vegetarian and frugal it may be, but the chickpea is one of the most versatile ingredients you could keep in your cupboards.

If it's done really well, you don't want big portions because you think, 'That was so fulfilling. I'm not stuffed. I feel great.'

Chana dal are skinless dried split chickpeas used in Indian cooking. They have a great texture and delicate flavour.

Soybeans really need an uplift, being on the dull side, but, like dull people, respond readily to the right contacts.

My secret with kale is to add lots of sweet or sharp flavours to offset some of that grassy intensity.

For my money, celery hasn't got a mean bit of fibre in its body, and we all need to start being much nicer to it.

We just wanted to do a chip that tasted great, but wasn't bad for you.

You gotta have good olive oil. You should have a cooking olive oil and you should have a finishing olive oil, like an extra-virgin olive oil.

Through trial-and-error and observable outcomes, our ancestors narrowed the field of edible mushroom candidates to just a few with remarkable, health-supporting properties.

Amaranth, the world's most nutritious grain, is available from health food stores.