Miso is a crazy addition to braise cabbage. I used the same mix into the glazing for the pork to avoid competing tastes. Delicious.

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    4 months ago

    Adding on to @semi_hemi_demigod@lemmy.world,
    IIRC it’s also prebiotic when eaten raw, or probiotic in sauerkraut form.

    Gut health being chronically underrated, that’s a huge one right there.

    As I understand it, there is one problem however with cruciferous veggies, and that’s that they are goitrogenic when eaten raw. Meaning, they interfere with healthy iodine absorption, which would be a thyroid gland issue. Perhaps not much of an issue for younger folks, but for us oldsters / ill-ish, it’s something to be aware of. (more)

    So I usually cook my cabbage and/or make sure I get plenty of seaweed.

    A more fun fact is that cabbage is the exact same species ( Brassica oleracea ) as like two-dozen other veggie relatives, mostly due to human cultivation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_oleracea

    Plus full of protein.

    Ach, if only that were true! (then they’d be more like a superfood, such as potatoes)

    @a4ng3l@lemmy.world