Add Purple for Your Health

March is national nutrition month, and today I am going to focus on a few foods that provide great health benefits. When it comes to the foods you consume, I am sure you have heard to eat the rainbow, and you should take this advice. Due to pigmentation, many foods are available in an array of colors, and these different colors supply our bodies with various phytochemicals and health benefits.

This month, I decided to give the spotlight to purple! You may ask, why purple? Purple foods are packed with antioxidants and phytonutrient flavonoids. What gives these foods their purple color is their pigmentation, which is due to their content of anthocynanins, a phytonutrient flavonoid. Eating anthocynanins will protect your memory, aid against cancer, protect yourheart, prevent inflammation, and slow down signs of aging.

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Roasted Purple Potatoes With Red Onion and Purple Carrots

Serves 6-8 

Ingredients 
10 purple potatoes, cubed 
2 medium red onions, cubed 
6 purple potatoes, sliced 
Vegetables of choice, cubed 
2 Tbsp. olive oil 
Garlic powder, salt, and pepper to taste 

Directions 
Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees F. In a large roasting pan mix potatoes, onions, carrots, and other vegetables. Drizzle olive oil and season with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Mix evenly. 

Place in oven and roast for roughly 20 minutes or until golden brown and thoroughly cooked. 

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