One of the western world's favorite foods is beef, and it has every right to be so.
In times of late, there has been a lot of controversy over whether beef is a super food safe for everyone, or a health risk to be avoided whever you can.
So how do we know what to believe, even amongst medical researchers, opinions differ, but further on in this column we will feature a few handy facts on beef, destroy many well-known fallacies and ensure that you are given the real facts needed in order to decide for yourself.
Before we give you the beef facts, here is an enticing beef recipe which you can cook for your loved ones.
This is a delicious recipe for 'macaroni beef chili'. It is easy to make and is an easy and cheap meal for a crowd.
Recipe ingredients:
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Macaroni - uncooked : one cup
Lean Ground Beef : half a pound
Garlic powder : 1/2 teaspoon
Chili Powder : 1 x teaspoon
Salt : one pinch (to taste)
Freshly ground black peppercorns : 1 x small pinch
Tomato soup : 1 x Tin
Cheddar cheese : 1 ounce (grated)
Recipe instructions:
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Bring a good sized saucepan of water to a rolling boil add the macaroni, bring back to the boil and cook for roughly 7 minutes.
Quuickly fry the meat until browned in another good sized pan and with care drain off all the fat that has appeared.
Stir in the garlic, chili powder, salt and pepper and then stir until well mixed.
Turn the heat to low and cook carefully for approximately 5 minutes.
Mix in the macaroni and tomato soup, and increase the heat.
Cook for a few more minutes until everything is cooked through.
Just before serving add the cheese, and cook a little more till it has melted.
Ladle into bowls and serve with a crisp dry white wine.
This is a wonderful recipe to cook in volume as excess quantity can be safely kept in the fridge and reheated the next day.
If you want to cook a long time in advance, you can leave the cheese out and freeze portions for later. Simply add the cheese just before you finally serve the recipe.
Now you have a tasty beef recipe here are some scientific nutritional facts for you:
1/. Beef is rich in Vitamin b12 and vitamin b6, which are thought by doctors to assist in preventing heart attacks and strokes and also help the body to create red blood cells.
2/. Even a 80 gram serving of lean beef can contribute more than ten percent of your requisite daily need of niacin, phosphorus, vitamin b6, protein, vitamin b12 and zinc.
3/. The zinc that is present in lean beef is required for healthy growth and development, supports the immune response, helps heal cuts, grazes and wounds, controls appetite and can improve your ability to enjoy flavours.
4/. Many people adhere to the theory that one should keep clear of beef as they think it contains large amounts of fat. Whilst this may once have been the case, quality beef produced today is far healthier than it once was, and well over half of the fatty acids found in modern quality beef are monounsaturated fats which are widely believed to be healthier than other fats.
5/. Some people believe that dieters must not buy beef. If they bothered to do a bit of research, they would soon see that this is not the case, the truth is that the 3 ounce offering of beef that most medical experts favor as a sensible daily limit, is truly only ten percent of the usual two thousand calories daily diet target.
6/. If you look at it objectively, quality beef is just about as good for you as buying multi-vitamin supplements as it is a really good source of niacin, phosphorus, vitamin b6, protein, vitamin b12 and zinc.
7/. Taking the uncooked weight,, 100 grams of beef contains:
* 198 calories
* zero grams of sugar.
* 25 microgram of Selenium.
* 16mg of Calcium.
I hope this has given you a better comprehension of both the pros and cons of consuming beef, and given you a flavourful new recipe for your collection of recipes.
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