what things can you cook

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Yum all that talk of food is making me hungry again!

I just put on a spicy chicken caserole in the slow cooker for dins later. It's got loads of spices, onions, garlic, carrots, baby sweet orange peppers, split peas, sweet potatoes and erm spinach in it too! I didn't realise until recently spinach has more iron (calcium as well) in it than beef! I've always loved it as a veg! (no Popeye jokes!) :biggrin:

Actually, Andy, it appears that the high iron content in spinach is a bit of a fraudulous myth. It will of course, like any leafy green vegetable contain quite a lot of calcium, but for iron content you'd be better off with other vegetables, notably pulses and some nuts, or offal and sea foods.
more than 10 mg for 100 g :
Clams (26);
mussels (24);
black (blood) pudding (20);
pig liver (15);
lamb liver (10)
ox liver (10)
parsley (10) surprisingly

fava beans (9)
rabbit liver (7.9)
chick peas (7.2)
ox kidney (7)
lentils (6)
egg yolk (6)
oysters (5.5)
calf liver (5)
cashew nuts (5)

raw almonds (4.5)
raw haselnuts (4.5)
spinach (4)
wholewheat flour (4)
dessicated coconut (3.6)
prunes (3.4)
dandelion (3.2)
raisins / sultanas (3.3)
etc...