parsley--who knew?
i made a ton of pasta salad to take to my neighborhood block party yesterday, so i have half a ton leftover. i brought some with me for lunch. the ingredients for my pasta salad are:
pasta, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sun-dried tomatoes, green onions, flat leaf parsley, parmesan cheese.
so i made a batch and then i had enough leftover everything to make a second batch and the first batch looked a little sparse. except that while i had some green onions left, i did not have quite enough. so i made up for that by increasing the flat leaf parsley.
i was just eating the pasta salad and noted that i was ingesting a larger than usual amount of parsley and wondered to myself whether parsley had any nutritional value. since i was sitting in front of a computer, nothing easier than to find out:
Parsley (raw)
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 40 kcal 150 kJ
Carbohydrates 6.3 g
- Sugars 0.9 g
- Dietary fiber 3.3 g
Fat 0.8 g
Protein 3.0 g
Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0.1 mg 8%
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.2 mg 13%
Niacin (Vit. B3) 1.3 mg 9%
Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.4 mg 8%
Vitamin B6 0.1 mg 8%
Folate (Vit. B9) 152 μg 38%
Vitamin C 133.0 mg 222%
Vitamin K 1640.0 μg 1562%
Calcium 138.0 mg 14%
Iron 6.2 mg 50%
Magnesium 50.0 mg 14%
Phosphorus 58.0 mg 8%
Potassium 554 mg 12%
Zinc 1.1 mg 11%
Percentages are relative to US
recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient database
looks pretty good for a seasoning and i have a bunch left (no pun intended)--i should figure out something to do with it.
pasta, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sun-dried tomatoes, green onions, flat leaf parsley, parmesan cheese.
so i made a batch and then i had enough leftover everything to make a second batch and the first batch looked a little sparse. except that while i had some green onions left, i did not have quite enough. so i made up for that by increasing the flat leaf parsley.
i was just eating the pasta salad and noted that i was ingesting a larger than usual amount of parsley and wondered to myself whether parsley had any nutritional value. since i was sitting in front of a computer, nothing easier than to find out:
Parsley (raw)
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 40 kcal 150 kJ
Carbohydrates 6.3 g
- Sugars 0.9 g
- Dietary fiber 3.3 g
Fat 0.8 g
Protein 3.0 g
Thiamine (Vit. B1) 0.1 mg 8%
Riboflavin (Vit. B2) 0.2 mg 13%
Niacin (Vit. B3) 1.3 mg 9%
Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.4 mg 8%
Vitamin B6 0.1 mg 8%
Folate (Vit. B9) 152 μg 38%
Vitamin C 133.0 mg 222%
Vitamin K 1640.0 μg 1562%
Calcium 138.0 mg 14%
Iron 6.2 mg 50%
Magnesium 50.0 mg 14%
Phosphorus 58.0 mg 8%
Potassium 554 mg 12%
Zinc 1.1 mg 11%
Percentages are relative to US
recommendations for adults.
Source: USDA Nutrient database
looks pretty good for a seasoning and i have a bunch left (no pun intended)--i should figure out something to do with it.