Why it works for iron
Broccoli is rich in vitamin C and beef brings heme iron, so the two help each other. Fish sauce and lime season it, and cashews add a little more iron.
- Iron from
- Beef steak, cashews
- Helped by
- Broccoli, lemon juice
- In the way
- Nothing: no dairy, tea or coffee
Heme iron, from meat and fish, gets in on its own and helps the plant iron beside it in too.
Ingredients
- 150 g beef steak, in thin strips
- 150 g broccoli
- 2 tbsp cashews
- 40 g dry rice
- Ginger, garlic, chilli
- 1 tbsp fish sauce, ½ lime
Method
- 1
Cook the rice. Toast the cashews in a dry wok and set them aside.
- 2
Stir-fry the beef in a very hot wok for 2 minutes and take it out. Add the broccoli, ginger, garlic and a splash of water and cook 3 minutes.
- 3
Return the beef with the fish sauce and lime, toss and top with the cashews.
Drink water with it. Have coffee or tea 1 hour before or 2 hours after, as they hold plant iron back.
