LENTILS

Not only with cotechino sausage... Lentils are a very versatile food, which can be used both as a first course, in combination with cereals, and as a second course, perhaps making meatballs and vegetable burgers.

A good source of protein and complex carbohydrates, lentils are also very rich in iron, phosphorus and B vitamins.

Thanks to their high fibre content and low fat content (unsaturated), they are a good ally in the fight against and prevention of atherosclerosis.
Curiosity: In Italy, the custom of eating them on New Year’s Eve derives from an ancient Roman tradition of giving a small chest full of lentils as a gift at the beginning of the year, in the hope that they would turn into money.