The health benefits of eating watercress are improved heart health, lower risk of cancer, prevent of heart disease, lower blood pressure, increased energy, improved brain health, lower cholesterol and a boosted immune system.
Watercress is also rich in vitamin A (via beta-carotene) and vitamin C, and Watercress is also a great source of folate, calcium, iron and vitamin E.
Watercress also contains a variety of phytochemicals including glucosinolates, lutein, flavonoids as well as hydroxycinammic acids and also has significant antioxidant activity in vitro.
Watercress is edible both raw and cooked and actually eating watercress raw provides you with more nutrients and vitamins and minerals than when the watercress is cooked.
Cooking the watercress destroys some of the nutrients in the watercress but even cooked watercress is still healthy.
Watercress is also great cooked though and adds flavor to stir fry's, soups and stews.
Watercress has many uses such as making Watercress Salads, Watercress Smoothies, Watercress Sandwiches, Watercress Drip, Watercress Stir Fries, Watercress Sauce and even Watercress Soup.
Watercress Sandwiches and Watercress Soups are the most common foods made with Watercress although you can use Watercress in just about any other recipe.
Watercress is a superfood and very healthy for you and your immune system.
Watercress soup is healthy and is packed full of nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants and eating watercress soup may even prevent cancer, heart disease, heart attacks, strokes, lower your blood pressure, prevent diabetes and much more.
Watercress soup is also low in calories which makes watercress soup good for weight loss as well.
All parts of the watercress are edible and packed full of nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
You can use the stalks of the watercress plant in soup.
All parts of the watercress plant are entirely edible although the roots of the watercress plant are not that tasty and are best thrown out.
You can use any part of the watercress plant for making watercress soup though or just eat the watercress.
The watercress is chopped up and then added to the soup to make watercress soup.
I always chop up the stalks and every part of the watercress plant except the roots and put them into the watercress soup.
All parts of the watercress contain nutrients, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants so you get more health benefits from the watercress when you eat most of the watercress plant.
Watercress that you buy in the store is edible for all parts of the watercress and the same is true for home grown watercress.