Extraordinary tomatoes

Tomatoes are so common and popular we just have forgot how extraordinary they are. They are treated as vegetables but they are fruits actually, the best ones still smell of vine, they have made it to an hollywood super star movie title and a great book - Fried Green Tomatoes. I could go on and on. They are low in calories but high in vitamin A and C. Potassium levels are also significant. They do have some traces of sodium, iron and even calcium. Weirdly, one ounce of tomato puree has twice the vitamin C and 20 percent more beta carotene than one ounce of fresh tomato, so maybe all those Italian pastas I indulge in recently aren't all that bad for me;)

It is claimed that the fruit had aphrodisiac powers on top of this. Try it. Enjoy it.