My grandparents were right all along...At Sunday dinner, we always had to eat a bowl of cooked greens (sometimes with some marinara sauce) prior to pasta and meats. Also, the meal ended with a big salad. Dessert? That was fruit that everyone shared. My grandfather made a big production (that we loved!) of peeling an apple with a single unbroken ribbon of skin. At summer's end we were treated with sun-warmed figs from the tree in the tiny garden of his Brooklyn, NY backyard. Mmmm!
See this New York Times article,
"Mediterranean Diet Shown to Ward Off Heart Attack and Stroke" (Feb. 26, 2013)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/26/health/mediterranean-diet-can-cut-heart-disease-study-finds.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp&
