Another trick is to chill the onion before cutting. There are very few recipes except for dessert recipes that do not include onions. They can be baked, broiled, fried, creamed, steamed, French-fried, pickled and raw. The onion is a very versatile vegetable. Phytochemicals give plants its color, flavor and smell.
Lettuces contain phytochemicals such as vitamin C and carotenoids.
Phytochemicals give plants its color, flavor and smell. All plants contain phytochemicals but the exact compounds may not yet be identified in each species. While all fruits and vegetables contain phytochemicals, they will not have the same kind or amount. The research on phytochemicals and their importance in health is still emerging. This increases the importance of eating a variety of fruits and vegetables every day to take advantage of the known nutritional components plus the benefits of phytochemicals.