Very juicy and healthy salad with the "king of vegetables" than it is spinach!!! Home to spinach, apparently, is the or the Caucasus, or the middle East. In the middle ages, spinach was brought to Western Europe by the crusaders. For a long time spinach was a dish only for the noble table. It is mentioned in cookbooks X1 V century the king of England Richard II. Gradually, this plant has spread throughout Europe. In Russia it appeared in the middle of the EIGHTEENTH century. The "king of vegetables" was known as a Royal dish. So, sources indicate that at a dinner at the Empress Anna Ivanovna in honor of the Prince of Courland was "consumed spinach two bags". Due to the large amount of protein, and a variety of vitamins (especially A and C), spinach is a valuable product for baby and diet food, used in the treatment of anemia, diabetes mellitus and for the prevention of periodontal disease.