Who Knew?   

 Onions are gaining a reputation as a super-food.  Researchers  found that post-menopausal women who ate onions daily had a notably higher bone density than those onion-slackers who maybe/maybe not ate onions every so often.  Onion flavonols, worthy molecules found in all fruits and vegetables, inhibit the development of osteoclasts, the cells that breakdown bone.  And who knew that the outer peels of onions, including that brown or purple paperish outermost layer, have the highest content of favorable flavonols.  I boil these layers in water and use the resulting broth in soup.