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Ingredients · Vegetables

Onions

Quercetin and inulin in the vegetable you were cooking with anyway.

Portion
1 medium onion (110g)
Typical price
about 15p each loose £
In season
Year-round
On this site
157 recipes

Nutrition per portion

Approximate values per 1 medium onion (110g)
Calories44 kcal
Protein1.2g
Carbohydrates8.8g
– of which sugars6.2g
Fibre1.9g
Fat0.2g
– of which saturates0g
Calcium25mg
Iron0.3mg
Salt0g

Buying & storing

  • Loose onions cost a fraction of the netted bags in some shops
  • Buy the big net if you cook most days; they rarely go to waste
  • A cool, dark cupboard keeps them happy for a month or more

Keep it well: Somewhere cool, dark and dry, away from the potatoes, and they last a month or more.

Sensible swaps

  • leeks
  • shallots
  • spring onions
Reach for it when the week brings:
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Recipes that use onions

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Butter bean shakshuka

Butter bean shakshuka

Eggs baked into a rich pepper and tomato pan with butter beans; brunch that behaves like lunch.

35 min 21g protein