The Reds

Fruits and vegetables that are the color red, have different vitamins and minerals to offer.
Resveratrol:
Good Sources: Redwine, red grapes
Benefits: The polyphenol neutralizes free radicals and may inhibit inflamation.
Lycopene:
Good Sources: tomatoes, grapefruit,  red peppers.
Benefits: A diet rich in this carotenoid may reduce the risk of prostate cancer as much as 35 percent.
Capsaicin:
Benefits:
Chile peppers
This helps stave off hunger and burn calories. It's also a pain reliever.
Here's a tasty and colorful pasta dish i just made tonight.
Beet Pasta
Ingredients;
1lb red beets, trimmed, scrubbed
1/4 cup olive oil
and more for drizzling
Coarse salt
1/2 cup toasted walnuts
1 tbs chopped sundried tomatoes
Red pepper flakes
12 oz whole grain pasta
I omitted the 1/2 cup of fresh riccotta but if desired you can add this to the dish.
Pre heat oven to 425. Drizzle beets with olive oil and season with salt. Wrap tightly in foil and roast until tender, 1 hour.
Pulse beets, walnuts and tomatoes in food processed. Season with salt and red pepper flakes.
Cook pasta according to directions and reserve 1 cup of the pasta water after draining and return to pot. Toss with beet mixtue adding pasta water until creamy. If using ricotta serve with ricotta, a drizzle of oil and red pepper flakes.