Eat Your Fruits and Veggies!

July 6th 2009 · 0 Comments

Mom and Grandma had the right idea! Eat your vegetables! An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Well there is truth in what they were telling us we need to phyto-nutrients from these natural plant substances.

Learn how to cook vegetables properly and you will enjoy them a lot more. This will help you lose the extra pounds and increase your enjoyment of a necessary food. Our parents generation tended to overcook vegetables. Generally all they require is a little steaming. It is also important to learn what a serving size is. A medium sized piece of fruit or vegetable is a serving. For example a medium apple, carrot or banana. Get 5-10 servings a day.

Another way to get your veggies is to think ahead. Prep them the night before before you go to bed peel and slice the veggies for dinner the next night. This will get rid of any excuses you may have about preparing them. Pack some carrots or celery and dip in your lunch.

Cut up veggies and fruit and put them in sandwich baggies and eat them whenever you feel like munching. Take different ones so you get a variety of nutrients.

This will give you something to munch at work or school. Instead of getting some high calorie treat from the vending machine you can feed your body.

Another great way to get your veggies in is to eat soup. Preferably homemade. If you eat store bought soup check for fat, salt and msg.

Have salad instead of fries. A small salad counts as one serving of veggies. Get the dressing on the side and dip your fork in it and spear the lettuce. This gives you the flavor but spares you the calories. If you mix your own dressing put just enough oil in your dressing to counter act the acidity of the vinegar.

Raw or lightly steamed vegetables are the best for you. They lose nutrients if they are overcooked, canned or frozen.

Here are some sneaky ways to get healthy stuff into your diet put some fruit or berries in your cereal. Cook some veggies and use a blender to puree them and add them to your soup this super charges your soup because you get the pureed veggies and the chunks of veggies. Pureeing is great for sneaking veggies into children’s foods. Spagetti sauce can hide all sorts of wonderful things.

Make eating fun, set out to discover some new tasty/healthy recipes.

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