Adding Vegetables to Your Diet
Do you want to eat more healthy? Try incorporating more vegetables into your diet. Here are some tipz on how to make sure that you are eating more of the good stuff in every meal.
It is recommended that we consume about 4 to 5 servings of vegetables a day. Each serving should be about 1/2 cup of cooked vegetables or 1 cup of raw veggies. You can also count juices here but try to get the whole deal, as juices contain less fiber.
Be more adventurous to add variety to your meal. Try more “exotic” vegetables such as bok choy from China, chayote, jicama from Mexico, and kabocha squash from Japan. You can also try long beans, sunchokes, and other unususual veggies.
When preparing spaghetti sauce, add chopped up spinach or other greens. You really won’t taste the difference from plain spaghetti sauce.
If you are having grilled meat for your meal, spread tomato and onion salsa over it. Yum!
Instead of munching on potato chips (which don’t count, by the way), try dipping raw vegetables like cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, celery, and carrot sticks into low fat salad dressing or hummus.
Add carrot juice to your orange juice during breakfast. Serve it along with toast and a vegetable omellete.