Saturday, December 29, 2007
More Matters
Make this year the one you add more fruits and veggies to your daily diet. Here are some ideas to help you:
1. Keep on hand fruits and veggies that stay fresh for a week or more - apples, grapefruit, oranges, beets, cabbage, carots, celery, opions, potatoes, squash and sweet potatoes. Buy others only as you knows you will eat them.
2. Shop with a friend - share a melon or a bunch of celery; split a bag of oranges or apples. You get variety without waste and you save money.
3. Buy frozen produce in bags, not boxes. Use as much or as little as you want, then tie up the bag and save what is left for anotherf meal.
4. Freeze unused portions of fresh veggies you have sliced or diced in plastic bags or small containers. Use later in sauces, stir fries or omelets.
5. Use last night's leftover pasta to mix with chopped veggies and low fat sald dressing for a tasty salad.
6. Make extra salad to save for lunch the next day. Add beans, chicken or shredded cheese and roll it into a whole wheat tortilla for lunch.
7. Make a meal out of a spud - top a baked potato with canned chili, add steamed broccoli, carrots or cauliflower. Serve with fat free sour cream or low fat shredded cheese.
8. Add lightly sauteed veggies to jarred pasta sauce. Try broccoli, onions, mushrooms, peppers, carrots or eggplant. Serve over whole wheat pasta.
10. Dress up quick cooking brown rice or couscous with diced tomatoes, shredded carrots, raisins and pine nuts. Season with a splash of balsamic vinegar.
11. Top frozen whole grain waffles with fresh or frozen fruit.
12. Add dried fruit to instant cereals like oatmeal and Cream of Wheat.
13. Heat canned fat free refried beans in the microwave. Add low fat cheese, vedggies and salsa and roll in a whole wheat tortilla.
Wishing you a very healthy new year!!
1. Keep on hand fruits and veggies that stay fresh for a week or more - apples, grapefruit, oranges, beets, cabbage, carots, celery, opions, potatoes, squash and sweet potatoes. Buy others only as you knows you will eat them.
2. Shop with a friend - share a melon or a bunch of celery; split a bag of oranges or apples. You get variety without waste and you save money.
3. Buy frozen produce in bags, not boxes. Use as much or as little as you want, then tie up the bag and save what is left for anotherf meal.
4. Freeze unused portions of fresh veggies you have sliced or diced in plastic bags or small containers. Use later in sauces, stir fries or omelets.
5. Use last night's leftover pasta to mix with chopped veggies and low fat sald dressing for a tasty salad.
6. Make extra salad to save for lunch the next day. Add beans, chicken or shredded cheese and roll it into a whole wheat tortilla for lunch.
7. Make a meal out of a spud - top a baked potato with canned chili, add steamed broccoli, carrots or cauliflower. Serve with fat free sour cream or low fat shredded cheese.
8. Add lightly sauteed veggies to jarred pasta sauce. Try broccoli, onions, mushrooms, peppers, carrots or eggplant. Serve over whole wheat pasta.
10. Dress up quick cooking brown rice or couscous with diced tomatoes, shredded carrots, raisins and pine nuts. Season with a splash of balsamic vinegar.
11. Top frozen whole grain waffles with fresh or frozen fruit.
12. Add dried fruit to instant cereals like oatmeal and Cream of Wheat.
13. Heat canned fat free refried beans in the microwave. Add low fat cheese, vedggies and salsa and roll in a whole wheat tortilla.
Wishing you a very healthy new year!!
