Fruit and Vegetable Challenge
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Anonymous
| Work is doing a fruit and vegetable challenge. Any easy ideas to incorporate that would up my intake? Already planning on lots of smoothies. |
Anonymous
| Muffins. |
Anonymous
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stir fries
salads frittatas Here are some other ideas... http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/5ADAY/Pages/5ADAYontherun.aspx |
Anonymous
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Here are some additional ideas:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/mediterranean-diet-recipes/art-20046682 http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/take-the-fruit-and-vegetable-challenge?page=2 Just as an FYI, smoothies are great, but pace yourself. 1. you don't want to give yourself the trots and 2. sometimes it's easier/faster to drink down calories than eat them. I know Bloomberg lost his attempt to limit soda sizes, but he's was only attempting to curb obesity. Sodas have a ton of sugar in them. Yes, smoothies depending on how they're made can be much healthier, but they can have a lot of sugar in them too. You don't want to end up unintentionally gaining weight on this challenge. I applaud your work place BTW. Awesome idea. |
Anonymous
| Get a veggie in at breakfast. Quiche. Veggie omelet. Pumpkin oatmeal. Someone I know purées cauliflower and adds it to oatmeal. I always feel sneaky for getting a veggie in at breakfast. |
Anonymous
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Soups! It's perfect soup weather. Check out the soup thread.
My favorite soup is carrot lemon and ginger. |
Anonymous
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Sofrito: http://latinfood.about.com/od/seasoningmarinade/tp/Sofrito-Recipes.htm
You can use it as a condiment, base for soup/stews, cook it up with rice or beans, use it when making chicken, fish, beef, pork. |
Anonymous
I agree with this - I love using veggies with breakfast. Basically, I try to keep fresh and frozen veggies on hand at all times and add them to anything and everything (eg, I use a bed of lettuce or spinach as the base for my dinners). |
Anonymous
| Steamed cauliflower crumbles in place of pasta or rice. |
Anonymous
| sautee a couple of handfuls of spinach (I get the big prewashed containers of organic baby spinach at costco or safeway) then add two beaten eggs--scrambled eggs with spinach. dump some salsa on them or add cheese. |
Anonymous
| Spaghetti squash instead of pasta for everything. |
Anonymous
| zucchini noodles! |
Anonymous
| Zoodles!!! so quick and easy. |
Anonymous
| why not just eat them raw, as is...?? |
Anonymous
| I feel like you can put a mountain of spinach in anything and it will wilt down to nothing. Makes you feel like Popeye. |