Veggies

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HOW DO YOU GET MORE VEGETABLES INTO YOUR DIET?

 

Hardly a day goes by that we don't hear about more benefits from eating

vegetables. But it's not easy for busy people to eat as many as they should. In

doing nutrition counseling with patients, I found that even people who said they

like vegetables and salads only managed to eat a few servings a day.

 

In countries where they eat more vegetables than we do and have less cancer and

heart disease, they enjoy a wide variety of vegetables prepared in imaginative

ways. This, of course, takes time and effort, but there's an easy way to consume

a larger quantity and variety of vegetables. In a way that's also enjoyable. We

combine vegetables such as zucchini, broccoli, spinach, shredded or diced, with

an equal amount of water, simmer 5 to 10 minutes with onion, garlic, basil, salt

and pepper, then put the whole thing in a blender and blend until smooth. The

bulk of the vegetables produces a thick, smooth soup. You can also use a food

processor and get a little coarser texture. This is a particularly good way to

get strong tasting vegetables, which are particularly healthful, into children

and adult males, who don't like vegetables other than potatoes, corn, and peas.

If there's any resistance to salads, try vegetable sticks with dips.

 

Bev Mittelman, BS, CNC

 

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