Eat 8
Besides quitting smoking, eating at least 8 servings of fruits and vegetables daily and exercising is the most important thing you can do for your health.
Eat8: Fall in Love with Made-A-Head Meals (Especially on Mondays), Stick to Your ‘Prep Plan’
Share|Produce Tally & What Worked for Mon. Feb 6th Goal: 8 servings | Actual: 7 servings What worked today to help me eat more fruits and vegetables: Freezer full of produce-based made-a-head items: I knew going into the weekend that I wouldn’t have time to do any meal prep this weekend (Saturday spent with friends and Sunday being the Superbowl). I did look through my freezer on Sunday morning and decide which frozen made-a-head items I could use to keep me going on Monday until I had more time for prep and getting to the store. Stuck to my ‘prep plan’: Yesterday I posted a link to a 7-day meal plan template that I’d love to share with...
Read MoreBenefits of Using Frozen Produce: Nutrition, Cost, Convenience
Share|Benefits of Using Frozen Produce In the age of local and raw, most healthy cooks are either confused about whether they can still use frozen fruits and vegetables or they’ve been overlooking it since the days when only sliced carrots and peas (or of course the mix of both) were available. But today, there is significantly increased variety, many organic and even local frozen winter CSA options, and a health crisis demanding we eat more produce. This makes frozen fruits and vegetables an attractive option. Nutrition Comparable to fresh and potentially higher: Depending on storage conditions of fresh (including how long and at what temp you stored it at...
Read MoreEveryday Greens Mix (Kale, Watercress, Spinach, Lettuce): 3 Easy Methods, No More Excuses
Share| The Secret to Easily Eat Greens Everyday: Always have greens cleaned and ready to grab Get in the habit of having a handful at each meal (even one a day is a respectable start) If you wait until after you walk in the door at 5:30 to clean and prep that kale you bought two days ago – you aren’t going to do it. If you think the only way to eat greens is by having a cold salad everyday – you aren’t going to do it. Greens like kale, collards, Swiss chard, and watercress are far from just for salad anymore. I shared a few ideas in an early post about how easy it can be to add something green to each meal. This is what I love about the...
Read MoreEat8: Frugality Motivates | Warm Things Up
Share| Produce Tally & What Worked for Thurs. Jan. 12th Goal: 8 servings | Actual: 9 servings What worked today to help me eat more fruits and vegetables: Wanted an empty fridge before doing weekly shopping: Sometimes frugality is the biggest motivator. I knew I was doing my Winter Week 2 shopping last night, so I compared the shopping list against what was in the crisper and made a pile of all the produce that wouldn’t be used. I was going to make a sandwich for lunch which would have had a respectable 2 servings of produce, but instead created the this frittata (recipe below) which doubled my intake to 4 servings. Was in the mood for warm food –...
Read MoreEat8: Avoid Tuna-Salad-White Foods | Set a Timer for 20 Minutes
Share| Produce Tally & What Worked for Tues. Jan. 11th Goal: 8 servings | Actual: 8 servings What worked today to help me eat more fruits and vegetables: Ate colorful, produce rich chicken salad: The picture above of the winter kit’s Roasted Chicken Apple Pomegranate Salad says it all. Traditional deli style salads (like tuna and chicken) are popular for a reason – they taste good and, when made at home, can be convenient on-the-go options. But to make them ‘great’ options, be sure they are every color except drab tuna-salad-white. Add diced apple, oranges, pomegranate arils, grapes, celery, fennel…the sky’s the limit. ...
Read MoreEat8: Planning and Bulk Cooking
Share| Produce Tally & What Worked for Mon. Jan. 10th Goal: 8 servings | Actual: 10 servings What worked today to help me eat more fruits and vegetables: Planning & Bulk Cooking: This past weekend, I finally began using the winter meal planning kit in it’s entirety for the first time since the holidays. Even though I did pretty well at maintaining my goal of 8 servings of produce per day (mostly fruits) during that time, it is wonderful being back to increased variety and lots more greens and vegetables! Sources: Breakfast: 1 serving (banana blueberry buckwheat pancake) Lunch: 3 servings (roasted chicken apple pomegranate salad) Snack: 1 serving...
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