Here are 7 tips for incorporating more veggies into your eating pattern.
Most of us don’t get enough vegetables.
In fact, 90% of Americans don’t get the recommended 2-3 servings a day.
Eva Kolenko
(For most vegetables, 1 cup is a serving.
For raw, leafy vegetables like salad greens it’s 2 cups).
Vegetables are a great source of healthy nutrients likefiber,potassium,folateand vitamin A.
They also play a big role in helping peoplelose or maintain weight.
Vegetables are rich in fiber, which helps fill you up.
Plus, when you’re eating morelow-calorie vegetables, there’s less space for eating higher-calorie, less-healthful foods.
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Here are seven easy (and delicious ways) to eat more vegetables.
Add vegetables (and fruits) to breakfast.
So whip up a chock-full-of-veggies omelet,smoothie bowl bursting with fruitor a straight-upsmoothie.
Eat more veggie soup.
Research has shownthat when people eat soup they tend to eat fewer calories.
Make one of thesechock-full-of-vegetables soupsto help you get your fill this week.
We don’t mean eat more potato chips or French fries.
Your snacks should help you fill up in between meals so you don’t feel starved later.
They also can help you fill your vegetable quota.
Try carrots or cucumbers dipped in hummus,celery with peanut butteror a small cup ofvegetable soup.
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Turn vegetables into noodles.
Flip pasta night on its head and make noodles out of vegetables.
MakeShrimp Scampoi ZoodlesorSweet Potato Carbornarafor dinner tonight, or try our other vegetable noodle recipes.
Make wraps with lettuce.
Cut down on calories and carbs by using lettuce to make a wrap.
Butter lettuce leaves, cabbage leaves, lacinato kale andchardall make good stand-ins.
Use spaghetti squash for lasagna.
Think outside the box of traditional lasagna.
Instead of noodles, use spaghetti squash.
You get a satisfying portion and a full serving of vegetables in thisSpaghetti Squash Lasagna with Broccolini recipe.
Turn your vegetables into chips.
Make eating vegetables fun.
Whip up homemade chips with beets, sweet potatoes, Brussels sprouts orkale.
Baking thin slices or leaves with a little salt gives you a crunchy snack or side.
Even kids and picky eaters can’t resist vegetables when they’re served like chips!
Enjoy your veggie adventures, and remember, if you get stuck, we have plenty morehealthy vegetable recipes.
