If you are trying to eat healthier, you probably are thinking about adding more vegetables to your daily diet. Here are 5 easy ways to make sure you get enough vegetables.
A primavera sauce is made with vegetables and the base can be marinara sauce, olive oil and butter or a cream sauce made with non-fat Greek yogurt. Add in a steamed bag of mixed Italian style vegetables and pour over whole grain pasta. A delicious and easy way to get a serving of vegetables.
Chop some tomatoes, onions and peppers and mix with non-fat cream cheese. You can spread this on a bagel for breakfast, a piece of whole grain toast or muffin. Another great way to add a serving of vegetables.
Whether it is a personal size frozen pizza or a leftover slice from a quick dinner, top it with chopped spinach or broccoli when you are heating it up. Adding veggies to pizza is a great way to get a serving of vegetables.
A serving of vegetables that you served as a side with dinner can be thrown into many different meals the next day. Add leftover vegetables to soups, add to an omelet or put inside a tortilla for a lunch wrap.
It is easy to add vegetables to recipes like casseroles that might not call for vegetables. You may even discover a new taste combination that you just love.
Eating more vegetables is never a bad thing. Experiment and you will start to see many ways of adding more vegetables into your diet.
Great ways to get them vegetables in. H5!
Nice ideas for getting in those 5 servings a day!
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