Incorporate more vegetables into your diet

Let’s enjoy more fruits and veggies. They are high in nutrients, rich in taste, and low in calories. A win/win.

In my weight loss program, fruits and (non-starchy) veggies are freebies!   Yes, you can enjoy a big portion. And, no you don’t need to worry about gaining weight from eating carrots, bananas, and grapes.

Even if weight loss isn’t your goal, fruits  and veggies ? are a great way to add more  fiber and volume to your meals. Adding in veggies throughout the day also helps you optimize your health and reach nutrition recommendation of 2-3 cups of veggies per day. Produce is high in antioxidant vitamins A and C along with calcium,  potassium and magnesium

Here are some of my favorite ways to add extra vegetables to your plate:

Salad: eating a salad before your meal reduces your overall calorie intake! You’re also more likely to increase the amount of vegetables you eat with your entrée by 25%

Soup: add some extra pureed vegetables to your soup

Smoothie: throw some spinach or kale into your smoothie! When you have a bunch of fruits in there, you won’t even taste the veggies!

Sandwich: add lettuce, cucumbers or tomatoes to your sandwich

Omelet: spice up your eggs with some spinach, kale, onion and tomato

Pasta: Add your favorite veggies to your whole wheat pasta. Some of my favorite veggies to add in—broccoli, onions, mushrooms, eggplant, carrots and peppers. Or replace the whole wheat pasta with spiralized zucchini, sweet potato or beets.

How do you like to add more veggies to your plate?

Have a healthy week!

Warmly,