Eat your veggies!

A few simple ways to eat your veggies in a healthy way:

• Use balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, pepper, or other seasonings instead of butter and salt on top of your veggies. (balsamic vinegar on asparagus, brussel sprouts, broccoli and carrots is delicious!)
• steam or shock your veggies so they are cooked but not soggy. Shocking your veggies consists of you bringing your pan of water to a full boil and adding frozen veggies for jsut a minute or so (depending on how thick they are- less for broccoli more for carrots etc) and then takingthem out- they'll be like freshly steamed veggies...
• Spread a little fat free mayo or salad dressing on corn instead of butter and sprinkle Cayenne pepper or Parmesan on it- that's how they eat it in Mexico!
• Make sweet yams with orange juice and maple syrup instead of butter and marshmallows- fewer calories and great taste! and yams are chock ful of B vitamins so eat up!
• Add vitamins, flavor and make your mashed potatoes all around healthier, add yams, carrots, or spinach to your mashed potatoes. boil and mash...yummy!!!
• Instead of nachos with tons of cheese, make a "Bean Bowl". Heres how we do it at my house: In a large bowl combine drained canned blackbeans(am,azing for fiber and protein!), corn, diced red and green peppers, avocado, banana peppers, tomatoes, olives, a dollup of sour cream, and a half a handfull of cheese and nuke in the microwave. then dip your chips... its fast, filling, and tons healthier than your nachos!
• eat more beans! beans are soo good for you. watch serving sizes as they are usually high in calories, but they are also high in fiber and protien!