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12 Ways to Eat More Veggies

12 Ways to Eat More Veggies

Healthy ways to eat more veggies by sneaking them into your meals

Most of us dread eating vegetables. Their bitter flavor and crunchy texture can make it hard to swallow. So, how can we adjust to adding more of them into our diets?  Well, we need to find sneaky ways to eat more veggies by adding them to the foods we already love! Here’s how:

1. Add leafy greens, chlorella or spirulina to your smoothies.

Green Smoothie… Yum!

2. Place a smaller portion of your plated dishes on a bed of greens.

 

3. Create meatless sandwiches with loads of veggies and use hummus or avocado spread for extra flavor.

Veggie Sub!

 

4. Or, forget the bread and make lettuce wraps instead!

Lettuce Wrap

5. Make fresh juices with leafy greens and root vegetables.

Carrot Juice

6. Perhaps a vegetable stir fry for dinner

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Stir Fried Vegetables with Black Beans

 

7. Make homemade vegetable broths with your food processor (Cream of Broccoli, Carrots + Celery broth)

 

8. Split your entree in half and add a side of veggies to your restaurant orders

Side of Veggies please!

9.  Try carrot sticks, jicama, or sweet potatos baked in oil-free vegetable broth; Season with cajun or himalayan salt.

Jicima Sticks!

10.  Instead of pita chips, dip raw carrots, cucumbers, and grape tomatos into hummus.

 

11. Top your pizzas with with sun dried tomatos, olives, bell peppers, or pepperocinis.

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Mmm Pizza!

 

12. Use marinades and steak sauces to enhance the flavor of your vegetables

Point Blank: Don’t Sacrifice your Taste Buds – Try these 12 Amazing Ways to Eat More Veggies!

Written by Kelly Gibson on Nov 15th, 2014

 

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