Healthier Eating Habits...

                                  Cooking at Home!
                                          

Breakfast

            

Orange juice, Toasted corn tortilla w/scrambled egg whites mixed with
orange bell peppers, onions and chives. Side of strawberries,blueberries
and raspberries.

Fruit salad: honey mangoes and strawberries

Well, first I know what you must be thinking. Cook at home?! Who has time for that?? I know first hand it's not that easy.It will take time and getting used to but it will pay off big time. You can save lots of money to spend on other things you love and your body will thank you for it. My advice would be to wake up 10 minutes earlier than usual to prepare a quick meal. If you're a coffee drinker and already get up to make coffee then you can put together a quick fruit salad to go along with it!


Lunch

                                 

I know lunch will be very difficult to do when you can easily stop by the nearest fast food restaurant. However, if you really want to try something different go ahead and make lunch for yourself starting once a week. I recommend starting off with making a simple tuna salad like my dish above. Get bagged lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, almonds and a light salad dressing. You can omit the tuna for a veggie meal!

Dinner

             

In regards to dinner, I would recommend eating at home try just adding salad to any dish you prepare to add some greens to your plate. You will start to feel better and want to eat more veggies. It add variety and flavor to your dishes. Humans have so many taste buds. We have salty, sour, bitter, sweet and umami. Eating different veggies and fruits can bring out those tastes.

Food of the day: Garbanzo beans (aka Chick Peas)

Chickpea Salad recipe

Ingredients:

1 (15 ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained

1/2 onion, chopped

1/2 cucumber, sliced

1 small tomato, chopped

1/2 cup red wine vinegar

1/2 cup balsamic vinegar

Directions:

In a medium bowl combine chickpeas, onion, cucumber, tomato, red wine vinegar and balsamic vinegar. Mix well and serve.

Check out the recipe!

Vitamins....a pathway to good health

                                      



Vitamins are organic compounds which are needed in small quantities to sustain life.

I just recently learned a small fact about vitamins while watching a documentary film on Netflix. It was called "Forks Over Knives". It taught me that vitamins were just discovered in the early 1900's! I thought people knew about vitamins way before the 20th century but I was wrong. After doing some research I found out the first vitamin was discovered by a japanese scientist in 1910. He discovered the B1 vitamin.

People knew in the 18th and 19th centuries that eating certain foods helped keep illnesses away. They learned through a lot of trial and error. A navy surgeon James Lind realized giving lemon and limes to the men on board helped them to avoid getting scurvy (Check out more on Wikipedia).

Vitamins play an important role for humans to ward off diseases and maintain a healthy life.

There are two ways to get vitamins daily. One is through different types of foods. The second is through vitamins. If you don't have a healthy diet then taking a one a day vitamin supplement is best. I remember my mother giving my sister and I Flintstones vitamins daily all of my years in Elementary school. I now realize now how important vitamins were for me. My sister and barely got sick so I now give my daughter vitamins as well. My mother taught me well!


Food of the day: CHERRY TOMATOES
The good:
Low in Sodium, and very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. Vitamin E, Thiamin, Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Copper, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Potassium and Manganese.

Read More http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable-products/2682/2#ixzz1uFXmUw4x





Marinated Cherry Tomato Salad



Ingredients

4 cups halved cherry tomatoes
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons cider vinegar
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar ( you can substitute with brown sugar or none at all)

Directions

In a small bowl or cup measure, mix together oil, apple cider vinegar, herbs, salt, and sugar.
Pour dressing over cherry tomatoes in a serving dish, and gently stir to coat. Chill for at least 2 hours. Gently stir from bottom to top, coating all tomatoes, before serving.


You can take a look at the recipe here!