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!