| Adding healthy vegetables to your diet promotes good | | | | baggy to take with you when you leave the house |
| health, plus the low calories in vegetables make weight | | | | every day. Enjoy a veggie snack at work, or |
| control easier. Here are ten tips to help you incorporate | | | | wherever and whenever the urge hits you. |
| more healthy veggies into your life. | | | | 7. Purchase frozen vegetables if you're too busy to |
| | | | deal with fresh ones. Frozen veggies retain most of |
| 1. Adding healthy vegetables to your diet promotes | | | | their nutrients, plus they're a great way to obtain |
| good health, plus the low calories in vegetables make | | | | out-of-season fare. Buy frozen vegetables in |
| weight control easier. Here are ten tips to help you | | | | loosely-packed plastic bags rather than boxes. It's |
| incorporate more healthy veggies into your life. | | | | easier to grab a few vegetables from a bag and |
| 2. Buy vegetables in season; they taste better and | | | | return the unused portion to the freezer. |
| cost less. Choose veggies near their peak of ripeness, | | | | 8. Consider starting a vegetable garden. Involve the |
| and avoid those that look bruised, damaged, discolored | | | | whole family. Nothing beats the taste of vegetables |
| or wilted. Don't be afraid to seek the advice of more | | | | you've planted, labored over, and nurtured to ripeness. |
| experienced shoppers in the produce aisle. | | | | You'll get lots of exercise, and your kids are more likely |
| 3. For the freshest vegetables, check out local farmers | | | | to eat vegetables they've helped grow. |
| markets. To find one near you, type "farmers markets" | | | | 9. Think creatively to get your kids eating veggies. My |
| and "your zip code" into your favorite search engine. | | | | daughter refuses to eat green leafy vegetables of |
| Make daytrips through farm country, watching for | | | | any kind. But, as a lover of anime and Japanese |
| roadside farm stands. Enjoy nature, and bring a bagful | | | | culture, she gobbles up the seaweed-wrapped rice |
| of it home as well. | | | | balls she and my wife make together. |
| 4. Buy and eat vegetables of many different colors. | | | | 10. Finally, don't mourn the veggies that go bad in your |
| Green, yellow, orange and red vegetables provide a | | | | fridge. It happens to everyone. You're going to lose a |
| healthy variety of vegetable nutrients. Plus, the colors | | | | few veggies in the process of eating a lot. |
| will add zest to your dinner table. | | | | Experiment with new healthy vegetables and recipes |
| 5. Wash vegetables when you buy them (Alternatively, | | | | on a regular basis. There are dozens, if not hundreds, |
| hold biweekly wash-a-thons.) Pat them dry with a cloth | | | | of familiar and exotic healthy vegetables available in |
| or paper towel, wrap them loosely in paper towels, and | | | | most parts of the country. And, of course, there are |
| store them in the fridge. They'll last as long as | | | | ten times as many ways to prepare them. |
| unwashed vegetables. | | | | Enjoy! |
| 6. Drop a handful of your pre-washed veggies into a | | | | |