Healthy Eating - Diet doesn't have to be a four letter word

Healthy Snacks and Meals

Sometimes it's tough to figure out what to eat. Like, I am standing in front of the fridge and staring at the same things and just can't even start to form a plan of attack.

Planning snacks as well as meals is important when you are trying to eat healthy. If you pick up chips at the store expect that you are going to have some; don't try to fool yourself into the "these are jsut for the kids" line. Why would you want your children to eat them anyway? Healthy eating habits have to start young. So what do you do?

I start with the basics. Eat your way through the produce department. There are lots of strange looking things in there that you have probably never trid. I'm in the same place. There are still things that I just look at, pick up, smell and put back. What are we missing out on? Talk to the produce people, preferably the manager. She can tell you how to prepare, what you have to do, what it compares to. Spagetti squash is much different than regular squash. Granny Smith apples are a completely different taste than golden delicious.

Moving on to more complicated (although still simple choices, I really like fruit in cottage cheese. Simple and pretty well balanced. I buy frozen fruit and that makes it even easier. No chopping or slicing that way. Fresh is better, but in the morning I am usually pretty pressed for time (even though I get up way too early)

If you want a slight change on that one, adding yogurt instead of fruit gives your meal a whole different taste. Deb went into her apple pie recipe, so you can check that out as well. Oatmeal thrown into the mix gives you lots more combinations. If you have a favorite recipe, drop us a line or make a comment. the more healthy options we have, the less likely we are to get off track.

Another time I will get into another line of thought on this, which is meal replacement shakes. After years of trying different brands and adding a plethora of ingredients, we have some killer tasting shakes; you;d hardly know they were healthy.

Until next time…