Fresh, leafy, green vegetables were always so hard to swallow. This goes for you if you always have had that difficulty of including fresh vegetables in your diet. But who could blame you? Vegetables have unpleasant taste and odor. However, as you had refused to eat and always had been repulsed by the sight of the green and fresh veggies, you may also have been missing the nutrients it could have given your body all those years. So the trick you can always use to be able to include this healthy option in your life is prepare it yourself; according to your own liking and according to your taste buds.
Why are fresh vegetables so healthy?
You may have often asked this question all those years of avoiding fresh vegetables. The answer is, vegetables are healthy because its main component is protein. Protein is one of the primary nutrients that the human body needs in order to be healthy. Vegetables provide that and more. It has Vitamins A, Vitamins B, Vitamins C, Calcium and all that other nutrients you have known and learned from the books and healthy TV shows. It’s very fibrous as it is grown from soil. Thus, it promotes proper digestion and clears out all the toxins inside your digestive track. Fresh vegetables are rich sources of phytochemicals, the disease fighting agents. This could be found in all the variety of colors that vegetables provide. So make sure you don’t only have the green leafy vegetables; include the golden yellow, the orange, and the red on your platter as well.
How much fresh vegetables should you eat?
You don’t have to be transformed as vegan if you don’t want to. You can still eat meat while eating veggies. However, the right amount of vegetables you should consume in a day in order to avoid the life-threatening diseases is 3-5 servings. That may seem a lot so always mix and mash it with other varieties of vegetables. You may include fruits as well to make it interesting.
Vegetable recipes you should try out
Caesar salad is one of the most popular fresh vegetable dishes there are for those who are trying to include vegetables in their diet. You only need an extra virgin olive oil, Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, baguette, and other interesting ingredients to make your Caesar salad very yummy. Other popular vegetable dishes are Romaine Beet Salad with Cucumber Balsamic Dressing, Asparagus Cashew Rice Pilaf, Dilled Potato Green- Bean Salad, Potato Salad and more. Try it out. Just make sure you have prepared it according to your own liking.
Other helpful vegetable facts
Raw or cooked vegetables is just as healthy as the other. Make sure you’d be able to eat both raw or cooked vegetables a day. Another thing is, the more colorful your plate of veggies is, the more nutrients you can get. It would also be more beneficial that you won’t peel your vegetables when you cook them. Just make sure you have washed it well before you mix it as an ingredient on the dish that you are preparing.