August 7, 2006
If there's one principle of weight loss or healthy eating I
hear more than any other, it has to be, "Eat fruits and
vegetables."
Now, I have to confess that, as a single woman who would rather
do almost anything other than cook, most of my food comes in
a plastic tray from the microwave. There's nothing fresh about
that.
However, someone recently brought some home-made chunky salsa
to our home fellowship group. It was so delicous I could have
eaten it with a spoon and I began to think just maybe my body
was trying to tell me that I needed to eat more fresh foods.
I have snacked on carrots and fat-free dip occassionally, but
that's about it when it comes to fresh veggies in my diet.
This salsa, however, was so wonderful, that I decided to make
some for myself. So I headed to the store. Then I began dicing
fresh, vine-ripened tomatoes, celery, peppers, and onions. Then
I added some olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, fresh cilantro,
mustard seed, kosher salt and cracked pepper.
The result looks more like a chopped salad than salsa, but
I absolutely love it. It's now my favorite way to get a variety
of fresh vegetables into my diet.
I wish I'd tried this sooner.
Now, I'm wondering if our CBN.com readers have some ideas on
how to get more fresh fruits and vegetables into our diet. If
you do, please e-mail
me your suggests. I'd love to post them for all of us who are
fighting the good fight to get fit.
In the meantime, I wish you all well at the begining of another
exciting week of weight-loss adventures.
Blessings to all,
Linda
Previous blogs: How
I got Roped into This, Dodging
the Donuts, Why
Losing Weight Takes Faith, When
the Scales Won't Budge, Ask
the Experts, Sweet
Scale Success, Are
You Having Fun Yet?, All
or Nothing, Weapons
For Your Weight Loss War, Winning
the Weight Loss Battle, The
Simple Truth About Weight Loss, One
Woman's Weight Loss Success
