We all know we should eat more vegetables, but do we? Probably not. Here are 3 recipes that will help you get vegetables in at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Breakfast- Green Smoothie
Breakfast is one of the toughest meals for people to eat vegetables with. It's too early for all that! Since we have a bunch of clients just starting up the 21 Day Belly Blast nutrition plan, I wanted to share one of the green smoothie recipes from it.
First add 1 cup of water to your blender then: 1 cup of mango, 1 frozen banana, and 1-2 cups of spinach.
They taste really good and you will not taste the spinach, I promise. Some options you can add in are: more water (depending on how thick you like it), ice, and protein powder.
Lunch-Chick Pea Salad
This is something my wife started making recently that I really like. It makes a large amount, so you can just pull it out of the fridge and be ready to roll. I like to put it over a bed of lettuce with some grilled chicken. Ain't nobody got time for food prep at lunch.
Mix together in a large bowl the following:
2 (15-ounce) cans chickpeas, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup olives
1 yellow bell pepper
Then the most important part. Put a lid over the bowl (tightly) and shake it like crazy. You get a workout and a salad.
She combined a few different recipes to come up with this one. She "made it her own" for you American Idol fans. Feel free to do the same.
Dinner- Butternut Squash Soup
This recipe comes from the Fix Fat Forever Weight Loss System. It's something that tastes a little bit different from what you are used to, but is really good. And I'm not a squash fan.
It's a little more time consuming, but it freezes really well if you want to make it for your future self.
Makes 6 to 8 servings
Ingredients:
2 butternut squash (beige colored, pear shaped squash)
3 onions, chopped
1 head garlic
Olive oil
1 tablespoon curry powder, mild
2 tins organic chicken broth (found in natural foods section of grocery store) or your own
1 tablespoon fresh ginger, chopped
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350
- Wash squash and pierce twice. Place both squash whole, in a large baking dish or baking sheet. Bake at 350 for one hour or until well done.
- In the same oven, take one head of garlic, slice small amount off top and drizzle with 1 teaspoon olive oil. Wrap in foil and place next to squash.
- When well done, let squash cool, then cut lengthwise and scoop out seeds and discard. Scoop out the squash and place in large pot.
- In frying pan, add 2 teaspoons olive oil and sauté onions until quite golden and soft. Add curry powder and ginger, and blend for 1 minute. Add chicken broth and squash. Squeeze garlic from its skin and add to squash mixture. Mix well and simmer for 5 mins to blend flavors.
- In small batches, blend in blender until smooth. Add more broth or a little water if needed.