Archive for the 'Vegetables' Category

Random Thursday Post?

Posted on September 2, 2010 - Filed Under Fruit, Nutrition, Vegetables, food | View Comments

Avocado can make anything taste really good. Just thought you should know.

This was dinner a couple of nights ago.

And this is my 18-month-old cutie. Just want everyone to know that she’s awesome. : )

Potassium

Posted on September 1, 2010 - Filed Under Fruit, Nutrition, Vegetables | View Comments

Been reading about potassium lately. It’s good stuff.
“Potassium is crucial to heart function and plays a key role in skeletal and smooth muscle contraction, making it important for normal digestive and muscular function, too.”
Most people need about 2,000 mg each day. If you’re eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, you shouldn’t have a problem getting [...]

Zucchini, Mushroom, Garlic and Spinach Salad

Posted on June 3, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, Vegetables, food, healthy lifestyle | View Comments

Had this last night w/ grilled chicken. Few cloves of finely chopped garlic sauteed in olive oil. Add chopped zucchini and mushrooms. Let it all cook together for a bit. Add some feta cheese and then add some chopped spinach. It was really good on top of the chicken.
I think I’ve posted this before but [...]

Fruit and Veggies Matter – Healthy Monday

Posted on May 17, 2010 - Filed Under Fruit, Healthy Monday, Nutrition, Vegetables | View Comments

Each Monday, a simple health tip and challenge will be posted as part of Healthy Monday. Healthy Monday is a public health initiative founded in 2005 in association with Johns Hopkins University, Syracuse University, and Columbia Univerisity.
Their mission includes ending “chronic preventable disease in the U.S. by offering people and organizations a weekly prompt [...]

Guacamole and Links

Posted on April 23, 2010 - Filed Under Exercise, Shout Outs, Vegetables | View Comments

Awesome guacamole. Part of dinner last night. This batch was made from 2 avocados, 1 tomato, cilantro, juice from 1/2 lime, and a tiny bit of salt. Ridiculously good.
Articles/posts I’ve enjoyed lately:
Coca Cola’s Latest Deceit from Weighty Matters reminds us why we need to check serving sizes and not believe everything on a food label.
Check [...]

Kitchen Fun

Posted on January 14, 2010 - Filed Under Nutrition, Vegetables | View Comments

I had some fun in the kitchen last night. Decided to try something new for dinner and see if it would work out. First, let me post a picture of my little kitchen helper:

And by helper, I mean she found a drawer she liked and took everything out and left it on the floor. Oh [...]

Healthy Habits for Kids

Posted on November 30, 2009 - Filed Under Nutrition, Vegetables, healthy lifestyle | View Comments

Here’s my daughter devouring her veggies. Looks like she ate most of the peas and greenbeans already. : ) We’re trying to teach her healthy habits early and hopefully she’ll stick with them forever.
What are some things you do with your kids to teach them healthy habits?

Yum Yum Avocado

Posted on November 19, 2009 - Filed Under Fruit, Nutrition, Vegetables | View Comments

Had some turkey burgers for dinner last night topped with some avocado slices. So good with avocado. I love those things. I should’ve taken a picture but I inhaled the food so fast I couldn’t.
Some info about avocados:

“Avocados, like olives, are one fo the few foods that are both rich in healthy fats and free [...]

Food for Thought

Posted on November 11, 2009 - Filed Under Fruit, Nutrition, Vegetables | View Comments

I’m a proud daddy. My little girl is 8 months old and is now crawling. Pretty exciting stuff. Here she is having a mouthful of something. Probably bananas.
My wife and I obviously try to take care of the little one as best we can. That includes feeding her healthy food, making sure she gets her [...]