My girl just can’t get enough broccoli. It’s pretty awesome. She likes it steamed straight-up.

Reasons to eat more broccoli:

Potential Cancer Prevention

It’s Just Good For You

Enjoy!

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This was the Sunday Dinner I prepared for the wife and I tonight. So good.

No need to add a bunch of crap to veggies to “make them taste good.” That’s weak. All I did was add spinach to a bowl. Then I added cherry tomatoes (sliced in half), steamed broccoli and sauteed zucchini (sauteed in a bit of olive oil with a touch of pepper and salt).

Also had oven-baked, spice-rubbed pork to go along with it.

Now that was a good dinner.

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Eating a well-balanced, healthy diet that includes plenty of vegetables and fruits can help you get enough vitamins each day.

Medline Plus has a list of essential vitamins, what they do in your body and where to get them. Might be worth knowing.

Sources:

Medline Plus: Vitamins

Medline Plus: Fruits and Vegetables

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Good advice from @Fruits_Veggies. Here is the link from the tweet about why you should fill half your plate with fruits and vegetables.

I’m not perfect at it but I’m trying to make sure I get more in. Can you?

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March is National Nutrition Month and the theme is “Eat Right with Color.”

“Adding a splash of colorful seasonal foods to your plate makes for more than just a festive meal. A rainbow of foods creates a palette of nutrients, each with a different bundle of potential benefits for a healthful eating plan.”

– Karen Ansel, RD and ADA Spokesperson

Read more from the American Dietetic Association about what kinds of nutrients and health benefits you can get from a variety of different colored foods:

Let Color Be Your Guide to Nutritious Meals

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Source: State of the Plate: 2010 Study on America’s Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables

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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.  : )

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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 all you need.

You can get potassium from more sources than just bananas.  Eat avocado, cantaloupe, tomatoes, potatoes, salmon and broccoli.  Tons of other sources too.

Sources:

University of Maryland Medical Center: Potassium

Ohio State University Medical Center: Foods High in Potassium

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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 this time I added spinach. 

Happy eating.

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