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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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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Their mission includes ending “chronic preventable disease in the U.S. by offering people and organizations a weekly prompt to start and sustain healthy behaviors.”

“Exposure to scratch cooking helps kids develop a mature palate and a taste for fresh, wholesome ingredients. The earlier kids become accustomed to nutritious foods, the less likely they will acquire a taste for processed foods.”

– The Kids Cook Monday General Overview

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Source: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Your Guide to Lowering Your Cholesterol With Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes

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Source: CDC: Americans Consume Too Much Sodium (Salt)

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Click the image to read about why checking the serving size on the nutrition label matters.

If you’re on Twitter, you should follow Fooducate. 

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Two-egg omelet with spinach, onions and tomatoes and a little cheese.  Topped with avocado and more tomatoes.  So fresh and so good. 

This was our dinner the other night after not wanting to make anything that would take too long.  Get creative in your kitchen.  You never know what you can come up with.

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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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I’m a proud daddy.  Here’s my 15 month-old daughter eating some broccoli, sweet potatoes and chicken for lunch yesterday.  Washing it all down with a fruit smoothie with spinach.  Love it.

PS — I updated the About page.  Check it out.

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