Summer is the perfect time of year to boost your intake of vegetables and fruit. Eating the recommended 7 to 10 servings a day will protect you from a long list of diseases including cancer, heart disease and stroke. Here are six simple ways to include more vegetables and fruit every day!
1 - Add fresh berries to your morning bowl of cereal or yogurt.
2 - Dress up your sandwich with raw or cooked vegetables such as lettuce, cucumbers, green onions, radishes or grilled zucchini.
3 - Serve assorted low-fat dips to add pizzazz to raw vegetables and fruit.
4 - Stir diced fresh fruit or grated vegetables into muffin, quick bread or cookie batter.
5 - Make extra cooked vegetables for dinner so you can enjoy them in lunchtime salads or sandwiches.
6 - Add chopped broccoli, spinach or Swiss chard to your favourite tomato-based pasta sauce. Submitted by Vicki Edwards, Registered Dietitian with Hamilton Public Health Services
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Chilled Strawberry Soup
- 1 cup apple juice
- 3/4 cup water
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
Combine in a saucepan and bring to boil over medium heat. Remove from heat; cool.
- 3 cup strawberries, washed and cut
- 1/4 up water
Puree until smooth in blender. Pour into large bowl.
- 2 cups plain yogurt
- 1 tsp vanilla
Add to pureed strawberries with apple juice mixture. Cover and refigerate until well chilled. Garnish with additional strawberry halves. This soup freezes well.
ASPARAGUS
I have a lot of experience with these tasty green spears – more than I care to admit. I have spent countless hours on my parents’ farm bent double cutting in the field, mind blank, on guard for bees; then washing; trimming; bundling; shipping and marketing. It's gruelling work, but the memories (perhaps now they are just that) are fond and asparagus remains one of my favourite vegetables – the harbinger of spring and hard work.
Surrounded by thousands of pounds of asparagus every spring, I have discovered dozens of delicious ways to enjoy the spears, classic and new, and I never get bored. Here are two of my new favourite recipes from http://www.epicurious.com/
Asparagus Soup with Parmesan Custards
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ASPARAGUS-SOUP-WITH-PARMESAN-CUSTARDS-106349
Asparagus and Shiitake Risotto
http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ASPARAGUS-AND-SHIITAKE-RISOTTO-108102
Click here to find asparagus near you!
Bon Appétit!
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