Today’s theme will be “#Eat your #colors”. I like to talk about this because so many key nutrients come from the foods that we consume. It’s always best to get your nutrients from whole foods, rather than supplements; although some diets make it hard for some nutrients to be available and stored. It is recommended that we eat a “rainbow” of colors with every meal, aiming to eat something from each color of the rainbow. I try my best to add as many colors to my meals as possible to maximize on the amount of nutrients I get each day.
A sample meal plan for me includes the following:
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with red/orange/yellow bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms, turkey sausage/turkey bacon, and potatoes or whole wheat toast. For the beverage I usually drink a 100% fruit juice and water.
Lunch: Tends to vary between leftovers from the night before or something simple like a turkey or tuna sandwich on whole wheat bread with lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise with some type of fruit or a salad. Water being the beverage.
Dinner: Sauteed chicken with red/orange/yellow bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms. Usually paired with a green vegetable/salad, and a starch. I love sweet potatoes but sometimes I’ll do rice or pasta. I like to have something sweet after dinner but since I have stopped eating conventional sweets like cookies, cakes, etc. I usually gravitate to a bowl of cereal for my sweet fix. My beverage is water.
Snacks: Fruit, Salsa & Chips, Rice & Beans, Sweet Potato Chips, etc.
I tend to gravitate toward vegetables for my meals rather than fruits because I cook a lot and love the flavors that the vegetables give when they’re all cooked together. I use vegetables for my main meals and fruit for snacks. I also have more of a savory palette rather than sweet, and vegetables are more versatile for every season.
I have made a list of “colors” and have been making it my job to incorporate more colors with my meals and try new things.
Do you use a variety of colors in your meals?
Are you more of a vegetable or fruit person?
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