Simple ways to add more veggies to your meals
If you’re anything like me, your social media feed is full of telling you to eat more protein! more fiber! Cut the dairy, but maybe not? The barrage of information can be confusing and overwhelming. Unfortunately I can’t fix that, but last I checked we can all agree that we’d like to eat more veggies and we’d like to not have to choke them down. Many of these tricks can be adjusted to your nutrition goals and preferences.
Add finely grated carrots and finely chopped spinach or kale, riced cauliflower to anything you cook down on the stove. Spaghetti sauce, curry sauces, and chili are all go to’s for me.
Add extra onion and garlic to anything that calls for it. Sometimes I don’t think of these as these veggies, but they are and they are great for you! I often add extra (even double) for flavor and more nutrients.
Top your salads with more prodcue. I reach for any produce that’s in my house and doesn’t have a plan. Some frequent flyers are mini sweet peppers, chopped carrots, apples, oranges, kiwi, or nuts and seeds (sometimes I just use trail mix),
Bell pepper works in almost every salad or stir fry and the meal can usually handle twice as much as you think.
Tell us your tricks! How do you weave more veggies into your meals?