Getting Your Superfoods Throughout the Day

With a little planning, you can make it easy to get these Superfoods throughout the day.  Some simple changes and you will be feeling better and be much healthier very soon.  Something as simple as sprinkling some chopped walnuts or almonds on your vegetables or in your yogurt will help get these Superfoods into your diet…Here are some simple ways to add Superfoods to each meal of the day:

Breakfast:

First, get rid of those sugar coated cereals.  If you eat frosted mini-wheats, why not try plain mini-wheats and slice some strawberries or bananas or both into your bowl.  You might find that the fruit gives your cereal a better tasting sweetness.

Make an omelet with vegetables.  Cutting back on the cheese (or getting rid of it all together) and adding broccoli, tomatoes, etc to your omelet will give you the vegetables you need and start your day off on the right track.

Coffee drinker?  If you drink 3 cups of coffee a day, why not substitute a couple of those cups with green tea.  Green tea still gives you a little caffeine, but it also has antioxidants that may prevent cancer.

Don’t eat breakfast?  Why not grab a banana and yogurt.  Quick and simple and still gives you a better start than having no breakfast.

Lunch:

Use whole-grain breads for your sandwiches and substitute spinach leaves for the lettuce.  Clean, cut and package some vegetables the night before for quick grab and go.  The crunch of the vegetable will keep you from missing the potato chips.

Take leftovers instead of buying your lunch.  Homemade recipes are usually better for you than fast food.  Once you start making a few changes to your cooking, then your leftovers will become even more healthy.  Pack a salad (salad dressing in a different container to keep it from wilting your spinach leaves).

Instead of drinking a soda, drink water or 100% fruit juice.  Products like Crystal Light will keep you from getting bored with your water.  Squeezing lemon into your water is one of the best & healthiest ways to drink it.

Take a healthy snack for those days when you need to eat a little something else.  A handful of nuts or dried fruit are easy to keep with you and they don’t make a mess when you are working at your computer.

Dinner:

Always try to have at least a small salad before your main meal. This helps get your portions in and it will help fill you up on good stuff.

Choose steamed vegetables or make brown rice for your side dishes.

Serve a Superfood for the main meat dish.  Salmon or tuna are filled with omega-3 fatty acids which makes them a great main meal.

Don’t forget desserts.  Make them a superfood also.  A bowl of berries with cream and a sprinkle of nuts will give you the sweet you crave.

Dining out:

I wanted to touch on this, because there are times when you can’t take your lunch and you need to eat out.  I want you to know there are ways to this and still be healthy.

If you have to eat fast food, choose to eat a sub.  This way you can control what is on your sandwich.  You can choose the wheat bread and add the vegetables.  Let them know you want very little dressing or tell them no dressing and bring your own that you can add before eating.

If you don’t have a sub shop in your town, then choose a side salad over the fries.  Or choose to have one of their salad meals that have the grilled chicken.

Order an apple/orange juice instead of a soda.  Or better yet, don’t order a drink with your meal and bring water or 100% juice from home.  If you freeze it over night, then by the time lunch comes around, it will be thawed and ready to drink.

If you are at a “sit-down” restaurant, you can still eat healthy.  Check the menu, a lot of restaurants are starting to put healthy meals on their menu.

When you are ordering your sides, ask what the vegetable of the day is.  Check out the soups…a vegetable soup will be healthier than french fries and a sandwich.

Ask if the fish is broiled or baked.  If not, ask if yours can be.

Look at the vegetarian meals and try something new.

Don’t order dessert.  Eat an apple or orange that you have brought from home.

If you can’t find anything on the menu that you like and that is healthy, then order something but only eat half of it.  Take the rest with you.  You can have it for lunch the next day.  Two meals for the price of one…not only are you eating healthy, but you are saving money.