5 Different Ways to Eat Your Vegetables
By Nmami Agarwal 27-Oct 2020 Reading Time: 5 Mins
To keep your health in good shape, have more fresh fruits and vegetables. Vegetables provide nutrients essential for the overall well-being of your body. They are naturally low in calories and fat, and are an important source of many nutrients including potassium, dietary fibre, folate (folic acid), vitamin A, and vitamin C. Having a diet high in fibre can help in reducing blood cholesterol levels, risk of c disease, constipation, and weight loss woes. Including them in a variety can also protect you against the risk of various cancers. However, most people find adding vegetables to their diet difficult. Read on to find out 5 amazing ways of doing it.
- Add them to your breakfast.
- Snack on them.
- Make zoodles.
- Make wraps with leaves.
- Have them in soups.
Starting your right is important. Whatever you eat in your breakfast gets assimilated best by your body. So, make sure that you keep it healthy. Hence, adding vegetables to your breakfast is non-negotiable. You can make vegetable poha, upma, green smoothie, mixed vegetable dosa, or stuffed vegetable cheela for breakfast. The fibre and protein will keep you feeling full for a longer period of time, hence, also helping in weight loss.
Hummus with vegetable sticks is the most loved snack option. Hummus is not only delicious and creamy, but also has heart-healthy fats, protein, and fibre. Eating it with your vegetables can help your health in more ways than what you can think of. You can have the vitamins A, E and K rich- carrots, fibre, vitamin B6, and antioxidants rich-sweet potatoes, bad cholesterol-lowering, immune-boosting properties and Vitamin E rich- bell peppers, or anti-inflammatory, antioxidants and vitamin C rich- Zucchini.
Zucchini noodles or zoodles are a great way to add veggies in your diet. It is also low in carb, hence a great substitute for high-calorie pasta. Zucchini is also made up of 95% water, which helps in hydrating your body and keeping your weight in check. They are rich in potassium, vitamin-C, and calcium. You can also make zoodles out of other veggies like carrot, beetroot, cabbage, and parsnip.
Instead of making wraps with refined flour, swap it with leaves. It not only adds a crunch but also a variety of nutrients. You can use lettuce, cabbage rolls, kale, bok choy rolls, banana leaves or swiss chard. Wrapping in leaves will also have the added benefit of being low in calories, hence, helping you keep up with your weight loss goals.
Soups are a hearty way to have your veggies. Having soups for dinner keeps your digestive system healthy and aids your detoxification process too. Think of having a warm bowl of vegetable soup, sweet potato soup, tomato, beetroot and bottle gourd soup, or sweet corn soup. The antioxidants in vegetables will not only have an anti-inflammatory effect but also will help you in weight management.
Over to you.
Including fruits and vegetables for your health can be made fun, if having them ordinarily becomes pale. But, what’s note-worthy is the effect that they have on your body. You can also have vegetable juices when you are hungry, or in your morning routine, for yet another amazing dose of vegetables. Try the above ways to be naturally fit, fine and flawless.