![]() So, much to the disappointment of Carnivorous Husband, we’ll also be eating less meat in our house leaving more room on the plate for all those veggies. And you can forget the BBQ’d meat (linked to Alzheimers and diabetes – we wrote about it here). If vegetables were the heroes of last year’s research, who was the villain? Meat, meat and more meat – in particular processed red meat (linked to heart failure – still the biggest killer in the West). And you might consider swapping fruit juice for vegetable juice too. Smoothies are still the easiest way to consume a glut of veg in one go (more on our fave family-friendly smoothies next month). If all this sounds too weird, make a smoothie of apple juice, half an avocado, the juice of half a lime and a handful of kale. So when lunch is a sandwich on the go, I don’t feel so bad. ![]() And no, the children aren’t exactly wolfing down the veg element (yet!). ![]() Yes, it’s more effort than pouring out a bowl of cereal. Here are some of the veg-rich breakfasts I’ve been whipping up over the Christmas holidays: sautéed leek and cabbage with a poached egg sautéed mushrooms and garlic on toast grilled tomatoes on toast avocado and rocket on toast frittata with previously-roasted root veg and kale scrambled egg, smoked salmon and steamed spinach. By including egg or toast, however, veggies for breakfast seem a little more acceptable. People all over the world eat vegetables for breakfast – the famous British fry up includes three veggies – but to me broccoli at breakfast still feels weird. And it won’t happen every day (we still love our porridge pancakes and granola). Secondly – and more radically – we’re going to try eating veggies for breakfast. Read on for this week’s (edited) recipe from Anna Jones’ inspiring A Modern Way to Eat (it’s fiddlier than I like but it’s the perfect dish for post-Christmas recovery, includes five of your seven-a-day and is delicious). Without adding to my workload! How to do this? Firstly we’ll be eating more vegetable stir fries, curries, gratins, tagines, stews – one pot meals where several veg can be thrown together. So my resolution for 2015? Yup – to get more veggies into my family’s daily diet. Here’s the science and read on for a list of nitrate-rich veggies … Think 5:2 (five veg portions and two fruit portions).Īnd if that didn’t convince you of the power of veggies, a December study from Cambridge and Southampton Universities found that people eating a diet high in nitrate-rich vegetables could alter the thickness of their blood – lowering the risk of clots, strokes, heart attacks, obesity and type 2 diabetes. Read about it here Oh – and bear in mind that gorging on fruit won’t help. We didn’t cover this – it came out before Kale & Cocoa’s inception – but it was probably the most important, large-scale report of 2014 in terms of healthy ageing. Secondly, the break-through research that found people eating seven portions of fruit and veg had a 42% lower risk of death from all causes (yes – 42%!). Firstly, the report that found a Mediterranean diet to be more effective than a low-fat diet for preventing cardio-vascular disease. Nothing drastic – no crash dieting or fasting for me! But after reviewing the medical findings of last year, two in particular stood out. Uncommonly smooth, naturally sweet.Over the last few days I’ve been thinking about healthy ageing resolutions for 2015. SUBSTITUTE ALMOND MILK, OAT MILK, COCONUT MILK OR SOY MILK +$0.75 | ADD WHIPPED CREAM +$0.75Ī rotating seasonal latte - ask about it!Īdd Almond, Dulce de Leche, Mocha or Vanilla Syrup +$0.75Īlmond, Mocha, Sweet Potato or Vanilla Syrup $0.50Ī cold brewed coffee steeped & chilled to perfection.
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