Soup

I used to make a big pot of veggie soup every

week. I always have guilt because I am just 

like my gramma. I don't love fruit and veggies.

It is a forced effort to get those pesky 

things in during the day. I have been eating

fairly healthy since returning from holidays and 

you can even make a healthy food plan 

but not get the essential greens in per day.

example: cereal for breakfast, coffee, 

yogurt and berries with bran for snack, perhaps

a salad with chicken for lunch, smoothie for snack,

grilled chicken, veggies and quinoa for supper.

That is a fairly healthy day BUT is it enough

veggies?!?!?! Nope.

About 2 years ago I bought a blendtec blender. It was

an investment for sure. It rang in around $550 and it was

worth every penny. I have used it at least 3 times per

week {on slacker weeks} and when I'm really 

aiming for those veggies I blend at least once a day.

My favourite always has some orange in it. I find citrus

cuts the "earth" out of the veggies. 

Anyways, I've been writing out a food log similar to 

what they use at herbal magic {yup, been there} and 

Bernstein {been there too}

They had sheets to record your daily food log.

On those sheets of paper they have little circles with 

the type of food eg. veggies has 4 circles, starch has 2, 

protein has 2, dairy has 1.

Well I'm certainly not being that restrictive but I've 

started to do the same thing for myself. That way it

is easy the night before to write down what your

intentions of eating the next day and if you

are getting the essentials in. It has been helping

because although it's always nice to go for the 

orange or apple which is still healthy, perhaps the

bag of veggies is what you actually need.

I made a big pot of veggie soup the other day with a 

can of spicy diced tomatoes which adds just the right

amount of zing to make it super tasty!

Here goes a week of veggie obsession {and

hopefully not too many runs to the bathroom!}