Medindia » Nutrition Data » Vegetables and Vegetable Products
Tip 1 : Keep fruits separate from raw meat, poultry, and seafood while shopping, storing, and preparing.
Tip 2 : Add a vegetarian protein food to make a salad into a main dish--try garbanzo beans, kidney beans, soybeans or sunflower seeds.
Tip 3 : Multi-grain, stone-ground, 100% wheat, cracked wheat, or seven-grain doesn't equal whole-grain. Look for the word "whole"!
Tip 4 : Vary the fruits you choose to get a wider range of nutrients.
Tip 5 : Even if you don’t eat the peel, rinse and rub fruit under running water before peeling or cutting so that dirt and microbes don’t transfer.
Tip 6 : Choose lean ground beef. The label should say at least 92% lean. Look for ground beef that is 92% to 95% lean.
Tip 7 : Add veggies to any meal when you are in a hurry. Healthy short cuts include packaged shredded carrots or salads in a bag.
Tip 8 : Give your cooked vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus) a splash of lemon juice. This will keep them looking fresh and tasting great.
Tip 9 : Replacing sour cream with low-fat yogurt in recipes will reduce the Calories and add calcium.
Tip 10 : For a flavorful pork picadillo stew--use lean pork with onions, peppers, tomatoes, raisins and green olives. Check online for recipes.