Best Green Vegetables for Your Fun Healthy Diet

Ok, I knew that green vegetables are good for health, I just didn't know how much good they are.

There's so much written about it that I felt a bit lost in all that information. So I decided to start with some research on green vegetables and then continue with my Green Monday Fun and Healthy recipes.

Well, here's my Top 5 Green Vegetables that are not only healthy but also really tasty.

1. Broccoli

It's so dietetic and so healthy and it can also be so yummy if you cook it right. It's high in vitamins C, K, and A, as well as dietary fiber; it also contains multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties, such as diindolylmethane and selenium. Broccoli's also nice: meals with broccoli look like pieces of art. Broccoli definitely gets number 1!

2. Avocado

It's not leafy and actually it's not even a vegetable but it's green, healthy and one of my favorites. Be careful: about 75% of an avocado's calories come from fat (the good one but still fat...) So don't overdoze and everything will be fine.

3. Lettuce

There's no diet without lettuce as it's a great source of fiber and very low in calories. The secret with lettuce is to get the right proportion with other veggies and with a dressing.

4. Cucumber

Simple but good: poor in calories, rich in fiber and vitamins!

5. Spinach

Spinach is known mostly as a rich source of iron and calcium. I have to confess: I'm not really familiar with this one though I know it's full of healthy benefits. Promise to do some homework and to come up with some delicious recipe of spinach :)

Didn't get into the top but also worth mentioning:

Asparagus, Zucchini, Cabbage, Kale, Green Beans, Celery, Green Pepper, Swiss Chard...

Next time I'll share with you a great broccoli recipe - for those who doubt broccoli's culinary values and those who just want to eat healthy and have fun at one time.

Thanks Wikipedia for the help with the research.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Green Vegetables Are Good For You
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Top 5 Reasons Why Green Vegetables Are Good For You

Moving on to Green Monday (from the Add Color to Your Diet post), I'd like to talk a little bit about health benefits of green vegetables.



1. Green leafy vegetables provide our body with many essential vitamins and minerals, such as vitamins A, C, and K, folate, iron and calcium.

2. Regularly eating green leafy vegetables reduces the risk of heart diseases.

3. Increased consumption of green vegetables may prevent some kinds of cancer.

4. Spinach, kale, broccoli, and other green leafy vegetables lowers the risk of developing cataracts.

5. Green vegetables are rich in fiber which is really good for health and is especially recommended for weight loss.

You may say: all right but I just don't like the taste...

In my next posts I'll prove that green vegetables can be delicious, you just need to know how to cook them properly so they are yummy and (don't forget!) healthy.

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Do You Know What Diet Actually Is?

Before I continue, I'd like to ask if you really know what is diet. Many people associate the word "diet" with a restricted food regime BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE.

Here's the Wikipedia's definition for diet:

In nutrition, the diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.[1] Dietary habits are the habitual decisions an individual or culture makes when choosing what foods to eat. Although humans are omnivores, each culture holds some food preferences and some food taboos. Individual dietary choices may be more or less healthy. Proper nutrition requires the proper ingestion and equally important, the absorption of vitamins, minerals, and fuel in the form of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Dietary habits and choices play a significant role in health and mortality, and can also define cultures and play a role in religion.

So diet is just the way we eat. And it's our personal choice to have healthy and tasty meals every day which also helps to be in a good shape. I also suggest to be creative about it and to add a little fun to your diet=food=nutrition.

Add Color To Your Diet!

If you're trying to eat healthy and loose some weight, you've probably been thinking that it's limiting, boring, exhausting - you name it. I suggest stop suffering and start to make fun. Let's turn a diet into a game. How?

The idea is to label every day with a color. Let's say Sunday will be a Red Day, Monday will be Green, Tuesday - Orange, etc.



Here are some colorful recipes for every day of a week. And let's enjoy a healthy food!

Red Sunday:

Red Sunday - Royal Fruit Salad
Red Sunday - Italian Style Tomato Pasta
Red Sunday - Russian Borscht

Green Monday:

Green Monday - Broccoli Gratin
Green Monday - Easy & Healthy Avocado Recipe
Green Monday - Spring Asparagus with Lemon
Eat Spinach! More Green Recipes

Black Tuesday:

Black Tuesday: Black Beans Soup Recipe
Black Tuesday: Black Bread Sandwich Ideas
Black Tuesday: Kasha As a Side Dish

Orange Wednesday:

Orange Wednesday: Sweet Potato Soup
Orange Wednesday: Orange Banana Smoothie
Orange Wednesday: Carrot Spicy Salad

To Be Continued...

Beauty Salad - Russian Women Ultimate Morning Snack

Here's one of the Russian women's beauty secrets - the Beauty Salad - the most healthy breakfast you can ever think of. It's called the Beauty Salad because it's good not only for your weight but also for your skin! And it is really easy to prepare.

All you need for the Beauty Salad is:
* 1/2 glass of oatmeal
* 1 apple (preferably green)
* some peeled walnuts
* 1 teaspoon of honey

The night before you're going to have your Beauty Breakfast, cover the oatmeal with 1/2 glass of cold water. The next morning grater an apple into the bowl with the oatmeal, add walnuts and honey and mix it all together. That's the basics.

If it seems a little bit boring to you or if you're having this snack every morning and want some change, you may want to try adding some new flavors into the salad. I'm a big fan of strawberry, so I often add it to my Beauty Breakfast. You can also add some lemon juice, kiwi, banana and any other fruit you like.

There's also a possibility to use 1/2 glass of kefir (which is actually kind of plain natural yogurt with no flavorings) but it's a matter of taste.

That's all - try it out and enjoy your personal Beauty Salad!