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It’s Not Easy Being Green

With spring on the horizon, it’s a wonderful time to start implementing some fresh changes into our daily life. Running outside more, watching the leaves and flowers bloom and eating more fresh and local foods. Especially more greens.

It can be hard to integrate more greens into your life if you’re not a big fan of salads, but I have some quick and easy ideas that will get you into green in no time.

Breakfast

GREEN SMOOTHIE Add spinach, kale, or a green powder, such as spirulina, to your smoothie in the morning. Baby spinach blends the best, while kale can be a bit more fibrous. Powders like spirulina and chlorella can be found at health food stores and make the process incredibly simple.

AVOCADO You’ve heard of avocado on toast, right? It’s a great way to add some green and some healthy fats to your diet! Munch on toast with a little sea salt and balsamic vinegar, and you’ll be full of energy all day long.

ASPARAGUS OMELETTE Eggs are always a winner in the morning. Add asparagus with some Swiss cheese and you’ll be getting a ton of fibre, vitamin K and C, plus iron!

Lunch

SALAD Yes, salads are an awesome way to incorporate more greens into your life. If you like salad, try mixing it up with different greens like arugula or mustard greens. If you don’t like salad, try making a buddha bowl and adding lettuce as a garnish to start.

SPROUTS AND MICROGREENS The difference between these two are that sprouts are grown in water and micro greens are grown in soil. Typically, micro greens are just “baby” versions of vegetables, but not fully mature, like baby spinach. Make sense? Yeah, I know – clear as mud. All you need to know is that micro greens contain concentrated nutrition, so they are fantastic to add to your diet wherever you can.

There are so many different kinds of sprouts and micro greens these days, and they are delicious on sandwiches, in wraps, on top of pizza and in stir-fries and salads. Try a new one each week!

Snacks

CELERY Even though celery has become incredibly trendy lately, don’t shun the vegetable. It’s a great crunchy snack in the afternoon.

KIWI You can eat it as is, with a spoon – which couldn’t be more convenient.

GREEN APPLES Apples are one of those fruits that people tend to be very particular about. Do you like green apples? Throw one in your bag to have on the way home.

CUCUMBER This water-heavy vegetable is an excellent way to add more green into your diet. Light and crunchy, it’s great on a veggie tray with some hummus.

Dinner

HERBS Pick up some fresh herbs and start using them in your cooking more often. You won’t believe the difference in flavour – and you’ll be adding more greens.

WILTED SPINACH This is my favourite way to eat greens. Baby spinach in your fridge is a secret weapon. You can add it to soups, stir-fries, stews, curries, pilafs, pretty much anything you heat up. You can add some spinach at the end of the cooking process and just let it wilt. Silky and smooth, this vegetable is full of vitamins.

FROZEN PEAS AND BEANS Fresh not your thing? No worries. You can use frozen peas and beans and get great nutrition out of them. Frozen vegetables are picked, packed and frozen usually on the same day and right on the farm to preserve the nutrients, so don’t feel bad if you’re not buying fresh from your local market.