You’ve probably heard that we’re supposed to be eating at least 5 servings of fruit and vegetables a day. I have found that to be considerably harder than it sounds. First of all, I usually don’t take my lunch to work and there are very few vegetables to be found at lunch spots. If you do find them, they’re fried or covered with some kind of very fattening sauce. Secondly, even on the weekends, things don’t always turn out the way you planned. Yesterday, we managed to squeeze in 4 servings. Today, our entrees are going to be friend oysters for lunch and rib-eye steak for dinner. What kind of healthy vegetable dish goes well with fried oysters? Maybe a salad. If I pile on some asparagus or something then maybe it can be considered two veggies. That leaves three for dinner. Let’s see if it happens.
Days Later…
I think it’s impossible. I like vegetables. But, what I really want is meat. I plan my meals around it and might just go without vegetables all day long if I don’t make an effort to cook and eat them. Still trying. But, four servings a day is about all I can manage so far.
And no, I don’t want fruit for breakfast.
Damn.
1 response so far ↓
bruleeblog // April 24, 2008 at 5:24 pm |
I have that issue too. I’ve been trying to use veggies as snacks instead – baby carrots, sugar snap peas, celery with peanut butter, etc. Apples and bananas are easy. But I still love my carbs and meat.