3 Ways to Eat More Vegetables
It’s no secret that I’m crazy for vegetables. I honestly do love them but if my only method for consuming vegetables was in a boring side salad, I probably wouldn’t get too excited about that. It makes me sad when the only vegetables people eat are the ones on their hamburger. Out of season tomatoes and iceburg lettuce don’t exactly get people excited to eat their vegetables.
So I thought I’d share a few of my favorite ways for vegetable consumption.
Swap them in!
Zucchini noodles, cauliflower rice, kale chips… try vegetables as a substitute for your standard higher calorie foods. Here are some of my favorite recipes for veggie swaps:
- Spaghetti Squash Mac n Cheese– My own, pictured above
- Cauliflower Rice via Primal Palate
- Zucchini Noodle Basics via Skinny Taste
- Kale Chips via Oh She Glows
Blend them!
Sure, green smoothies are becoming a fairly popular thing now, but there are other ways to sneak in vegetables! Hide a little zucchini in your pancakes. Puree some carrots into your marinara sauce. You can even hide them in desserts, like in those 2 ingredient cupcakes pictured above! You’d be surprised at how often you won’t even notice that there are extra vegetables in there!
Roast them!
It may seem basic, but roasting can be one of the most delicious ways to eat more vegetables. Roasting brings out the natural flavors and it really couldn’t be easier. Think beyond sweet potatoes (although these Parmesan sweet potato chips are amazing) and try roasting things like parsnips, carrots or broccoli. You’ll be amazed what you can do with a little olive oil, salt & pepper.
Hopefully these ideas and recipes will spur you to consume a few extra vegetables! My goal of this blog to give people easy ways to incorporate healthy recipes into their lives, so I love hearing your thoughts! Leave me a comment and tell me:
What’s your favorite way to eat vegetables?
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Cool tips, I like the idea of adding veggies to sweets, would be great for a breakfast treat.
i’ve done a lot of roasting, but honestly not too much swapping and/or blending – time to change things? i think so! i’ll let ya know how it goes 🙂
Isn’t it crazy how roasting them can make them so delicious. That’s my favorite thing to do. So simple.
Roasting is definitely my favorite…but you can never go wrong hiding them in dessert 😉
Personally, I love how dense chocolate and pumpkin is together. It makes it so delicious. These are great tips and thanks for sharing!
Great tips! I love the idea of the two-ingredient brownie/cupcakes with pumpkin!
I’m with you, I eat veggies like they’re water. They make up 80% of my diet, but this is GREAT for people who need help sneaking them in. Is it weird that I get total joy out of sneaking them into my baked goods and not telling people until after they’ve eaten them?
Okay, I haaave to try that spaghetti squash mac and cheese. I think a fun way to eat veggies is with a spiralizer! 🙂 Great post — I love the colors and the look of your blog. Can’t wait to see what else you come up with!
Thanks so much, Emily! I totally agree, the zucchini noodle/spiralizing craze is an awesome one!
I love to sneak veggies into EVERYTHING! From my spaghetti sauce to soups to salads. Roasted veggies are my favorite, but I also love them raw with hummus as a snack!
A girl after my own heart! 🙂 And yes to veggies + hummus!
Erghh, out of season tomatoes are the worst, aren’t they!
My favourite way to eat more vegetables when I feel myself slacking it to make myself some super green smoothies. A really quick way to have more veggies.