eat more vegetables

HAVE SEEMED TO CHANGE AS I GROW UP…
I USED TO HATE GREEN PEPPERS NOW I DON’T GO A DAY WITH OUT ONE!

I have trouble digesting some veggies, so I need to make an appointment to see what I can do about this. It is keeping me from fully diving into this goal. Some people online thought enzymes could be an answer to someone else’s similar problem. I hope so! I need to be able to eat veggies!

i dont think i eat enough of them and i should. i dont even know if i can name more than 5 that i like.. let me try.. broccoli, potatoes, cucumbers, string beans, cauliflower.. but it wasnt easy.. maybe i just dont know of enough of them. i also would like to eat more carrots. i havent had any in a while, and i recently became near sighted, so maybe that would help a little. :] they say that there good for your eyes..

and didn’t really get there. I tracked my diet for a while and it is pretty healthy but includes more sugar than I would like and too few vegetables.

I enjoy getting my veggies as part of my lunches, like I will make a big soup or stew and freeze portions for lunch. However, in the summer I do not do this.

In my efforts to save money I buy so few veggies since I don’t want them to go bad. Have started to buy more frozen so at least I don’t feel like I’m wasting.

I will keep working on using the frozen veggies and maybe will look into a CSA service to get some seasonal foods delivered.

I’m making an effort to put them in everything. Whatever I make, I try to figure out how to put a vegetable in it. It is making a difference. I have to be very conscious of it to make it happen, but I hope at some point it will come more automatically. I feel successful at it, and it is taking an effort to do. That’s okay.

I’m doing research on the benefits of a plant based diet. (that sounds really complicated, but my research is mainly limited to google :) What I’ve found is really promising, but I’m definitely too big a fan of white meat and dairy to totally make it. I’m also trying to learn how to cook, or rather “uncook”, my foods in their most natural raw form. The health benefits are rather exciting.

But in all this, I’m realizing how unnatural the typical American diet is. I want to be 60-70% plant based (by plants I mean fruits, veggies, beans and seeds, less grains). It’s hard for me to think in terms of making a meal around fresh foods. I’m so used to pastas and turkey burgers. I need to think outside the box ;) Any suggestions?

should I count corn?

brocolli, cauli, carrots

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fresh organic vegetables… ;]