Your Weight-Loss Food: Sneak in More Vegetables
YOUR DAILY DIET TIP
By James Beckerman, M.D.
Published April 20, 2011
You know that veggies are a great weight-loss food, but you might be having trouble getting more vegetables into your diet. Since the beginning of time, parents have been trying to get their kids to eat more vegetables. The latest tactic in this age-old struggle is to avoid the head-on confrontation over that plate of broccoli and trick toddlers by hiding vegetables in other foods, such as mashed potatoes, tomato sauce, muffins, or even ground beef.
Here’s the good weight-loss news. Even if you don’t have kids, you can still lower your calories by sneaking more vegetables into your own food.
Rather than make things complicated by thinking about how many shredded carrots you are going to bake into a chocolate cake, start simply by incorporating puréed vegetables into other foods. Steam vegetables until they are soft, and then purée them in a blender. Cauliflower and zucchini purée works great in creamy sauces like Alfredo, and it also adds some substance to your macaroni and cheese. You can use broccoli and spinach as a green addition to your pasta sauce, lasagna, or casserole, reducing the need for too much cheese or meat. Make a bender’s worth of puréed vegetables on Sunday and use it up by the end of the week – you will get more vegetables and take in less fat and fewer calories.
Always look up,
Jamie
Cardiologist James Beckerman shares 200 evidence-based strategies for prevention, wellness, and weight loss with his new book, The Flex Diet: Design-Your-Own Weight Loss Plan.
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