Hello again. I hope you are enjoying our journey. I left you in the last blog with two different fruits. Now, I really do hope that you had the good sense to eat more than pears and pineapples today!!! I am throwing out information that I know, and that I have read from various magazines and such, in hopes to help you on your journey. Don't feel like you have to eat everything I tell you about and don't feel like theses are the only things you need to eat. I will let you in on a little secret.....I don't count any of my calories, and I don't know my fat intake. I know the benefits of the food that I am eating out weighs any benefits (or lack there of) of what I use to eat, which was mostly drive thru. So I guess I don't feel the need to mess with all of the counting and points......I've never really been good at keeping up with numbers anyway.
I would like to encourage you to take this one meal at a time. That being said I don't mean eat a healthy breakfast and then eat a large pizza for lunch. Please try to make good choices through out the day but tackle one meal at a time. Remember this is a life style change. You are changing habits that you have had for years. It won't be easy.
I would like to introduce you to the pumpkin. These things are not just for Jack-O'-Lanterns. Pumpkin is something we ,most always, have around our house. We try to stock up in the fall to get us through a whole year. They are high in vitamin A, an essential vitamin for vision. So again this is another fruit that protects against macular degeneration They are also high in fiber, and you guessed it, another one of those fruits high in anti oxidants.......eat all of these to protect you from flu season!!! It is so worth it not to buy this stuff in a can!! You can make it yourself and I am about to show you how!. I am about to share with you another secret. If you use this kind of pumpkin in your pies, you will be the hero of Thanksgiving!!!
So here is a small pie pumpkin and you start off by cutting it all up like so......
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| I cut the top off just like you would a Jack-o'-lantern |
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See where that beautiful finger is pointed?? This is the part of the pumpkin that you will be eating |
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| put it on the stove to boil until it is tender and you can stick a fork through it |
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when it is done put it in a food processor, or a blender   Now I measure it off in containers of 2 cups. Most pumpkin recipes call for 2 cups of pumpkin, then I freeze it. So there you go. It may seem like a lot of work that you are not willing to do, but I am telling you if you want to be healthy then you must do the work. You can't get healthy fast, it takes time. Time to do the research, time to prepare the food, time to exercise. These three containers of pumpkin will make 6 loaves of pumpkin bread, or 3 pumpkin pies ,or make oatmeal with pumpkin in it enough to feed a family of 4 for 24 days. That being said, here is a recipe that I use for Oatmeal with pumpkin in it,........ 1Cup of nonfat skim milk, (us lactose intolerant people use almond milk or soy milk) 1/4 cup of firmly packed light or dark brown sugar 1/4 cup of pumpkin puree (you can even use sweet potato if you want to) 1/4 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice 1 cup of oats add all ingredients except the oats into a pan and let it come to a small boil, then add your oats. My kids like a little syrup on top too. add this to any fruit you want and you have completed a healthy breakfast full of vitamins and anti oxidants to get you through the day!!! Well until snack time, and that is where I am going to leave you today. I have been taking pictures of my food, here and there. I am getting quite a collection. I cannot wait to share with you. One step at a time, one fruit at a time , one veggie at a time and you will be on your way to a more healthy you!!! Don't give up. You will feel soooo much better.......I am living proof of that!!!! |
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