Everyone’s #1 New Year resolution is eating healthier. This can prove difficult if you don’t like the taste of healthy foods or are a picky eater.
Healthy food doesn’t have to make you feel like you’re missing out on your favorites. Eating healthy can also be inexpensive and quick and easy to whip up despite it’s reputation. Start with small simple changes to make healthy eating a lasting habit.
Mix What You Like with Healthy Foods
The trick most parents of fussy eaters use is hiding healthy foods in with foods they love. Try a mores sophisticated version of this by pairing foods you eat, in moderation, with the ones you want to start incorporating into your diet.
Pair it with bacon or sausage
In moderate amounts, cheese can change a meal
Topping a burger with avocado can decrease the inflammatory effects of red meat
Combining broccoli and mustard could boots it’s nutritional value while making it taste better
Spreading veggies on pasta or other grains can make them taste less offensive
Try a pesto or other healthy sauce instead of the tried and true tomato
Smoothies are nutritionally complete and can hide vegetables you don’t like the taste of
If blandness is your issue, try solving the problem by buying fresh. Farmers markets are suggested. Then spice them up with your favorite flavors. Butter, salt and pepper don’t have to be the only seasoning you use!
Try Different Preparations
Roast or grill instead of steaming or boiling
Try frozen instead of canned
Sea foods are great, but not everyone’s favorite. Try mild white fishes instead of the more potent.
Try different ‘chips’ instead of the greasy less nutritional types.
Name brands matter. Taste can completely change between brands.
If you don’t like eating it, try juicing it.
If you don’t like the intense vegetable taste, try the baby versions
Along with these tips in changing what you eat, you can fallow a few simple tips for eating the ones already in your diet. For example in a stew change the meat to vegetable ratio. You can also try cutting out your meat, not completely, by cutting it out of one meal, or one day a week.
When you’re forming any kind of good habit, don’t be too hard on yourself. Start small. If you’re really committed, join a food delivery service. You’d be invested because the money has already been spent, but you’re not relying on your pallet to pick out foods you think you will, or won’t, like. Make the meal experience more enjoyable by joining friends. Doing anything with a buddy is easier because it gives you support and accountability.
Remember sometimes all that looks good is steak and fries. It’s ok to splurge once in a while as long as you don’t make that a habit.
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