9-Include more vegetables in your dishes
To increase your vegetable intake, you can include more vegetables in your side dishes for your meals. You can add different vegetables from what you are used to eating such as potatoes and peas, or include more in dishes such as bolognese or chili.
You can get creative by adding chunks of courgette and aubergine to pasta dishes, sweet potatoes and cauliflower to curries, or onions, garlic, carrots, and peppers to bolognese. For meat-based meals, you can opt for higher fiber options such as beans in chili instead of beef, or lentils with spaghetti and bolognese.
If you want to encourage children to eat more vegetables, use a spiralizer to create attractive shapes for the vegetables. You can also use the spiralizer to create vegetable noodles from sweet potatoes, parsnips, aubergine, and other vegetables for a healthy alternative to traditional noodles.
You can replace the buns with sweet potato or parsnip fries for a healthy carbohydrate boost that won’t cause an insulin spike. You can also make a spicy vegetable stir-fry where leafy greens, peppers, onions, ginger, and kale are the stars. Pair it with a spicy soy-lime sauce on a bed of vegetable noodles and serve it with a fresh green smoothie for a balanced meal that tastes amazing.
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