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Friday Inspiration

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About a month ago I noticed that few fruits and veggies were finding their way onto my plate. A change in my eating habits was in order,

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which I know from experience is a very difficult thing to do. To get the support and inspiration I needed, I decided to publicly announce my commitment to include more fruits and veggies in my diet. I challenged myself – and you! – to eat NINE fruits and veggies every day for one week. The feedback I got was terrific – apparently I’m not the only one who could stand to add more “dirt candy” to her diet. And so we became a community of fruit-n-veggie eatin’ fools!

I did pretty well for that week –eating anywhere from 6-9 veggies each day, which was a huge improvement for me. And yet the romance of striving to eat nine fruits and veggies a day eventually subsided and (just speaking for myself of course) eventually my eating habits went back to the way that they were. And so here we are a month later and again I’m looking at my diet and again seeing lots of room for improvement.

I am a work in progress. :)

I’ve decided that for each week through the end of the year, I will challenge myself to foster healthy eating and living habits. Each week I will have a new focus. This is just my way of keeping myself engaged and inspired in the process. I hope you’ll join me! The more the merrier, I say, and so I’ve set up a separate page where YOU can share how you are meeting your healthy living goals. Why not support and inspire each other?

An Apple a Day

For the next week, Friday to Friday, I intend to eat at LEAST one apple each day. Now this will not be too difficult given that I absolutely adore Honeycrisp apples and I’ve been stockpiling them over the last month or so. But can I be sure to eat at least one apple every day? Can you?

Who’s in? How will you make sure to eat at least one apple a day? Leave your comments on the new Friday Inspiration page.

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Apple Cherry Oatmeal

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veganmofoIn case you haven’t noticed, I really love oatmeal. Here are a few fun facts about oats:

  • Oats are higher in soluble fiber (which has been proven to lower cholesterol) than any other grain
  • Oat protein in equal in quality to soy protein
  • Oats are part of a gluten-free diet when they have not been processed near gluten-containing foods
  • In Scottish English oats might be called “corn”
  • The oldest known oats were found in Egypt and dated approximately 2000BC – at that time however oats were probably just weeds

I don’t tend to eat oats for breakfast as I am a breakfast smoothie girl through and through.
I prefer to have a big steaming bowl of oats for lunch. Usually I make old fashioned rolled oats (which only take 10 minutes to cook), and if I have time I’ll make steel cut oats in my crockpot.
I tend vary the toppings for my oatmeal, sticking mostly to fruits, nuts, and sweetener. I was especially pleased with today’s creation:

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Apple Cherry Oatmeal

Serves 1

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup old fashioned rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1/2 cup cold vanilla soymilk (or favorite non-dairy milk)
  • pinch of salt
  • 1 Honeycrisp apple, or whatever awesome apple you have, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • handful of sulfite-free dried cherries

Directions

  1. Combine the oats, water, milk, and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for about 7 minutes.
  2. Add in the apple, brown sugar, and cinnamon and continue to cook for another 3 minutes or so. The apples should be warm and slightly soft but still firm.
  3. Pour the oats into a bowl and top with the dried cherries. Add any additional seasonings as desired.

What’s your favorite oat recipe?

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