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Friday Inspiration: Unusual Fruits and Vegetables

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So how have you been doing with your apple-a-day goal?

I’m happy to say that I DID IT! I’ve eaten an apple every day since last Friday. I have to admit it really hasn’t been that difficult, I mean the apples – especially the Honeycrisps – are SO GOOD! Even D. is choosing an apple for his snack these days!

So since that was so easy (!), for this next week I propose shifting the focus away

Can you guess what this is?

Can you guess what this is?

from the familiar and onto the unfamiliar. Unfamiliar fruits and veggies, that is. It’s so easy to just stick to what you know, eating the same foods week after week. How often do you go out of your way to purchase a food that makes you think “gee I don’t even know what to do with this!” ? It’s slightly uncomfortable, isn’t it? I mean, WHAT IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT???

But then again, you just might love it.  :)

So over the next week, I will try FIVE new fruits and veggies. Right now I’m thinking that these are the five that I’ll explore:

  1. Persimmon
  2. Yuzu
  3. Damson
  4. Jerusalem Artichoke
  5. Chicory

Of course this all depends on whether or not I can find these foods in my local markets. :)

So how about you? Are you willing to join me in exploring unusual fruits and vegetables?

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“Do one thing every day that scares you.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

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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,

Fresh vegetables are common in a healthy diet.
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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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Extra Life Produce Preserver – Two Thumbs Up

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Back in July I decided to try the Extra Life Produce Preserver.ExtraLife

The “preserver” is a little green disk that you place in your refrigerator’s produce drawer.
Inside the disk is a little breathable pouch filled with natural zeolite pellets that have been coated with a 6% solution of potassium permanganate.
That does sound a little scary to me but Extra Life’s website assures us that it’s all natural and safe and has been used in the produce industry for over 50 years.

Anyway, as fruits and vegetables age they release ethylene, which causes them to ripen.
When fruits and veggies are outside in their natural state, the ethylene allows them to ripen naturally.
But when they are in a closed container, like your produce drawer, the trapped ethylene causes them to ripen at an accelerated pace.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had fruits and veggies go bad on me!

So the ethylene released by the f&v’s is attracted to the potassium permanganate in the Extra Life Produce Preserver. The preserver then converts the “pp” to water vapor and carbon dioxide (both harmless), thus preventing your produce from ripening so quickly and spoiling.

I can say that these really seem to work! I’ve noticed that produce is lasting longer in my refrigerator. I just threw out my original Extra Life Produce Preserver and just ordered a new pack. At $13.99 for a set of three, I think they are a real bargain.

And no I’m not being paid to say this. ;)

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