If you are looking for a great way to get your family or yourself to eat more fruits or vegetables try incorporating them into your meals.
I don’t mean simply serving veggies as your side. I mean really incorporate fruits and veggies into the meal. For example try adding spinach and broccoli to a fettuccine alfredo, or adding an extra dose of veggies into your chicken noodle soup.
Hopefully, you get the idea with the examples above. Perhaps one of the best recipes that incorporate fruits and vegetables is non-other than broccoli and apple salad with walnuts.
The salad uses raw broccoli for added crunch and a little extra healthiness while the apples add a significant amount of sweetness making the salad more palatable. One of the worst things you can do when trying to eat more fruits and veggies is preparing them in a way that makes them flavorless and less appealing. This will only make the habit harder to maintain.
If you want to make the salad a little bit healthier you can substitute the sour cream for greek yogurt and reduce the mayonnaise by half.
Let us know what you think.
Ingredients
Salad Ingredients:
- 2 medium heads of broccoli, chopped into small pieces
- 1 large carrot, grated
- 1 apple, cored and finely chopped
- ¼ medium onion (1/4 cup), finely chopped
- ½ cup walnuts, toasted on a skillet and coarsely chopped
- ¼ cup raisins or cranberries
Dressing Ingredients:
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp sugar
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- Pinch of pepper
Instructions
- Toast walnuts over medium/ high heat, tossing them occasionally so they don’t burn. Heat about 4-5 minutes. Chop walnuts coarsely.
- Combine chopped broccoli, grated carrot, chopped apple, chopped onion, chopped walnut and cranberries.
- To make the dressing, combine: mayonnaise, sour cream, lemon juice, sugar, salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Mix as much of the dressing as you want into the salad, then serve.
Recipe source: Natasha’s Kitchen
Photo source: Nutritious Eats
