Eat More Vegetables and Fruits

Carbohydrates and fat are the two food items people would want to eat less of to stay a little healthier. Instead, salads and fruits would be better food choices. Here is a Papaya-Avocado salad recipe from EatingWell.com that you might want to give it a try.


Makes 4 servings, about 2/3 cup each
INGREDIENTS
1 medium organic papaya, diced
1 medium organic avocado, diced
3/4 cup diced organic jicama
2 Tbsps chopped toasted walnuts
2 Tbsps low-fat naturally prepared raspberry vinaigrette
Crunchy jicama and nutritious walnuts pair with creamy papaya and avocado for a refreshing salad with tropical notes. On a hot summer day, this is truly “the food of the gods.”

Toss papaya, avocado, jicama, walnuts and raspberry vinaigrette together in a medium bowl.

NUTRITION INFORMATION: Per serving: 116 calories; 8 g fat (1 g sat, 4 g mono); 0 mg cholesterol; 11 g carbohydrate; 2 g protein; 5 g fiber; 23 mg sodium; 325 mg potassium.

1/2 Carbohydrate Serving

Cookie Recipes

It is common knowledge that too much consumptions of sweets and carbohydrates is not good for health. As a matter of fact, excess in any food can give rise to a number of health issues. Everything in moderation is a safe bet.

Are you one of those who can't resist desserts or sweets, including cookies? Bake your own and have more nutritious ingredients in your yummy desserts or cookies. The Internet is an amazing resource of cookie recipes. Any recipe can be found online.

Brown rice is healthful

Rice is a staple this part of the world. Studies have indicated that rice is all carbohydrates and not much nutrition. However, this need not be the case as there is one type of rice that has nutrition. It is brown rice. Brown rice has five times more fiber than white rice and is just as versatile.

For the sake of good health, more and more people are switching to brown rice. Brown rice or rice for that matter, need not be a boring dish as there are many recipes available showing us different ways of making rice dishes.