Add Salad To Your Diet Every Day

(NAPSI)-Eating five servings of fruits and vegetables every day can be a "berry" good idea, especially when you find a way to combine fruits such as berries and flavorful vegetables into one delicious and nutritious salad.

Enjoying a salad a day can help increase your energy level, fill you up and provide essential vitamins and minerals found in a variety of produce. Including a variety of foods helps to keep you on track to eating better and avoids the boredom that comes with some diets. And, when tossing together, the ingredients are limited only by your imagination. Think of flavors you like and try them together; the results could be surprisingly tasty.

For recipes that showcase the many imaginative ways to toss a salad, visit 30salads30days.com. The site offers a salad for every day of the month.

One of the featured recipes is a mouthwatering Berry, Walnut and Avocado Salad. Sweet berries and smooth avocados are the heroes in this fresh salad, while the berry flavors of the Litehouse salad dressings flavorfully echo the fruit found in this crunchy-sweet salad.

Berry, Walnut and Avocado Salad

Serves 4-6

1 pkg (6 oz.) spring mix salad

¾ cup fresh strawberries, quartered

⅓ cup glazed walnuts

⅓ cup golden raisins

1 large avocado, sliced

⅓ cup Litehouse Idaho Bleu cheese crumbles

¼ -½ cup Litehouse Raspberry Walnut Vinaigrette, Litehouse Organic Raspberry Lime Vinaigrette or Litehouse Pomegranate Blueberry Vinaigrette

In a medium bowl, toss together the spring mix, strawberries, walnuts and golden raisins. Top with avocado and bleu cheese crumbles. Drizzle lightly with Litehouse dressing just prior to serving and pass dressing with salad.

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More Meat-eaters Trying Vegan Foods for Taste, Health and Safety

(ARA) – Ah, the love of the burger – it’s a unifying American experience. But if the fat content in fast food burgers makes your heart burn with shame, and meat recalls have you worrying about what’s in that burger you made at home, you’re not alone. Is it any wonder that interest in vegan alternatives to traditional meat meals is on the rise – even among people who still consider themselves meat-eaters?

“People are understandably concerned about what they’re serving their families,” says Gary Torres of Food for Life, a vegan food company that is seeing increased interest in meat-free foods. “But it’s not just confirmed vegans who are seeking these alternatives. We’re seeing increased interest in vegetarian and vegan foods by people who don’t consider themselves to be followers of either lifestyle.”

The health advantages and expanded availability of more vegan choices seem to be key factors inspiring more people to incorporate meat-free meals into their lifestyles, Torres says.

Not sure if you can incorporate vegetarian or vegan foods into your family’s diet? Consider the following:

* A simple Google search turns up hundreds of Web sites designed to help you “go vegan.” In fact, you can even find sites that will help you locate restaurants in your area that serve vegan or vegetarian dishes.

* It’s easier than ever to find cookbooks filled with delicious vegan and vegetarian dishes you can prepare at home.

* Numerous studies point to the health benefits of vegetarian and vegan diets – from help in losing weight to alleviating symptoms of some types of arthritis and diabetes.

* Vegan and vegetarian food products are going mainstream in grocery stores. Many products deliver the benefits of vegan foods without sacrificing the flavor and texture consumers demand. For example, Food for Life’s new baked (not fried) Moophrey burgers mimic the flavor and texture of quality ground beef. And in taste tests conducted by the company, more kids chose baked Cluckphrey Patties over traditional chicken nuggets. Both products are made with all-natural, non-genetically modified vegetable ingredients. Visit www.FoodforLife.com to learn more.

And if you’re still not convinced that vegan foods fit into your family’s lifestyle, consider this – you may already have vegan foods in your pantry. Items you already use, but never knew were vegan range from Kool-Aid and Fritos to Sunbeam bread, Krispy Kreme fruit pies and Ore-Ida Tater Tots, according to Peta.org.

Courtesy of ARAcontent

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New Year's Resolutions

I saw a story earlier today about Oklahoma City going on a diet. The mayor wants the city to lose a million pounds as part of its New Year's resolution.

Across the country people are going on diets and attempting to keep resolutions made on new year's day. There are diets for ever lifestyle and every whim.

A few of us who are contributing to the County Cuisine (Fayette Front Page) were talking about the story and we have decided we are going to include some healthy tips on occasion. We are all committed to good eating and good health. You, our readers, are invited to send us your healthy recipes and tips. We will be setting up a special email which will be posted soon (we would do it now, but with all the spammers out there we don't want to use our personal computers so we're considering options).

Here's the story that sparked our healthy conversations:

One of America's 'Fattest' Cities Goes on Diet
OKLAHOMA CITY — With a button-popping spread of cornbread, sausage and gravy, chicken fried steak and pecan pie designated as Oklahoma's official state meal, it's no surprise that Oklahoma City's mayor wants to put the city on a diet. Mick Cornett has challenged the city to shed 1 million pounds as its New Year's resolution.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320187,00.html