If you have already loaded the refrigerator and buffet products from the "long-term strategic stock", you can switch to fresh products. Go to the supermarket or in vegetable rows in the market and look for what you want to cook today or in the coming days. Prefer seasonal products.
Regarding vegetables, you can say unequivocally: the more, the better! There is nothing good to control the weight and for your health. All vegetables and fruits are rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals, phytochemical compounds that not only support the body in excellent form, but also prevent diseases. If you manage to make vegetables the basis of your diet, then you will definitely become slimmer and healthier. The reason is simple: calories are not enough, and a lot of fiber (you will practically have a clean tissue).
The fiber is especially useful for overweight. Products with high fiber content well suppress feeling of hunger. However, it is not digested and not absorbed into blood. She simply fills the stomach and causes a sense of saturation. Therefore, if you have many vegetables and fruits, they will deliver a feeling of hunger, and you will get a little calorie.
And now we will debunk a number of myths about vegetables.
Myth is the first: from such vegetables, like potatoes and peas, get fat, because they have a lot of starch. True, in these vegetables there are more calories than in the cabbage and spinach. But they are very nutritious and contain many fiber. Summing out: it is better to get starch from potatoes and legumes than from the bull and crackers
The Myth of the second: with heat treatment of vegetables, useful substances are lost. But this is not necessarily! In many cases, nutrients from vegetables are absorbed by the body better after cooking.
Of course, raw vegetables are very helpful. They can become an excellent snack: washed and sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots ... But this does not mean that only raw vegetables are useful. Vegetables are good in any form - cheese, boiled, canned and frozen. You will not be mistaken if you fill in the fridge with vegetables and fruits in all kinds.
If your ideas about the dishes from vegetables are reduced to the coat carrot and boiled cabbage, which Mom made you have in childhood, then it's time to change them. Now at your disposal - a variety of vegetables from around the world. Every season appears something new. And even old favorite vegetables can always be prepared differently.
You can search for Chinese cabbage. Its leaves and cochanists are crispy and pleasant taste. It can be frying in oil and add to soup. What about salad from bean pods? Or pumpkin soup with curry? All this is real culinary finds and, most importantly, they are preparing from fresh vegetables. If you see something new on the counter, why not try? The global market provides a lot of opportunities. Many new items are perfect for lovers of vegetables, which you want to experiment.
Of course, you can safely take traditional vegetables. Beans, peas, multi-colored peppers, purple eggplants, bright orange carrots, cauliflower, turnip, cucumbers, different types of pumpkins ... The tastes are as diverse as recipes in which they are used.
But the idea how to apply them for fast snack. Instead of 200g traditional hamburger, try to make two vegetarian burgers 100 g each. So you refuse fat and cholesterol, and if specifically: from 20 g of the first and 150 mg of the second. In return, you will get fiber and other useful substances that are contained in vegetables.