How To Transform
Your Refrigerator For Healthy Appetizers And Snacks
By Gregg Hall
One of the first steps to choosing
healthy snacks and appetizers is to make a list before you go to
the grocery store and stick to it. You don't have to stop eating
all of the foods that you've been eating but you do need to learn
to make better choices and try to eat more raw and organic foods.
Even if you are not overweight, a raw food oriented diet will be
healthier for you over the long run, so make a list and stay off
of the cookie aisle!
First off, get out a garbage bag
and clean out you kitchen cabinets and the refrigerator. Throw
away all of those opened bags of fatty snack foods including the
chips and microwavable food. You are going to change the way you
look at appetizers and snacks and you have to get rid of the
evidence of your old thinking.
Now that you have ridded your self
of all the garbage food and made room for the good stuff, go to
the store and buy fruits, vegetables, and nuts that you will be
able to use to make fresh raw food appetizers and snacks. You can
also buy some dried fruits for snacking as well, just stay away
from the ones that have all the added sugars.
Invest in a good food processor
and a juicer for making natural juices and chopping up fresh
fruits and vegetables. Make sure you have made plenty of room in
your fridge for all of the healthy raw vegetables you will be
bringing home.
You can make a delicious and
healthy appetizer tray with carrots, cauliflower, broccoli,
cucumbers, squash, and olives. Put a container of fat free or low
fat ranch in the center for dipping and no one will be upset
about that kind of appetizer platter.
If you are the type of person that
simply must have some kind of meat, try to stick with fish and
choose sushi or fresh tuna that you can just sear real quick and
dip in soy sauce. You want to stay as fat free as possible and
stick with as many raw foods as you can.
Look at this as a lifestyle change
and make it fun, buy some of the big square dishes that are made
for sushi and pick up some chopsticks to really get into it.
Arranging several different types of food on these plates is
easier as well. Go online and read all you can about raw food
eating and making sushi so that you will be educated on how to
choose the right foods.
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