Tired of the Same Old Foods?

Want to eat healthy but not sure what else to come up with that fits into your meal plan? Here’s a list of some of your favorite foods and new ways to eat them.

Banana

1. Add a half banana and cinnamon to a peanut butter sandwich on 2 Kashi waffles
2. Bake bananas into bread
3. Cut a banana in half, spread peanut butter on both sides, slap a stick in between, push together, cover in chocolate and freeze
4. Roll a banana and peanut butter in a whole wheat tortilla
5. Blend a banana into a protein shake with Greek Yogurt
6. Add bananas to pancakes
7. Trifle with bananas, vanilla wafers, and vanilla pudding
8. Cut bananas into pieces, freeze for 2 hours, blend in blender and eat!  Instant ice cream.

Greek Yogurt

1. Substitute Greek Yogurt for sour cream on tacos and baked potatoes
2. Use as a dip for veggies or fruit. For fruit: blend together with dried cranberries. For veggies blend in cucumber and dill
3. Add to protein shake instead of, or in addition to, milk
4. Plop in some honey and nuts for a true Greek dessert
5. Make your own Greek Tzatziki sauce for gyros and chicken souvlaki http://thehealthyfoodie.com/tzatziki-sauce/

Tuna

1. Make tuna salad with with plain Greek Yogurt instead of mayo, and add celery, carrots and/or red onion
2. Add tuna into pasta salad with fresh crunchy veggies
3. Mix tuna, avocado and some lemon juice and smear onto a whole grain English Muffin, then add a tomato
4. Tuna Burgers!
5. Add walnuts or cranberries to your next tuna sandwich

Whole Grain Cereal

1. Add whole grain cereal, like any Kashi variety, into Greek Yogurt and fresh berries
2. Crush the cereal and use as a breading for chicken or fish
3. Mix with dried fruit for a healthy trail mix
4. Cereal, milk and fruit can make a great dinner!

Sweet Potatoes

1. Bake sweet potato and top with plain Greek Yogurt and chives
2. Mash sweet potatoes with cinnamon or nutmeg and finish with topped pecans
3. Cut and bake into sweet potato fries and sprinkle with cumin or paprika
4. Sweet potato and spinach quesadillas http://livehautehealthy.com/2013/02/14/dinner-for-two-spinach-sweet-potato-quesadillas/

So, what do you think? What’s your favorite? Any others to add?

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CHRISTINE ARDIGO – Author of Cheating to Survive, Every Five Years & The Bridges Before Us

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