Starting Sunday, February 19 @ 11:59 PM, until Sunday, February 26 11:59 PM  your challenge is to ...

Eat 1 Serving of Leafy Green Vegetables Daily

Leafy green vegetables have great nutritional value that includes vitamins A,C, E, and K and antioxidants that helps slow down or prevent damage to our cells. Some examples include collard green, dark green leafy lettuce, spinach, and kale.

What is the serving size?
1 cup raw and 1/2 cup cooked vegetables equals 1 serving size

How do we incorporate them into our diet?
Salad with low fat dressing . Bake them into crispy chips such as baked kale chips. Cook them with herbs and spices as side dishes . Consume them in a green smoothie form. Whole wheat pasta or home made pizza with finely chopped spinach or kale. Add them to soups, sandwiches, or wraps Lightly stir fry them or steam them.

How to conserve the most nutrients or increase the absorption?

Salad Recipe - Cranberry Spinach Salad Ingredients:

Directions : In a large salad bowl, combine the spinach with the roasted flaked almonds and cranberries.
In a medium bowl, whisk white wine vinegar, olive oil, and black pepper powder. Toss everything together right before serving.




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This challenge was closed on 2/26/2017

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