Intuitive Eating Principle #1

Intuitive eating is an approach that teaches you how to create a healthy relationship with your food, mind, and body. Over the next week or so we will focus each day on 1 of the 10 guiding principles of Intuitive Eating. 

1. Reject the Diet Mentality. Throw out the diet books and magazine articles that offer you false hope of losing weight  quickly, easily, and permanently. Get angry at the lies that have led you to feel as if you were a failure every time a new diet stopped working and you gained back the weight. If you allow even one small hope to linger that a new and better diet might be lurking around the corner, it will prevent you from being free to rediscover Intuitive Eating.

Outtasight Salad

Serving Size: 1 cup
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:
2 cups salad greens of your choice 1 cup chopped vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, green beans) 1 cup juice-packed pineapple chunks, drained, or fresh orange segments ¼ cup Dressing (see below) 2 tablespoons raisins or dried cranberries 2 tablespoons chopped nuts, any kind

Preparation:
1. Put mixed salad greens on a large platter or in a salad bowl.
2. In a large bowl, mix chopped vegetables and pineapple or orange segments.
3. Add dressing and stir.
4. Spoon mixture over salad greens.
5. Top with raisins and nuts.
Dressing: ¼ cup yogurt, nonfat, plain or fruit-flavored 1 tablespoon orange juice 1½ teaspoons white vinegar
Preparation: 1. In a small bowl, mix all ingredients. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Source: SNAP-Ed Connection

Dimensions of Health and Wellness

Zesty Tomato Soup

Serving Size: 1 cup
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients:
1 can (14.5 ounces) no-salt added diced tomatoes
1 cup roasted red peppers, drained
1 cup evaporated milk, fat-free
1 teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 tablespoons fresh basil, rinsed and chopped (or 2 teaspoons dried)

Preparation:
1. Combine tomatoes and red peppers in a blender or food processor.
Puree until smooth.
2. Put tomato mixture in a medium sauce pan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
3. Add evaporated milk, garlic powder, and pepper. Return to a boil, reduce heat to low, and gently simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add basil and serve.

Source: SNAP-Ed Connection

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