As I drove along Hwy 212 yesterday, I couldn’t help but notice the multiple vendors selling fresh garden produce! This time of the year is an excellent time to work on increasing your fruit and vegetable intake. As I have discussed before, we need at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day to promote heart health and weight management. When you dish up your plate, half of it should be fruits and vegetables. Whether you get your produce from a local gardener, farmer’s market, or grocery store, I encourage you to work on adding variety to your meals and snacks by trying new produce. You can also try various preparation methods of the produce to make it more appealing. Tomorrow I am going to discuss tomatoes as I made up some fresh salsa with the abundance of tomatoes I have gotten from friends and family lately.
-Kelsey
