Ate a fresh raw vegetable today?

janejellyroll

So far today I've had carrots, celery, onion, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, spinach, lettuce, and cucumber. I'll have some okra with dinner tonight. I've also had mushrooms, which aren't vegetables but are kinda filed in the "vegetable" category in my mind).

JoRocka

#cannedveggiesforlife

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fresh out da jar.

grinning_chick

Tweaking_Time wrote: »

I ate a chicken that ate corn - does that count as corn?

Dried corn is a grain. That's the next thread thataway ===>

All my veggies for today (tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, garlic) minus the celery w/jalapeño ranch dressing as dip I just finished off were raw until I cooked them. Does that count?

And the raw celery I did eat wasn't particularly fresh. I had to rescue it from its limp fate of heading for the trash bin after languishing at bottom of the crisper drawer for far too long by reviving it in a glass of water overnight. Does that count?

kshama2001

Saturday, I had a beautiful zucchini plant. Looks like a squash vine borer got to it since.

rhtexasgal

I had my regular "rainbow" salad - red and green leaf lettuce, spinach, purple cabbage, orange and yellow sweet peppers, celery, carrots, green onion ... added a few spritzes of blueberry vinaigrette - yum!

caradack1985

Raw kale, celery and cucumber and cooked sweet potato. Plus a banana. Was going to have some cherries but then discovered the reason they were so cheap is because they were way past eating.

Gallowmere1984

I ate some herring that was in vegetable oil. Daily vegetable quota met.

JeromeBarry1

If you buy from a retail vendor, it's not fresh. I ate an incompletely rotted stalk of celery today and an incompletely rotted onion.

MamaFunky

Lisa_Ookoo wrote: »

Home-grown tomatoes and avocado from my yard.

You grow your own Avocados!? How hard are they to grow? What type of climate do you live in. I never even thought about growing them? That would be awesome to have your own Avocado tree.

Moxie42

Homegrown romaine, spinach, grape tomatoes, olives, red onion, homegrown cucumber- all in a salad with a hard-boiled egg, bleu cheese, and olive oil & balsamic.

cwolfman13

I'm confused as to why it has to be raw and why canned don't count...

At any rate, I've eaten about 1/2 Lb of veggies today.

lemurcat12

MamaFunky wrote: »

Lisa_Ookoo wrote: »

Home-grown tomatoes and avocado from my yard.

You grow your own Avocados!? How hard are they to grow? What type of climate do you live in. I never even thought about growing them? That would be awesome to have your own Avocado tree.

My personal trainer is trying to grow one inside. (This is Chicago, so definitely not the right climate outside.)

I suspect he will not be successful, but hope he is.

JayWillisBBA_AATCIS_BA_AAMath

I ate a good handful of fresh raw pre-cut kale again today. And I ate a whole raw cucumber also.

socalrunner59

Tomatoes from the garden. I also picked basil that I will make into pesto sauce tomorrow. I also picked Japanese eggplant, tarragon, thyme and chives. I use the herbs in my morning omelette. Eggplant will be grilled tomorrow and served with pesto chicken.

zyxst

cwolfman13 wrote: »

I'm confused as to why it has to be raw and why canned don't count...

At any rate, I've eaten about 1/2 Lb of veggies today.

Because manufactured processing takes out all the "healthy" stuff.

ValerieMartini2Olives

Yesterday I had celery, cucumber, and a tomato.

Hornsby

I picked a pizza from my pizza tree last night and ate it.

NArrambide

I generally have a fruit w/ my breakfast & recently changed from banana to strawberries b/c berries have lower carb & sugar count.

Lunch is usually some version of a large mixed greens salad w/ beans for protein, onions, mushroom, berries, seeds for omega-3s and lemon or vinegar for dressing (Dr. Fuhrman's Nutritarian Diet).

I started juicing veggies again and at least one of my meals is juice.

CAUTION: I am learning that to be successful in weigh loss, choosing veggies & fruits w/ low glycemic count is important. That's where MyFitnessPal's macronutrients info has been helpful to my success.

MelissaPhippsFeagins

Yesterday, the only fresh produce I ate was squash from the garden. I have salad for lunch today with a piece of chicken breast leftover from Sunday dinner.

CooCooPuff

Hornsby wrote: »

I picked a pizza from my pizza tree last night and ate it.

What sort of climate do you need to grow a pizza tree?

lemurcat12

I continue to think the idea that only raw counts is bizarre, but I ate all the raw vegetables planned yesterday, so yay me, I guess.

Today I will probably have mostly cooked vegetables, although I might have some more gazpacho for lunch (lunch might also be skipped because I have a poorly-timed dentist appointment). Raw fennel and kale in my breakfast, though.

cwolfman13

lemurcat12 wrote: »

I continue to think the idea that only raw counts is bizarre, but I ate all the raw vegetables planned yesterday, so yay me, I guess.

Today I will probably have mostly cooked vegetables, although I might have some more gazpacho for lunch (lunch might also be skipped because I have a poorly-timed dentist appointment). Raw fennel and kale in my breakfast, though.

What's interesting is that there are many vegetables for which you actually get more nutrients when you cook them. I'm not sure where this idea came about that cooking vegetables is somehow a bad thing.

nutmegoreo

CooCooPuff wrote: »

Hornsby wrote: »

I picked a pizza from my pizza tree last night and ate it.

What sort of climate do you need to grow a pizza tree?

Based on his avi, I would say it's hot there.

I think all the veggies I ate yesterday were cooked. Do they count? They were raw before I cooked them.

Alluminati

janejellyroll wrote: »

So far today I've had carrots, celery, onion, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, spinach, lettuce, and cucumber. I'll have some okra with dinner tonight. I've also had mushrooms, which aren't vegetables but are kinda filed in the "vegetable" category in my mind).

Objection your honer, objection! You can't participate, you are vegan. This is cheating, CHEATING!


Your honer, I move to strike the record.

diannethegeek

The only raw veggies I ate yesterday were my baby carrots with lunch. The mushrooms, broccoli, peppers, carrots, and onions in my stir fry were all cooked (and most of them started out frozen). Baby carrots will probably be the only raw veggies I eat today, too. The tomatoes, mushrooms, and peppers in my pasta sauce for tonight have all been chopped and cooked down (though some of them were fresh when I started the sauce last night). I guess none of those count, though. Oh well. Maybe I'll put a slice of tomato on my sandwich at lunch. I'm sure that will save me.

janejellyroll

Alluminati wrote: »

janejellyroll wrote: »

So far today I've had carrots, celery, onion, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, spinach, lettuce, and cucumber. I'll have some okra with dinner tonight. I've also had mushrooms, which aren't vegetables but are kinda filed in the "vegetable" category in my mind).

Objection your honer, objection! You can't participate, you are vegan. This is cheating, CHEATING!


Your honer, I move to strike the record.

The system is rigged, I tell you! Rigged!

JoRocka

Hornsby wrote: »

I picked a pizza from my pizza tree last night and ate it.

you

chubby_checkers

For breakfast, I had some store brand frozen berries that I cooked into a protein crumble. Lunch was leftover chicken vindaloo that had tomatoes, onions, and potatoes in, but they were cooked too, so don't count either. I have raw carrots for a snack, but there's a 70/30 chance they won't get eaten because I have no peanut butter to dip them. I guess I lose at this game.

Shadowmf023

Avocado, tomato, onions = guacamole. Other than that, mostly cheese and meat. Lol.

Need2Exerc1se

No raw veggies until dinner again today, but then we'll be having slaw (cabbage, carrots, onion) along with a fresh raw veggie salad (zucchini, cucumber, tomatoes, peppers).