Living The Lifestyle Thursday 7/20/23

imastar2

This is a thread for everyone. If you're new to GoaD, or to weight loss, your questions and comments are always welcome. If you're maintaining, or a long-term loser, your thoughts on the topic may be just what someone else needs to hear. If you're reading this, join in the discussion!

Each weekday, a new topic is offered up for discussion.

Monday - crewahl (Charlie)
Tuesday – Wildcard
Wednesday - misterhub (Greg)
Thursday -imastar2 (Derrick)
Friday - Wildcard

Today's Topic: Vegetables for Spring and Summer.
Are you enjoying any fresh vegetables from any local farmers markets?

If so what's your favorites. If not from Farmers Market what's your to 2-3 Vegetables or more if you'd like to list them.

crewahl

I don’t do a lot of veggies; I’m more out at the fruit end of healthy eating. If I’m swapping fries out for a veggie as a side, my defaults are broccoli, green beans, or side salad. If I’m using veggies at home as a side rather than an ingredient, it’s usually broccoli or corn - maybe a baked potato, since our microwave does well with them.

Al_Howard

We don't use a lot of "fresh" veggies, usually frozen is our choice. We do get Zucchini and Summer squash, along with onions, and both sweet and white potatoes.
FYI, most "fresh" veggies in a store are at least a week from the field. Most frozen is done either in the field, or within a couple of hours of harvesting.

Brian_19

We shop a small, local farmers' market a couple of times a month this time of year. Depending on what's in season, we'll buy rhubarb, asparagus, beets, carrots, radishes, lettuce, tomatoes, Swiss chard, and cucumbers. I'm probably leaving some things out. Forming meal ideas based on what looks good at the market is fun! I'm a believer in local and organic over convenient and mass-produced.

The huge farmers market in Minneapolis is great fun, but we'll do that maybe just once or twice a year. It's always crowded, so kind of like a mini version of the fair. There is a great variety of vendors there, so sometimes we'll pick up frozen meat, pickles, and olives.

misterhub

I eat a lot of vegetables. I actually like veggies and fruit. I consume a mix of fresh and frozen.

I get most of my fresh vegetables/grits from Aldi or Trader Joe’s.

imastar2

We use to get fresh veggies from local farm but we've not been able to make the 20 minute plus drive lately.

Favorites are Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, mine rutabaga, turnips, spinach, green beans. Love Tomatoes but that's classed as a fruit.