Foods you have 'discovered' on your way to healthier eating

Almond milk! I never knew I was slightly lactose intolerant until I gave up milk and my stomach problems were gone! Luckily it's not too bad since I still can eat the occasional yogurt and cheese without issue. But the half gallon of milk a day was killing me.

Brussels sprouts definitely..Oh! And asparagus.

Quinoa and cottage cheese

quinoa, PB2 and chocolate PB2, egg whites (obviously knew about them, but had never eaten just the whites before), unsweetened almond milk, whey protein powder, Greek yogurt (thought all yogurt was the same and I don't like regular yogurt, but LOVE the Greek stuff, lol), won ton wrappers, and several recipes that are awesome like mixing box cake mix with a can of pumpkin, mmmm

Everyone took my favorites, (quinoa, avocado, califlower mash, berries.......)
So I looked in the fridge and found one very obvious one.

Eggs!

prefferably straight from a farm that I know they are outside during the day.
But Free range, organic, simple eggs give me so much nutrition and energy.
Scrambled eggs and sliced tomatoes or half grapefruit is my brain food.

Egg whites, cottage cheese, almond butter, whey protein powder, and I reunited with yams, avocados, peanuts, mustard, and turnip greens!

Oh, and if you knew how they process "egg whites" and the rejected cracked, eggs that are used for these, you would never eat them again.

Hummus, greek yogurt, quinoa. almond mike and my favorite spaghetti squash.

Fish and Brussels sprouts. For a long time I thought I hated both. Now I've learned that I just hated the way my parents prepared them.

YES!!! I'm exactly the same! My mom had 1 fish dish, that was made in the microwave....mmhmm no wonder I thought I hated fish.

Mushrooms! Mama loves her mushrooms but didn't know until this year. I put that *kitten* on everything.

In some cases, I have replaced mushrooms for meat.

I need to try more items on this post.

Hummus and Greek Yogurt for me also, I could drink in the stuff. :happy:

What do you do with the quinoa? I tried to use it a few years ago but must not have had a very good recipe because it wasn't very good.... Would like to incorporate this into my diet, but don't know how to use it. Thanks!

I just cook it and use it like rice (directions should be on the package) but you absolutely have to rinse it well first. I also have a recipe that's basically tomato sauce on quinoa.

My "discovered" food would be nutritional yeast. Also plain oatmeal - who knew oatmeal was edible without brown sugar?

Broccoli slaw! Just had some last night with bolognese sauce. Makes the best spaghetti substitute, IMO. Now that I'm thinking about it, I want some more...

Avocados
Black Beans
(Re-Discovered) Blackberries
Oatmeal
Hummus
Brown Rice


Just eating more "real" food has made a big difference.

Brussel sprouts avocados and asparagus yummm