new member introduction

[Guest guest]

hello,

 

i am new to this group. my name is ashlee and i'm 23 years old,

married and have one daughter, halle, 5 1/2 months.

 

i'm not a vegetarian but i do enjoy veg recipes. i thought i would

join this group to build my recipe collection. are any of you big

smoothie eaters? we have those a lot - i'm looking for different

things i can add to them to increase their nutritional value.

sometimes i add flaxseed, sometimes wheat germ, soy milk, different

kinds of nuts and seeds. please pass on some ideas if you do anything

different with them, we eat smoothies every day and they are getting

boring! it's the only way my husband will eat fruit though.

 

also, do any of you use juicers? i am thinking of buying one - but

there seems to be so many different kinds on the market. what do you

buy for just making basic fruit/vegetable juices? they range in price

from 20 dollars to a few hundred, and since i'm not familiar with

making homemade juices i don't really know what the difference is...

 

my husband also isn't big on veggies - he will eat raw carrots,

cucumber and cooked broccoli - that's about it. do you have any good

casserole recipes that contain different types of veggies? he'll eat

them if they are chopped up enough that he doesn't really know they

are there - i swear, feeding him is like getting a child to eat

properly, lol.

 

the past month i have made a choice to eat healthier and include more

seeds, nuts, vegetables, fruit and soy products to my diet. i'm not

up to par with this type of eating really - my diet has always

consisted of alot of dairy products and meat. how much soy milk/tofu

is recommended each day? i usually add soy milk or soy yogurt to

smoothies...also, about nuts - how many make a serving? it's tempting

to just eat the whole bag.

 

look forward to sharing with you all.

 

ashlee