Eat for summer

Summer is a great time to streamline your diet and eat locally as well as healthfully. Since today is the first day of summer, challenge yourself to incorporate summer eating habits into your day. Here are some tips for eating with this season:
• Munch on summer fruits or veggies like berries, melons, summer squash, and tomatoes
• Shop at your local farmer’s market for the freshest foods
• Learn to make a cold soup like gazpacho
• Party with festive accents like homemade salsa, fruit salad, grilled fish-kebabs, and smoothies


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Rolls_royce
Posted June 21, 2008 at 05:36 AM

Drink water, eat organic foods, eat vegan cheeses, eat tofu, and stick on more healthier foods.

The_discus_thrower_4
Posted June 21, 2008 at 11:47 AM

This is a great challenge! I’m studying in Italy right now, and the tomatos are like you wouldn’t believe! :) We actually just went to the market this afternoon and got tons of fruits and veggies.

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acidbones
Posted June 22, 2008 at 02:28 AM

been eating lots of nuts, salads, and veggies lately. cut back on the red meat. still have to drop soda completely but while i’m at work i only drink water.. which is great because it’s a pretty stressful sweaty deal most of the time. my complexion has improved and i find that my immune system can stand up for itself a lot more lately.

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Katydo
Posted June 22, 2008 at 10:29 AM

I see a difference already, just from putting more veggies in my diet and taking out some other not so good things for my body.

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Posted June 22, 2008 at 03:52 PM

Eating healthy-er foods has helped with feeling better, and its quite a difference. I’ve been going to the French Market by my house on saturdays, they have great food!

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Posted June 24, 2008 at 09:06 AM

There is nothing that I look foward to more than Home Grown Tomato. i will eat at least two aday while they are in season.

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xraydepot
Posted June 27, 2008 at 10:17 AM

I’m bucking the system, but I’m grilling lots of great meat/fish and eating great produce as well as my high fiber Kashi products. No sugars or white flours at all. Keeping the blood sugar low seems to work the best for me.

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Posted June 27, 2008 at 06:07 PM

It’s strawberry season. We picked 3 quarts today. This along with watermelons and cantalops have become part of our weekly eating habits.

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kvalebear
Posted June 29, 2008 at 02:25 PM

I always look forward to summer when many fruits and vegetables are in season. We are already eating fresh green beans from our own garden. And we’re looking forward to the tomatoes (if the bugs don’t get them first.)

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apacotti
Posted July 01, 2008 at 08:47 PM

Last fall I found out where all the local farmer’s markets in my area were – this summer I’ll actually visit them!