There was once a contestant in a beauty pageant and she was asked: “If you have one last thing to do before you die, what would it be?”
Her response was: “She would eat everything!”
That is a sister after my own heart! :)
I love to eat! But no matter how many “first food experiences” I have, I just know that there is a lot of delicious and tasty food in the world that I'm missing out on. :)
For example:
♦ I was either in my late 20s or early 30s before I knew that you could eat spinach raw!
Shocking??!! I know!!!
More true stories and facts about spinach.
~ Per celebrity TV chef, Rachael Ray, frozen spinach is the best bargain buy for green leafy vegetables!
~ My late mother only ever fed us spinach from the can.
~ Popeye the Sailor Man is the reason one of my brothers starting eating spinach. My mom had tried everything to persuade him. The cartoon did the trick! :)
~ Recollection of my first food experience eating raw spinach?
When traveling on official government business you get a “meal allowance” and so you get the opportunity to eat out at restaurants. Can't remember the restaurant, but when I ordered my dinner, the salad was served first. That's a common practice. What was uncommon is that it was a spinach salad and it was delicious! I'm like: 'Oh my! You can eat spinach raw!'
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Would like to recommend an online publication called "The Science of Eating". It is loaded with healthy eating tips and information, like this article:
I don't really need to be convinced to eat my green leafy vegetables. But it's great to know that the foods I love are good for me too. Nothing more disheartening than being told you need to eat a certain food because it has what you need and it's a food that you can't stand eating!! Like carrots! My mom had a rough time trying to get me to eat carrots. Watching Bugs Bunny did not do the trick! :)
Thank goodness you can turn carrots into juice and mix it with other juices to mask the flavor. :)
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