Asklemmy

I watch geezer TV and see ads for those "Fruits and Vegetables" pills. I'm not wasting my money on those! But the ads show delicious-looking fresh produce, which reminds me how good they can taste.

Eating a salad of plain dumb lettuce makes me feel like a moo-cow, so I make sure to add something like bits of apple, or grapes sliced in half, avocado, tomatoes, dried cranberries, fresh strawberries. Crumbled queso fresco or your cheese of choice, and nuts tossed in a hot pan for a minute with just a drizzle of maple syrup and cinnamon aren't vegetables but they help a salad feel like a meal.

I like to chop and rinse a head of romaine, keep it in the fridge and toss a handful of that, a handful of "spring mix" baby greens, and a handful of baby spinach into my salad spinner, rinse it and mix it in the water, and spinspinspin it dry. Even though they're "washed 3 times" it really freshens the flavor. And it's fun, pushpushpushing the big button. Get a salad spinner if you don't have one.

If baby spinach or baby kale starts to look tired,, or you're tired of it, throw it in a stew or curry, under it instead of (or under) the rice. The heat will wilt it away to practically nothing and you'll get your nutrients.