What colors were on your plate today?

vimala1957 · Jan 4, 2010

Hi Sundarusha,

A very informative thread for the health conscious. Thanks a lot for this.

Have heard of it many a times, but never taken seriously. Here after shall try to make my plate colourful .

Varloo · Jan 4, 2010

Dear Usha,
an apt thread to compliment the competetion of the month!
Well, I had red tomato, green capsicum and white+green cucumber with brown bread for breakfast.
For lunch it was red and orange carrot with green methi (methi carrot curry) and white (banana podimas).
Dinner was again the methi carrot curry, only that. After 9, I will have black grapes and 1/2 an apple.

sundarusha · Jan 4, 2010

Dear Krithika,

Dry fruits are definitely to be in the list and nuts are welcome too! Lucky you, you found pudalangai! I must have been Italian in my previous life because I include a lot of tomatoes in our diet.
I can see you are also a blueberries lover like me!
Glad to see you here, do keep posting all the rainbow colors of your goodies!

sundarusha · Jan 4, 2010

Dear Vimala,

Glad I could motivate you. Do share your colorful plate with us here.

sundarusha · Jan 4, 2010

WOW! Varloo. That is a healthy diet with an array of colors!
I can imagine the bright orange carrots and methi complementing each other with the sweet and bitter tastes. That's a combination I have never tried, will try soon. Thanks for sharing and do keep motivating us with more combinations.

apar_ram · Jan 4, 2010

Dear Usha,
A colorful thread!!!
yesterday
Breakfast-- brown and white... date walnut bread
Lunch -- green, red n white asparagus curry, tomato rasam, bindi onion kuzhambu
Dinner-- green, orange, white mooli parathas with carrot, beans, cauliflower, peas chettinad sabji! clementines for dessert

today
BF-- brown, blue english raisin muffin with blueberry jam
enjoyed all the inputs from everyone!!

Aparna

aarthi7 · Jan 4, 2010

hi usha,
a very informative and motivating thread too..great going..
as for me,i had the foll today
red-capsicum,tomatoes,strawberry,apple
green-capsicum,cabbage
yellow-baby corn,pineapple
purple-onion
orange-clementine

since i made a mixed veg curry with all the above mentioned veggies,was able to include lot more than the usual...i hope that i continue this everyday

aarthi

sundarusha · Jan 4, 2010

Dear Aparna,

your dinner menu has packed in all the colors. Thanks for mentioning clementines, I must remember to add them to my diet.

Asparagus is low in calories and healthy as it is very low in sodium. It is a good source of folic acid, potassium, dietary fiber, and rutin.The amino acid asparagine gets its name from asparagus, the asparagus plant being rich in this compound. Particularly, it is a good source of vitamin C.