Good morning girls, its another lovely day here again today yippee!!
In the past we used to eat far more veg than we do today, especially potatoes and green veg. During the war years, even with the horrendous stresses of peoples everyday lives, their diet was much healthier because they "dug" for victory and ate lots of potatoes and home grown veg.
Veg are an important part of the "5 a day" fruit and veg that we are encouraged to eat everyday for good health. Potatoes however are NOT included as a part of this group.
Potatoes are a good source of carbohydrate and are also relatively low in calories, but because they contain carbohydrate, they absorbe fet very easily, so if you fry or roast them in oil their calorie content increaces.
The skin on potatoes is a good source of dietry fibre so it is best to cook them with their skins where posible. You can easily make roast potatoes and oven chips from tatties with their skins on; brush them or spray them with a little oil and bake in a hot oven.
Small new potatoes and sweet potatoes are an even better option as they have an added benefit of containing the antioxidant beta-carotene.
All of the green veg like cabbage, broccoli, sprouts, lettuce, cucumber, coliflower, radishes contain the powerful antioxidants. They are low in carbohydrate and therefore have a negligible effect on your blood sugar levels, so eat large portions of them!
I steam all my veg, and never add salt, except to the potatoes if they are being boiled.
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DAY 116, Veg and Potatoes!
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