Or use chia instead — Trace and Kate (@tracenkate) January 15 , 2013Don't forget to love your legumes: Fall in love with lentils #vegantips @nytimeshealth — Andrea Schpok, MPH (@AndreaSchpok) January 15 , 2013Also, you can throw canned beans (preferably BPA free) into almost anything-salad, rice, quinoa, even pasta.
In springtime, white beans go nicely with crunchy radishes and bright herbs; let your legume of choice change with the seasons.
In other words, choose fresh fruit and vegetables, cook your own beans and legumes, snack on nuts, berries, seeds, fruit and vegetables and minimize the red meat in your diet.
In case you aren't feeling too old to start your own patch of legumes, consider the American Horticultural Society's HOMEGROWN HARVEST: A Season-by-Season Guide to a Sustainable Kitchen Garden (Mitchell Beazley, paper, $19.99), which manages the neat trick of being both handsome and handy — qualities as useful in a book as in a fellow gardener.
Include beans and legumes in your diet.
Include beef, pork, shellfish, peanuts, and legumes into your diet.
Include 1 to 2 servings of nuts and legumes in your daily diet.
So even if you're a meat-lover, you should try to incorporate some of these small but mighty legumes into your diet.
To add more of the good, weight-loss friendly fiber into your diet, eat beans (legumes), asparagus, brussel sprouts, and oatmeal.
Consume legumes to increase your health and the health of your future children.
Focusing your meals and snacks on nutrient-dense foods, especially plants (fruits, vegetables, and legumes) can give your cells and DNA the needed vitamins and minerals to carry out daily functions while also preventing disease.
