We all know we should eat more vegetables, but it often can be difficult to work the four or five portions a day the USDA recommends for adults into a daily diet if you’re not a huge salad eater. Two to three servings of fish a week can also seem challenging if you don’t count frozen fish sticks, which when breaded and fried are high in both sodium and calories.
Occasionally eating more plant-based protein and fewer animal products is also better for both our and our planet’s health, and after all the sweets America as a whole consumes between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, goodness knows a little less sugar wouldn’t hurt as we cruise through January.
To give you a gentle push in the right direction, we’ve assembled a few good-for-you recipes to add to your weekly rotation. All are easy and inexpensive to prepare and will appeal to kids as well as adults.
Vegetable Lasagna
This baked pasty dish is both wonderfully cheesy and extremely fresh-tasting. The original recipe calls for roasting the veggies before layering them with ricotta and marinara sauce, but I hurried the process along by browning them in a pan with a little olive oil. If you’re using jarred sauce instead of homemade, make sure it’s good quality with no added sugars (I used Rao’s).