Women's Fitness

Upyour greenveg intakewithout

compromisingtasteor enjoyment with

thesehealthy delicious dishes

NUTRITION

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ince we were kids

we’ve known how

healthy green

vegetables are. But if

your idea of increasing

your intake in a bid to

boost health was serving

yourself an extra heap

of plain steamed

spinach every day of

the week then we’ve

got good news for you.

Good Better Greena

new book from Zita Steyn

is packed from cover

to cover with mouth-

watering recipes that all

focus on fun and exciting

ways to incorporate

more greens into your

diet. Not a dull salad or

tasteless side of kale

in sight. From sauces

to juices this book will

help you get ‘eating

green’ down to a T.

‘Often people just don’t

know what to do with

greens to make them

taste good so withGood

Better GreenI’ve tried to

inspire and entice’ Zita

says. She believes that

by the time we’ve filled

our plates with protein

and carbs there’s barely

any room left to make

our veg portions exciting.

‘Making vegetables the

main part of your meal

will make it easier to

start incorporating all

sorts of interesting things

including lots of greens’

she adds.Youcan

prepare meals that you’ll

actually look forward to

from mainly plant-based

ingredients – and she

can help you do it.

After Zita’s mother

fell ill with chronic

fatigue syndrome her

interest in eating for

health grew especially

after a professor of

medicine suggested

dietary changes.Years

later and we haveGood

Better Green where Zita

has poured out all her

knowledge about eating

healthily and transformed

it into recipes tips and

tricks that we can all

make use of in our own

kitchens. A good place

to start Zita says is to

aim for variety. ‘During

each day try to include

foods from all the colour

groups especially green.

Each colour and food

represents a unique

nutritional profile and

provides something

your body needs.’ Need

a hit of the good stuff

pronto? Zita recommends

smoothies and juices:

‘When making liquid

meals be sure to

alternate your greens and

include vitamin C-rich

ingredients like lemons to

help with iron absorption.’

Start with these easy

recipes which are tasty

ways to up your veg

count. Enjoy!

Lean and

green