• leafy greens
    Fridge,  Kitchen

    Leafy greens

    The wonder food of wonder foods. Leafy greens get joked about in bad memes as getting purchased at the grocery store only to have it go bad in the fridge prior to tossing it on trash day…week after week. Sadly, I used to be one of those people. Now I buy enough to eat 4-6 cups of raw leafy greens every day. Sounds excessive, maybe, but let me tell you why you should consider this one habit over most others. When to eat: Daily…multiple times daily. I aim for 4-6 cups of raw leafy greens every day. In a week, this equates to ~2 bunches of kale, a 1 lb…

  • Avocado bowl
    Fridge,  Kitchen

    Avocado

    If you want a sure-fire bet, bet on me eating avocado today. This versatile fruit often gets categorized as a vegetable but regardless of how you classify it, this beauty can be halved, sliced, smashed, diced or dolloped as a side, condiment, or mix-in across each of the meals you eat in a day. When to eat: Daily I tend to eat anywhere from ¼ to a whole avocado each day. I stock up on them at the grocery store weekly. Classification: Non-organic In part because of their thick skins, pesticides have a hard time making their way into the fruit. At the rate I eat these green gems, I’m…