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Did you know that it’s National Fruits and Vegetables Month? I have to admit that, until recent years, I wasn’t great at consuming my greens (and reds, yellow, purples—the whole rainbow of produce out there). I’d give myself points for drizzling a handful of lettuce over my tacos or eating the celery in my blood marys. I was certainly not the poster child for these important foods. If you’re not either, you don’t need to feel bad about it—you’re not crazy for acknowledging that things like cheese and fries are obviously tastier than string beans or apples. But, regardless of whether or not you love them, fruits and vegetables are some of your greatest allies in fighting all sorts of diseases. If you don’t eat them, you know your doctor will be upset. Here are ways to eat fruits and veggies, even if you hate them.
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Mix them in with chopped meat
Consider mincing up mushrooms, celery, and carrots and mixing these up with your next Bolognese sauce or into the ground meat in your lasagna. Once you smother everything else on, you won’t even notice they’re there.
