It's a bit of an odd topic tonight but I can be pretty random sometimes! In thinking of my diet these days, I can't imagine NOT eating vegetables. I eat bok choy, cabbage, broccoli, brussels sprouts, peas, corn and just about any vegetable out there. There is one minor exception. I've never been a fan of eggplant.
In thinking about my life, I don't if I always had vegetables. In my younger days, my mom usually cooked vegetables at home but I didn't make a point to eat vegetables outside of home. In fact, when I was grammar and middle school, I eat a LOT of McDonald's fast food for lunch.
When I got to high school, I started to learn a little more about a healthy diet. Because I ran cross country (and was a fencer), our coach encouraged us to get more carbohydrates. That's when I started eating a ton of pasta. In fact, since my layoff, my default lunch at home is usually a bowl of pasta.
In recent years, as I got older, I realized eating healthy was important. I'll still get some occasional fast food but for the most part, I try to get vegetables in my diet as much as possible. If I brought in lunch to work, I'd make sure there would be some vegetables (left overs or frozen). If I went out to buy lunch, I'd usually pick meals with some sort of vegetable present even if it was fast food.
When eating dinner at home, my mom still makes a ton of vegetables which I gladly consume. The funny thing is that I am not really a salad person. I'll eat one every now and then (Fresh Choice is good) but I don't out of my way to eat a salad.
While American culture is typically a meat and potatoes one (and I let meat and potatoes), vegetables are also an important part. If you don't eat vegetables frequently, you should try. They are quite good for you!
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