Easy Ways to Reduce Blood Pressure
I've been
thinking recently that I have been spending too much money on blood pressure
medicine and arthritis pain relief. I
have realized for some time that I know how to combat these symptoms by
spending that money on adding more vegetables and fruits to my diet and
dropping some weight, especially from my belly.
Now, mind you, I know how to do that and have done it before; it just
takes my determination to make a change.
So, the
other night, I attended an event where my daughter was sworn in as member of
the board of the county women business owners association and met a woman who
was a vegetarian. She and my daughter
started talking about vegetarianism. My
daughter is a new vegetarian. This woman
mentioned that she freezes her tofu, which changes the texture and also makes
it easier to cook, eat and marinate.
I am not a
vegetarian, however, my motto is, "pretty much if it's food, I like
it." I love all kinds of food,
including, and not limited to, junk foods, healthy foods, international
cuisine, soul food, ethnic foods, meats, poultry, vegetarian and vegan. Other people joined the conversation and the
vegetarian mentioned kale and collards and how difficult it can be to cook them
with flavor without meat. It got me to
thinking about how I have cooked collards and kale and sauerkraut without the
meat.
For some
reason, after that conversation, I have been craving kale. I've also been thinking about adding some
vegetables that I have tried and either haven't cooked or haven't cooked for a
long while.
So my next recipe will be a kale and daikon mixture that hits the spot. It was something new for me; because even though I feel I must eat healthy, it must taste good to me, otherwise, I can't encourage anyone else to eat it.
