My Diet of Red Fruits and Vegetables: Grapes, Beets, Tomatoes

Hello,

How are you all doing? It is summer, are you enjoying the children, the traveling bug, the summer camp? It is a completely different routine, almost the same routine but somehow much more relaxing. I am surely enjoying less traffic at the normally busy school area. What a sigh! Are you enjoying the summer vacation?

Well, whenever we think of summer, we think of healthy snacks and small meals for the kids. I have been trying to find an assortment of fruits and vegetables to keep the children asking for more. I find that they like the red fruit and vegetables very much and decided to find out what are the advantages of giving them what they enjoy most. Eating your fresh fruits and vegetables are better than taking vitamins in a pill. Incorporate a combination of fresh and frozen vegetables offer a combination of many health benefits that you will not find in a pill. So, keep on chewing those food and exercise the face to look beautiful or handsome!!

I enjoy sharing what I found with you all. If you use these red fruits and vegetables that is good as they contain carotenoids, provitamin A and lycopene.

• Grapefruit
• Red Bell Pepper
• Tomato
• Watermelon
• Mangoes

(Though the recommendations vary according to age and sex, the U.S. Department of Agriculture generally recommends that women eat between 1-1/2 to 2 cups of fruit per day and between 2 and 2-1/2 cups of vegetables; men should generally eat between 2-cups of fruit and 2-1/2 to 3 cups of veggies.)

Vegetables

Beets contain healthy doses of iron, the B-vitamin folate, and fiber. Red beets offer betacyanin, a plant pigment which may protect against colon cancer.

Lycopene is the red pigment responsible for the color of tomatoes, berries, red onions, kidney beans, pomegranates, and grapes. Carotenoids have been shown to act as antioxidants and to promote healthy eyesight in humans. berries, red onions, kidney beans, pomegranates, and grapes. Very Interesting, would you like some tomatoes? I enjoy eating tomatoes in salad, sauces, grains and really almost everything.

 Betalains are either red or yellow pigmentation. Betalains are responsible for the deep red color of beets, and are used commercially as food-coloring agents which is the best natural and healthy coloring. This is a really healthy vegetable as it lower cholesterol levels within the body, and have anti-aging effect. This vegetable blended with some fruits is one of the best smoothie as it has a rich source of B-complex vitamins such as niacin (B-3). As a female,  I highly recommends this smoothie  at least once a month to replenish blood lost.

Anthocyanins is found in both fruits and vegetables such as blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, plums, cabbage, red onion and blood orange juice. Anthocyanins act as powerful antioxidants that protect cells from damage and is a linked with keeping our hearts healthy, too.

 
 Some recipes with
Strawberries Smoothie
Chocolate covered Strawberries
Healthy and Natural Mexican Rice
Mexican Tomato Sauce
Fish

  ©Maricela, All Rights Reserved. Written for: Emy Cooks

Great end to the vacation! Genial manera de acabar las vacaciones~~> Italy at it's best!!!! #Tomatoes #Anchovies #Olives #Pineapple #Peaches

A couple weeks ago, we were invited to a pool party in the summer, wahoo! Oh that was so much fun!

Hace un par de semanas fuimos invitados a una fiesta en la piscina en el verano, wahoo! ¡ Eso fue muy divertido!

We were a little early, so we got to enjoy the view which was really lovely. Always great to be near the seaside. Yes, a pool party by the seaside. We were in Miami so that can be expected. It was a beautiful day, sunny and windy. You can see the boats whizzing by. It was a great afternoon!

Llegamos un poco temprano, así que pudimos disfrutar de la vista que era realmente bonito. Siempre muy bien para estar cerca del mar. Sí, una fiesta en la piscina junto al mar. Estabamos en la ciudad de Miami que mas se puede esperar. Era un día hermoso, soleado y ventoso. Usted puede ver los barcos pasar. Fue una gran tarde!

Well, little by little the guest came strolling in with a great hello. It was great to meet new people and enjoy the lovely company. It took a while before the children came trailing in and then the laughter began.  The party seem to have a life of its own with all the chattering, music and squealing children in the pool.

Bueno, poco a poco los invitados vinieron caminando de la puerta con un gran saludo. Fue genial conocer a gente nueva y disfrutar de la hermosa compañía. Pasó algún tiempo antes de que el niño llegó al final y, a continuación, la risa comenzó.  La fiesta parece tener vida propias  con toda la charla, música y la risa de los niños en el fondo.

Well, what would be the next best thing with a pool party? Would you believe or like it? Pizza!!! Yeah, we had all freshly custom made pizza. You ask for it and you got it. Mushroom, tuna, olives, anchovies, ham, onions, pineapple. Oh you name it, we had it!

Bueno, ¿qué sería lo mejor con una fiesta en la piscina? ¿Me creería? Pizza!!!!!! Sí, hemos tenido pizza personalizada todo recién hecho. Lo pides y lo tienes. Champiñón, atún, aceitunas, anchoas, jamón, cebolla, piña. ¿Que se te ocurra, lo tuvimos! De los mejores chefs!!

It was really awesome, Italian flavors and more...

Fue realmente impresionantes sabores italianos y mucho más...

It was a great way to end the school vacation! What do you think, really?


¡Era una gran manera terminar las vacaciones escolares! Que piensa, de verdad?

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Emy's quick and easy #breakfast ~~> Brunch with a smile!

Hello !

¡ Hola!

School is out and breakfast is the most important of all. Most of the time it is the meal that the children are so particular about, as mom, we have to be just as particular about the nutritious they need to eat.

Se terminan las clases y el desayuno es la comida más importante de todos. Mayoría de las veces es la comida que los niños son tan particulares, como mamá, tenemos que ser apenas tan particular sobre el nutritivo que necesitan para comer.

We have been trying to prepare some quick and easy breakfast since last weekend and trying to make the tasty, looks good and perhaps even ask for more. Do you have an issue with breakfast in the morning?

Estamos tratando de preparar algúnos desayuno rápido y fácil desde de la semana pasado y tratando de hacerlo sabroso, que parece bien y quizás hasta pida más. ¿Tiene un problema con el desayuno en la mañana? 

There are days that breakfast becomes brunch because the sleeping beauties awakes late, but these are selected days. Here is one of our favorites.

Hay días que el desayuno se hace el desayuno-almuerzo porque las bellas durmientes despiertan tarde, pero éstos son días seleccionados. Aquí está uno de nuestros favoritos.

Here we have 

Aquí tenemos

Fried eggs with tomatoes, mushrooms and onions, refried beans, shredded cheese, toasted baguette and a tasty pepper sauce. Reminds me of the days my mom would make us a nice breakfast with a nice slice of ham. 

Huevos fritos con tomate, cetas y cebolla, frijoles refritos, queso, baguette tostada y una salsa sabrosa. Me recuerda los días que mi mamá nos haría un buen desayuno con una buena tajada de jamón.

Suggestions:

Sugerencias:

Fried eggs can be made with whatever the child likes or does not like. It can be mixed into the egg which will be hidden and they may like it. Do not put chunks of what they do not like, just tiny pieces. 

Huevos fritos pueden hacerse con lo que el niño le gusta o no le gusta. Se puede mezclar en el huevo que se ocultará y puede gustarle. No coloque trozos de lo que no les gusta, sólo pequeñas piezas.

There are many ways to do your fried eggs. We would do eggs with a mushrooms, eggs with bits of ham, eggs with bits of bacon, eggs with sweet pepper, eggs with potatoes, eggs with mushrooms or eggs with all mixed together. It really depends on how the mom feels that day. 

Haríamos huevos con setas, huevos con trozos del jamón, huevos con trozos del tocino, huevos con la pimienta dulce, huevos con patatas, huevos con cetas, o huevos con todos mezclados juntos. Realmente depende de cómo la mamá siente ese día. 

We will be sharing our breakfast with you and if you would like to join, we can create a blog hop. Let me know:). You can also find some of our breakfast here.

Vamos a estar compartiendo el desayuno con usted, y si usted le gustaría formar parte de él, podemos crear un blog hop. Permítame saber: ). Puedes encontrar mas desayunos aqui.

Have a wonderful day and let the kids gets some exercise.

Tenga un día maravilloso y dejar que los niños se hace algo de ejercicio. 

©Maricela, All Rights Reserved. Written for: Emy Cooks