Last week I was meeting with our team of nutritionists and we were talking about a challenge we had heard of.
The challenge was to eat 40 DIFFERENT plant WHOLE foods in 7 days.
It's important to note that we are not talking about flours of any kind..it has to be a whole or mostly whole version of the plant. And then repeat that over and over again. Essentially, to make it a habit.
Challenge on!
How would someone go about doing this?
I went shopping that weekend and I started in the produce section. I chose about 25 different vegetables and fruits. And then I bought some nuts, seeds, legumes, quinoa, and wild rice. That brought me to 30! Uh-oh!
I went back to the produce section and got more veggies.
This is the list of foods I bought.
| Salad Ingredients | Other Plant Foods |
| romaine | chives |
| arugula | lentils |
| pea sprouts | onions |
| red cabbage | garlic |
| green cabbage | asparagus |
| olives | Brussels sprouts |
| tomatoes | curly kale |
| cucumber | forbidden rice |
| hearts of palm | quinoa |
| artichoke hearts | daikon |
| red radish | cayenne and other spices |
| radicchio | dates |
| fermented red cabbage | cacao |
| fermented beets | coconut |
| cilantro | walnuts |
| chick peas | sunflower seeds |
| avocado | pine nuts |
| raspberries | basil |
| persimmon | olive oil |
| ginger | |
| Smoothie | Veggie juice |
| dandelion greens | carrots |
| blueberries | celery |
| strawberries | beets |
| chia seeds | fennel |
| banana | parsley |
| cinnamon | collard greens |
| green tea (matcha) | |
| chaga tea (mushrooms) |
I hope this gives you some food for thought about how to get in more and more plant foods into your diet.
I am not saying don't also eat meat, fish, eggs, etc. The more variety you get, the better.
And the plant foods have many, many benefits.
I would love to hear what your list looks like. Please share!
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