[LifeStyle] Eight tricks to trick your brain and eat more vegetables

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Effective ideas to introduce vegetables into our daily diet without even noticing

The various health benefits of vegetables are known to everyone. They provide a large amount of nutrients, minerals, fiber and vitamins, among many other things, that contribute to improving the functioning of our body. That a diet rich in vegetables is essential to lead a healthy lifestyle is no secret. However, on many occasions it is difficult to resist temptations.

Throughout the day, there are many advertising stimuli to which our brain is exposed and many times what we are offered is usually not the best option for our body. Therefore, the brain is in a constant struggle to choose between foods, for many, more appetizing, or healthier. Therefore, in this article we have put together a few tricks for your brain to fight against temptation with extra weapons.

 

Add vegetables to your favorite dishes

A good option to eat vegetables in a simple and tasty way. You can add vegetables to the dishes that you usually eat and that are to your liking. For example, if you usually cook meat lasagna, you can add carrot or a slice of zucchini. You can sprinkle the pasta with broccoli or add chopped squash to the Bolognese sauce. There are many formulas to make your favorite dishes healthier with vegetables.

 

Pass the vegetables through the mixer
Sometimes, what people do not like about the vegetable is the texture or the touch with the palate. To avoid this, a good idea may be to pass it through the mixer to eat it with a spoon. It is a simple way to get used to the flavor of, for example, pumpkin, and gradually add it to our diet. In the end, we may get used to the taste and end up making new ways to eat vegetables.

 

The grill is a good option

Grilled vegetables is a pleasant way to eat vegetables if they are not your favorite foods. It is a simple way to enjoy vegetables that does not require much preparation. If we are going to roast meat, we can also introduce some vegetables to accompany it.

 

With cheese, everything goes better
Although this trick should not be abused, we can also, at times, enjoy a vegetable dish with an irresistible cheese cream. The special touch that the cheese provides hides the flavor of the vegetables and makes it easier for people who do not like vegetables to eat this food that is so beneficial to health.

 

Take advantage of eating vegetables in restaurants
Eating away from home is usually a hobby with many followers in Spain. Not having to cook, preparing or clearing the table and washing all the cutlery is something that helps you be in a good mood. For this reason, we can use the good mood to ask the waiter for a rich and healthy dish that contains vegetables. It will be easier to eat something better elaborated than we could do in our kitchen.

 

The name of the dish always helps
Although it may seem like a minor thing, we eat with all five senses. Everything influences when it comes to tasting a meal, from taste to smell, through to texture or sound. Among all of them, we could include the name of the dish. And, it is not the same to eat a plate of artichokes, than a plate of artichokes in bloom with arbequina oil and a subtle lemon juice. The presentation of the dish and its name play a key role when facing the dish.

 

A healthy pizza

Pizza is usually the star dish of many children and not so children. Without a doubt, it is a simple food that is liked by a large part of the po[CENSORED]tion, which makes it an ideal dish to add vegetables to. Eggplant, cucumber or broccoli, among others, can go great on our pizza.

 

Sauces are our friends
Sauces and spices are great protagonists of kitchens. In a large number of dishes, the best is the sauce itself. Therefore, to trick our brains and eat more vegetables we can always play with the flavors and add some sauce of our liking to adapt the flavor of the vegetable to our liking. A dash of balsamic vinegar or honey and mustard juice can enhance the flavor of many dishes.