Did you know that your body functions better when we eat seasonal foods?
Our bodies flow with the seasons and when we eat seasonal foods we can receive the nutrients needed to keep us energized and healthy. Root vegetables, pumpkins, apples and pears are in abundance during the fall and winter months. I recommend that you eat root vegetables and an apple each day of the fall season.
Pumpkins and more pumpkins, they’re everywhere, with pumpkin spice tempting us to indulge in lattes, cookies and muffins. Do your best to back away from the high sugar – chemical laden store-bought options and make your own.
Pick up some pie pumpkins and try your hand at roasting them, making a warm creamy pumpkin soup, pumpkin humus, and even your own latte. You’ll enjoy them so much more than anything you can buy.
Apples are my fruit of choice. I’ll eat one or two daily with some organic almond butter drizzled with honey. A great afternoon snack for you and the children.
I could go on and on with the benefits of eating seasonal. Let me challenge you to pick up a few different root vegetables each week during the fall season, wash and chop them, sauté some onion and garlic, throw in the root veggies, add your favorite herbs, cook until tender.
Enjoy one of my fall favorites.