Smart Eating: Eat 1 or 2 Meatless Meals Per Week

Choose beans, peas, or veggie products as a main dish or part of a meal often to get adequate protein.

You might try:

• Chili 
• Baked beans 
• Rice and beans 
• Veggie burgers 
• Hummus spread on pita bread

More Smart Eating Tips

Smart Eating is a series of nutrition tips to help you transform your eating habits. A new tip will be added on weekdays throughout the month of October.

Previous posts:

• Eat 3 Meals Every Day
• Focus on Balance, Variety and Proportion
• Make Half Your Plate Fruits and Vegetables
• Choose Whole Wheat Grains Instead of Refined Grains
• Switch to Fat-free or Low-fat (1%) Milk
• Lean Meats Will Keep You Leaner 
• Eat Seafood at Least Twice a Week

Learn more about healthy eating on October 26, 2012 at WomenCare First Annual Day of Health: Be Strong, Be Happy, Be Healthy. Registered Dietitian Ann Marie Smokowski will present “Anti-Inflammatory Eating: The Mediterranean Lifestyle.” Click here for details.