30 Day Challenge
Through the month of April, in honor of the spring season, we are going to celebrate VEGETABLES! Your challenge for the next thirty days is to eat a variety of vegetables, including trying new veggies that you have not eaten before. Each week turn in the attached sheet (or you can e-mail it to Lisa Garon) to share what new veggies you have tried, the variety of veggies you have eaten and your favorite way to prepare them.
Rules:
- You must eat 4 different vegetables a day.
- Example: A salad with lettuce, carrots, and cucumbers and a side of steamed broccoli.
- You must eat a variety of 8 different vegetables for the week.
- Example: A salad consisting of 3 vegetables, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, raw carrots and celery, and a baked yam.
- You must eat 1 new vegetable a week (This could be a vegetable you may never have eaten or one
you have not eaten in a very long time).
- Example: Kale or Turnips
Tiers & Rewards…
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- Tier 1: there must be a variety of 12 vegetables for the month.
- Tier 2: there must be a variety of 16 vegetables for the month.
- Tier 3: there must be a variety of 20 vegetables for the month.
- Vegetables may not be bought canned or frozen. They must be purchased in the fresh state. Organic is best.
- By May 1st, all your sheets must be turned in.
- All participants will receive prizes…
- Tier 1 participants will receive a copy of Food Rules by Michael Pollan
- Tier 2 participants will receive a copy of Food Rules by Michael Pollan and a Kettlebell Necklace.
- Tier 3 participants will receive a copy of Food Rules by Michael Pollan, a Kettlebell Necklace, and a Synergy Kettlebell Training T-shirt.
Below is a list of just some veggies you can choose from, but of course there’s many more:
Artichoke Eggplant Onions
Arugula Endive Parsley
Asparagus Fennel Peppers
Bok Choy Frisee Radicchio
Broccoli Kale Rhubarb
Brussel Sprouts Kohlrabi Root Vegetables
Cabbage Lemon grass Radish
Cauliflower Lettuce Spinach
Celery Mushrooms Squashes
Chard Mustard Greens Tomato
Collard Greens Okra Tubers
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HI Lisa and Bob.
Great Challenge and I’m in.
Yesterday I ate a salad with mixed greens (1), spinach (2), carrots (3), red peppers (4) and brocolli (5)
Today I ate a California roll sushi with avocado (1), seaweed(2), cucumber (3). (7 varieties for the month so far)
Everybody who takes this challenge will be a healthier person by the end of the month!
Thanks,
Lisa Shaffer
Awesome job Lisa! Ur making me hungry just reading ur Veg Head list.
Awesome job Lisa! We are really hoping to encourage everybody to be healthier just be eating the right things! Keep up the great eating!
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“Through the month of April, in honor of the spring season, we are going to celebrate VEGETABLES! Your challenge for the next thirty days is to eat a variety of vegetables, including trying new veggies that you have not eaten before. Each week turn in the attached sheet (or you can e-mail it to Lisa Garon) to share what new veggies you have tried, the variety of veggies you have eaten and your favorite way to prepare them.”
This is perfectly timed as Aurora fruit stands have begun displaying there food.
Oh cool!!! Where’s that at exactly? And is the produce organic?