Food that I eat on a regular basis

Processed -
Salsa
low fat Plain Yogurt
low fat Cottage Cheese
Mustard
Horseradish Sauce
light mayo
Skim Milk
Tuna (canned/water packed)
Water Chestnuts (canned)
Variety of salad dressings
Mandarin Oranges (no sugar added - canned in pear juice)
Light (low fat/salt) Turkey (deli)
added summer of 2009 - every once in a while I will eat a soft taco shell as a wrap or a bagel or bread made into a sandwich - but not very often

Proteins -
chicken (baked)
eggs (rarely)
egg whites (every day)

Starches or grains –
beans/legumes
(dry beans that have been cooked - never canned)
Acorn, butternut, spaghetti winter squash
Green peas
Yams and sweet potatoes
long grain brown rice
oatmeal (every day)


Vegetables
Artichokes (not packed in oil)
Asparagus
Beans (green or yellow)
Broccoli
Brussel sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery
Lettuce (darker greens)
Mushrooms
Onions
Radishes
Spinach
Sprouts


One of the first grade teachers told me -if it has seeds it is actually a fruit not a vegetable -so here are some that I am not sure WHAT they are:
Cucumbers
Peppers
Tomatoes
Zucchini or summer squash
Snowpeas
should green beans be listed down here too???

Fruit
Apple
Apricot
Berries (raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries)
Cantaloupe / honeydew
grapefruit
kiwi
lemon / lime
mango
nectarine
orange
peach
pear
pineapple
plum
tangerine
watermelon

I stir fry, steam and bake veggies that must be cooked. I eat most veggies raw. I eat a huge salad nearly every day for lunch or dinner. I use both fruit and veggies in almost all my salads. I have fresh fruit and veggies in the house year round. I buy large quantities of flash frozen fruit and veggies year round also. I find that I EAT things like green beans and asparagus much more often if they are cleaned and ready to cook in the freezer and I can just measure out a cup.