Spatula Diaries: Super foods as a starting point

“By now, the New Year’s resolutions we made almost a month ago are either rocking along or have been tossed on the failed experiment pile,” writes 225 blogger Maggie Heyn Richardson. “I’m not a big fan of making resolutions because they’re usually dull and restrictive, but this year, I made a simple commitment to eat more nutrient dense foods—to actually play off the list of so-called super foods as my starting point in meal planning. It hasn’t been hard when you consider what’s on it: blueberries, beans, wild salmon, avocado, dark chocolate, oats, low fat yogurt, onions and garlic, turkey, spinach, pumpkin, oranges, cinnamon, soy and more. These self-contained nutritional powerhouses are named super foods because of their generous vitamin and minerals and lack of unwanted fats, salt and sugar. There are a handful of super foods smart phone apps that profile the foods themselves and include recipes. SuperFoodRX is the one I’ve been using. It’s been a great tool for last-minute dinner inspiration.” Find out other ways you can pack a super food punch into your menus in this week’s Spatula Diaries by clicking here.