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Do you have one? {A surprise talent.}
I don’t.
I’m kind of bummed about it.
I just received some of Green Giant’s new Veggie Chips to try out, along with a prompt asking to share a surprise talent. Odd quirks I have. Secret talents? Not so much.
Do you have a surprise talent?
Hey, at least I have some chips to munch on to make me feel better about not having one. I like Green Giant. I regularly buy their frozen veggie packs. I seriously stock up when they go on sale. They make for an easy, healthy snack or meal starter. {My favorites are the broccoli/pepper mix, the green beans with almonds, and the lima beans. I’m obsessed with the lima beans, I don’t know why.}
Anyways, now they have chips. Not just chips- chips made with veggies and whole grains.
I tried the Multigrain Sweet Potato Chips: Sea Salt and the Roasted Veggie Chips: Zesty Cheddar. Now, let’s fully disclose that I only ate one Zesty Cheddar chip. They contain dairy, which I don’t eat because of the little man’s allergy, but I had to eat one– in the name of research. 
I wish I could’ve had more because man, were they good. Packed full of flavor and super crunchy, like a chip should be.
Let’s talk about the sweet potato chips instead. Mmm. {They’re already gone, by the way.} I was expecting something like a traditional, plain Jane, potato chip, but sweet. Instead, they’re more like sweet potato tortilla chips, but not quite as hard. {Does that even make sense?} Surprisingly addictive.
The ingredient list gets fairly long on the Veggie Snack Chips, owing mostly to the flavoring. The Sweet Potato Chips’ ingredients list is shorter and sweeter {bad pun intended}.
These chips make me hesitate a little. Any time something not-so-healthy {like chips} masquerades as something healthy {like veggies}, it puts up a red flag. The Sweet Potato Chips don’t concern me so much here. The Roasted Veggie Chips are just a little imposterish though. It’s like they’re trying to be a popular brand of cheese-flavored chips, but made of veggies. That could get confusing to kids- why is one “healthy” and one isn’t? But regardless, anytime you can make a choice in a better direction is a bonus in my book.
Have you tried veggie chips before? What do you think? What do you think about the message they send? And of course: do you have a hidden talent?!
Psst… get a coupon for Green Giant’s Veggie Snack Chips on FB too!
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This is a sponsored post from Green Giant about how to make things healthy but not boring. Healthy but not boring? Yeah, I think I can tackle that one. 
One of the obstacles I hear clients struggling with is finding the time to eat a healthy diet. I’m not going to sugar-coat it {ha}- it’s not always easy or quick, but it is possible. It takes a little practice to get in the swing of things, but once you do, it can be even be fun. 95% of what we eat I’ve cooked at home even though time {or energy} is not exactly something I’m basking in right now. Here’s how we’ve been doing things. You’ve probably heard the tip to prep all your fresh produce ahead of time.
It’s time consuming, but once it’s done, it’s done! It saves you all the prep time you would normally need every time you go to make a meal. 
Sometimes it takes me a full day {or more} to get through my grocery haul since I do a little here and there as I can fit it in. It doesn’t hurt to have little ones help. {Or perhaps “help” is a better way to write that…}
{He may look like his daddy but he takes after his momma. Loves his veggies!}
Once everything’s sliced, diced, and chopped, I take them one step further. This week I roasted just about everything: red potatoes, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, rutabaga, broccoli, poblano peppers, red bell peppers, parsnips, and carrots. I only have to turn on the oven once and I have veggies for a few meals ready. {Plus I pull out some for the babe and there’s no extra prep needed for his meals either!} 
Though we eat a home cooked meal every night, the “cooking” part usually only happens once a week or so. This week I made a big batch of Jenna’s roasted root vegetable soup, but I used butternut squash instead of sweet potatoes.
First we eat it as is. Leftovers are usually good for lunch the next day, but after that things get boorrrring. So instead of eating it the same way over and over, we mix it up. One night I added roasted red peppers and a served it with a side of black bean lettuce wraps. Another night I tossed in some of the roasted broccoli. {Have you tried roasted broccoli? Amazing.} Last night I took a short cut with some frozen Brussels Sprouts. These are from Green Giant’s Seasoned Steamers line- lightly seasoned frozen veggies that steam in the bag so there is literally no work for you to do.
I popped these in the microwave while getting dinner ready for the babe, then chopped them up and tossed them in the last of my soup leftovers. 
I always, always, always have frozen veggies on hand. Unlike canned, they are just as nutritious {sometimes more so} than fresh veggies. 
These Brussels were only seasoned with sea salt and cracked pepper- no dairy or butter based sauce- yay. {You’d be surprised how many frozen veggies have dairy in them- read labels!} 
Spicy butternut squash soup with Brussels! Mmmm. 
So that’s how I’ve been keeping things healthy –and homemade- without letting things get boring and stagnant.
How do you keep your diet healthy but not boring?
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