How you prepare your meals is half the equation when it comes to seeing excellent results from your nutrition plan. You can choose healthy foods, but you’re not doing yourself any favors if you prepare them using high-calorie methods and unhealthy sauces. However, if you cook them using a small amount of olive or coconut oil along with lots of fresh herbs and spices, you’ll fare much better and have a delicious guilt-free dish ready for you.
One spice that you will want to make sure you are adding to your diet is nutmeg. Nutmeg is excellent for improving your immune system, boosting circulation, helping to strengthen your hair and skin, and promoting healthy brain function. Nutmeg can help relieve fatigue, stress and anxiety. It can help almost everyone, so there is no reason not to include it in your diet plan.
But how should you add it? What are the best practices? Here are a few ideas to get you started…
1. Add nutmeg to the vegetables. A straightforward way to get more in your day is to add nutmeg to your vegetables when preparing them. Add some butter and then sprinkle some nutmeg on top and you have a wonderful side dish in seconds. While butter will add calories, you don’t need much because a little goes a long way.
2. Sprinkle it on ripe fruits. Another delicious way to serve nutmeg is to sprinkle it over the fruit once it’s baked. You’ll find that it works great for apples, pineapples, bananas, or mangoes – your choice.
Baked fruit is a great way to end a meal: a dessert that’s low in fat and full of nutrition, and here’s a way to liven it up a bit. Serve it with some low-calorie whipped topping and you’ll have a truly delicious dessert.
3. Make your own pumpkin spice. If you’re a lover of all things pumpkin when they come out in the fall, you should know that you can make your own pumpkin spice year-round.
The three spices that make up pumpkin spice are nutmeg, clove, and cinnamon, so combine all three and start sprinkling the three spices into your coffee, over a bowl of oatmeal, or into some vanilla yogurt. If you get creative, you can probably think of lots of other ways to add it to your day.
These are just a few of the many ways to include this spice in your daily diet plan. When was the last time you ate nutmeg?
