What Color Is Your Food?

Today, while I was purchasing some food items that are staples in my home, a woman I see often around town commented on my groceries. Her comment was friendly, she asked what event I was cooking for, and I obviously took no offense, but it got me thinking.
What was I buying?

4 big bunches of broccoli
3 bunches of kale
several sweet potatoes, to tide me over until the case I ordered arrives
1 apple
all organic produce
and 1 bottle of water, I had left my apple and my water on the counter at home

When I sit down for a meal I am excited! I love to eat but in addition to that, the plate that I sit down to tonight will be beautiful. It will be full of shades of greens, oranges and reds. I view my plates as palates, the more colorful the better. Colors = FUN. Colors = LIFE. Look at your plate. Is it beige, full with rice, pasta and breads? The colorful foods give you vital nutrients; vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants, the stuff that gets you through your days!
Here are some easy additions if you plates look a little bland...
Roast some beets with a splash of olive oil, sea salt and pepper
Saute kale with fresh garlic and a touch of low sodium tamari
Bake or roast yams or sweet potatoes, these are delicious alone
Put some frozen blueberries in your oatmeal or yogurt...
You get the picture! Add some color! Turn your plate into a work of art!