Summer is not just a few days away! Today I shared healthy ingredients, meals, snacks and essentials to kick off the season.
Summer Ingredients
Besides in-season produce like zucchini and watermelon I recommend having a high quality olive oil on hand which can help elevate any summer meal. O-Live is a delicious extra virgin olive oil that has received multiple gold-medal awards for taste and quality and has over 100 positive reviews on Amazon. It goes through a unique extraction process that has olives go from grove to bottle within hours. What’s also great about O-Live is that they are a sustainable company, 100% carbon neutral and they plant trees for every purchase. Get 10% off using code ABC4.
Summer Snacks
Next, chose summer snacks built around veggies. Veggies Made Great is a veggie rich company that creatively combines clean and simple ingredients to create a delicious and convenient line of frozen veggie-packed prepared foods for everyday snacks and meals. I shared their double chocolate chip muffins from their line of veggie packed sweet muffins, spinach egg white frittatas and superfood veggie cakes. And I love these because veggies are the first and primary ingredient. They’re also gluten free with many dairy-free options.
Summer Meals
Next, we are building our summer MEALS around veggies. Path of Life is a great summer meal staple – they are frozen plant-based side dishes that can be prepared in minutes by either steaming in the microwave or cooking on the stovetop. They come in flavorful varieties – my favorite is the Cilantro Lime Rice blend made with red onion, fire roasted corn and red bell pepper. They are also are also non-GMO and Gluten free. You can find them in the frozen vegetable aisle at Publix, Bi-Lo and Lowes Foods.
Summer Essential
Finally a high quality omega-3 supplement is a healthy summer staple. iwi makes algae-based Omega-3 supplements that contain a propriety ingredient clinically proven to provide 50% better absorption than fish or krill based omega 3 supplements. Their products are sustainably sourced – their algae is farmed on arid, previously unused land in the southwestern US using saltwater.iwi also donates 1% of sales to Ocean Unite, a nonprofit organization on a mission to protect at least 30% of the ocean by 2030.
