12 Months of Fitness: Challenge #2 – Add Spinach

So excited to share the next 12 Months of Fitness (#12MoF) challenge with y'all! Check out the introduction to 12 Months of Fitness here. My testers have been tackling this challenge since mid-January and are sharing their experiences with adding more spinach to their diets.

So excited to share the next 12 Months of Fitness (#12MoF) challenge with y'all! Check out the introduction to 12 Months of Fitness here. My testers have been tackling this challenge since mid-January and are sharing their experiences with adding more spinach to their diets.

12 Months of Fitness: Challenge #2 – Add Spinach

All I'm asking is for you to add one handful of spinach to each day. Just one handful, once a day. Spinach is a fantastic super food – one that I found, after I added it regularly to my daily food intake, helped me feel healthier. Because it’s filled with fiber, calcium, protein (and bunches of other stuff), it is a great food for those trying to live a healthier life. And I’m not talking about the nasty can o’ Popeye spinach either – I encourage you to buy a bunch of the raw stuff and experiment. Here's a few suggestions to get you going:

• Add a handful of spinach to your regular lettuce in sandwiches or salads.
• Dice spinach and cook it into a burger patty, meatballs, or meatloaf.
• Any time you make a soup or stew, add a handful of spinach about 5 minutes before it's done cooking.
• Add a small spinach salad to your regular lunchtime meal.
• Spinach is also great in pasta – I dice it up and add it to mac-n-cheese, spaghetti, and lasagna.
• Add pesto (this recipe is filled with spinach) to a vegetable saute or roast it on top of salmon or chicken.
• Try out one of these yummy recipes: Clean Eating Garlic Spinach, Whole-Wheat Pasta with White Beans and Spinach, Sausage Stuffed Shells Recipe With Spinach, or Garlicky Shrimp and Spinach.

And to help you stay motivated, here's how it's working out for our #12MoF testers (you can meet them over on our Facebook page!):

"I used to love leaf lettuce but decided to replace it with fresh spinach for the added health benefits. (Plus, I don't think spinach really tastes like anything.) Now I put a handful of Olivia's Organics Baby Spinach on egg sandwiches, turkey burgers, grilled chicken, and even homemade pizza. It's a fast and easy way to get great nutrients and add a little color to my food, too!" {Kaleena}

"This challenge was tough and the spinach did not make an appearance every day for me. But I do enjoy eating my salads with spinach and this month my fiance and I started juicing and included spinach in our juices! The fruits we put in the juicer made the spinach taste not so strong!" {Kayla}

"I've been using spinach instead of romaine in my green juice recipe and it's so yummy … and in the juice form you can take in way more spinach than you would just eating it in a salad" {Elizabeth}

"Unfortunately, I fell off the wagon these past couple of weeks, but I was still able to get spinach into my diet most days. Spinach is in season now, so we purchase it fresh from the farmer's market. I've added it to omelets, calzones and pasta. My current favorite is eating it with polenta and some melty ricotta cheese. For lunch, I used Organic Girl Super Greens salad mix, which has plenty of spinach along with other awesome greens." {Ariella}

See? You CAN do it! Share your #12MoF struggles/triumphs with Tulle Nation on Twitter, our Facebook page, or take photos on Instagram. Be sure to use the hastag #12MoF so we can all support you!