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Trying to incorporate more vegetables into daily meals has been a challenge. Enter… the “veg tray.” It’s been a hit on our dinner table. Even before dinner, in those moments when the appetite must be satisfied in light of wafting aromas that stimulate the both the olfactory senses and the salivary glands. It is better to reach for a carrot, a beet, a turnip or a pepper than a cracker, a bite of what’s cooking on the stove, or a handful of whatever carb-snack lurks in the pantry beckoning with its synthetic taste and calorie laden substance, no? Then, as we sit at the table after our meal, talking with the kids and reflecting on the day, we nibble the vegetables.
It’s also been a good source for “trying something new.” This is…
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