{"id":523186,"date":"2010-04-11T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/04\/11\/grilled-vegetables-sweet-and-healthy\/"},"modified":"2010-04-11T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T08:00:00","slug":"grilled-vegetables-recipe-sweet-and-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/523186","title":{"rendered":"Grilled Vegetables Recipe: Sweet and Healthy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Advice<\/a>, Healthy Eating<\/a>, Holistic Recipe<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"\"For a brief moment last Easter weekend, it felt like winter was over (as I write this there are flurries outside) and my friends and I got in the mood to BBQ. We grilled vidalia onions, plump and juicy sweet bell peppers and asparagus, which was cooked to mouth-watering perfection. The natural sweetness that grilling gives vegetables makes them one of the healthiest and delicious ways to indulge in outdoor cooking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Here are some facts on how those veggies promote vibrant health: <\/p>\n

Onions<\/strong><\/a> balance our blood sugar as they are a source of chromium, which is a mineral that helps yours cells respond to insulin. Essentially, this means onions are a great food for diabetics and anyone wanting to regulate their blood sugar, it’s a bonus they are sweet and delicious. Who can live without onions?<\/p>\n

Sweet bell peppers<\/strong><\/a> are colourful veggies packed with vitamins such as A and C and powerful antioxidants<\/a>. They are also a great source of lycopene<\/a>, a carotenoid correlated with reducing certain cancers such as prostate, cervical, bladder and pancreas. When it comes to choosing produce, the brighter the better as you get more antioxidants.<\/p>\n

Seeing asparagus<\/strong><\/a> in the stores is a sure sign of spring. In Canada you can locally-grown asparagus<\/a> at farmers’ markets and grocery stores. Most notably, they are a source of vitamin K <\/a>and folate. Folate is a heart healthy vitamin you want to eat every single day. A natural diuretic, asparagus is helpful for water retention because it’s a source of potassium. <\/p>\n

Recipe after the jump.<\/p>\n

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Filed under: Advice, Healthy Eating, Holistic Recipe For a brief moment last Easter weekend, it felt like winter was over (as I write this there are flurries outside) and my friends and I got in the mood to BBQ. We grilled vidalia onions, plump and juicy sweet bell peppers and asparagus, which was cooked to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-523186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}