When it comes to seeing great results from your nutrition plan, how you prepare your food is half the equation. You can choose healthy foods, but if you prepare them with high-calorie methods and unhealthy sauces, you’re not doing yourself a favor. However, if you cook them with a small amount of olive or coconut oil along with plenty of fresh herbs and spices, you’ll do much better and be ready to enjoy a delicious dish guilt-free.
One of those spices you’ll want to make sure to add to your food is nutmeg. Nutmeg is great for boosting your immune system, stimulating circulation, helping to strengthen hair and skin, and promoting healthy brain function. Nutmeg can help eliminate fatigue, stress, and anxiety. It can help just about anyone, so there’s no reason not to include it in your diet plan.
But how should you add it? What are the best ways? Here are some ideas to get you started…
1. Add nutmeg to vegetables. An easy way to get more out of your day is to add nutmeg to your vegetables as you prepare them. Add a bit of butter and then sprinkle the nutmeg on top and you have a fantastic side dish in seconds. While the butter will add calories, you don’t need a lot, as a little goes a long way.
2. Sprinkle over baked fruit. Another delicious way to serve nutmeg is to simply sprinkle it over the fruit once the fruit is ready to bake. You’ll find this works great for apples, pineapples, bananas, or mangoes, your choice.
Baked fruit is a great way to end a meal – a low-fat, nutrition-packed dessert and here’s a way to spice it up a bit. Serve it with some low-calorie whipped topping and you really have a delicious dessert.
3. Make your pumpkin spice. If you’re a lover of all things pumpkin when they come out in the fall, know that you can whip up your pumpkin spice treats all year long.
The three spices that make up pumpkin spice are nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon, so combine them and start sprinkling all three spices into your coffee, a bowl of oatmeal, or vanilla yogurt. If you get creative, you can probably think of many other ways to add it to your day.
There are just a few of the many ways you can start incorporating this spice into your daily diet plan. When was the last time you ate nutmeg?