"Mimi" > wrote in message
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> I've been trying to eat healthy by incorporating
> more vegetables and steaming them such as summer
> squash, brocoli, califlower, onions, carrots and others.
> I have also been grilling them with a some EVOO,
> garlic, S/P.

You can also toss them with your favorite tomato sauce -- with or without
pasta, it's tasty --or puree them for soup, adding your favorite stock (or
water if you don't have anything home made -- I'd skip the bouillon cubes,
since they tend to be more salt than flavor).

> I'm just trying to increase the fiber in my diet since
> being discharged from the hospital recently with
> diverticuliti and diabetes. But enough of that
> boohoo...

Sorry to hear that. I've found that swedish crisp bread is a good -- tasty
and painless -- way to get more fiber in my diet, particularly if you can
find just the plain type. Look for Wasa brand (which seems to be the most
readily available). Or add a couple of capsules of psyllium seed to your
daily diet, they're much easier than drinking fiber drinks like Metamucil!

-j