Healthy Habits: Be a Green Goddess

Strong, healthy dancers choose fabulous foods!

Powerhouse Ballerina, Misty Copeland

Do that ballerina body good and eat more GREEN vegetables! They will give you unstoppable energy to power through class.
Some of the grooviest greens: spinach, lettuce, broccoli, avocado, green peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, and asparagus!
GREEN IDEAS:
-Try adding spinach to WHATEVER you are already eating... Stuff it into your sandwich, mix it into pasta, toss onto a pizza slice!
-Make lettuce the star of the show in a bright and colorful salad. Top with the most divine dressing you can get your paws on.
-Take a potato peeler or cheese grater to a zucchini (longways) and create ZOODLES! Cold or cooked, mix with your favorite sauce!

-Dip green peppers, broccoli and cucumber in a delish black bean dip, hummus, or salsa. OR put that avocado to good use as guacamole (see below!)

The Lovely Barre's Busy Ballerina Guac
(Serves 1, just lovely you!)

Ingredients:
1/4 Ripe Avocado
1 Tablespoon Cream Cheese
A little sprinkle of each these seasonings: pepper, garlic salt, cumin, chili powder
A squirt from a lime slice

Mash the avocado guts and cream cheese together. Sprinkle on seasonings and squirt lime and mash a little more.

Voilà!