30 plants a week

[PrawnDumplings]

Improving my microbiome and therefore my health and energy is my current aim.

Good gut bacteria helps absorption of nutrients from your food, which supposedly means you have less cravings.

I'm going to list my 30 plants here if anyone wants to join me.

Fruit, veg, nuts, seeds, spices all count 🍆🍑🍌🍊🍎🍓🍍🍒🥑🥒🌱🥔🍋🍉🌽🥙🥦

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Day 4

1 spinnach
2 mushrooms
3 leeks
4 orange
5 garlic
6 coffee
7 lettuce
8 carrot
9 olives
10 cucumber
11 tea
12 potato
13 hazelnut
14 sweetcorn
15 cress
16 oats
17 pepper
18 nutmeg
19 avocado
20 courgette
21 red pepper
22 onions white
23 aubergine
24 tomatoes

45 plants this week, without even trying!

This is my normal. I'm happy about this.

In the last 2 days:

Oats, chia, flax, courgette, red pepper, tomato, turmeric, black pepper, orange, passion fruit, cherry, mango, carrot, celery, apple, banana, almonds, walnut, tea, coffee, olives, chili flakes, peas, kale, potato, oats, brown rice, white onion, cucumber, blueberries, sweet potato

However (!)

6 of these fruits come from one single glass of juice

The walnut was a lick of a spoon containing walnut butter I spread on my son's sandwich

The white onion,tomato and pepper were in a Dorito's salsa and the sweet potato was fried into crisps!

The peas, kale and potato were in a ready meal...

So, seems healthy, but... not so much. :/

Adding to this. Since Wednesday morning:

1. almonds
2. blueberries
3. olives
4. parsley
5. red onion
6. dried apples
7. dried cherries
8. courgettes
9. banana

Makes 24 over 4 days. I’m loving this!!!

Updated numbers for this week

1. salad leaves
2. carrot
3. beetroot
4. walnuts
5. alfafa spouts
6. avocado
7. sumac
8. curry powder
9. wild rice
10. cinnamon
11. chia seeds
12. hemp seeds
13. flax seeds,
14. ginger
15. cabbage, lentils
16. leek
17. fennel seeds
18. turmeric
19. cloves
20. dark chocolate
21. coffee
22. chicory coffee
23. brazil nuts
24. almonds
25. macadamia nuts
26. cashew nuts
27. kale
28. sweet peppers
29. mint
30. coriander
31. apple
32. peanut butter
33. kiwi
34. chickpeas
35. capers
36. kohlrabi sprouts
37. watermelon
38. spinach

Current count:

1 spinnach
2 mushrooms
3 leeks
4 orange
5 garlic
6 coffee
7 lettuce
8 carrot
9 olives
10 cucumber
11 tea
12 potato
13 hazelnut
14 sweetcorn
15 cress
16 oats
17 pepper
18 nutmeg
19 avocado
20 courgette
21 red pepper
22 onions white
23 aubergine
24 tomatoes
25 red cabbage
26 cavello Nero
27 pomegranate
28 chickpeas
29 Spring onions
30 cacao
31 broccoli
32 fennel

Zoe reckons 37 for me last week. That doesn't include coffee, tea and chocolate.

Final count for day 7:

33 peas
34 white cabbage
35 lettuce
36 cinnamon
37 orange

Well I excelled myself last week at 62!

45.25 plants
plants in the two right hand columns count for one quarter

Since Monday - so over three days:

1. pear
2. satsuma
3. kidney beans
4. red lentils
5. tomatoes
6. red onion
7. coriander
8. potato
9. peas
10. chilli flakes
11. dark chocolate
12. aubergine
13. chickpeas
14. broccoli
15. parsley
16. tea
17. coffee
18. cucumber
19. pomegranate seeds
20. fresh mint
21. cumin
22. blueberries
23. courgette
24. banana

Only six more to go!!

Last four days:

1. kidney beans
2. red lentils
3. parsley
4. mint
5. cucumber
6. tomatoes
7. olives
8. rocket
9. pomegranate seeds
10. chilli flakes
11. cinnamon
12. aubergine
13. red onion
14. satsuma
15. pear
16. apple
17. broccoli
18. chickpeas
19. capers
20. mushrooms
21. garlic
22. oats
23. tea
24. coffee
25. dark chocolate
26. almonds
27. peanut butter
28. lemon juice
29. banana

Very happy with myself!!

Not sure if anyone still reads this but here goes. Last five days:

1. tomatoes
2. dark chocolate
3. pear
4. satsuma
5. blueberries
6. red lentils
7. red onions
8. coriander
9. parsley
10. basil
11. spinach
12. white onion
13. courgette
14. red chilli
15. new potatoes
16. figs
17. rocket
18. avocado
19. cumin
20. apple
21. pomegranate seeds
22. apricot
23. oats
24. broccoli
25. kidney beans
26. aubergine

Some room for improvement here!!

Last week

Courgettes
Beetroot
Butternut
Sprouts
Walnuts
Kale
Parsnips
Carrots
Cabbage
Green beans
Red pepper
Spinach
Broccoli
Asparagus
Tomatoes
Green lentils
Red lentils
Cucumber
Red onion
Brazil nuts
Pine nuts
Cauliflower
Leeks
Potatoes
Chickpeas
Lemon
Garlic
Coriander
Apple
Banana
Satsuma
Redcurrants
Blueberries
Blackberry
Raspberry
Strawberry
Peas
Mushrooms
Kiwi
Flax seeds
Sunflower seeds
Rocket
Cinnamon
Rosemary
Garlic
Olive oil
Dark chocolate

47. I've probably missed a few things. Going to try and mix it up this week and get some different veg.

I didn't realise oats, tea, and peanut butter counted!

Does balsamic vinegar count?

I am trying to do this to improve my gut health and overall energy levels!
One thing is an idea from Tim Spector on creating a diversity jar - get a large Kilner jar and fill it with a variety of nuts and seeds. Use it on top of porridge, yoghurt etc. I grabbed a few bags from Aldi - their whole foods section has a good variety. There's 13 different varieties in my diversity jar 😊

@Happyinheels that's a neat idea. I do similar with bean/lentils when I batch cook. They mostly behave similar ways to cook, but you get different nutrients etc from using the different varieties.

I got a count of 58 last week, up to 39 so far this week.

@WeirdPookah ooo I never thought of doing it with beans - I am so rubbish at using legumes in my food! I need to try and get some core recipes to try out.

Asda do a nice 5 bean mix - it's not the type with some sort of dressing on it, just different beans. They're good for chucking into a tomatoey veg soup.

Ah great, thanks for that! I'll have a look.
Has anyone seen The Blue Zones with Dan Buettner? Where he visits various parts of the world where he looks at the diets of centenarians. There are some great ideas on that - including a longevity stew kind of thing, bit like a minestrone which includes all sorts of plants and pulses.

@Happyinheels we watched that, it was quite interesting.

Something I took from it was practising the range of movement on a daily basis. I often sit cross legged etc and pretty flexible because I never stopped doing in, working for years with children!

But what I have been doing is the flat footed squat, so as the programme said, it puts your hips, knees and ankles right at their most extended, and I do this twice a day whilst brushing my teeth!
Been doing it a good while now, and my extended position is so much more now. Noticed I my bottom was just grazing the floor.

My total for last week was 51, pleased with that!

I have a jar like this and am going to copy your name, I love it!

Last seven days (I like lists 😆):

1. diversity seeds 😆
2. oats
3. dates
4. coriander
5. lemon juice
6. avocado
7. carrots
8. pear
9. satsuma
10. tea
11. coffee
12. peanut butter
13. blueberries
14. spinach
15. red onion
16. white onion
17. parsley
18. red lentils
19. apple
20. banana
21. tomatoes - raw and cooked
22. garlic
23. beetroot
24. grapes
25. mushrooms
26. cumin
27. broccoli
28. apricots
29. basil
30. Brazil nuts
31. pomegranate seeds
32. chickpeas

Pretty pleased with this!

According to Tim Spector, tea, coffee, herbs, spices and grains all count. Here's mine:

1. Tea
2. Coffee
3. Cacao
4. Almond milk
5. Kiwi
6. Blueberry
7. Blackberry
8. Grapes
9. Flax seed

10. Sunflower seed 11. Pumpkin seed 12. Sesame seed 13. Hemp seed 14. Linseeds 15. Peanuts 16. Pine nuts 17. Chestnuts 18. Red lentil 19. Brown / green lentil 20. Chickpea 21. Cannellini bean 22. Porcini mushrooms 23. Oyster mushrooms 24. Shiitake mushrooms 25. Chestnut mushrooms 26. Rocket 27. Radish 28. Cherry tomatoes 29. Cucumber 30. Cabbage 31. Carrot 32. Beetroot 33. Sweetcorn 34. Edamame 35. Seaweed (nori) 36. Spring onion 37. Extra virgin olive oil 38. Onion 39. Leek 40. Broccoli sprouts 41. Tomatoes 42. Beansprouts 43. Courgette 44. Mange tout 45. Broccoli 46. Cauliflower 47. Aubergine 48. Avocado 49. Chicory 50. Tempeh 51. Paprika 52. Cumin 53. Garlic 54. Ginger 55. Fenugreek 56. Mustard seed 57. Garam masala 58. Sumac 59. Rosemary 60. Mixed herbs 61. Black pepper 62. 100% chocolate 63. Apple cider vinegar 64. Bulgar wheat