I can get tired of veggies pretty quickly, especially when I haven't taken the time to make anything elaborate with them. A pile of carrot sticks, or a big bowl full of leftover peas? I like them, but I'm not going to just sit down and eat veggies for 20 minutes. I'd rather grab a muffins or cookie or bagel or something more immediately gratifying.

So, here's how I get extra veggies in my diet. When I'm ready to sit down at the computer and I'm feeling "snacky", I make myself take a big bowl full of veggies. Often it's leftover veggies from dinner. Sometimes its plain salad, or even plain spinach leaves. It's usually something I don't really want to snack on.

The funny thing is that when I'm blogging, or reading blogs, I don't really even notice what I'm shoving into my mouth! I've eaten huge amounts of things that I normally don't really like to eat. It's much, much better than opening a bag of chips or container of cookies, and then later wondering where they all went.

Veggie snacking at the computer: it works for me! :)