Interestingly enough, I decided to base my PLN on my ILP. In English, this means I decided to base my Personal Learning Network on my Independent Learning Plan, which is cooking and nutrition. Nutrition is a topic that is hit on by so many people and experts on a daily basis. It is not difficult to find experienced individuals in this field to learn from via exploration on blogs and on twitter. One expert that I found that is particularly interesting is Lindsay at The Lean Green Bean. She is a mother, and similar to my mom, searches to find unique ways to entice her children into eating healthy foods. Luckily, or unluckily, for her kids, she is a professional, and knows how to make nutritious foods taste delicious. The blog of hers that I found most intriguing is called “Salad Topping Ideas”. It is a simple title, but it describes the bulk of the blog perfectly. So many people struggle to eat salads because they can be very bland and tasteless. Most of us drench our lettuce and vegetables with salad dressing such as Ranch, Dorothy Lynch, and Italian vinaigrettes. However, when we do so, we nearly defeat the purpose of eating the salad in the first place by adding multiple sugars and fats to our meal. Lindsay proposes foods that go well as toppings on salads in order to leave off the fattening dressings while promoting an enjoyable taste. Of course, she mentions things like fresh vegetables, fruits, and the occasional hard-boiled egg. However, the options that struck me were seafood options! These include tuna, salmon, crab cakes, shrimp, etc. These options struck me for a few different reasons. The first reason is that I completely disagree with the option of tuna. Tuna is not good, and do not let anyone else tell you differently! The second reason is that shrimp is amazing! Shrimp is very good and while it may seem like a weird texture on a salad, it works. It especially works when mixed with citrus fruits such as pineapple and mandarin oranges. Overall, I like the idea of an Independent Learning Plan. It gives me the chance to gain knowledge and explore information from a variety of different experts on health and nutrition. Plenty of different views on nutrition are out there, so I look forward to checking them all out, and seeing what works for me!
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3/1/2020 11:48:56 am
I love your title for this blog post! I personally struggle with eating salads because I hate the taste. Even if I do add lots of ranch I still don't like it. I never heard of using seafood as an option. I think using seafood would be a great idea for people who like seafood. Unfortunately, I absolutely despise seafood. It's very difficult to eat healthy when I'm so picky.
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Brent
3/1/2020 06:06:53 pm
I agree that picky eating can make it tough to make good choices! It would be easy if we had a taste for healthy food as opposed to unhealthy foods.
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