The 11 Best Foods You Don't Eat

This post on the New York Times' "Well" blog identifies the "11 best foods you aren't eating." And each one of these foods is accompanied with a brief explanation of what makes it healthy.

Some of the foods on this list -- like beets, for example -- are no surprise. But I eat a lot of foods with cinnamon, which is one of the 11 foods named. I suppose that's good news for me. But sardines? Yuck. No thank you. I love dried plums (otherwise known as "prunes") so that's an item I should try to eat more of.

To read about all 11 of these foods, click here.

Bristling at Broccoli

Let me put my cards right on the table.

I have never been a fan of broccoli. I'm willing to eat it, but I prefer it doused with something like a Hollandaise sauce or stir-fried in an olive oil-curry mixture.

I guess that defeats the point if the goal is to eat broccoli because it's so healthy and rich in vitamins.

I'm reminded of the New Yorker cartoon from many decades ago. A mother urges her child to eat the broccoli on his plate. "It's broccoli, dear," she explains.

The boy's reply: "I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."

Ironically, spinach is a green veggie that I'm quite fond of.