Perhaps the warmer weather dulls our appetites or maybe it's because we're more active, but most of us can usually shed a few pounds when summer rolls around.

Veggies are at their peak this time of year and are tastier, more colorful, and more nutritious. Starchy, heavy foods don't hold the appeal they did in the dead of winter.

Perhaps we should forsake the New Year's Resolutions and make Spring Resolutions!

This spring I'm going to start:

• eating 7 to 9 servings of fruits and vegetables every day
• walking for 30 minutes daily
• choosing high fiber carbohydrates such as whole grain pasta and brown rice
• grilling all my meat, fish, and poultry
• trying some lighter dressings on fresh spring greens (see FYI and Calorie Conscious)
• eating smaller portions
• buying the freshest ingredients I can find

Try serving two vegetables and a salad at the evening meal. One vegetable dish or the salad could be with a "starchy" vegetable such as peas, corn, or lima beans. This month's recipe is a delicious corn and vegetable salad. Just-picked corn-on-the-cob is delicious in this recipe, but frozen or canned corn work equally well.