Be Lucky And Eat Healthy This 2020: Add This 10 Lucky Foods to Start the New Year Off Right

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Can you believe it’s almost 2020?

New Years is often thought of as a time for renewed hope, and to focus on new goals and opportunities.

Many cultures believe the key to a Happy New Year is beginning with New Years lucky foods and some traditions for luck attraction.

Year 2020 is the Year Of the Fire Fooster. In just a few weeks we’ll be saying goodbye to 2016 and welcoming a brand new year.

New Year’s celebrations often serve as the final round of indulgent, albeit decadent, holiday eating.

In this article we will share a list of 10 foods that are considered ‘lucky’ that you might consider to start your year off right and with abundance.

Listed below are some of the foods that has a symbol for good luck in the New Year:

1. Beans and Lentils - these little gems also represent money, of the coin kind. According to Chinese tradition, eating beans and lentils around the New Year can symbolize (and maybe equate to) a full wallet. Add them to a salad, or enjoy beans and lentils in a warm stew or soup.

2. Cake - eating cakes and sweets for a New Year’s celebration is symbolic of safety, good fortune, and is an overall good omen. So indulge in some dessert with abandon to celebrate and ring in the new year with good intention!

3. Figs - if your goal over the next year is to start or expand your family, add fig foods to your New Year’s Eve menu! Figs represent fertility. Another thought might be that if you own a farm, orchard or garden of some kind, and are in need of a fruitful crop, maybe set out some figgy foods for a New Year’s celebration brunch. Ground fertility counts too!

4. Fish - eating fish can symbolize a few things for the New Year. Their golden scales can represent abundance and prosperity. Fish also swim in schools, which can also represent a reunion. So if you’re hoping to reunite with family or friends who live far away, consider eating some fish to bring about a trip for you to see one another in the coming year.

5. Grapes - the tradition is to pop 12 grapes one by one on New Year’s Eve, each grape symbolizing a specific month in the calendar year. If you happen to chomp on a sour or bitter one, make a mental note to pay particular attention to that month when it comes along. Our advice, why not just keep it consistently smooth and sweet by having a glass of wine or two? Wine does come from grapes after all!

6. Grains - rice, quinoa, barley, millet and wheat symbolize abundance, which can be enjoyed in a variety of ways. Abundance isn’t just about money or wealth, it can also be viewed as love, friendship, and fulfillment in life. Eating grains for the new year might help you find love, make new friends, or even help you create the life you want.

7. Greens - leafy and collared greens symbolize you guessed it, money! Eating an abundance of greens on NYE or on New Year’s Day can be just the boost you need to bring in some extra dough this 2016. So visualize abundance while you’re digging into a delicious celebration salad.

8. Pomegranate - the many seeds of pomegranate equate to prosperity. Sharing this with your family can be a fun tradition. If they’re not in season or you’re unable to find them, you can always make a fun cocktail or mocktail with some pomegranate juice for a special New Year’s toast to a prosperous year.

9. Noodles - long noodles are a symbol of living a long and healthy life. A plate of spaghetti, fettuccini, angel hair or even some Asian rice noodles can help remind us to be thankful for the life we’ve lived so far, and envision a healthy round of many more to come.

10. Toast with champagne or prosecco - some beliefs is that you take 3 short hops without spilling your drink and then pour throw the champagne behind you to put all the bad stuff in the past. If your champagne lands on someone else – no problem as that is supposed to mean good lucky.

Please let us know if we are missing any lucky foods to add to the list.

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