10 Ways to Get More Fruits and Vegetables
Is it hard for you to get your daily balance of fruits and vegetables? Here are some tips to eating more fruits and vegetables.
Here are some tips for you to get more fruits and vegetables in your diet.
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Variety:
There are lots of fruits and vegetables to choose from. Try berries, half a grapefruit, or dried apricots for desserts or snacks. I prefer to eat the berries. When making stew, soup, or salad, add kidney beans or black-eyed peas.
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Appeal To Your Senses:
Most people prefer to eat crunchy foods over mushy ones. Try raw fruits or vegetables or lightly steamed vegetables. I’ve been told that helps retain the nutrients that it may lose during cooking.
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Convenience:
Buy fruits and vegetables the pre-cut and packaged for quick eating. You can buy a bag of salad and baby carrots and have a salad in seconds.
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Use Dips or Dressings on the Side:
Use dips or dressing for fruits and vegetables. Try low-fat yogurt as a dip for fruits like melons. Try low-fat salad dressing with raw broccoli, red and green peppers, or cauliflower.
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Add Vegetables to Favorite Foods:
Shred carrots into meatloaf or casseroles. Add chopped vegetables to your pasta sauce or lasagna.
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Keep Fruits and Vegetables Around and In Sight
If you keep fruits and vegetables in sight, you tend to eat them more. Keep fruit in a bowl on the table. Keep carrots and celery sticks in a clear container in the refrigerator.
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Use Your Blender:
Make smoothies with fruits and low-fat milk.
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Use Fruits and Vegetables as Ingredients:
When baking cakes, try applesauce. This is a fat-free substitute for some of the oil in baking cakes. Use pureed, cooked vegetables to thicken soups and stews.
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Think Salad:
Eat a chef’s salad for lunch. Eat a fruit salad for dessert. You can also eat mixed greens with your dinner.
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Snack on Fruits and Vegetables:
For a snack, try carrots or an apple. For a sweet snack, eat a banana.
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Darlene McFarlane | Jul 30, 2007 | Reply
Good advice that we should all keep in mind. Very few of us (me included) get our daily allowance of fruits and veggies. I have to prepare them and leave them in the fridge in individual see through containers. This way they are already prepared and I can see at a glance what I have. It helps to remind me too.
Great job.
C A Johnson | Jul 30, 2007 | Reply
Thank you.
I didn’t always get my balance of fruits and vegetables either. I have to put them in my sight so I can remember to get them.
Gail Nobles | Jul 30, 2007 | Reply
Great article on fruits and vegetables. Something we need most.
C A Johnson | Aug 2, 2007 | Reply
Thank you. I’m glad you liked it.
Lucy Lockett | Aug 3, 2007 | Reply
Talking about food – yummy! I like fruit and veges, yum, yum, yum!!!Good advice.
C A Johnson | Aug 4, 2007 | Reply
LOL! You’re welcome. I like fruits and vegetables too. Well actually I like fruit better than vegetables because there are some veggies that I don’t eat.
Liane Schmidt | Aug 16, 2007 | Reply
Dear C A Johnson,
I am so glad that you introduced yourself! Great article…our health is essential. Promoting the great importance of our health to others is a generous service that many will benefit from.
Best wishes!
Sincerely,
-Liane Schmidt.
C A Johnson | Aug 17, 2007 | Reply
Thank you for checking out the column and for the compliment.
francie | Sep 28, 2007 | Reply
Thanks for the your article, all good things to keep in mind to
stay healthy!
C A Johnson | Sep 28, 2007 | Reply
You’re welcome. I try to eat a lot of fruit, but I need to eat more vegetables. Please feel free to leave the link to your work whenever you’d like.