7 Easy And Fun Ways To Eat More Fruits And Veges

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The National Cancer Institute and the Food Guide Pyramid recommend five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables per day to ward off cancer and other diseases. Unfortunately, only about a quarter of adults eat Five-A-Day, even though it is so easy when you make it convenient….as convenient as grabbing chips and junk food or going through a drive through.

It took me 10 minutes to wash the fruits and veges, dry them off and put them into these easy oblong Ziplock containers with tops.

I realized that it’s so much easier to eat fruits and veges this way because they are available to eat now! My kiddos and I went through all of these fruits and veges in 4 days!

I pair the veges with hummus or just eat plain. We like the fruit plain or as a topping to vanilla organic yogurt.

Here are some tips and facts for Easy And Fun Ways To Eat Your Fruits And Veges:

– Fruits and vegetables are great sources of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, water and fiber.

– Frozen fruits and vegetables are nearly as nutritious as fresh. Use frozen if it is more convenient

– Drinking your veges cuts down the digestive process and gets right to the point of your body absorbing the nutrients! I use the Nutribullet and it’s my most favorite kitchen appliance.

– Spinach juice has twice the chlorophyl, eight times the calcium, six times the magnesium, 10 times the potassium, 15 times the vitamin C and 43 times the vitamin A of wheatgrass juice!

– Fruits and veggies are rich in vitamins and minerals that help you feel healthy and energized.

– Leafy, green vegetables and broccoli are high in carotenoids and folate which help prevent ageing, and onions, apples and grapes contain cholesterol-reducing flavonoids.

7 Easy And Fun Ways To Eat More Fruits And Veges

1. Healthy side dishes: rather than fries or chips with a meal, select corn on the cobb, fresh or steamed vege’s.
2. Juice it: Juice your fruits and vege’s for a meal or a snack in between meals. Brooke Burke and Dr. Oz both highly recommend fruit/vege protein shakes See how I makes a fruit protein shake in less than 2 minutes.
3. Add vege’s to pasta: saute your vege’s and top your pasta with olive oil, garlic and those yummy vege’s.
4. All dried up: eat dried fruit – 1/4 cup of dried fruit equals 1/2 cup of fresh fruit. You could mix these with mixed nuts for a high protein high fiber snack.
5. Pizza toppers: rather than choosing meats for your pizza topping, choose vege’s like onion, zucchini, spinach and mushrooms to name a few.
6. Eggilicious: add chopped vege’s to your scrambled eggs (I like spinach, peppers, onions, mushrooms) – colorful, fun, delish!
7. Add fresh fruit to your pancakes. See my yummy blueberry pancake recipe here.