{"id":84,"date":"2012-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/?p=84"},"modified":"2026-08-01T20:15:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T20:15:01","slug":"7-easy-and-fun-ways-to-eat-more-fruits-and-veges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/7-easy-and-fun-ways-to-eat-more-fruits-and-veges\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Easy And Fun Ways To Eat More Fruits And Veges"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0Five-A-Day, even though it is so easy when you make it convenient\u2026.as convenient as grabbing chips and junk food or going through a drive through.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I realized that it\u2019s so much easier to eat fruits and veges this way because they are available to eat now!\u00a0My kiddos and I went through all of these fruits and veges in 4 days!<\/p>\n

I pair the veges with hummus or just eat plain. We like the fruit plain or as a topping to vanilla organic yogurt.<\/p>\n

Here are some tips and facts for Easy And Fun Ways To Eat Your Fruits And Veges:<\/h2>\n

– Fruits and vegetables are great sources of vitamins, minerals, phytochemicals, water and fiber.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Frozen fruits and vegetables are nearly as nutritious as fresh. Use frozen if it is more convenient<\/p>\n

– 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\u2019s my most favorite kitchen appliance.<\/p>\n

– 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!<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Fruits and veggies are rich in\u00a0vitamins and minerals\u00a0that help you feel healthy and energized.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Leafy, green vegetables and broccoli are high in carotenoids and folate which help prevent ageing, and onions, apples and grapes contain cholesterol-reducing flavonoids.<\/p>\n

7 Easy And Fun Ways To Eat More Fruits And Veges<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Healthy side dishes: rather than fries or chips with a meal, select corn on the cobb, fresh or steamed vege\u2019s.<\/li>\n
  2. Juice it: Juice your fruits and vege\u2019s for a meal or a snack in between meals. Brooke Burke and Dr. Oz both highly recommend fruit\/vege protein shakes\u00a0See how I makes a fruit protein shake in less than 2 minutes.\n<\/li>\n
  3. Add vege\u2019s to pasta: saute your vege\u2019s and top your pasta with olive oil, garlic and those yummy vege\u2019s.<\/li>\n
  4. All dried up: eat dried fruit –\u00a01\/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.<\/li>\n
  5. Pizza toppers: rather than choosing meats for your pizza topping, choose vege\u2019s like onion, zucchini, spinach and mushrooms to name a few.<\/li>\n
  6. Eggilicious: add chopped vege\u2019s to your scrambled eggs (I like spinach, peppers, onions, mushrooms) \u2013 colorful, fun, delish!<\/li>\n
  7. Add fresh fruit to your pancakes. See my yummy blueberry pancake recipe here.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Take these simple tips to start eating more fruits and vege\u2019s in your and your families daily eating regimen.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    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\u00a0Five-A-Day, even though it is so easy when you make it convenient\u2026.as convenient as grabbing chips and junk food or going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,85,86,87,88,2,89,84],"tags":[90,209,210,211,212,213,167,214,46,6,168],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-being-a-rockstar-mama","category-blogging","category-company-reviews","category-confessions-of-a-stay-at-home-mama","category-early-retirement","category-empower-network","category-empower-network-training","category-fun-healthy-delish-recipes","tag-best-blueberry-pancakes","tag-blogging-website","tag-brooke-burke","tag-brooke-burke-protein-shake","tag-easy-and-fun-ways-to-eat-more-fruits-and-veges","tag-empower-network-blogging-website","tag-how-to-make-protein-shakes-with-protein-powder","tag-money-making-blogging-website","tag-shelley-hobbs","tag-shelley-hobbs-empower-network","tag-visalus-shakes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84\/revisions\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/shelleyhobbs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}