5 Fruits and Vegetables

It seems a lot easier for me to do this in the summer when all the fresh fruits and veggies are out. I try to eat 5 now but many days I have to drink some fruit juice to add to it

I sure do! Some ways that I have found to increase my fruits is to use the little packed fruits by del monte and other companies. (like you would put in a child's lunch!) Also I eat applesauce (be sure to get the ones with no sugar added). Applesauce is great with some cinnamon added to it, or nutmeg! Canned fruits are great too,(such as pears, peaches etc.)but again, be very careful not to get the ones packed in heavy syrup! I always keep a bag of frozen blueberries in the freezer. I dump a handful into my oatmeal or cold cereal..yum! (blueberries are great antioxidants too!) I try to have a salad each day, but if not, it means I have more vegetables with my meal. We eat a lot of vegetables baked. I cut cauliflower pieces and carrots and brocolli pieces. Spread on a cookie sheet. Lightly spritz with some Pam and sprinkle with desired spices (garlic, onion powder, anthing!) bake at 325 for about 20 minutes. YUM! We do the same with sliced sqush and zuchiini. These I cut into strips like french fries and bake with just a tad of breadcrumbs and some spices...these are great seasoned with italian-type spices. Let them get crispy! We use a lot of canned green beans. It is easy to get in your vegetables once you get used to it!

No, I don't. I have never tried to eat this much or that much fruits/vegetables. And I think it would not be easy for beginners to eat 5 fruits & vegetables daily, but slowly you'll be able to do it easily. When you eat fruits & vegetables, try to enjoy them instead of thinking you just have to eat it. Or else, forget its taste & just think you need to finish it.

I don't eat as much food as I am supposed to any day, so i never get enough fruits and veggies, or bread. And, no, I'm not malnourished, except that i'm actually overweight, which makes no sense at all.

wow~~~~~5 fruits and vegetables everyday are too hard,I think the better way to drink fruit juice instead of .normally i eaten two to three apples a day,I feel good.

I know I should eat that many but I don't. Usually my servings of food and veggies are carrots, corn, apples and orange juice.

I love both, so I find it very easy to get enough. If you drink some kind of fruit juice, alot of times, that is almost a daily serving.

No way! I do not like fruit at all, so if I eat just one in a week it is a miracle. I eat 1 or 2 vegetable with at least one of my meals, but I am still not getting 5 in one day. You would have to have fruit and vegetable at every meal and then again with 2 snacks to get that many in a day.

I had same problem with you I make a plain to live healthy with eat more fruits and vegetables, but it hard to do... because I can not make my self discipline to obey the rule that I make I always ate some fast food that tase more delicious than teh healthy food..ehehehehe....

I try! I was eating a banana or an orange with my breakfast with a little bit of orange juice. Then a veggie with my lunch. I would have a serving of pineapple between lunch and dinner. It was canned pineapple in its own juice (unsweetnend) and I probably have 2 servings of veggies for supper. Somehow I got way off track. Be careful how much fruit you eat. You can gain weight if you eat too much of it because of all the sugar. It is good for you but too much of a good thing isn't!

i usually add vegetables to my cooking.... either in soups , casserole or a side dish of mixed vegetable to my steak or bbq. fruits for snacks or in desserts.... fresh fruit juice as a great alternative too. i'm gonna feel sick or weak if i don't have fruits or vegetables in my meal for the day.

I know for certain that I don't eat that many fruits per day. In fact, the only fruits that I usually get in my diet are ones that are in some of the yogurts that i eat. I definitely get at least five veggies a day, though, because my family eats these 99.9% percent of the time: 1. peas 2. corn 3. beans 4. broccoli 5. cauliflower 6. brussel sprouts 7. rutabega 8. turnip And there might be one more.. but we definitely have the above almost every single day. And sometimes spinach, as well! ^_^

i too have that idea but i am an housewife so we cant prepare all 5 vegetables.and we can select amixed fruit juices to get 5 fruits

why force yourself to eat 5 fruits a day. eat em if you feel like it and if you dont take a multi vitamin.

I don't eat that much. Most of the time ,I try my best to have 2 servings of vegetables and fruits in a day. That's sufficient for me.

I eat both but a lot more, tons more, Breakfest, lunch at high school, home,dinner.

Yes, we do every day. We love veggies and fruits. We also eat alot of bread.

I'm terrible about getting enough fruits and veggies. I blame my boyfriend for it mostly; he is a very picky eater and doesn't like many veggies. So, it is easier for me to not cook them at all than to try to seperate them out. I probably only get two or three servings a day instead of five.

Telling you the truth that i do not eat five fruits daily or I can't maintain it daily. But, I do eat vegetables daily..As we are aware of advantages of fruits and vegetables since then we do not maintain it...that is called HUman Being (Which always make mistakes)

this is no possible!