Creative Ways to Add Fruits & Vegetables
Suggestions for adding fruits and vegetables to your daily eating plan:
- Keep fruits and vegetables on hand. Make them easy to grab when hunger strikes.
- Top cottage cheese or desserts with fruit.
- Add grapes, pineapple, grated carrots, or other vegetables to chicken or tuna salad.
- Choose leaf lettuce with the darkest green or red leaf for an added nutritional boost.
- Snack on cut up broccoli, carrots and peppers with light dips instead of foods like chips or crackers
- Try a stir-fry using a variety of vegetables
- Enjoy fruits and vegetables in season.
- Serve pasta dishes with tomato sauce and added vegetables.
- Add greens, carrots and tomatoes to a pot of homemade soup.
- Add fresh vegetables to your pizza.
- Drink 100% fruit juice, or add some seltzer for a twist (i.e. orange, grape or cranberry)
- Garnish meals with fruit (i.e. apple pork chops)
- Try making a fruit smoothie
Lesson Contents
I. Add Color to your Plate: Introduction
II. Add Color to your Plate: Basics
III. Add Color to your Plate: Phytochemicals
IV. Add Color to your Plate: Red Group
V. Add Color to your Plate: Blue/Purple Group
VI. Add Color to your Plate: Yellow/Orange Group
VII. Add Color to your Plate: Green Group
VIII. Add Color to your Plate: White Group
IX. Add Color to your Plate: Top Ten Fruits and Vegetables
X. Add Color to your Plate: Build a Healthy Lifestyle
XI. Add Color to your Plate: Creative Ways to Add Fruits & Vegetables
VII. Add Color to your Plate: References
