We all know that fruits and vegetables are very good for us.  They contain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and on top of that they taste very good. When you give your body good nutritious food, you will also have more energy. According to the USDA, our dinner plate should be half full of fruits and vegetables.  Of course, in my opinion it should be half full with vegetables since fruits can be very high in fructose.  This can cause health problems if eaten in high quantities.  So the question is ‘What strategies can you use to insure that your plate is half full of vegetables with some fruit for every meal?”.

Easy ways to add fruit to your breakfast include:

Drink a glass of juice such as orange juice or tomato juice with breakfast.

When drinking juice, it is much more nutritious if you make your own juice.  Fresh squeezed juice is so much better tasting also.  Another idea for your morning juice is to peel an orange or a grapefruit leaving as much of the white surrounding the fruit as possible, place the fruit along with some water in a blender.  Then you are drinking the entire fruit for breakfast!

Eat a piece of fruit with your breakfast or a fruit salad.

An easy way to do this in your busy life is to prepare a fruit salad on the weekend. Then your fruit is already prepared when you are rushing to get out the door on a week day.

Here is an easy recipe:

Ingredients

    4 cups fresh strawberries, halved

    2 cups fresh blueberries

    2 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced

    2 bananas, sliced

    2 cups seedless grapes, halved

    1 (8 ounce) container plain yogurt

    2 teaspoons lemon juice

    1 teaspoon stevia or honey

    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Or just grab a banana, apple, pear, plum, peach or a bunch of grapes on your way out the door.

Berries are another good choice since they are very low in fructose and have many healthy benefits.   

Have a veggie omelet or a frittata filled with healthy vegetables.

I have used just about any vegetables and my frittatas are always yummy.

Adding a surprise to your frittata or omelet can make them even more delicious. I like to add artichoke hearts, kalamata olives or jalapeno peppers.

Drink a smoothie that has both fruits and vegetables included.

Add berries, a banana, and spinach with some water – blend and you have a great ‘on-the-go’ breakfast. Experiment with different combinations of fruits and vegetables or google smoothie recipes.  You can find many great recipes.

Lunch is the easy meal to include lots of vegetables:

Have a salad for lunch.

If you are eating out, this is very easy.  Almost all restaurants have a nice variety of great salads.  Or, bring a salad from home.  This is quite easy if you make a large salad on the weekend.  Then, all you have to do is put some salad in a container,  put the dressing in a Ziploc bag and you are ready to hit the road.

Order vegetables as a side.

If salad isn’t for you, order a side of vegetables with your lunch.  Most restaurants will give you vegetables instead of chips or fries.

Cut up a variety of vegetables to bring with your lunch.

For a lunch from home you can cut up different vegetables and bring them along with your sandwich.  If you want to be very creative, you can make hummus as a dip for your vegetables and you won’t even need that sandwich.

Use vegetables as a spread for your sandwich.

Hummus or mashed avocado makes a great sandwich spread.

At dinner, make sure your plate is ½ full of vegetables and fruit.

Have fruit for dessert.

Grilled fruit has a great flavor.  Try peaches – grill a peach for 3 minutes on each side and enjoy.  Combine different types of berries and mix in a little honey for a simple nutritious dessert.  Google fruit desserts for a wide variety of choices.

Have a side salad with every meal.

You can use a variety of vegetables in your salads and have a different one at each meal all week.  Be creative. You can add berries, olives, avocados, jalapeno peppers, artichoke hearts or any other vegetable that will add a surprise to your salad.  And think outside the box!  A salad doesn’t always have to have lettuce – just chop up a variety of vegetables, add salad dressing and you will look like a chef!

Experiment with Raw Food recipes.

Just google raw food recipes; these recipes are primarily vegetables.  I make raw food spaghetti that is all vegetables and it is very tasty.  Check out Worldwellnesseducation.org for some great raw food recipes.

Make a vegetable juice to go along with dinner.

As I mentioned earlier, fresh juice is very nutritious.  If you have a juicer, experiment with different combinations.  One of my favorites is watermelon with a little lime or lemon juice. So refreshing!

Add finely grated vegetables to your entrée.

If you aren’t in love with vegetables you may want to sneak them into your dinner.  Grate up carrots and add them to your meatloaf; grate onions, green peppers, and zucchini and add to your tomato sauce.  You get the idea.  Add them where they won’t be noticed, but your body will notice and thank you for this act!We all know that fruits and vegetables are very good for us.  They contain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and on top of that they taste very good. When you give your body good nutritious food, you will also have more energy. According to the USDA, our dinner plate should be half full of fruits and vegetables.  Of course, in my opinion it should be half full with vegetables since fruits can be very high in fructose.  This can cause health problems if eaten in high quantities.  So the question is ‘What strategies can you use to insure that your plate is half full of vegetables with some fruit for every meal?”.

Easy ways to add fruit to your breakfast include:

Drink a glass of juice such as orange juice or tomato juice with breakfast.

When drinking juice, it is much more nutritious if you make your own juice.  Fresh squeezed juice is so much better tasting also.  Another idea for your morning juice is to peel an orange or a grapefruit leaving as much of the white surrounding the fruit as possible, place the fruit along with some water in a blender.  Then you are drinking the entire fruit for breakfast!

Eat a piece of fruit with your breakfast or a fruit salad.

An easy way to do this in your busy life is to prepare a fruit salad on the weekend. Then your fruit is already prepared when you are rushing to get out the door on a week day.

Here is an easy recipe:

Ingredients

    4 cups fresh strawberries, halved

    2 cups fresh blueberries

    2 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced

    2 bananas, sliced

    2 cups seedless grapes, halved

    1 (8 ounce) container plain yogurt

    2 teaspoons lemon juice

    1 teaspoon stevia or honey

    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Or just grab a banana, apple, pear, plum, peach or a bunch of grapes on your way out the door.

Berries are another good choice since they are very low in fructose and have many healthy benefits.   

Have a veggie omelet or a frittata filled with healthy vegetables.

I have used just about any vegetables and my frittatas are always yummy.

Adding a surprise to your frittata or omelet can make them even more delicious. I like to add artichoke hearts, kalamata olives or jalapeno peppers.

Drink a smoothie that has both fruits and vegetables included.

Add berries, a banana, and spinach with some water – blend and you have a great ‘on-the-go’ breakfast. Experiment with different combinations of fruits and vegetables or google smoothie recipes.  You can find many great recipes.

Lunch is the easy meal to include lots of vegetables:

Have a salad for lunch.

If you are eating out, this is very easy.  Almost all restaurants have a nice variety of great salads.  Or, bring a salad from home.  This is quite easy if you make a large salad on the weekend.  Then, all you have to do is put some salad in a container,  put the dressing in a Ziploc bag and you are ready to hit the road.

Order vegetables as a side.

If salad isn’t for you, order a side of vegetables with your lunch.  Most restaurants will give you vegetables instead of chips or fries.

Cut up a variety of vegetables to bring with your lunch.

For a lunch from home you can cut up different vegetables and bring them along with your sandwich.  If you want to be very creative, you can make hummus as a dip for your vegetables and you won’t even need that sandwich.

Use vegetables as a spread for your sandwich.

Hummus or mashed avocado makes a great sandwich spread.

At dinner, make sure your plate is ½ full of vegetables and fruit.

Have fruit for dessert.

Grilled fruit has a great flavor.  Try peaches – grill a peach for 3 minutes on each side and enjoy.  Combine different types of berries and mix in a little honey for a simple nutritious dessert.  Google fruit desserts for a wide variety of choices.

Have a side salad with every meal.

You can use a variety of vegetables in your salads and have a different one at each meal all week.  Be creative. You can add berries, olives, avocados, jalapeno peppers, artichoke hearts or any other vegetable that will add a surprise to your salad.  And think outside the box!  A salad doesn’t always have to have lettuce – just chop up a variety of vegetables, add salad dressing and you will look like a chef!

Experiment with Raw Food recipes.

Just google raw food recipes; these recipes are primarily vegetables.  I make raw food spaghetti that is all vegetables and it is very tasty.  Check out Worldwellnesseducation.org for some great raw food recipes.

Make a vegetable juice to go along with dinner.

As I mentioned earlier, fresh juice is very nutritious.  If you have a juicer, experiment with different combinations.  One of my favorites is watermelon with a little lime or lemon juice. So refreshing!

Add finely grated vegetables to your entrée.

If you aren’t in love with vegetables you may want to sneak them into your dinner.  Grate up carrots and add them to your meatloaf; grate onions, green peppers, and zucchini and add to your tomato sauce.  You get the idea.  Add them where they won’t be noticed, but your body will notice and thank you for this act!We all know that fruits and vegetables are very good for us.  They contain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and on top of that they taste very good. When you give your body good nutritious food, you will also have more energy. According to the USDA, our dinner plate should be half full of fruits and vegetables.  Of course, in my opinion it should be half full with vegetables since fruits can be very high in fructose.  This can cause health problems if eaten in high quantities.  So the question is ‘What strategies can you use to insure that your plate is half full of vegetables with some fruit for every meal?”.

Easy ways to add fruit to your breakfast include:

Drink a glass of juice such as orange juice or tomato juice with breakfast.

When drinking juice, it is much more nutritious if you make your own juice.  Fresh squeezed juice is so much better tasting also.  Another idea for your morning juice is to peel an orange or a grapefruit leaving as much of the white surrounding the fruit as possible, place the fruit along with some water in a blender.  Then you are drinking the entire fruit for breakfast!

Eat a piece of fruit with your breakfast or a fruit salad.

An easy way to do this in your busy life is to prepare a fruit salad on the weekend. Then your fruit is already prepared when you are rushing to get out the door on a week day.

Here is an easy recipe:

Ingredients

    4 cups fresh strawberries, halved

    2 cups fresh blueberries

    2 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced

    2 bananas, sliced

    2 cups seedless grapes, halved

    1 (8 ounce) container plain yogurt

    2 teaspoons lemon juice

    1 teaspoon stevia or honey

    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Or just grab a banana, apple, pear, plum, peach or a bunch of grapes on your way out the door.

Berries are another good choice since they are very low in fructose and have many healthy benefits.   

Have a veggie omelet or a frittata filled with healthy vegetables.

I have used just about any vegetables and my frittatas are always yummy.

Adding a surprise to your frittata or omelet can make them even more delicious. I like to add artichoke hearts, kalamata olives or jalapeno peppers.

Drink a smoothie that has both fruits and vegetables included.

Add berries, a banana, and spinach with some water – blend and you have a great ‘on-the-go’ breakfast. Experiment with different combinations of fruits and vegetables or google smoothie recipes.  You can find many great recipes.

Lunch is the easy meal to include lots of vegetables:

Have a salad for lunch.

If you are eating out, this is very easy.  Almost all restaurants have a nice variety of great salads.  Or, bring a salad from home.  This is quite easy if you make a large salad on the weekend.  Then, all you have to do is put some salad in a container,  put the dressing in a Ziploc bag and you are ready to hit the road.

Order vegetables as a side.

If salad isn’t for you, order a side of vegetables with your lunch.  Most restaurants will give you vegetables instead of chips or fries.

Cut up a variety of vegetables to bring with your lunch.

For a lunch from home you can cut up different vegetables and bring them along with your sandwich.  If you want to be very creative, you can make hummus as a dip for your vegetables and you won’t even need that sandwich.

Use vegetables as a spread for your sandwich.

Hummus or mashed avocado makes a great sandwich spread.

At dinner, make sure your plate is ½ full of vegetables and fruit.

Have fruit for dessert.

Grilled fruit has a great flavor.  Try peaches – grill a peach for 3 minutes on each side and enjoy.  Combine different types of berries and mix in a little honey for a simple nutritious dessert.  Google fruit desserts for a wide variety of choices.

Have a side salad with every meal.

You can use a variety of vegetables in your salads and have a different one at each meal all week.  Be creative. You can add berries, olives, avocados, jalapeno peppers, artichoke hearts or any other vegetable that will add a surprise to your salad.  And think outside the box!  A salad doesn’t always have to have lettuce – just chop up a variety of vegetables, add salad dressing and you will look like a chef!

Experiment with Raw Food recipes.

Just google raw food recipes; these recipes are primarily vegetables.  I make raw food spaghetti that is all vegetables and it is very tasty.  Check out Worldwellnesseducation.org for some great raw food recipes.

Make a vegetable juice to go along with dinner.

As I mentioned earlier, fresh juice is very nutritious.  If you have a juicer, experiment with different combinations.  One of my favorites is watermelon with a little lime or lemon juice. So refreshing!

Add finely grated vegetables to your entrée.

If you aren’t in love with vegetables you may want to sneak them into your dinner.  Grate up carrots and add them to your meatloaf; grate onions, green peppers, and zucchini and add to your tomato sauce.  You get the idea.  Add them where they won’t be noticed, but your body will notice and thank you for this act!We all know that fruits and vegetables are very good for us.  They contain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and on top of that they taste very good. When you give your body good nutritious food, you will also have more energy. According to the USDA, our dinner plate should be half full of fruits and vegetables.  Of course, in my opinion it should be half full with vegetables since fruits can be very high in fructose.  This can cause health problems if eaten in high quantities.  So the question is ‘What strategies can you use to insure that your plate is half full of vegetables with some fruit for every meal?”.

Easy ways to add fruit to your breakfast include:

Drink a glass of juice such as orange juice or tomato juice with breakfast.

When drinking juice, it is much more nutritious if you make your own juice.  Fresh squeezed juice is so much better tasting also.  Another idea for your morning juice is to peel an orange or a grapefruit leaving as much of the white surrounding the fruit as possible, place the fruit along with some water in a blender.  Then you are drinking the entire fruit for breakfast!

Eat a piece of fruit with your breakfast or a fruit salad.

An easy way to do this in your busy life is to prepare a fruit salad on the weekend. Then your fruit is already prepared when you are rushing to get out the door on a week day.

Here is an easy recipe:

Ingredients

    4 cups fresh strawberries, halved

    2 cups fresh blueberries

    2 kiwifruit, peeled and sliced

    2 bananas, sliced

    2 cups seedless grapes, halved

    1 (8 ounce) container plain yogurt

    2 teaspoons lemon juice

    1 teaspoon stevia or honey

    1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Or just grab a banana, apple, pear, plum, peach or a bunch of grapes on your way out the door.

Berries are another good choice since they are very low in fructose and have many healthy benefits.   

Have a veggie omelet or a frittata filled with healthy vegetables.

I have used just about any vegetables and my frittatas are always yummy.

Adding a surprise to your frittata or omelet can make them even more delicious. I like to add artichoke hearts, kalamata olives or jalapeno peppers.

Drink a smoothie that has both fruits and vegetables included.

Add berries, a banana, and spinach with some water – blend and you have a great ‘on-the-go’ breakfast. Experiment with different combinations of fruits and vegetables or google smoothie recipes.  You can find many great recipes.

Lunch is the easy meal to include lots of vegetables:

Have a salad for lunch.

If you are eating out, this is very easy.  Almost all restaurants have a nice variety of great salads.  Or, bring a salad from home.  This is quite easy if you make a large salad on the weekend.  Then, all you have to do is put some salad in a container,  put the dressing in a Ziploc bag and you are ready to hit the road.

Order vegetables as a side.

If salad isn’t for you, order a side of vegetables with your lunch.  Most restaurants will give you vegetables instead of chips or fries.

Cut up a variety of vegetables to bring with your lunch.

For a lunch from home you can cut up different vegetables and bring them along with your sandwich.  If you want to be very creative, you can make hummus as a dip for your vegetables and you won’t even need that sandwich.

Use vegetables as a spread for your sandwich.

Hummus or mashed avocado makes a great sandwich spread.

At dinner, make sure your plate is ½ full of vegetables and fruit.

Have fruit for dessert.

Grilled fruit has a great flavor.  Try peaches – grill a peach for 3 minutes on each side and enjoy.  Combine different types of berries and mix in a little honey for a simple nutritious dessert.  Google fruit desserts for a wide variety of choices.

Have a side salad with every meal.

You can use a variety of vegetables in your salads and have a different one at each meal all week.  Be creative. You can add berries, olives, avocados, jalapeno peppers, artichoke hearts or any other vegetable that will add a surprise to your salad.  And think outside the box!  A salad doesn’t always have to have lettuce – just chop up a variety of vegetables, add salad dressing and you will look like a chef!

Experiment with Raw Food recipes.

Just google raw food recipes; these recipes are primarily vegetables.  I make raw food spaghetti that is all vegetables and it is very tasty.  Check out Worldwellnesseducation.org for some great raw food recipes.

Make a vegetable juice to go along with dinner.

As I mentioned earlier, fresh juice is very nutritious.  If you have a juicer, experiment with different combinations.  One of my favorites is watermelon with a little lime or lemon juice. So refreshing!

Add finely grated vegetables to your entrée.

If you aren’t in love with vegetables you may want to sneak them into your dinner.  Grate up carrots and add them to your meatloaf; grate onions, green peppers, and zucchini and add to your tomato sauce.  You get the idea.  Add them where they won’t be noticed, but your body will notice and thank you for this act!