Friday, March 23, 2007

Fruits/Vegetables

Twelve Ways to Add Fruits and Vegetable to Your Diet:

1. Add mashed bananas or blueberries to pancake mix.
2. Add spinach to a sandwhich instead of iceberg lettuce.
3. Stir- fry frozen or fresh vegetables with meat or tofu.
4. Add salsa! One-half cup is a vegetable serving:
- Salsa on eggs
- Salsa on baked potato
- Salsa on a veggie burger
- Salsa on a tortilla with cheese
5. Slice a tomato on a sandwich.
6. Add fresh or frozen vegetables to pasta dishes:
- Sundried tomatoes
- Spinach
- Broccoli
- Peas
7. Cut up fruit, or add frozen fruit to mix with yogurt- cantaloupe, blueberries, banana, strawberries.
8. Try frozen bananas or grapes.
9. Try dried fruit - apples, apricots, raisins.
10. Mix chopped vegetables; cucumbers, red pepper, tomato, romaine lettuce, with grated cheese and ranch dressing in a pita.
11. Make fruit salsas to add to chicken, pork, or fish.
12. Make fruit smoothies with yogurt, milk and frozen or fresh fruit.

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