MIDDAY MEAL – Easy Ways To Increase Your Fruit and Veg Intake
Eating a healthier diet can often conjure up images of hard work, maximum organisation and extended preparation time. However, increasing your fruit and veg intake needn’t be like this in reality. Making incremental and easy changes to your daily diet will prove to make a vast different to your overall health and nutritional intake.
Below are some fruit and veg suggestions for midday meals that take minutes to add, helping to keep you full and satisfied until the evening.
MEAL |
ADDED FRUIT/VEG |
Fill your sandwiches and wraps with as many salad vegetables as possible. Shredding and grating them can make this easy to do. |
Lettuce Spinach Tomatoes Radishes Cabbage Carrot Cucumber Avocado Celery Sweetcorn Pepper Rocket |
Use large lettuce leaves as a replacement to bread for your sandwiches. |
Lettuce |
Instead of butter, use a light layer of avocado or hummus to make your lunch creamy. |
Avocado Chickpeas |
Put as many sliced and diced veggies into a jar along with some protein and grains such as tuna and quinoa. Choosing veggies that are delicious in their raw form will make life much easier in the preparation aspect.
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Carrots Sugar snap peas Beansprouts Brussels sprouts Peppers Mushrooms Chickpeas Beetroot Watercress |