Aim for Five a Day - Getting in those Fruits and
Vegetables
How do you get in your fruit
and vegetable servings every day? Learn easy
ways to add fruits and vegetables to your diet.
Add it on!
Try adding vegetables to pizzas, soups and sandwiches.
Broccoli, peppers and mushrooms make great pizza
toppings. Tomatoes and alfalfa sprouts are great
ways to add flavor to sandwiches. Add celery,
carrots, cauliflower or cabbage to soups to make
it a meal.
Try something new.
Never had kiwi fruit? Always wondered what fresh
mango tastes like? Why not try it out? There’s
more to the produce section than apples, oranges
and bananas. Aim to try out new fruits three times
a week. You may find something you really enjoy.
Make it easy for yourself.
Buy pre-packaged, cut and washed vegetables in
the grocery store. Add some soup mix to low-fat
sour cream and you’ve got yourself a healthy
snack. If you’d rather pick and choose your
favorite vegetables, wash and cut them as soon
as you take them home. You might find it easier
to eat your vegetables on the go when they are
already cut up for you.
Try out new ways to eat the “same old”
fruits.
Why not try grilling a banana or microwaving
an apple with some cinnamon? Add mangos to your
salsa and you have a new twist on an old standby.
Bring out your blender, blueberries, bananas and
some yogurt to make a delicious smoothie. Get
whatever is on sale at the market and try out
a new recipe.
However you get them in, fruits and vegetables
are a good defense in fighting off illness, weight
gain, heart conditions and some kinds of cancer.
For more information on how you can live better
through nutrition, visit the Wellness
and Nutrition Guide or call 1-800-789-PENN
(7366).
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