Week one challenge is to eat two different fruits or veggies with each meal. Not gonna lie, this is gonna be a hard one for me. I'm usually good with one fruit or veggie for lunch or dinner, but breakfast......... doesn't usually happen. I 'm not a huge fan of fruit, and that usually what you eat with breakfast.
We will see how it goes. Here are some suggestions that i found on the 100daysofrealfood blog about how you can incorporate two fruits or veggies into each of your meals.
- For breakfast…
- Put some small bits of fruit in your cereal or oatmeal (like frozen blueberries or bananas), and also have some fruit (like apples or pear) on the side
- Mash up some bananas to go inside your pancake batter and offer a second fruit like grapefruit on the side
- Make an omelet with chopped bell peppers inside and have some fruit to go along with it as well
- Have a smoothie with your breakfast especially if you have to run out the door…you can easily throw in a lot of different fruits (and even veggies like spinach)
- For lunch…
- Try making a sandwich or wrap with a veggie inside (like cucumber or lettuce or avocado) and also have some fruit on the side
- Cut up some raw veggies that you can dip into something like hummus
- Soups are often packed with veggies and would be easy to heat up (or take to work) if you had some leftover from dinner the night before
- If you are going out to lunch consider bringing a banana or apple with you (or eat it beforehand) to supplement your meal…restaurants don’t usually offer very many fruit items on their menu
- For dinner…
- Have a salad with your dinner as well as a side of veggies
- Make a one-dish meal like pasta, stir fry, or quesadillas where you can easily mix in a variety of vegetables
- Eat two vegetable sides instead of a starch like rice
- Consider adding fruit to your dinner…I always think of dinner as a time to have veggies, but fruit would often be a good addition as well
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