Five portions a day?

novice_money_saver_2

ladygrey wrote:

why does juice only count as one portion?
doesn't make any sense

It's because you need the pulp and fibre as well (so I'm told). Otherwise I'd cover the whole 5 off with vodka & cranberry juice...

thriftlady_2

I'm guessing wine doesn't count as fruit juice?

I'm doing badly at this today - a bunch of grapes and a handful of veg so far.

ladygrey_2

so would 5 apples count?

lipidicman

Nah, try five DIFFERENT portions. Fruit is the same as anything else, too much of anything isn't good.

novice_money_saver_2

thriftlady wrote:

I'm guessing wine doesn't count as fruit juice?

I'm doing badly at this today - a bunch of grapes and a handful of veg so far.

sadly not :rolleyes:

but it does have antioxidants (don't quote me on that - I may have got that wrong!). Drunk in moderation, it is beneficial to the heart.

Unfortunately I always forget about the "moderation" part. Hmmm.

Mics_chick

I'm trying to get more fruit & veg into meals especially for my kids (3y11m & 2y4m) but we always seem to eat the same things.

How do you cope with this? ...and trying to vary it as much as possible too?

Contains_Mild_Peril

For ages, I thought I was being a good girl eating my 5-a-day until I read that potatoes don't count. Well why didn't they say so in the first place?? i tend to take things literally most of the time ,so if I'm told that I should eat 5 portions of fruit and veg a day in various government, charity and supermarket publicity, it doesn't really occur to me to wonder whether there are any unmentioned exclusions.
My DS hardly eats any other vegetables, and will pcik out unwanted vegetables from things like pasta dishes, and leave the veg at the side of his plate. He's happy to eat 5 portions of fruit a day, but that gets quite expensive.

kingmonkey

Eat a banana and apple for snacks instead of chrisps.

Most of my meals contain tomato and onion.

I may drink a glass of orange juice.

Easily do-able.

Penelope_Penguin

Have you tried smoothies (in a blender, per person, half a ripe banana, handfull of fruit, eg peach, pineapple, kiwi, berries, approx 4 tbsp yoghurt)? This is also a great way to get calcium into children, and using full fat yog, calories into poorly ones.

As for veg, I grate it into burgers, which keep them moist, and much tastier than 100% meat IMO. I chop veg into pasta sauce, but you can grate it in, too. That way, it cooks down and is impossible to spot (or remove!).

My children didn't eat much veg when they were small, but have always liked fruit, so I never woprried about that.

Penny. x

lizzie12_2

Give a handful of sultanas to eat.

sliced banana and custard = or summer ice cream

fruit salad

veggi burgers = am sure Gingham Ribbon has something in her list somewhere.

place the veg as a happy face on the kiddies plate, sausage as the mouth, carrots (chop) as the eyes, brochli as the hair etc.....