Easy way to get your 5 a day.

Nelski

jinky67 wrote: »

I have fruit in the basket ...does that count?

As long as there are always at least 5 palm size pieces in there such as an small apple or 10 grapes.

I personally buy the fruit (which is good enough for me) then chuck em in the supermarket bin to save the additional effort of carrying them home

thriftlady_2

Ooh I've just realised I've had a portion of beans for breakfast -coffee beans.

So that's one, I'll have a few more portions of those today plus a serving of tealeaves

Then there are the dried apricots that are in the white chocolate and rice krispie squares I made with Dd yesterday (had to make some more at 10pm last night as OH and I finished the first batch off) -that must be at least 2 portions.

Gosh I don't think I'll need anymore fruit and veg today :j

And don't forget carrot cake, banana cake and courgette cake.

jinky67

Nelski wrote: »

As long as there are always at least 5 palm size pieces in there such as an small apple or 10 grapes.

I personally buy the fruit (which is good enough for me) then chuck em in the supermarket bin to save the additional effort of carrying them home

I should start doing that...cos no-one ever eats it:rolleyes:

Nelski

thriftlady wrote: »

Ooh I've just realised I've had a portion of beans for breakfast -coffee beans.

So that's one, I'll have a few more portions of those today plus a serving of tealeaves

Then there are the dried apricots that are in the white chocolate and rice krispie squares I made with Dd yesterday (had to make some more at 10pm last night as OH and I finished the first batch off) -that must be at least 2 portions.

Gosh I don't think I'll need anymore fruit and veg today :j

And don't forget carrot cake, banana cake and courgette cake.

Please be careful Thriftlady that sounds like you are going over the top to me - could you balance it out with some ready meals?

dolly_day_dream

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

I've been struggling to get my 5 a day lately and took a while to work out an easier way to get on top of this. So, here are my top tips:

The raisins in a Tracker bar.
Tomato ketchup on my chips.
A packet of Opal Fruits.
Cherry coke.
A slice of lemon in a G&T.

I hope that helps. Anyone with more easy ideas, please include them below. Thanks.

We only allow children to eat fruit at breaktimes at my school. I recently had an interesting breaktime conversation with an 8 year old who earnestly assured me that the fruit chews were obviously fruit and so allowed.:D

jinky67

dolly_day_dream wrote: »

We only allow children to eat fruit at breaktimes at my school. I recently had an interesting breaktime conversation with an 8 year old who earnestly assured me that the fruit chews were obviously fruit and so allowed.:D

And now you know he was right:D
If GR says so it must be true:A

candygirl

dolly_day_dream wrote: »

We only allow children to eat fruit at breaktimes at my school. I recently had an interesting breaktime conversation with an 8 year old who earnestly assured me that the fruit chews were obviously fruit and so allowed.:D

Whatever happened to good old crisps n mars bars:eek: :eek: :rotfl:

WelshWoofer

What about...

Orangeade
Limeade
(only the glow in the dark varieties of course)

Squash - orange lemon and pineapple flavour - there's 3 in one glass!

r.mac_2

It's a well known fact GR that raisins ONLY count as one of 5 a day if they are COMPLETELY covered in chocolate.

Eat 5 choc covered raisins and you are done!

Nelski

r.mac wrote: »

It's a well known fact GR that raisins ONLY count as one of 5 a day if they are COMPLETELY covered in chocolate.

Eat 5 choc covered raisins and you are done!

I think you have your potion size wrong rmac - its 5 PACKETS that are needed to meet the goverment recommended daily allowance