Do you eat your five a day?!

[Lizzie Mintdrop]

Bars of chocolate? Not everyday but I try my best

 

[Jobagels]

I either absolutely smash it and eat loads, or eat nothing but a sea of beige food all day

I've been to eat a variation of bread and cheese for every meal of the day without even realising.

 

[McNuggets]

Never manage it.

I always have a can of fruit cocktail for breakfast - surely that counts

 

[Justreading]

Never manage it! I really dislike salad, struggle with veg and am fussy with fruit!

My whole diet is shocking due to how fussy I am

 

[Oohthedrama]

The cornflakes never fill me up

I remember a dietitian telling me you'd get more nutrition by eating the cardboard box they come in than the cornflakes themselves.

I love raw spinach, broccoli, asparagus and mushrooms. I eat the first two by the bag, about 500g/260g a day.

hate fruit, can’t stand any of it. The closest I’d come to eating fruit is prunes

my diet is shocking, but I do love veg.
the best and ably thing I eat from the Christmas dinner in the sprouts, about 25 of them in one sitting

 

[Oohthedrama]

do try. I’ll usually put 3 different ones in tea.

I'm so fucking tired I genuinely thought you were putting your mixed roasted winter veg in your tetley

 

[Phil Anne Throw Pee]

Yes, I have grapes every day. Fermented and in liquid form, but hey, it all counts.

No, actually, my diet is very good. Today I had blueberries, strawberries and raspberries with greek yoghurt for breakfast, a tuna, beetroot, kale and tomato salad for lunch and we're having fajitas for dinner. I love fruit and veg. Just need to look at portion sizes as they are too large.

 

[ClockworkDolly]

I think I need to start switching out my cornflakes for porridge with fruit. The cornflakes never fill me up, so I’m hunting for snacks by 10am, and if i switch to porridge and frozen berries then maybe that helps me get 1 of the 5 earlier i the day, and fill me up.

Conrnflakes have never filled me up either.

I sometimes stew either fresh fruit, or frozen and add this to Greek yoghurt with a handful of muesli, or nuts, to bulk it out a little more and keep me regular. Surprisingly, it is quite a filling breakfast and will last me until lunchtime if I eat a decent portion of it. But that depends on whether I’m doing something physical like gardening, in which case I will have a banana mid to late morning.

 

[Saddlesoap]

Yeah, I’m more likely to succeed with 5 a day of veg and salad, but I’m a fussy person when it comes to fruit. Some make my gums itch (kiwi, i am looking at you ), so I tend to stick to the berries and grapes and apples. I cannot stand banana for the smell, taste or texture ( ) so I’ll try to have berries with porridge this week to see how I get on.

Oh snap with bananas Even apples bug me, the skin gets stuck in my teeth

 

[littlepup]

1 glass of pure fruit juice counts.
I also ‘hide’ lots of veg. Put courgette in anything with mince, grated if you don’t like it, can grate in carrot too and not really notice it, finely chopped bell peppers too.
Bit less commonly done, If I’m doing cottage pie and serving with veg, I’ll finely dice broccoli and/or cauliflower stalk the same size as the carrot and peas too, they can be grated as well into any mince. Bulks it out, uses less meat and makes it healthier.
I always add frozen green beans, snapped up if needed, to curry. Fresh cauliflower and bell pepper is good in there too.

Adding frozen or fresh fruit to your breakfast cereal or a yogurt is quite a good one for not really being too much effort, as is 1 glass of pure fruit juice.

 

[Notothefakes]

I do try. I’ll usually put 3 different ones in tea. So in lasagne I’ll put onions/toms/peppers then I’ll have a side salad with it with red onion, toms and cucumber. Or tonight we had a chicken casserole which had carrots onions and courgettes in and I did broccoli and cabbage on the side. I usually have a banana for breakfast and maybe a pear in the day too. Or avocado I eat quite a lot of , I like that in toast with red onion and tomatoes. I do eat tons of chocolate too so try and balance it out.

 

[emmer_moans]

I think I need to start switching out my cornflakes for porridge with fruit. The cornflakes never fill me up, so I’m hunting for snacks by 10am, and if i switch to porridge and frozen berries then maybe that helps me get 1 of the 5 earlier i the day, and fill me up.

 

[Rippedjeanmaybe]

It depends really, I don’t really like to eat fruit, although I do like smoothies and fruit juices.

so for example some days I might have a glass of fruit juice a day, so that’s one.

then for our evening meal, I tend to add additional veg to our meals. So with bolognese I add chopped celery and carrot, I actually really like veg and I love having it like this.

we always try to have two veg with the evening meal, so I tend to have 3/5 a day.

 

[Wishiwasaninfluencer]

I eat my 5 a day religiously - I really enjoy fruit and veggies so I find it easy to get them in during the week. I find it harder at the weekend, not because I go mad with unhealthy food but because my eating pattern goes out the window a bit so I try for 3 portions those days.

 

[Saddlesoap]

I don't specifically count it out. I think I do most days, but portion sizes are really difficult to gauge sometimes.

I'm a bit rubbish with fruit, but really good with veg.

 

[Notothefakes]

I'm so fucking tired I genuinely thought you were putting your mixed roasted winter veg in your tetley

Omg that’s so funny! I’m usually very conscious of that and only use that word with my midland/northern friends but I must be very tired too I of course mean in my dinner

 

[TheScarletgirl]

I do try . I will have fruit for breakfast , & salad for lunch or dinner.

 

[openbook1]

Yep.

Breakfast I might have oats with a banana, berries or some apple. Other days, an egg scramble with mushrooms, spinach, red peppers.

Lunch chicken with roasted broccoli.

And then dinner always has veg. If it is a curry or soup, likely more than one vegetable.

 

[emmer_moans]

Some days I do but mostly I don't manage 5. I'm trying to improve that by planning my food shop better.

 

[DCICassieStuart]

Most days. I generally have muesli or weetabix for breakfast with frozen berries and either grapes or a banana added.

I'll usually have some sort of sandwich at lunch, meat of some description or another with salad.

Dinner is normally something like stir fry with veg/meat and veg/lasagne and salad/ curry etc. Had fish curry tonight with heirloom tomatoes in it. Had a couple of satsumas after.