Fruits and Vegetables

NoelFigart · Post by **NoelFigart** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:59 pm

I got asked if I don't snack, then when do I eat my fruits and vegetables?

*blink*

Well, I have dried fruit in my porridge most days. If I do eggs or something, I usually put some fruit on the plate.

I always have an apple or something with lunch, and lunch is usually a salad if it's warm or soup if it's cold. I throw lots of veggies in my soups.

For dinner, at least half my plate is veggies (3/4 last night because I didn't make a starch for dinner, figuring butternut squash was kinda half-n-half for that).

Um, I have some with nearly every meal....

That was really an odd question.

Post by **reinhard** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:32 pm

Odd but revealing!

Shows what lousy side effects snacks (bad enough in themselves) have on meals.

Reinhard

Blithe Morning · Post by **Blithe Morning** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:23 pm

Cheery diet advice articles are full of great suggestions like snacking on a half cup of frozen grapes or grabbing* an apple. Even the previous version of the food pyramid almost required a fruit or veg snack in order to get your 5-7 servings.

I have fruit and a glass of juice in the morning, a salad and fruit with lunch and some sort of veggie with dinner.

* Did you ever notice how often the word Grab is used in these diet articles to refer to food? I personally think the Diet Articles want us to believe that we are too busy to eat properly, thereby excusing whatever nutrional shape we find ourselves in. When I was a small child, if I grabbed at food, I would get a sharp reprimand.

gingercake · Post by **gingercake** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:43 pm

Speaking of fruits and vegetables, we are now officially in clementine season! I love them. In season they are delicious, and cute, and tiny, and will fit onto just about any N-day plate. If you're not familiar with them, they are like golf-ball sized seedless tangerines.

BuckeyePink · Post by **BuckeyePink** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 9:58 pm

I call it the "baby carrot mentality".

gingercake · Post by **gingercake** » Wed Nov 26, 2008 10:38 pm

BuckeyePink wrote:I call it the "baby carrot mentality".

Haha, yes. "Craving a giant slice of mud pie? Grab some baby carrots and munch away! Curb those nacho cravings with baby carrots dipped in fat-free cottage cheese!" So delicious.

wosnes · Post by **wosnes** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:32 am

gingercake wrote:Speaking of fruits and vegetables, we are now officially in clementine season! I love them. In season they are delicious, and cute, and tiny, and will fit onto just about any N-day plate. If you're not familiar with them, they are like golf-ball sized seedless tangerines.

I like the Satsuma's too -- and most other citrus fruits.

funfuture · Post by **funfuture** » Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:41 am

that's interesting - I had to look "clementine" up - I think it's what we in Australia just call mandarins.