Six practical tips to eat more fruits and vegetables

As nutritious as they are colourful, fruits and veggies are the best foods for your health. If you feel you aren’t eating enough of them, here are six flavourful ways to include more in your diet.

1 Upgrade your salads. When it comes to choosing ingredients, combine as many colours as you can to create a highly nutritious salad. Don’t shy away from fruits: garnish your greens with apples, strawberries, oranges or pears. You’ll be coming back for seconds! 2 Drink up. Blend fresh or frozen fruit into yogurt, milk or a soy beverage to stock up on energizing vitamins. If you have a juicer, use it to try something new—and don’t be afraid to throw in some leafy greens. 3 Have some dessert. Other than carrot cake, produce-based sweets you have to try include beet and chocolate brownies, sweet potato scones and pumpkin cookies. Yum! 4 Enhance your soups. Add every vegetable you can think of to your favourite soup. And look into fruit-based soup recipes—they’re easy to find and the results are absolutely divine. 5 Add veggies to your favourite dishes. Vegetables can improve the nutritional value and flavour of everything from omelets, pasta and rice to sandwiches, pizza and meatloaf. You can also use lettuce in lieu of tortillas, cauliflower instead of rice and squash to substitute pasta noodles. 6 Start your day off with fruit. Top your cereal or yogurt with fresh or dried fruit, add mixed berries to your pancake batter or garnish your oatmeal with shredded apples.