Do you eat five portions of fruit/veg a day?

I think it’s pasta made out of peas/pea flour or red lentils/lentil flour, that kind of thing.

What’s protein pasta ?

£5 a week approx / person based on Asda prices for a persons UK weekly recommended

Totally agree and lack of fibre is becoming a serious issue in younger adults.

The majority of people get enough protein in their diets (even vegans), but fibre is sadly lacking.

Easily. I'm vegan so I suppose that helps, but I eat more than that without thinking about it.

Today for example:

Breakfast
Chickpeas cooked with chopped tomatoes, onions herbs and spices (almost like homemade baked beans) on sourdough toast - 3 portions

Lunch:
Carrot, cucumber and pepper sticks with hummus, handful of grapes - 4 portions

Snack:
Homemade smoothie ice lolly (banana, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, apple juice) - 5 portions

Dinner:
Tandoori cauliflower, dal and rice- 2 portions

Total 14 portions

PP said they didn't think easy peelers were cheap. I said the cost is comparable to a chocolate bar. It's not about being on a low income, it's about the fact that a bag of easy peelers provides lots more food for the same price as one snack.

Occasionally i might get 1 or 2 in a day, but mostly none....
i dont like many fruits, and i dont like veg without drowning it in gravy!

The only time i'll get more tan one in, is if i've had chance (rare) to make a chilli or something like that

I eat probably 7 portions of vegetables every day. Most of what I eat is plant based. I pair with protein eg eggs, chicken, protein pasta.

Carbs are more a treat. I don't eat bread/wheat anymore as it makes me feel unwell.

Take vitamin b supplements.

I don't eat any fruit as it's too sugary.

Yet in this country people have more than enough protein and not enough fibre , vitamins and minerals

A pack of easy peelers is about the same cost as a chocolate bar. How is that not cheap?

I don't think chocolate is cheap either why have you compared it to that?! 😆

Look at how much pasta or rice you can get for a pack of easy peelers...

I know I should eat more f&v but I concentrate more on protein. No matter how I try to think about it I probably only manage 2 portions a day.

Exactly.

What makes you think that there has to be an alternative purchase of something sweet, rather than it being too much to buy when already on a low income?

A pack of easy peelers is about the same cost as a chocolate bar. How is that not cheap?

Yes, most days I'll have something like -
Orange juice
Banana, strawberries and blueberries (or similar) in yoghurt and honey for breakfast
Tomato, cucumber, pepper, lettuce at lunch
Carrots and a green veg at dinner.

Do you net your cherries?

I have just moved to a house with a cherry tree. I was so excited when I saw actual cherries, but they have all disappeared, before they even started to turn red.

I also discovered a grape vine. So excited for that. I hope they are good ones.

No
i do manage the 30 plants a week plus a multi vitamin so I am ok with that

Today:
banana am (1)
yogurt with frozen raspberries and blueberries. (2)
eggs and beans on toast with spinach and mushrooms (3)
pulled pork tacos with fresh guacamole, pico de gallo and side salad (3, perhaps 4)
Tru Fru strawberries … not sure these count but maybe (1)

I have between 3-10 veg in the day, mostly follow a veggie diet so not too hard to hit 5 regularly. Within the week I try and have a big variety of all plants for gut diversity though so I try and aim for 30 different ones

I mean that pulses only count once, IE: you can't eat lentils and beans (two different things) and it count as two, because pulses and beans can only be counted once.

And I also meant you can only count juices once, so you can't have an orange juice and then later have an apple juice, and count it as two, or you can't have a smoothie for your breakfast and then a glass of orange juice with you lunch and it count as two.

Most days, yes. Some days, no. I figure it balances out.

Dont most things only count once? Like if you ate 2 apples it would count as one cos it's just apple?

No, I intend to eat more. I often take three pieces of fruit to work. They have a nice day out and then come back home again! I'm going to make more salads now as I can get more in. Eat veg with dinner but I need to eat some more fruit.

Easily - I usually have fruit for breakfast
some type of salad for lunch - sometimes with more fruit
evening meal always has veg or salad
I’m average 10 different varieties a day person

Oh and i grow fruit. So at this time of years its cherries, raspberries, gooseberries, blueberries and strawberries from the garden. As we go through summer we will pick blackberries from the local hedges. Then we have plums & apples and pears on the trees but the pear tree is a bit crap and we get about 5 off it, the plum tree is a bit riddled with plum moth larvae. We eat a LOT of apple crumble.