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

Yes most days. Eg
Breakfast - overnight oats & a serving of berries
Lunch - at least 3 "salad" veg - peppers, cucumber, tomato, peppers, sweetcorn, carrot, celery, lettuce/leaves, beetroot, beansprouts (i will have protein/carbs too but always with salad)
OR - veg soup in winter - minestrone, pea & ham, lentil, leek & potato.
Dinner - always at least 3 veg not including potatoes, of which 2 are green. Eg green beans, sugar snaps or mange tout, asparagus, kale, spinach, peas, broccoli, courgette, swede, carrot, tomato, onions, mushrooms. Less often aubergine.

Love fruit but haven't been doing so well lately with eating a variety of veg. Definitely have to improve there. I bought plenty of veg over the weekend to make soup so my plan is to have lots of smoothies, salad and soup to make sure I get my 5 a day.

I grow a lot of my own fruit and vege (and acknowledge the set up to do that wasn't cheap, so it's not that easy to 'just grow stuff'). If you have any dirt at all, or a pot, you can grow chard. That stuff is too easy to grow. It's only one thing but it's still one thing.

I don't like fruit that much on the whole, so I start the day with a smoothie. I do feel better with some fruit. This morning my smoothie had (among other things, so it wasn't gross) a green apple, a pear, a date and some spinach. I'm dairy free, so used coconut milk in it. There's always at least two fruits in a smoothie.

Easily with veg. I'm not so keen on fruit, but DP seems to be convinced that it's the key to being healthy. Trouble that his taste in fruit is what I'd term 'old people' - bananas, apples, satsumas and prunes - the cheap and boring stuff, so I tend to avoid it altogether.

I eat soup and salad for lunch everyday. I'm really lucky that I get free lunch as part of my work benefits. It's different vegetables each day, I've never had such a healthy diet in all my life! It's definitely made a difference to my health and digestion, and I don't crave junk food anymore.

I’m convinced by the ‘30 different types of plant a week. Also by having my digestion work optimally, without any discomfort or inconvenience.

so, yes, I do.

Easily, particularly fruit.

Today -
B - a banana and some strawberries
L - baked beans (they count)on toast
D - sausages, mash, peas, carrots and broccoli

Yes. Today I've had:

• Greek yoghurt with blueberries and raspberries
• an apple
• scrambled eggs with spinach and half a large avocado
• a banana in a protein smoothie
• a chicken tagine with peppers, butternut squash, corgette, aubergine, olives and lemon.

Yes, easily. Fruit with breakfast, huge salad with lunch, at least 3 portions of veg with dinner. About 7 portions minimum a day.

Hmm... Today, cherries for breakfast, a few plums from the garden, then at dinner time, onion, pepper, aubergine, courgette, tomato, garlic, spinach.

Nobody is so restricted on time they can’t peel a banana but can pop the cork of a wine bottle.

Can I just point out that the botanical category of fruit is different from the culinary category of fruit. So tomato and acocado are not 'technically' fruit. They are either vegetables (a culinary category) or fruit (botanical) with an avocado actually being a berry.

Ha, nowhere near! I survive on coffee, wine and diet coke. If I eat it's a sandwich or salad, biscuits or a piece of toast. If I had more time I would definitely try as I love fruit and veg.

Just looked at Asda ££ for veg
The average £/100g is 22p
So for 4 portions of veg / day ( min) ie 320g that’s 70.4p / person
= £4.93 / week / person

Plus one portion of fruit = 5 a day

Lidl also so something similar to Aldi.

Frozen veg can also be great for soups.

More. Breakfast I have about two servings of technically fruit (tomato and avocado) and about two at lunch (salad). Then at least two more like three at dinner (steamed mixed veg). I like to bulk out my servings with lo cal veg. I also make vegetable soups.

Also- I really rate frozen veg. Particularly for pasta sauces as I tend to blend it to death for DS so he does not realise about the whole cooked vegetable thing. Tined carrots are a real fave.

I've just discovered Aldi's Super Six that they have each week. (I'm late to that particular party). A few weeks back I got a mango for 69 pence. Amazing. It took a few days to ripen but was really lovely.

The boyfriend I had before DH never ate fruit or vegetables. He was in his 50s and his doctor was most adamant he ought so he tried hard. He always had a cheese bap for lunch and eventually managed to put tomato slices in it and after a few months of that managed to add lettuce. But it was hard going for him. He broke up with me then so I don't know if he ever expanded out, but he genuinely found it very difficult, so I am sympathetic to people who really struggle with it. One of my Dcs has sensory issues around food and cannot manage cooked vegetables or fruit at all. Thankfully he can eat raw vegetables and the occasional apple so the bases are covered though.

Mostly
Breakfast Fruit and seeds with porridge and yoghurt
Lunch usually salad and 2 pieces of fruit
Evening meal always vegetables salads or pulses, often a combination of all 3. The usual onions, celery, carrots, tinned tomatoes in a bolognaise or stew, peas, carrots and cabbage with mince or a roast, loads really
It's not that hard if you try

I eat fruit barely ever. I can’t think of the last time.

We do eat at least 30 plants a week. But so far today I’ve eaten a tiny bit of rocket. 🤷‍♀️

Yes. We eat vegetarian fopd 5 days a weeks.

I think carrots, parsnips, apples, onions, broccoli, easy peelers, a packet of frozen peas (I know it’s a legume) are inexpensive.

I don't think apples or easy peelers are cheap.

These threads are always so competitive, how many are eating actually proper sized portions?

Today I have had 150g berries, an apple, a banana, lunch included side salad and mixed beans & dinner had veggies. I have only hit 5 portions. If I & my dc are like this everyday I would be in the shops daily replenishing.

God no. I eat zero