How much fruit and veg have you had today?

[RachelLyg]

An 80g serving of fresh fruit or veg and a 30g serving of dried fruit counts as one of your 5 a day.

Spinach (half portion)
Tomato and Bean soup (1 portion)
1 quarter cantaloupe melon (1 portion)
Carrots (half portion)
Hummus (quarter portion)
Celery (quarter portion)
Cauliflower (one portion)
Brussels sprouts (one portion)

That's 5 and a half portions and I don’t think I can fit any more in. I’m trying to get to 7 portions per day.

blueberries
broccoli x 2
green beans
apricots
cucumbers
strawberries

Fuck ton. But it varies from day to day.

• Berries in porridge for breakfast.
• Greek salad at 11am (was starving and nothing else at our limited work barista)
• another giant salad at lunch with friend
• clementine
• dinner will be stuffed mushrooms with roasted cauliflower probably.

But then the last few weeks I've been living on alcohol, nicotine, cheese and crackers and vegan junk food so I am, for the first time in my life, craving vegetables.

I don't actively seek to eat X portions of fruit or veg a day though. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.

Today I’ve had
1 portion of grapes
1 portion of courgette
1 portion of carrot
1 portion of spinach
1 portion of broccoli
1 portion of asparagus
Then kidney beans, black beans, celery and peppers in my lunch

Banana
Apple, grapes and pineapple mix
Spinach
Cucumber
Tomatoes
Red onion
Beetroot
Glass of orange juice
Sweet corn

Disclaimer: am vegetarian!
Portions of:
Sweet potato
Cucumber
Avocado
Black beans
Spinach
Onions
Red pepper

Yum yum yum

Erm... there was broccoli I'm my pasta earlier (which I left!).

I had a couple of bites of ds apple too...

There was a great thread two years ago and we tried to increase our number of veg and fruits, not necessarily full portions but a general increase in variety. Some posters managed 20 plus.

Today I've had 3 fruit and 4 veg. Fine but not great.

Cherry tomatoes
Pineapple
Cucumber
Green beans
Strawberries
Raspberries
A plum
Avocado
Potatoes

Today has been a bad food day, but it's day 1 of my period so I don't care.

I've had:

• 1 (large) cherry tomato, but it was fresh from my garden so I'm pretty sure that's worth about 6
• a portion of peas
• a portion of sweetcorn
• 1 glass of orange juice (which counts according to official rules)

I think there were sultanas in the brunch bar I had for breakfast, and dinner was veggie pizza, so that's probably another portion, right?

2 Apples
1 Banana
1 Courgette
1/2 Onion
Handful Cherry Tomatoes
2 Satsumas
Handful of Blueberries
Handful of Carrot Sticks
1/4 Lettuce
Small portion of : Cucumber, Sweetcorn, Peppers.

Half a grapefruit
Houmous
Apple
Lettuce
Carrot
Cucumber
Peppero
Cherry tomatoes
Jalapenos
Refried beans/kidney beans
Kiwi
Might add up to a generous 4 or 5
But I am on holiday and we are eating easy things. I only had the crudités because someone else asked for them. Had lots of junk too!

With breakfast -
Cherries
Strawberries
Blackberries
Blueberries

With chicken for lunch -
One red pepper
Two red onions
A sweet potato

With chicken and wedges for dinner -
Lettuce
Cucumber
Red onion
Tomatoes

I have fruit or veg with every meal otherwise i feel like crap after a few days!

2 green smoothies containing a green apple, yellow pepper, 2 cups of kale, ginger, green chilli, a large cucumber and for dinner a tomato curry made yesterday from Meehra Sodha’s East book.

Spinach (nowhere near 80g)
Half a banana
Some raisins and Brazil nuts
A peach
Baby sweetcorn, pak Choi, bean sprouts in stir fry - again, not a full portion of each.

I generally get a good variety but not the quantities.

6 grapes and some tomato ketchup?

Cup of frozen blueberries
1 apple
Large salad
2 sticks celery
Half head brocolli, 2 large carrots.

Hmmm not too bad

Banana
Cucumber on sandwich
Spinach and tomatoes in pasta

Could be worse!

Half a small banana, a few strawberries and a swig of grapefruit juice at breakfast. A couple of carrot sticks and a nectarine at lunch. Cannelini beans, tomatoes, cabbage and carrots with supper, and new potatoes but not sure if they count? then a few raspberries. Might just about add up to five portions. It's weird, I like veg and fruit very much, but I still struggle to eat recommended amounts.

Berries in oats for breakfast
Tomatoes and mushrooms for lunch
Hummus, sugar snap peas, pepper and sweet corn this evening
Dried mango
Nectarine, pear, apricot

So many be about 8? I do worry that I eat too much fruit though 🤷‍♀️

A banana, a glass of orange juice, half an avocado and spinach. Oh and a generous dollop of coleslaw on a jacket potato. About 4?🤔

Blueberry wheats
Dried apricots
An apple
A banana
Tinned pineapple
Houmous
Stir fry

I’ve had a good few today. DP has a new juicer (don’t know if juice counts but it was whole fruit and veg)

In juice:
Cucumber
Celery
Ginger
Apple
Kale
Probably more stuff that needed using up that I’m better Not knowing about

Plus
4 bean salad
Broccoli
Parsnips
Cherry tomatoes
2 plums
Apple
Clementine

A plum, some carrots, broad beans, courgette, kale, peas, mushroom, cabbage, baby corn - no idea of weight though.

I am kind of addicted to tomatoes (and generally all veg). Where I am currently visiting (somewhere in the meds) tomatoes are literally the best food around...so lots!!! 😀