Eating our 10-a-day thread (2)

[Breathmiller]

Hi all

This is our second thread about upping our veg and fruit intake on a daily basis.

We tend to list what we've had to keep us accoubtable and generally chat about how to increase the rainbow on our plate.

We don't always make 10 but anything more than you would normally is great. I like to at least get 5. 10 or even sometimes more is a great day.

All welcome whatever reasons.

🥬It's a non subtle self brainwashing technique.😂

I deliberately picked up kiwi fruit this week as I've not had any for ages.
I aim to vary stuff week to week. It's always less interesting in winter.

Salad/beetroot (1/2 portion each)
Apricots
Apple/pear juice
Mango
Urban fruit strawberries (dried)

Haven't decided on tea yet but pleased with that so far even if a bit fruit heavy!

Can anyone recommend which dates I should get from Tesco? Shopping online

Hi all, can I join?

For breakfast: large banana with oat yogurt
Snack: nakd bar
Lunch: tuna salad with cucumber and lots of salad leaves
Dinner: as pictured. Avocado, broccoli, courgette, baby tomatoes with salmon and crispy potatoes.
Not sure if I’ve made my 10 a day but def eating better.

Hi all! I didn’t have as much as other days as I didn’t have breakfast.

I have had:

Cucumber
Pepper
Onion
Peas
Sweetcorn

Smoothie (1)

Brussels
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Carrot
Mushroom
Onion

So hopefully made it to 5?

1. Plums
2. Hummus
3. Red pepper
4. Tomato’s
5. Kale
6. Red kidney beans
7. Garlic and onion

One more than yesterday!

apple
tomatoes
olives/radishes
lettuce/satsuma
onions/peppers

Brunch.
Cabbage, lotus roots, oyster and black fungus mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, pak choi and garlic sprouts

Dinner.
Black beans, puy lentils, onions, carrot, swede, tomatoes, celery

1 satsuma
2 carrot
3 carlin peas, pak choi
4 Onion, garlic
5 broccoli, cauliflower
6 kiwi fruit
Finally all the Christmas chocolates have gone so I should be fitting in more veg!

Yay!! Well done everyone. So good to see so many upping their veg.

1. Dates/sultanas/dried cranberries
2. Banana
3. Spicy Chickpea, sweetcorn, red pepper veg soup
4. ^^
5. Houmous
6. Courgette (spiralized)
7. Spinach
8. Mushrooms
9. Brocolli

10. Apple 11. Tomatoes/olives

Banana
Orange
Small glass of orange juice
Leftover cottage pie contacting carrot, celery, onion and tinned tomatoes
Green beans
Cauliflower
Chickpeas
Onion
Spinach

Added to my food shop
Dates
Dried figs (also never tried except fig rolls!!!)
Strong roots sweet potato chunks (their veg fries are lovely)
Dried pears

1. Blueberries
2. Melon
3. Tangerine
4. tomatoes
5. Red and yellow peppers
6. Courgette with onion and celery

Think I'll go and drink a carrot juice now to add one more to it.

Banana
Apple
Broccoli
Green beans
Broad beans
Edamame beans
Onion
Pepper
Mushrooms
Avocado
Olives
Sultanas

Yesterday

1. Banana
2. Avocado
3. Spinach
4. Tomatoes
5. Black beans
6. Sweetcorn
7. Courgette
8. Onion
9. Peppers

Banana
Apple

Tinned tomatoes
Celery
Little gems
Pepper
Carrot

Dinner will be
Asparagus
Broccoli
Peas
Butternut

So far

Dried apricots
Vegetable/lentil soup
Apple and pear juice

Really need to up it at tea time! I have some mango that needs eating too

Bit gutted to find out I have high cholesterol despite all the healthy eating 😟. Feel like I am ticking all the boxes but it’s not having the right impact. Anyway:

1. Raspberries
2. & 3. Carrot, ginger & cannellini bean soup
3. Kale
4. Peas
5. Sweet potato

Now there's "good" cholesterol as well as bad is there not?

Today:
1 satsuma
2 kiwis
3 roasted plums
4 spinach
5 Carrot

Adding
Tomatoes
Salad
Gherkins
Mango

So that makes 7. I'm happy with that as before this thread I might have only got a couple of portions a day. I figure aim for 10

Prunes
Banana
Kale
kidney beans
Onion/ garlic
Tomato
Red pepper
Hummus
Stewed apples

Whoop - 9 today thanks to this thread for motivation!

1. Lettuce/tomato/cucumber/onion/sweetcorn (on a sandwich so only 1 portion i think)
2. Broccoli
3. Carrots
4. Cavolo Nero Kale

Not such a full day. I've noticed that when I eat meat alternatives that I tend to eat less. Dh is a meat eater and sometimes he and the dc like a more traditional plate of food. So it was fake schnitzel for me tonight and then veg. I do enjoy it but it's definitely much harder to get more veg in that way.

Also out and about today so had a sandwich from Subway at lunch.

green lentils
cauliflower
sprouts
satsuma/onion
blueberries/goji berries
banana
peppers
apple juice