Do you prefer fruit or veg?

[Rememberitwell]

I much prefer veg. I like nearly everything and eat lots of carrots, peas, broccoli and cauliflower especially. I also like most salad vegetables.

The only fruit I really like is bananas and occasionally avocados. I don’t particularly like apples, oranges, grapes, strawberries or any of the common fruits.

I’m thinking about it as trying to increase my fruit and veg intake and I’m not managing five a day!

Veg. I just don’t eat fruit (unless you count the odd Jaffa cake 🤣).
I wish I liked it more, but I do manage 3-4 portions of veg/salad a day.

It’s a chat!

Veggies definitely. But I do quite like grapes and strawberries.

Veg. I’m not a fruit fan at all unless it’s on a pavlova or in a cake.

@Svara

Banana at breakfast, two veg at lunch, three at dinner is an easy 6 a day. Do you eat fruit like tomatoes, peppers and cucumber?

Do you make sure you have at least 80g of each veg? Otherwise it’s not a full portion.

Do you make sure you have at least 80g of each veg? Otherwise it’s not a full portion.
80g isn't that much. Might be 60 for a tomato but in general closer to 100.

Veg definitely. I do like fruit but it's not that great for you sugar wise.

Veg. I don't really like a lot of fruit. I like most veg, except cooked peas!

Vegetables. I find fruit too unpredictable / acidic. I have sensitive teeth and it can hurt! I love blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. I like bananas, avocados, mango and pineapples... however fruit is not my 'go to' especially in the colder months, and I have to be in the right mood to eat it.

Oh also, if I eat too much fruit I get stomach ache!

Veg I suppose which is weird to actually realise because I hated all veg as a child and i don't know when that changed!

I love fruit too especially pineapple and berries but it's quite expensive so I tend to keep fruit for the DCs.

Not keen on fruit. Love veg.
If you’re not keen on veg plain, low fat crème fraiche stirred through is a game changer. Delish.

This thread is really good to read. I always thought I was the only person in the world to prefer veg over fruit. I always assumed everyone else LOVED fruit

@CoconutQueen

I can't believe people are discussing this on the internet

Ignore her, she's just a bit offended on behalf of her fruity subjects, the coconuts.

Veg. Really don't like fruit. Will eat strawberry raspberry grapefruit and melon or pineapple at a push. Apples and pears are pointless. Hate bananas

Green beans, spring greens and tenderstem Broccoli are wonderful. Will eat most gree veg. Not huge on root veg.

I like both, and most like the fruits in disguise- peppers, aubergine, tomatoes, courgette, squash.

Well done on trying to eat more, we should all be doing the same. The evidence of the benefits of a diet with plenty of plants is clear. When I read one of those ‘what did you eat today?’ threads on here I’m always shocked by how little fresh produce, and especially fruit and veg people have eaten.

Veg definitely, only aubergine that I can think I wouldn't eat. Fruit is a texture thing for me, don't mind it blended in a smoothie but not many I will eat in its original form.

Veg.

If you’re not getting enough, can you think about how much per meal?

I.e. breakfast could have 1 piece fruit with your toast or cereal or yogurt, or you could have 2-3 veg if you have say toms, mushroom and spinach omelette. Off to a great start.

Lunch must include at least 2, if you just have a sandwich, definitely needs salad or veg plus a piece of fruit for pud. Or a veg heavier option would be salad or a homemade soup.

Them for dinner, include at least 3 portions, easier if you use a wide range so as well as your regulars, add in cabbage, leeks, spinach, squash, courgettes, roasted toms.

On a good day with the strategy, close to 10 is achievable quite easily and deliciously!

Reading this I realise I always buy fruit for the DC but very rarely eat it myself - although I love watermelon & always eat some if serving DC. Love ripe cherries too. I will also always eat a tinned pear 😂

I do eat pretty much all veg. I don't like broad beans or runner beans & don't buy them but would eat them if served somewhere else.

Fruit because I'm lazy and lots of vegetables need cooking/seasoning.

Vegetables. The only fruit I like are raspberries, strawberries and blueberries. I've never met a vegetable I didn't like - apart from celery, which is OK cooked but disgusting raw.

Definitely veg. It's rare for me to eat fruit other than the type of vegetables that are technically a fruit.

Wow, so surprised that so many people prefer veg. I can't get enough of fruit. The only thing that stops me from eating it is the preparation. I would live off a diet of fruit salad if I could.

Veg.

Generally as it is nicer, but also because it is more forgiving.
The fruits I don't mind tend to be
Too hard
Too hard
Too hard
About a 20mins window where they are 'just right' then
Too soft / over ripe / even going mouldy.

All that said, I am surprised what a high proportion of posters are saying veg - I would have expected to be an outlier on this thread.

I like both, and lots of.