Three Smarter Ways to Add Fruits and Vegetables in Our Diet?

Introduction

Despite the knowledge that fruits and vegetables tend to keep our health, many people fail to take their right quantity in the food. According to some estimate, less than 30% of the people consume the right combination of food items to keep their body healthy. Instead of eating the naturally available vitamins and minerals, the so-called nutrition-aware people take pills to get these ingredients on doctor’s advice. In this blog post, let us see how we can add fruits and vegetables to our diet to boost our health.

Healthy Diet

What do you perceive as healthy diet? The answer to this question is complex and it may involve the personal outlook of the people. By bringing a few simple changes in our food preferences, we can create an overall well being our body. In the following list, we will put a list of entries that tell how to add fruits and vegetables to our food routines to maintain good health.

1. Boost Your Breakfast: We all know about the importance of the breakfast. Hence, we can boost our breakfast with a combination of berries, dried fruits and banana slice in yogurt, cereal or oatmeal. We can even make a smoothie by mixing low-fat milk with 1/2 cup of frozen berries and a banana. We can even add peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms or onions to egg to make a delicious omelet.
2. Value-added Snack Time: A healthy snack can help us curb hunger throughout the day. Healthy snacks revolve around fruits and vegetables. So, keep a bowl of fresh fruits on the counter at home or on work desk at the office to make the fruit-eating a habit. Keep a parcel of dried fruits handy when we are on the move to savor them. We can even pack the pre-cut vegetables and fruits for making perfectly balanced munchies and keep them at the eye level in the fridge for an easy access. Instead of drinking soda for refreshment, we can even think of 1/2 cup of 100% fruit or vegetable juice.
3. Healthy Partying Every Day: If we find the servings just of vegetables and fruits boring due to their monotonous recurrence, we can whip up delicious dip with those healthy ingredients into the party food. In order to get the sweet flavor, we can dip apple wedges, sliced bananas, pears, pineapple or mangoes in caramel sauce or creamy pumpkin dip. In order to make the munching of sliced vegetables more tastier, we can pair them with nutty hummus, zesty ranch, creamy avocado, or fiery salsa. Thus, crunchy crudites take on a whole new life with an extra punch of creamy Zesty Green Goddess Dip.