Welcome to Day 28 of the Wellbeing 9-a-Day blog! As we draw nearer to our Day 30 Review, we still have time to look again at the three habits contained within Your Relationships. In today’s blog, I am going to focus on Nature’s Candy and how you can get more fruits and vegetables into your diet.
Fruits and Vegetables
While drinking water is my first recommendation for your Nourishing goal, it is closely followed by making Nature’s Candy a daily part of your diet. Mother Nature has blessed us with an incredible variety of fruits and vegetables that contribute to a healthy, balanced diet.
The NHS recommend that people eat at least five portions of a variety of fruits and vegetables every day. A portion is around 80g, or enough to fit in the palm of your hand (depending on the size of your palm, of course).
As well as providing vitamins and minerals, Nature’s Candy provides dietary fibre, which helps to maintain a healthy gut and prevent digestion problems.
Providing a wide range of delicious flavours, almost all fruits and vegetables count towards your 5-a-Day, whether fresh, frozen, canned, dried, or juiced.
Unfortunately, potatoes do not count because they mainly contribute starch to the diet.
Nourishing with Nature’s Candy
When I started my journey with The Wellbeing 9-a-Day Journal, my goal was to eat three portions of Nature’s Candy per day. I have since increased this goal to four portions, with a view to making five portions of fruits and vegetables a daily part of my life.
Today, I would like to share my four top tips for getting your Nature’s Candy.
A great way to get three portions is to have an apple, an orange, and a small bowl of grapes. These require minimal preparation, are easy to eat, and taste delicious.
If you have a blender, a cheap and effective way to get two portions of Nature’s Candy into your breakfast is to blend frozen fruit with juice to create smoothies. You can also mix in a scoop of protein powder in there to help set yourself up for the day.
Salads are a brilliant way to have a healthy meal. By chopping up lettuce, cucumber and tomatoes and adding some protein, you can have a quick, easy, and tasty lunch or dinner.
I am also a big fan of making a vegetable medley, where I cut various vegetables into small bite sized chunks. You can use any vegetables you want, whether onions, peppers, carrots, sweet potato, parsnip, courgette, aubergine, or anything else you like. I use an air fryer, but you can also roast them in the oven until you have a delicious medley to enjoy.
These are just a few of the ways I get Nature’s Candy into my daily routines without breaking the bank or taking up lots of time.
Call to Action!
Get more Nature’s Candy into daily life! What are your favourite fruits and vegetables? There are so many different types to choose from that you are bound to like a few different types. Start by eating your favourites and then look at ways to increase the variety that you can enjoy during your week.
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