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Making fruits and veggies part of your meal planning is an important step
- even small portions here and there add up!
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HERE ARE SOME SIMPLE SUGGESTIONS:

BREAKFAST
• Drink 100% juice every morning.
• Add raisins, berries, or sliced fruit to cereal, pancakes or waffles. Top bagels with tomato slices.


LUNCH
• Add extra fruits or veggies to salads
• Layer roasted peppers, cucumber slices, shredded carrots, avocado or salsa to sandwiches.

DINNER
• Substitute vegetables for meat in casseroles, pasta dishes and chili recipes.
• Be mindful at the salad bar. Pile your plate with veggies and use low-fat or nonfat dressing.


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Even though it may seem a little daunting, eating 5 cups of fruits and veggies a day can be easy. Here’s a tip from the First Lady Michelle Obama: visualize a plate in which half consists of fruits and vegetables.

This week, let’s focus on “veggifying” your meal choices. Whether you have 3 squares a day or 5 small snacks, it’s all about naturally adding fruits and vegetables so you can eat more healthfully.

In order to complete this challenge, you need to veggify at least 5 meals.

VEGGIES DON'T HAVE TO BE BLAND AND BORING.
WE'VE GO SOME YUMMY RECIPES!

Try our Eggy Veggie Pockets for breakfast (left),
a Savory Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Herbed Vegetables for dinner (middle)
and Brownie n’Fruit Kabobs for dessert (right).

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SNACK CAN OFTEN LACK IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. BUT SNACK TIME IS A GREAT TIME TO ADD MORE VEGGIES AND FRUIT TO YOUR DAY.

Check out the Healthy Eating Tips Section at myinteractivehealth.com/gogiant/tips for easy ideas to help you incorporate fruits and veggies into crowd-pleasing appetizers and snacks. Also, don’t miss our friendly recipes and grilling tips. Show off your favorite fruit or veggie snack on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and tag it #gogiant.
veggified appetizer and
snack recipes
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Eating a diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables has been linked to improved health including safeguarding against heart disease, diabetes, cancer, improving digestive health, and more.
HERE ARE SOME EASY TO DIGEST SUGGESTIONS FOR
GETTING KIDS TO EAT VEGETABLES:

• It takes about 8-15 times before a kid can decide if he truly dislikes a new food, so be patient and don’t give up on veggies.

• Relaxed, repeated exposure to veggies is an effective way to get a child to love them. If you show love for veggies, eventually your child will, too.

• Try the game of “no, thank you” bites. Your child has to take at least one bite of a food (veggies or other) and if they don’t like it, that’s it for that meal.

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