I had some carrots with dinner. I usually do better Mon-Fri but I don’t think I ever make 5. Maybe 3 or 4.

One. I’ve had one serving.

I also have a bag of broccoli and red peppers- the kind that steams in the microwave (genius!)- to eat the next time I’m hungry. Pictsweet considers one full bag 4 servings.

If we’re counting that pb&j sandwich I had a couple hours ago (which we are), that makes 5 servings based on a 2000 calorie per day diet. I take in considerably more than that, though. So it isn’t as healthy as it seems.

If only bacon was a fruit and vegetable….....

Only two, an apple and pomagranite juice…

How many servings of fruit and veg have you eaten today?
ehm…haha. like…1. :P

Do you try to eat the 5 recommended?
no. i just eat. :P but usually i do get the 5 recommended because i like fruits & veggies !

I’m not good about this at all, but this weekend I’ve felt a bit malnourished so I’ve tried to sneak in a bit more than usual. Which means today I had a salad, haha. I have a hard time keeping fruits and veggies around because they always go bad. I have some fruit V8 in my fridge… maybe I should drink some of that.

A Wendy’s Baconater and fries.

...half a watermelon yesterday, does that count?

fresh orange juice.

In fairness, it is just gone 9am. I’ll have had them all by the end of the day, don’t you worry.

We were quite the family of paupers when I was growing up, and had fresh veg maybe once a week. The rest of the time it was baked beans or frozen stuff which my mum used to get cheap from the factory near where she worked. Fresh juice was absolutely out of the question. Sometimes we would get fruit as a very special treat, at Christmas or on someone’s birthday.
I guess part of the reason why I love fruit and veg so much is that for me, they were always a luxury which I associated with great feelings of wonder and excitement.

So maybe the best way to encourage people to eat more f&v is to deny it to them when they’re younger?! :)

Seriously, I do think parents should stop trying to force them on kids, like a bartering chip or something nasty to be endured (eat your veg or you don’t get any pudding). That’s hardly going to encourage a healthy attitude. Eating fruit and veg should be rewarding in itself!
Maybe it also helped that we were a CBBC household, not CITV, so we were exposed to a lot less “eat this shit” advertising.

One half serving of green peppers and onions. :-/

I’ve had lettuce, avocado, red onion, and that’s only lunch. :)

3 fresh and delicious ears of corn boiled and then lightly coated with real butter and sprinkled with salt and pepper…a real late summer treat…

I do try and get 5 a day…during the workweek I do since I take 5 pieces of fruit in my lunch…the weekends don’t always work out…

Lots of blueberries in my pancakes, and a peach, and some dried cranberries.

But I just know I ate a LOT of blueberries. But hey, it’s the right time of the year! It’s like… we go for a walk before dinner, and when we come back we aren’t hungry anymore!