Five a Day?

[SleepyWitch]

have you already had your five a day (http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/WhyEat5aday/WhyEat5aday.aspx) today?
do you find it hard to keep track of your fruit and veg? post how many portions of fruit and veg you had here, to help you keep track.
Nope, potatoes are not veg and chips/frenchfries are not potatoes. neither are crisps/chips

I've had the following so far today:

1.small portion of salad
2. a bowl of canned plums (not sure they count though)
3. 3 fresh figs
4. one banana
5. 2 carrots

[papayahed]

Show off!!:D :lol:

I'm trying to eat healthier, so far today i've had:

Spinach and tomato
a medium salad
a Nectarine
Edamame

[SleepyWitch]

Show off!!:D :lol:



hahah :) most days I don't manage 5 a day because I don't eat enough meals

[Lote-Tree]

Your Thread Title sounded something extremely smutty :D

But you are talking about fruits :D

[SleepyWitch]

Your Thread Title sounded something extremely smutty :D

hahahahahha :) don't tell me you've never heard of the five a day campaign before? i will refrain from comments about some people putting their veg to ...interesting uses

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[Lote-Tree]

hahahahahha :) don't tell me you've never heard of the five a day campaign before?


Yeah. But coming from the continent sounded something smutty :D



i will refrain from comments about some people putting their veg to ...interesting uses


He he, for a moment I thought the thread was about that :D

[vheissu]

Well, today I've mainly had vegetables but no fruit...so I can't say I do follow the '5 a day' rule.
I personally don't think it's all that easy for everyone to eat 5 well measured portions of different veg+fruit. I know it takes into account dried or frozen food as well, though you'd have to eat more of that to sum it up.
And anyway, there are other things that contribute to a healthy diet which are also sometimes forgotten.

[SleepyWitch]

And anyway, there are other things that contribute to a healthy diet which are also sometimes forgotten.
yeah, I know. but I like the 5 a day rule anyway, because it gives you clear instructions. most previous campaigns were like "eat a lot of veg, it's good for you". that's kinda vague and you don't really know how much they mean so you easily forget to eat your fruit and veg.

[Bakiryu]

I haven't eaten anything yet. It's about 3:10 pm and I just got back from school. I had a strawberry twisler if that counts. And I'll eat some potatoes and spinach (maybe some Spanakopita) for lunch.

[Virgil]

have you already had your five a day (http://www.5aday.nhs.uk/WhyEat5aday/WhyEat5aday.aspx) today?
do you find it hard to keep track of your fruit and veg? post how many portions of fruit and veg you had here, to help you keep track.
Nope, potatoes are not veg and chips/frenchfries are not potatoes. neither are crisps/chips

I've had the following so far today:

1.small portion of salad
2. a bowl of canned plums (not sure they count though)
3. 3 fresh figs
4. one banana
5. 2 carrots

Do french fries count? :D :p

[SleepyWitch]

Do french fries count? :D :p

no! and beans on toast (or its American equivalent) are NOT "a proper meal" (quote my English friend)....

[papayahed]

no! and beans on toast (or its American equivalent) are NOT "a proper meal" (quote my English friend)....

What about if you put ketchup on top?

[SleepyWitch]

What about if you put ketchup on top?

hahahha :) of course it would be a proper meal then, seeing as ketchup is basically tomatoes ;)

[SleepyWitch]

today:
1. small salad (raddishes)
2. rhubarb compote (not sure that counts, way too much sugar)
3. three figs
4. a big carrot
5. ???

[Virgil]

today:
1. small salad (raddishes)
2. rhubarb compote (not sure that counts, way too much sugar)
3. three figs
4. a big carrot
5. ???

Isn't it easy for a vegetarian to have five a day? Wouldn't you starve if you didn't? ;)

[Niamh]

Beans
2 Plums
Carrots
Mushrooms
onion

i also had a autumn vegetable soup.(does that count?)

[papayahed]

banana
cantaloupe
Vegtable soup

[SleepyWitch]

i also had a autumn vegetable soup.(does that count?)
yes, I think so. not sure about the beans, though. I think they count as carbohydrates or something?

[papayahed]

Can I count Popcorn?

[Niamh]

yes, I think so. not sure about the beans, though. I think they count as carbohydrates or something?

well beans are a pulse vegetable and are high in High value protein. Good supplement to meat if you are a veggie.

[SleepyWitch]

grrrrrrrrr, my 5 a day are rapidly going down hill as the semester takes up speed and I don't find time to eat

1. small salad (radishes)
2. a kiwi
3. a carrot
4. veg juice

[kilted exile]

Hmmm today:

1)Banana
2)Rice (does the fact it was Rice pudding nullify this?)
3)Potato
????

[SleepyWitch]

Hmmm today:

1)Banana
2)Rice (does the fact it was Rice pudding nullify this?)
3)Potato
????

sorry to disappoint you kilt, but potatos and rice are definitely carbo-hydrates (healthy ones, I guess; I'm not a folloer of the low-carb diet when carb means potatoes, rice, pasta), they don't count as veg in the 5 a day thingy

[Virgil]

Between my mother's grape vines and mine one grape vine we have produced tons of grapes this year. I have been eating at least a pound (.454 kg) of grapes every day for the past month. :sick: I think that must count for 10 servings each day. Thank God we are almost finished with them.

[SleepyWitch]

Between my mother's grape vines and mine one grape vine we have produced tons of grapes this year. I have been eating at least a pound (.454 kg) of grapes every day for the past month. :sick: I think that must count for 10 servings each day. Thank God we are almost finished with them.

I love grapes! but don't think I could eat a pound a day. red or white ones?

[Bakiryu]

Between my mother's grape vines and mine one grape vine we have produced tons of grapes this year. I have been eating at least a pound (.454 kg) of grapes every day for the past month. :sick: I think that must count for 10 servings each day. Thank God we are almost finished with them.

I envy you. I love grapes. I could eat them everyday, make grape jam, grape ice-cream, grape frosties. Grapes!


1. raisins
2. tomatoes (on bread)
3. some pickles
4. 4 glasses of orange juice
5. A banana

Does that count?

[SleepyWitch]

1. raisins
2. tomatoes (on bread)
3. some pickles
4. 4 glasses of orange juice
5. A banana

Does that count?

yep, I think that's pretty neat.
I wonder if nuts count. will look it up

edit: hey Virg, can you make raisins yourself? like put all those grapes in the oven or something? i've never heard of it, but that would be a way to get rid of all those grapes. but you'd have to eat a lot of home-made muesli then to get rid of the raisins :)

[Virgil]

I envy you. I love grapes. I could eat them everyday, make grape jam, grape ice-cream, grape frosties. Grapes!


How do you make grape ice cream? I tried jam but it didn't come out very well.


I love grapes! but don't think I could eat a pound a day. red or white ones?

They are white concords. I don't know if you have those in Europe. Concords are a sweet American variety. Very hearty in that they can withstand a hard winter. Red Concords are most common. I have white. Very sweet. Only negative is they have large seeds which can be annoying.

[cactus]

Between my mother's grape vines and mine one grape vine we have produced tons of grapes this year. I have been eating at least a pound (.454 kg) of grapes every day for the past month. :sick: I think that must count for 10 servings each day. Thank God we are almost finished with them.

Keep going and you will become an alcoholic..hehehehe..:D