How do you add (Sneak) more fruits/veggies in your diet?

I drink a fresh fruit/veggie smoothie/juice everyday for breakfast. I also, grind carrots or zucchini in the food processor and sneak that into meals. For example, I'll mix carrots into ground turkey/hamburger and you can't even taste it.

I'm still working on it. I strongly dislike the texture of almost all fruits and veggies. I'm thinking of starting to add spinach (in very small amounts) to my morning smoothie. the only successful way I've added veggies to my meals is to add a small bag of frozen veggies to my chicken & dumpling recipe. When I take the chicken out to shred, I grab the imersion blender and blend up the veggies into the broth.

I'm doing the "green smoothie" thing in the morning. That way if I dont' eat any other veggies all day long, I still got some in! I also make a lot of spaghetti squash...and eat it like spaghetti w/tomato sauce and Parmesan!

I have avocado and pico de gallo on a breakfast taco to start the day... a low sodium 5.5 ounce V8 juice... salad at some point either lunch or dinner... fajitas or other stir-fry for dinner... fruit smoothie for dessert... Usually some snack of fruit or veggies during the day. I usually have three servings of fruits and three servings of veggies per day for a minimum.

I put an apple or some peaches in my oatmeal every morning (I cook it in the rice cooker, so the apple gets nice and soft).
For dinner I make some kind of "different" vegetable. For example, I've made both carrot fries and cauliflower fries in the oven, and those were really good. The boyfriend won't eat pretty much any veggie, so I have to find a way to get him to.

I've gone so far as to grind up cauliflower and then mix it into ground turkey to make turkey burgers.

You can also make mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes and it tastes very similar.

I have a goal of eating 5+ fruits/veggies per day. Naturally, I usually only get 3-4 in. I have found I can add fruit to my oatmeal and then I don't have to add any sugar. I make smoothies and I'm taking cool Tupperware snack cups to work and nibbling on blueberries and grapes mindlessly.

Do you have any easy/quick ways to get more fruits/veggies in your meal plan?

Thanks,
Shana

wrap them in bacon.

done!

I usually make a green smoothie with kale, spinach, celery, Persian cucumber, zucchini and sweeten it with a banana, apple and a small lemon including the rind. It helps me eat a ton of veggies especially if I have a busy day and don't have time to cook and sit down and eat.

Put bits of fruit into your drinking water. I buy fresh spinach and throw the whole bag into the freezer as soon as I get home. After frozen, take out and break it up into small pieces. I put handfuls into pasta sauce or smoothies. You will not even taste it....really. I also eat cellery and carrot sticks with bean dip or peanut butter. Shred carrot into your salads and tiny bits of chopped zuccini. It makes a salad pretty and really doesn't taste bad. Also love lilc 110's idea.

These are two things I've done to add veggies: one, I add zucchini to tomato sauce for pasta; two, i eat a home made soup (not hard, just use store bough broth and frozen veggies and rice or noodles). oh, forgot the third thing! I saute various veggies in a little butter and olive oil, and season with garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper. Hope that helps!

Who needs to sneak them, they are delicious. Vegetarian cooking is amazing.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/848267-roasted-veggie-tacos?hl=roasted+veggie+tacos#posts-12811198

Pick up apple, bite it, chew it, swallow it. Pick up banana, bite it, chew it, swallow it. Pick up carrot, bite it, chew it, swallow it. Pick up *fill in whatever veggie/fruit you like here*, bite it, chew it, swallow it.

No sneaking necessary. Once you cut a lot of processed food and sugar from the diet - suddenly these foods tastes lovely raw. Or with a dash of salt (on veggies).

I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables because I love them, but they add up quickly when you just add them to whatever you are making. If you are eating a lot of pre-packaged food it's more difficult, but I think learning to cook your own healthy meals is a huge part of helping you stay focused and keep the weight off later.

So, for example, if I am making scrambled eggs in the morning, I add veggies. Usually tomatoes, mushrooms, and greens (spinach, chard, or kale). Other veggies like peppers are good too. If you are making a smoothie, add fruit and greens. If you want a sandwich for lunch, add veggies (doesn't have to be just lettuce and tomato - you can add any veggies really). I even add greens, mushrooms, onions and avocado to my grilled cheese sandwiches.

I veggies but some days i don't eat enough of them.

So i usually have a green smoothie for breakfast with 4 cups spinach and 4 cups romaine or 1-2Cups Kale + 1-2 cups frozen fruit and 1 frozen banana

I love broccoli and asparagus so i usually have that for dinner and or with lunch.

I grate up zucchini bell peppers and spinach and put that into turkey burgers or turkey muffins.

I have about 3 or 4 servings of fruit in my morning smoothies, and I bring about that much fruit to work with me. For instance, in my smoothie today I had about a cup of blueberries and a cup of blackberries. In my lunch I have (had) 4 tangerines. I have 3 left, for about 5 more minutes!

For me, fruits and veggies come first before the junk. I get 9 servings every day. My AM and PM snack every single day consists of a piece of fruit (2 servings), lunch is always accompanied by a container full of baby carrots, English cucumber slices, and celery sticks (3 servings), and supper is always accompanied by a mixed greens salad with berries added (3 cups of mixed green = 3 servings and plus 1 serving fruit). It's really not hard to fit into your daily diet and all that food only makes up probably about 400 calories.