Fruit and Vegetables. HELP!

I personally like adding my fruit to yogurt. Or you can do a mixed berry blend with a little bit of Truvia. Use your fruit in a blender with some ice and juice to make a smoothie. I also use a vegan protein powder and use fruits like bananas strawberries, any kind of berries, peaches, pineapple etc. Keep me posted on what you did and if you liked it or not. It will help to know what you don't like about fruit and what you do like. Good luck!!

Light cool whip, hot cocoa powder (never tried with sugar free...but I don't see how it would be bad). MIx and let sit 5 minutes....makes a night, light chocolatey dip for fruit.

8 oz neufchatel cheese, 2-2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, a tablespoon or two of grenadine...this isn't exact because I mix to taste and record recipe in MFP. It's great with fruit that isn't good in chocolate.

Cottage cheese...I've never been a huge fan, but I've begun to start experimenting with cottage cheese and fruit on the side.

Try using ranch dressing mix with greek yogurt, plain yogurt, or light sour cream instead of using the actual dressing straight out of the bottle.

Stir fry in a light sauce (you can buy sauce or google it online)

fry chicken in a pan, add onions and carmelize, and red, orange and green peppers and a jalapeno to taste.....add cajun seasoning, and some water. Cook. I like my veggies soft so I cook this for awhile. Meanwhile....cook rice (white or brown) in water and chicken bouillon (for some extra flavor). Eat chicken mixture on rice, or if you can afford the calorie.....eat with rice on tortilla (add sour cream if you like).

google bisquick chicken pot pie and cream of chicken soup. Make your own cream of chicken soup (less calories and less sodium) and use it to make chicken pot pie....only use less chicken and more veggies. Something about biscuit crust and chicken "gravy" makes veggies more palatable.

RIce and veggies! Bring 2 bouillon cubes and 1 cups water to a boil, add minced garlic to taste, add onions to taste (I used dried in this recipe), add 1 cup frozen veggie mix, return to boil. Add instant rice, sprinkle top with paprika and cook according to rice directions (either boil for 5 minutes-brown rice- or cover and let sit for 5 minutes). Eat with your choice of butter or butter product....or add some light ranch for a real kick in flavor.

wheat bread, cheese, spinach, tomato = best grilled cheese sandwich ever!

I heat up frozen vegetables in the microwave and then put balsamic vinegar or lite italian dressing on them. Sometimes I also load them up with cilantro or oregano too and that helps me a lot and it's super easy and fast.

For fruit here is my all time fav fruit smoothie, it's from Cook Yourself Thin for ~205 calories:

1-1/4 cup orange juice
1/2 cup rasberries
1/2 a banana

Stir fry is a great yummy way to get in your veggies: I saute all the veggies and on the side make a sauce of water. soy sauce, ginger, red pepper, and garlic to taste...bring to a boil add corn starch and cook till thickened,,,then pour over vegetables.

...lasagnas with zucchini for noodles and you can add just about any vegetable to lasagna.

Casseroles are great ways to get in veggies. You can even make stuffing and add lots of vegetables to it.

As far as fruit goes...smoothies are great...just add fruit to a blender with ice and blend,and you can also add yogurt to it or protein powder.
Eat them with dips or yogurt
freeze them and eat them
make a fruit salad.
Add them to a sugar free jello mix...just don't add fresh pineapple to it or it won't gel.

I could eat a bag of carrot batons if i dipped them in hummus( never tried hummus until a year ago and now i'm addicted!) ...also banana dipped in low fat strawberry yoghurt, i hate brocolli but I love it in a Thai green curry, Kiwis if you can get really juicy ones are sooo good and take care of sugar cravings. soups in general packed with veg and well simmered and seasoned are delicious and more than take care of your five a day.

--meatless chipotle chicken and lime chicken fingers (LOVE It with some 2% cheddar cheese and romaine)

-- almond butter and granny smith apples

-- favorite salad ever is 1-2 tbs light italian zesty dressing, 1 stick mozzarella string cheese (2%), tomatos and spinach.

-- quinoa and apple (eat it like oatmeal, can be made the night before)
Ingredients
1 cup(s) uncooked quinoa
2 spray(s) cooking spray
1 Tbsp salted butter, divided
2 medium fresh apple(s), chopped or diced
2 cup(s) water, cold
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
3 Tbsp packed brown sugar
1/4 cup(s) fat-free skim milk
Instructions
Soak quinoa in a bowl of water for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, coat a large skillet with cooking spray; set over medium heat. When skillet is hot, melt 1/2 tablespoon butter until it just starts to sizzle. Add apples and cook, turning occasionally, until apples are soft and begin to caramelize, about 5 to 10 minutes depending on personal taste; set aside

Rinse and drain quinoa. Add quinoa and 2 cups of cold water to a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat; boil for 1 minute. Reduce heat to low, cover pan tightly and allow quinoa to simmer for 10 minutes. When quinoa is cooked (a little tail will appear on each grain), remove from heat and fluff with a fork. Add remaining 1/2 tablespoon butter, cinnamon, sugar and milk; stir to combine and fold in apples. Yields about 2/3 cup per serving.

I was given this cook book a few years ago http://www.amazon.com/Deceptively-Delicious-Simple-Secrets-Eating/dp/006176793X/ref=pd_sim_b_1.

It's called Deceptively Delicious and it's about how to sneak fruits and veggies into kids food. I never tried any recipes, but the concept is good...if you don't like veggies, hide them.

Stir frys are a good way to get your veggies in. They tend to take the taste of whatever sauce you use.

Make a spinach salad with blueberries, pineapple, apple, strawberries, and or mandarin oranges

Raspberries, blueberries, and strawberries with whipped cream is a great dessert

Cherries with banana icecream ( frozen bananas pureed with milk and cocoa/sweetener)

Broiled asparagus with any meat, stuffed in seasoned pork or chicken with olive oil is good

Artichoke, grilled tomatoes, and hummus(chickpeas) with feta and grapes on pita

Avocado as guacamole with chips and homemade salsa

really the only limitation is your imagination

Green or yellow beans (fresh) in a pan with a little water and 2 tsp margarine, a little water and lemon juice from one lemon and 1/4 tsp salt. Steam till just about done and remove lid so excess liquid will evaporate. Add 2 cloves finely minced garlic. So yummy!

I never liked eating veggies and fruit. When I got pregant I started buying frozen bags (birdsye) of veggies to steam and forced myself to eat one cup a day to start. Now I eat those veggies with no problem. You can add veggies to most recipes to hide the taste, soupds cassoroles, cheese. You can also use chocolate pudding (low fat and no sugar options are available) and dip your fruit into it. It always helps to leave what you like the most last so you say after I eat one cup of veggies then I can eat my sandwich or whatever.

Time to bask in the glory of all that is Asian or Indian cuisine!!!!! I absolutely love stir-fry, some of the cantonese stews, the mandarin stock pots, the korean bowls, the vietnamese bowls of pho or cabbage salad... Good stuff!!!!!!!!

Recipesource.com has some great recipes there!

I wasn't aware of this site. How wonderful it is to have this all on one tab. Thanks.