Fruit and Veg

[Guest]

How much fruit and veg does everyone eat a day?

[Carl the Llama]

Is that a euphemism?

[TiffToff88]

Its getting to the time of year when the other half brings home all kinds of weird and wonderful fruits (that all taste the same). she seems to have a lychee addiction at the moment.

[Strokes]

Is that a euphemism?

I always get my meat and two veg eaten

[Guest MattP]

Nothing, just a bit of Broccoli on my Sunday dinner.

 

I'm a shoo in for bowel cancer.

[Buzzell]

Not enough.

[StanSP]

nowhere near enough.

 

probably one bit of fruit a day. barely any veg.

 

I drink a lot of those Innocent fruit juices though 

[The Doctor]

Depends - are hops a fruit?

[pSinatra]

It's a bit tricky in my house.  I'll eat anything, but the missus is picky as fvck & then there's the 11 year old daughter (who actually isn't quite as bad as her mother).

 

She'll boil the shit out of vegetables, so not worth eating anyway.

 

I eat about 3 or 4 bananas & drink about 2 litres of orange juice a day.  I usually find most fruit & veg pretty tasteless from supermarkets & it will go manky before you've had a chance to eat it.  The best stuff I get is off a customer of mine who has a huge allotment in his back garden.  He can't eat it all, so I get whatever is left.  Boiling beetroot doesn't go down too well in this house, but I love the stuff.

[foxy boxing]

if i eat a few tomatoes a day,what does that count as?

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

if i eat a few tomatoes a day,what does that count as?

 

 

Supposed to vary it a bit but still better than nothing

 

I'll have days where I eat very little fruit or veg and others where I smash the shit out of the 5-a-day quota

 

What I like is that half a tin of beans counts as 2 portions, mushy peas count, sweetcorn and rhubarb count and they are actually tasty. For a short while the missus was substituting potatoes for sweet potatoes as they count, but they're fvcking horrible so I put a stop to it

[Arriba Los Zorros]

I eat loads. Can understand why people can't like veggies when they're done in the traditional British style, but you've just got to learn how to cook them.

 

Other half is veggie and a good cook so we never eat horrible boiled veg. 

 

Secret is to do a stew or curry with loads of flavour and just whack loads of veggies in there. They will end up tasting like the sauce anyway and you'll get all the nutrients.

 

Spinach is a good one, fry it with some soy sauce and chilli if you like chilli, really good for you and tastes nice.

 

With regards fruit, have got to the point where I see it as a good snack, love bananas in particular - good energy before a workout.

[Guest CityFan 06]

I try to. Usually a banana in the day and sometimes a collection of veg at dinner in the evening. Varies though.

[Guest Sharpe's Fox]

5 a day is a redundant idea that has no discernible health benefits. The point of the campaign was to replace snacks like chocolate with fruit, yes snacking on an apple is better than eating a KitKat but it's better not to snack at all.

Balancing out meals is a better way of incorporating fruit and veg into your diet. Have less cereal or toast before work and replace it with a piece of fruit, have another with your lunch instead of crisps and cut down on meat or empty carbs on your tea by having veg. You might be eating less calories and think you won't feel full but most fruit and veg will aid your digestion and make your system more efficient.

[Wymsey]

None.

You have to eat them, quite often, on the day you purchased them or the day after.

No point in rushing just to consume them.

Edit: if the question was about meat, I would respond with every or nearly everyday.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

None.

You have to eat them, quite often, on the day you purchased them or the day after.

No point in rushing just to consume them.

Edit: if the question was about meat, I would respond with every or nearly everyday.

Pre-packed salad is a nightmare. Goes brown on the drive back from the supermarket half the time

Peaches and avocados piss me off because I like them but they're usually rock hard for a few days, ripe for about 2 hours then straight to mushy rotten mess.

[Arriba Los Zorros]

None.

You have to eat them, quite often, on the day you purchased them or the day after.

No point in rushing just to consume them.

Edit: if the question was about meat, I would respond with every or nearly everyday.

Have you tried buying frozen veg then?

[Bayfox]

Plenty of salad and loads of veg, but hardly ever touch fruit, infact we buy it, for the kids, I forget we have it, kids can't eat that much and it get's lobbed in the bin, terrible waste i have to say.

[DaveK]

2-3 bits of fruit a day (either plums, oranges, apples, pineapple normally) and a decent fruit juice in morning not from concentrate. A lot less veg though. Maybe bit of salad with sarnie at lunch, boiled mixed veg with dinner. Not a great diet tbh but don't eat much crap to balance it out.

[Adster]

Nowhere near enough. Broccolli and Carrots on a sunday and that's probably about it for the week.

[Mike Oxlong]

A word of caution. Veg isn't always good for you. A mate of mine has a serious addiction to spuds and it's now beginning to affect his relationship. His Mrs complains that he's always asking her to drain his 'taters.

[Carl the Llama]

None.

You have to eat them, quite often, on the day you purchased them or the day after.

No point in rushing just to consume them.

Edit: if the question was about meat, I would respond with every or nearly everyday.

What.  Never worry about use-by dates, just check the appearance and firmness of the vegetable's flesh before you use it.  Don't leave them shoved to the back of the fridge or lying underneath other items and normally you'll get a good week more than is claimed.

 

Fresh bell peppers last for ages.

Cherry tomatoes also last for ages.

Red & green chillies last for ages.

 

Chop the bell peppers and chillies (to your taste, can leave them out entirely if chillies aren't your thing) into fine cubes and quarter the cherry tomatoes (if you don't have a tomato knife, using a bread knife or some other serrated blade is much better than trying to use a standard knife - you're much less likely to send the insides flying all over the chopping board), mix them together in a bowl with a dash of olive oil, a scrunch of fresh parsley or basil if you have any et voila you've got a quick dry salsa perfect for chucking onto a burger, or for topping side-salads with.

 

On the topic of side salads:  Buy your lettuce of choice, chop it into strips and give it a good wash and spin (if you don't have a salad spinner try wrapping the wet lettuce in a tea-towel and spinning that - just be careful you have a good seal so the lettuce doesn't fly everywhere and do it outside or in a place where you don't mind flinging water around), put the dried lettuce into a tupperware box and place a clean, dry tea towel firmly down on top of it but not so firm that you crush the lettuce then seal the box with the towel still in it - the towel will continue to absorb excess moisture as well as serving as a barrier between the lettuce and any empty space in the container where pesky air resides, waiting to turn your food brown).  Should get a good week out of the lettuce stored this way.  Now whenever you're making a sandwich you have an easy healthy filling to pad out your ham and cheese or whatever with.

 

Mushrooms last for ages.

 

If you're having steak grab a handful of mushrooms and de-stem them.  Grab a bit of garlic butter (very easy to make - just mix some crushed garlic cloves into a tub of margarine and you've got a long-lasting supply of the stuff, feel free to throw in some herbs too) and put a bit inside the cup of each one then leave them on a tray in the oven with a handful of whole cherry tomatoes (can slather a bit of garlic butter on these too) until your steak's ready then simply throw them onto the plate with your steak.

[jammie82uk]

nowhere near enough.

 

probably one bit of fruit a day. barely any veg.

 

I drink a lot of those Innocent fruit juices though 

Ain't those drinks been in the media for their unhealthy amount of sugar in a bottle

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

What.  Never worry about use-by dates, just check the appearance and firmness of the vegetable's flesh before you use it.  Don't leave them shoved to the back of the fridge or lying underneath other items and normally you'll get a good week more than is claimed.

 

Fresh bell peppers last for ages.

Cherry tomatoes also last for ages.

Red & green chillies last for ages.

 

Chop the bell peppers and chillies (to your taste, can leave them out entirely if chillies aren't your thing) into fine cubes and quarter the cherry tomatoes (if you don't have a tomato knife, using a bread knife or some other serrated blade is much better than trying to use a standard knife - you're much less likely to send the insides flying all over the chopping board), mix them together in a bowl with a dash of olive oil, a scrunch of fresh parsley or basil if you have any et voila you've got a quick dry salsa perfect for chucking onto a burger, or for topping side-salads with.

 

On the topic of side salads:  Buy your lettuce of choice, chop it into strips and give it a good wash and spin (if you don't have a salad spinner try wrapping the wet lettuce in a tea-towel and spinning that - just be careful you have a good seal so the lettuce doesn't fly everywhere and do it outside or in a place where you don't mind flinging water around), put the dried lettuce into a tupperware box and place a clean, dry tea towel firmly down on top of it but not so firm that you crush the lettuce then seal the box with the towel still in it - the towel will continue to absorb excess moisture as well as serving as a barrier between the lettuce and any empty space in the container where pesky air resides, waiting to turn your food brown).  Should get a good week out of the lettuce stored this way.  Now whenever you're making a sandwich you have an easy healthy filling to pad out your ham and cheese or whatever with.

 

Mushrooms last for ages.

 

If you're having steak grab a handful of mushrooms and de-stem them.  Grab a bit of garlic butter (very easy to make - just mix some crushed garlic cloves into a tub of margarine and you've got a long-lasting supply of the stuff, feel free to throw in some herbs too) and put a bit inside the cup of each one then leave them on a tray in the oven with a handful of whole cherry tomatoes (can slather a bit of garlic butter on these too) until your steak's ready then simply throw them onto the plate with your steak.

 

 

Alright Nigella calm down

[boots60]

I gave up on veggies when eating out years ago. Everywhere serves them up raw these days, never cooked properay.

Whatever happened to the days when you put the xmas sprouts on in November?