Ideas to Pack More Produce Into You Day

Here are some great ideas to pack more produce into your day.

Breakfast:

Whirl up a fruit smoothie with your favorite flavor of low fat yogurt and fresh or frozen fruit.
Make a breakfast burrito by folding scrambled eggs, beans, shredded low fat cheese, cook lean ground beef, sauteed red, green and yellow peppers and onions into a whole wheat tortilla.
Top pancakes and waffles with applesauce, berries or sliced peaches.

Lunch:

Enjoy a salad with fruits and vegetables.
Try a farmers market salad with vegetables with beef and brown rice.
Pile lots of lettuce and spinach leaves, sliced tomato, cucumber and onions on your sandwich.
Team your soup or sandwich and baked vegetable chips, carrot sticks or fruit salad.

Afternoon Break:

Curb the mid-afternoon munchies with a protein packed beef jerky stick and an apple, orange or pear.
Carry dried blue blueberries, cranberries or cherries for a sweet and easy snack.

Dinner:

Start you meal with a vegetable soup, gazpacho, crudites or a melon wedge.
Grill or broil kebabs of lean beef chunks, cherry tomatoes, onion wedges, pepper chunks and pineapple cubes.
Add extra chopped carrots, celery, onions, peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms to soups, stews casseroles, meatloaf, pasta sauce and chili.
For dessert, top angel food cake with blueberries, slices strawberries, diced kiwi, sliced bananas or a colorful mix.