Make sure you have at least one veggie on your plate at each meal
This is one that I’m working on for sure. At dinner I always add an extra veggie to our plates but lunch is a challenge. I’ve been trying to make more chopped veggie salads for lunch or bringing sliced peppers, cucumbers and peppers in a baggie as a snack.
Cut up your veggies when you first buy them
This tip goes with the tip above. I find that it’s much easier to eat more vegetables if I chop them up when I first bring them home. Then I can just pull out the Tupperware with veggies inside, put some in a Ziplock baggie and take them to work.
Put veggies in new places
This is where your creativity comes into play. Try adding more vegetables in interesting places. I’ve added all kinds of different veggies to my mac and cheese – broccoli, roasted squash, peas and cauliflower to name a few. You can try adding pureed squash or carrots to the egg mixture when making french toast and experiment by adding veggies to baked goods.
If you’re making something like tomato sauce, soup or chili include some additional veggies. You’ll be adding nutrients and healthy benefits and no one will even notice…
Have one meal per week that is vegetable based
One day per week, put veggies in the spotlight. Instead of having steak, chicken or fish, try a vegetable stir fry, a vegetarian pasta with loads of veggies or try having big salad for dinner.
I hope these tips make incorporating more vegetables into your life easier. I’d love to hear how you include veggies in your day!
Here are some great healthy recipes to try:
- Sushi bowls
- Fresh tomato sauce
- Honey chicken and roasted veggies
- The best roasted root veggies
- Vegan superfood smoothie
I definitely don’t need sneaky ways to add more veggies as I ADORE THEM SO SO SO much! haha! In fact, I think I over eat them! 😮
Lol GiGi – I’m not sure if you can over eat veggies 😉
Great ideas. Our grocery store has a Culinary Kitchen with classes each day. This would be another way to try new foods. Thanks for sharing your post with us at Creatively Crafty #CCBG http://tryit-likeit.com/link-party-it
Thanks Janet I’ve been meaning to try the cooking classes at our local store. I’m sure I’d learn lots from the chefs and dietitian there.
I love to put spinach in the smoothie! You are right- the kids don’t notice a Thing!
Thanks for sharing!
Michelle
I love your idea of choosing a new vegetable at the grocery store. Thank you for linking up with SmallVictories Linkup
Thanks for your comment Leigh. Have fun trying new veggies!
I really love the idea for trying something new each week, also the one on chopping them up right away, I think I’ll give those a try for sure 😀 #SmallVictoriesSundaylinkup
Thanks Claire! I have to work on the chopping one this week with back to school etc
Great ideas, thank you for sharing #KCACOLS
Great share found you over at Small V just g+ share 🙂
Thanks for sharing my post Mari!
I love the roasting veggies idea. My family and I have also gotten into grilling the veggies. So yummy! I’m actually due to juice some veggies right now. Need to get the ginger! Great article!
Thanks Rosemary – I love grilling veggies as well especially peppers and corn yum!
Great tips! 🙂 Adding spinach or kale to my smoothies is my favorite way to sneak in veggies too! I also agree that almost any veggie is going to taste good roasted! Yum! 🙂
Thanks Erin!
Great tips! I tweeted this – you can never have too many veggies in a day <3
Agreed! Thanks for sharing and commenting Elle
I need to start picking a new veggie a week! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on Twitter! Have a great week!
Kim
Thanks for sharing on Twitter Kim!
We need to eat more salads!!! Adding greens to our juices is like the number one way we get our greens, because you really can’t notice them at all. Even my toddler drinks a handful or two of spinach every day! Thanks for sharing <3 #KCACOLS
Great idea to try a new veggie each week. I always go with the same ones and it can get boring. Great tips
Great ideas! Getting the vegetables in is always a challenge!
Some great tips! We always add either spinach or kale to morning smoothies. Our kids actually think that all smoothies are green no matter what they have in them! #KCACOLS
These are some great ideas! I really need to start making more salads. #KCACAOLS
I love vegetables and these are great tips. Sorry my comments is short but you have a box that pops up and I can’t see what I am writing. Thanks for linking with #KCACOLS. We hope you come back next time
Great ideas you have here! 🙂
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Occasionally we do salad and serve it first when we’re hungriest. When we’re mostly finished we bring out the main dish, and people eat less of that and more salad.
You are so right, veggies need to be the main part of the dish. Coming from a family that used to serve fresh cucumbers ad tomatoes with every meal….I totaly get this and love it!
Thanks so much for joining the DI & DI Link party.
I know I could eat more vegetables. But they need to taste more like carbs 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Family Joy Blog linkup.