More Veggies Please!

• Top your favorite sandwich with tomatoes, bean sprouts, cucumbers or spinach.
• Make a tasty pasta salad with broccoli, pea pods, carrots, and dressing.
• Flavor frozen vegetables with parmesan cheese or Italian seasoning.
• Add frozen vegetables to your favorite casserole or soup.
• Mix peppers, onions, tomatoes and salsa with black beans and wrap in a tortilla.
• Prepare your own pizza with onions, mushrooms, and peppers.
• Microwave a sweet potato and add  brown sugar.
• Wrap up hummus with cucumbers, celery and radishes in a whole grain tortilla.
• Toss cauliflower, broccoli, and onions in a little bit of olive oil and lemon pepper-roast in the oven at 450 degrees until tender, stirring after 10 minutes.
• Add mushrooms, zucchini, and onions to spaghetti sauce.
• Cook spinach with a little olive oil and garlic until lightly wilted.
• Shred carrots or zucchini into meatloaf, casseroles, quick breads and muffins.
• Add canned pumpkin to macaroni and cheese, French toast or pancakes.
• Scramble eggs with cooked spinach, peppers, and mushrooms.
• Mash cooked cauliflower with greek yogurt and milk for an alternative to mashed potatoes or mix with mashed potatoes.

Be Creative 

• Replace your favorite veggies of choice for the above suggestions.

Quick Tips

• Keep fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables stocked in your kitchen.
• When you have time, wash and chop extras for the week.
• Prepare baggies with ready-to-eat fruits and veggies to grab on the go.

Sweeten Up Your Day with Some Fruit!

• Blend frozen fruit with yogurt and ice for a delicious smoothie.
• Top a fresh greens salad with oranges, apples, grapes or berries.
• Sprinkle fresh or frozen berries in cold or hot cereal and in pancakes.
• Pack canned fruit with no added sugar for an on-the-go snack.
• Stir fresh or frozen fruit into yogurt.
• Enjoy fruit with ice cream.
• Mix fresh and canned fruit (drained) with cool whip for a tasty fruit salad.
• Bake an apple sprinkled with cinnamon.
• Serve fruit with cottage cheese.
• Try frozen 100% fruit juice bars.

Quick Tips

• Have a bowl of fresh fruit on the counter as a reminder.
• Place cut up fruits and veggies on the refrigerator shelf in a clear container.
• Double or triple the vegetables called for in a recipe.