Three Secret Strategies For Eating More Fruits And Vegetables

When it comes to healthy eating and snacking its all about convenience and having things readily available. These three secrets will help encourage you and your family to eat more fruits and vegetables. So, lets jump right in.




Secret #1 Buy prepackaged
One of the biggest reasons people say they dont eat more fruits and vegetables is because they dont have the time to prepare them. Thats really not an acceptable excuse anymore because today you can just about buy anything, including fruits and vegetables, in prepackaged, ready to go servings/containers. This option will cost you a bit more because youre paying for convenience but if you truly dont have the time, this is a great way to make sure you have access to fruits and vegetables quickly and easily.

Secret #2 Prepare ahead of time
If you dont like secret #1 because you dont want to spend the extra money to buy convenience (and face it, you will pay more for the convenience of prepackaged, ready to go items) then this secret is for you. In this case, youre going to buy a bunch of fruits and veggies but instead of putting everything away when you get home, youre going to immediately take action.
Meaning, for the veggies youre going to wash, cut and put in individual sized snack bags or easy to access containers (see through Tupperware type containers work great) so that when you do want to snack, it will already be cut up and ready for you. For fruit, if you bought something like a pineapple for example, take the time now to prepare it so when you do want it, it will be ready. It might take a bit of time to do this all at once, but it will be worth it in the long run when you and your family can just go the fridge and grab a healthy snack thats already prepared.



Secret #3 Place a fruit bowl on the counter or in the middle of the table
This secret works better for fruit than it does for vegetables but there are some vegetables you could do this with as well. Putting a bowl of fruit in the center of the table or out on the countertop where it is easily seen and easily accessible, makes it more likely that you and your family will grab it to snack on. Think about the old saying out of sight, out of mind. Its true. If you cant see the fruit, youre less likely to reach for it. Make it easy on yourself and your family and place it where youll see it as soon as you walk into the kitchen.

These three secrets are an easy way to encourage you and your family to eat more fruits and veggies something that most of us need to start doing!