June is eat you fruits and vegetables month

Eat Your Fruit and Vegetables Month has returned! Listed below are several tips and easy ways to incorporate fruits and vegetables from sunrise to sunset:

Breakfast, the most important meal of the day!
– Add some color to oatmeal, yogurt or cereal by tossing in a handful of berries such as blueberries, sliced strawberries, raspberries, or blackberries.
– Dress up scrambled eggs with sauteed spinach, mushrooms, diced bell peppers, and onions.

Lunch
– Grab an apple or orange in replacement of chips.
– Tired of the typical PB&J or turkey sandwich? With a little bit of oil, pan-fry Portobello mushrooms for a hearty, flavorful sandwich or add tomatoes, pickles, purple onions, or any kind of leafy green to spruce up the sammy.

Dinner
– When cooking with veggies, make double and add to meals throughout the week.
– Roast bell peppers, carrots, eggplant, green beans, summer squash, tomatoes or zucchini to create a caramelized, sweetened flavor.
– Be sneaky! Substitute veggies like zucchini or squash for spaghetti noodles or enhance the tomato sauce by adding peas, okra, or mushrooms.

Stay on track with a snack
– Stock up the fridge with pre-cut veggies and fruits for the mid-day “hangry’s.”
– Freeze banana’s and grapes for a refreshing pick me up.
– Have a few sad-looking produce items on hand? Toss them in the blender with ice and a liquid such as milk or 100% fruit juice for a healthy, green smoothie.