5-7 Fruits and Veggies a Day?

That's right! It's not just an apple a day that keeps the doctor away, it's 8! I wish it was that easy. Truth is for most of us busy bodies, fitting in 4-5 meals a day and including a fruit or veggie in each one is harder than you'd think. And with fruit being so high in sugar, while trying to be "healthy" you should really only have 2-3 of the F&Vs as fruits. It would be a lot easier to eat 6 apples in the morning and just get it over with.

Though there are pill form supplements, eating the real thing fills your little tummy instead of leaning on carbs to help fill the void or worse, real sugar.

Any who, here are some fun, easy ways to get more fruits and veggies in your day.

• Childhood throw back: One of my favorite snacks is apple and almond butter. But again I love fruit and need help with the veggies. A yummy alternative is BUGS on a log :) The ever so under-used celery isn't just for hummus and ranch anymore. Put some almond butter on those babies and dress them up with raisins or cranberries, even blueberries! Almost any fruit will make the perfect bug. You got your protein, veggie and a small serving of fruit, depending on how many bugs you like



• Roll ups without the roll- My trainer taught me this one. Turkey roll ups, I had them for lunch today :) Boars Head is my fav, ask the peeps to slice it sandwich style. Take 2 pieces of turkey, two hand fulls of spinach torn and any other dressing. Today I used pesto (Classico is really good and no pine nuts, for the allergy ones out there). Use can use cheese, carrots, mustard, anything on a sandwich. Stuff the spinach and condiments and roll that puppy up! YUMM!! Full serving of veggies, protein and healthy fat!


• Amp your salad- You can always add another serving to your salad. Adding fruit such as pears, mandarin oranges, pineapple, any kind of berry can turn your salad from one serving to 2. Of course you can always add veggies too, but fruit makes my salad colorful and fun! I little grilled tuna and you have lunch.


• Throw it on the grill- You can save washing dishes by throwing a veggie on the grill with your meat. Asparagus, corn, broccoli anything. Wrap in in some foil and steam it out! You can also add some fruit to the grill! Grilled peaches are one of my favorites! Pineapple, pears and grilled banana (learned that in Mexico). This iron skillet from Crate and Barrel is the perfect size to throw on the grill next to your turkey burgers!! Put a little olive or coconut oil on there, salt and pepper with your favorite veggie and they will be done when your meat is ready. Squash and Zucc is so good, and no leftovers in The Luttrell Home.