April Flowers 2003 Playgroup

And be totally honest!

Do you eat fruits and veggies every single day?  Do you have at least ONE piece of fruit a day, every day?  Same with veggies.  And if not every day, then how often?

I am embarrassed to admit that I almost NEVER eat either of them.  I LOVE vegetables so very much but just never take the time to make them.   I make sure my kids eat them but I forget about myself and taking care of ME.

I am going grocery shopping today and stocking up because it's time I start taking better care of my body if I want to be around long.   Weight loss right now is secondary, just need to start making healthier food choices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 

 

 

We do eat fruits and vegetables everyday. Running a daycare helps me stay on track with that.

Vegetables- Broccoli, carrots, corn, peas, cauliflower, zucchini, red and green bell peppers, lots of salads. My kids like lots of vegetables.

Shawn and Cambria like to eat raw red bell peppers. Cambria likes carrots only raw not cooked. They both love salads and broccoli.

Fruits- bananas, apples, oranges, pears, plums and sometimes peaches. Shawn loves melons but Cambria does not. They both love all kinds of berries.Neither one of them likes fresh or canned pineapple.

I serve  a fruit and vegetable with lunch and dinner. Sometimes with lunch I do not eat them. Mostly because I am not sitting down with them. With dinners, we all sit down together and everybody eats them.  I like almost all fruits and vegetables except tomatoes. Doug is a little more picky but has gotten much better in the years that we have been married.

I grew up always having vegetables with every dinner and seasonal fruit was kept in the house to snack on when-ever but not offered with meals

Yes we eat both every day. It helps to prep the veggies as soon as you get them home from the store. Then they are ready to eat raw or cook.

When we lived in Switzerland, we adopted their habit of having a sweet at four o'clock. As a result, we don't eat a traditioal dessert with other meals. Instead, I'll put a bowl of berries or grapes on the table after a meal or I'll run into the kitchen and grab a few pears, apples or peaches and start slicing them up for everyone.