Ways to Eat more Fruit

We all want to be healthy but sometimes you can neglect the foods which are good for you. Eating more fruit is one way to improve your health but many people struggle to hit the five a day target. So here are some tips to help you increase your fruit intake: 

• Make smoothies. You can have your five a day in one delicious drink. Simple. 
• Add chopped banana onto peanut butter on toast. This is the perfect healthy combination of protein and potassium, this is a great pre-workout meal. 
• Eat chopped up fruit alongside your lunch, it makes a meal more interesting and not to mention more colourful. 
• Start eating avocados, this fruit is mainly used in savoury dishes so you can increase your fruit intake whilst eating your evening meal. 
• At the start of the day make up a fruit salad and leave it in a big tub to eat throughout the day. If it is already prepared you are more likely to snack on fruit rather than anything else. 
• Make nice cream for dessert, turning frozen fruit into an ice cream alternative is one delicious way to eat healthier. Simply blend frozen fruit (bananas are commonly used for nice cream) with non dairy milk adding any flavouring you want such as cacao powder for a guilt free dessert. 
• Make jam. Turn your favourite fruit into a homemade jam. There are some simple recipes which can easily be made with blended fruit. This can then be added to toast. 

These are some easy ways to eat more fruit. It can be easy to eat your five a day or more by using more interesting ways of using fruit. 

Taste the Difference Maris Piper Jumbo Wedges

 It's always nice to find food labelled vegan and these taste the difference wedges from Sainsburys are a great find. Of course you expect products like this to be vegan but that is not always the case. For some reason even the simplest foods can have non vegan products added like milk proteins or eggs so it puts your mind at ease to see the vegan label. Sainsburys is one of my favourite stores for vegan food as their own brand range is clearly labelled, there are plenty of options and the prices are good. They cater for vegans well and I am happy to shop there. These wedges are delicious as well, they are obviously made with good quality potatoes and the simple seasoning is just the right amount to add flavour. These are definitely ones to look out for. 

Quorn Vegan Fillets

There's another addition to the Vegan Quorn family in these Fillets. I like to try new products so I was keen to see how these would taste. You have to cook them in a sauce which is a little awkward as you need to make sure they are covered to get cooked. I made them in a curry sauce and served it with rice. They taste nice and are a welcome change but it is not something I will have each week, at the minute I prefer to eat more whole foods but it is always handy to have something in the freezer when you want something quick and easy. Despite the fact that I won't buy these regularly I like that Quorn have more vegan options to choose from and this is another great vegan product. 

Healthy Lunch

After trying and failing to do raw til 4 (What can I say I like cooked food) I am still determined to eat more raw food every day as it is full of nutrients and great for staying well and keeping healthy. I also love training at the gym and need good food to help my muscles recover. 

One way I have been eating more fruit is by eating it for lunch. It is easy to chop up different fruits, they are filling, full of natural flavour and make you feel good. This lunch I prepared was a banana, an apple an a pear eaten with some cashew nuts for a healthy source of fat and a home made ginger biscuit and a vanilla herbal tea. 

I love having a mix of flavours in a meal and fruit is naturally sweet making it a tasty lunch. Try swapping your daily sandwich for something more natural and try a raw lunch. 

Strawberry YoYo Bear

My current favourite on the go snack is YoYo Bears, I just love how simple they are. Made from pure fruit each snack counts as one of your five a day. You can't get much healthier than that. I love keeping one in my bag for when I am out and about and want something to eat. They are small enough to carry around and packaged in paper which is recyclable. I love everything about these snacks and love trying different flavours. This strawberry snack was deliciously sweet and one of my favourite flavours so far. 

Find out more about the range here: http://www.bearnibbles.co.uk/yoyos

Popcorn The healthy vegan snack

I recently dusted off my unused Christmas present and decided to start making my own popcorn as I often buy it in supermarkets so this will save me money. Popcorn is a very healthy snack, it is low in calories and if you make your own you can either have it plain or add a small amount of flavouring to keep it healthy. 

This popcorn maker is so easy to use, it only requires a small amount of popcorn kernels to make a large bowl of popcorn. It means the bag of popcorn kernels which only cost 0.99p will last for a while, making it more cost effective than buying ready made bags of popcorn which can be expensive. 

To flavour the popcorn you can either keep it plain and add spices such as cinnamon or ginger or melt some butter and add sugar and mix it together. The less you add to the popcorn the healthier it will be. A great idea is adding seasoning without butter and mixing it together as it will still flavour the popcorn or eat it plain. This is definitely my new healthy snack of choice. 

Good Stuff- The Vegan Sweet Treat

Good stuff have a range of vegan sweets for those tasty treats. They are free from gelatin which most sweets use making them perfect for vegans. These cola bottles are delicious, they prove that no animal products are needed to make sweets like this. Find them in the free from isle.