Top Tips

• 5-a-Day Tips
• Fill your shopping basket with a rainbow of colourful vegetables and fruit! At least five servings of a variety of colourful veggies and fruit — red, dark green, yellow, blue, purple, white and orange – will help you get all the nutrients your body needs for optimal health. Visit our Colour Me Healthy page and find out how you can use colour to protect your health!
• Save money by extending meat dishes with inexpensive vegetables such as green beans, carrots, pumpkin and cabbage.
• Not all fruit and vegetable juices are equal! Only freshly squeezed and 100% pure unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices (both carbonated and non-carbonated) count towards your 5-a-Day, so be sure to check the wording on the label carefully. Download our 5-a-Day Fruit/Vegetable Juice Q&A for more information on fruit and vegetable juice.
• Entertain with fruit this holiday season! Serve your guests platters of watermelon and pineapple wedges, bowls of cherries, apple chips or fruit kebabs with a yoghurt dip, instead of chips and dip. Go fresh, fun and low fat!
• Did you know that legumes count towards your 5-a-Day? Half a cup of cooked beans, peas or lentils count as 1 serving towards reaching your goal of a minimum of 5 servings of vegetables and fruit a day. Legumes are hugely versatile and a lovely accompaniment to many meals and perfect in salads or with meat dishes. Try cooking lentils with rice, sprinkling red kidney beans over a salad or mashing chickpeas with a little olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper to create a delicious spread for crackers.
• Buying fresh vegetables and fruit in season can be cheaper, so check out our seasonal chart and empower yourself to buy better!