Board 8 > On average, how many portions of fruit+veg do you eat in a day?

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I usually get 3 at minimum and 8 or 9 on days where I eat a lot or make veg-heavy meals. I'm probably averaging at 5 or 6.

That's with being vegetarian, having time and ability to cook a lot (and cooking cuisines that are good when veggie), and needing a very high calorie count. No idea how most people are meant to hit that target, honestly.

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I'm part of a co-op and get something like this every Wednesday to pretty much force myself into it.

0 on average. I feel like fruits expire so quickly these days and I dont like the taste of most vegetables. I do like bananas and apples and they at least seem to last longer than a few days before they go bad

Id say between two and three on average, heavily dependent on whatever Im fixing for lunch which may or may not include a vegetable.

i live alone and cook for one so sometimes its hard to finish vegetables before they go bad which sometimes dissuades me from buying them at the store (in the gigantic portion sizes they tend to sell)

On average probably five or six

I'm not sure I eat enough food to get this many, but a standard part of my meals are vegetables.

2-3 of fruits

what's a vegetable

2 fruits at lunch, 2 veggies dinner, maybe 1 veggie lunch if I have something leftover

1 of those things if I remember to have a breakfast of some sort

FFDragon posted...

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I'm part of a co-op and get something like this every Wednesday to pretty much force myself into it.

That's about 5x what i get from my coop and my gf and i still struggle to utilize it all before it goes bad

That does seem like a double order, but it doesn't seem too hard to eat since lots of those veg can be main dishes. My farm share is more heavy on greens which is weirdly difficult to eat. You basically are required to eat a salad with every lunch AND dinner.

changmas posted...

i live alone and cook for one so sometimes its hard to finish vegetables before they go bad which sometimes dissuades me from buying them at the store (in the gigantic portion sizes they tend to sell)

I also struggle with making/remembering side dishes in general so whatever I buy goes into the main dishes I'm planning on making. Then I'll get stuff like carrots and celery and have them once or twice and forget about them until they go bad. Definitely struggle with the fruits and veggies but I try.

Though I did get a blender during prime day so hopefully that'll help me in making some more fruit smoothies and stuff. Maybe some veggie drinks too I dunno.

swordz9 posted...

0 on average. I feel like fruits expire so quickly these days and I dont like the taste of most vegetables. I do like bananas and apples and they at least seem to last longer than a few days before they go bad

Get a banana hanger or something to hang your bananas. I know it seems weird but it helps a lot. They can last a week that way.

Just keep apples in the fridge they last forever

Depends on the time of year. Right now it's season and that's the best time of year. (Alternate meaning of that emoji NOT implied, lol)

I have one salad a week but I really fucking hate vegetables.

You can also just freeze blueberries and for veggies use like, any seasoning

Vegetables are so damn good. Prob 95% of the plants I eat are veg.

I have no idea what a portion is so I can't really answer the question.

I usually have green vegetables with 1 or 2 meals a day. Sometimes the meal is almost entirely vegetables.

That's a normal order, but you can get half orders. But you don't get like half the good stuff if you get a half order.

foolm0r0n posted...

Vegetables are so damn good. Prob 95% of the plants I eat are veg.

All of the plants I eat are vegetables.
Also, none of the plants I eat are vegetables.

Yeah we just get a half order, and a lot of it is greens and herbs. I just can't eat that many kale chips or make that much pesto every week

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From today

On an unrelated note what the fuck else can I do with eggplant

FFDragon posted...

On an unrelated note what the fuck else can I do with eggplant

Put it in the garbage bin where it belongs

Gift it to others because it sux to eat but people perceive it as valuable

i've made babaganoush like five times

i'm tired boss

See thats the thing with coops that I dont like, theres some veggies that Im not overtly fond of and others that I really like so I like the selection and being able to get however many I want of asparagus/carrots/mushrooms/onions/bok choy etc into my rotation

Nowadays you can customize your exact order and swap anything out equivalently, or pay the difference to add on more

foolm0r0n posted...

Nowadays you can customize your exact order and swap anything out equivalently, or pay the difference to add on more

Not everywhere!

FFDragon posted...

i've made babaganoush like five times

i'm tired boss

I've done roasted eggplant a few times, then put over rice with some teriyaki sauce. Not horrible, and i generally hate eggplant.

FFDragon posted...

On an unrelated note what the fuck else can I do with eggplant

Eggplant pasta sauce. Roast it and then puree and mix into a tomato-based sauce.

Fruit, 0-1. Sugar from fruit is still sugar and therefore not great for my prediabetic self, and theres not much I like nowadays.

Veggies, it's probably better to go weekly, as I'll have singular days without eating entirely and then I'll have a day where I saute an entire zucchini and onion together and use that as my dinner. 3-4 on average, then?

PeaceFrog posted...

Not everywhere!

Ask them to add it for next year. Apparently it's pretty easy. Mine uses Harvie

FFDragon posted...

On an unrelated note what the fuck else can I do with eggplant

Eggplant parm?

Gajinamul?
https://www.seriouseats.com/gaji-namul-marinated-eggplant-banchan-5196090

In the summer (now), I eat some sort of fruit every day. Cherries or grapes are my go-tos, at the moment.

Eggplant parm is excellent.

I don't use aubergine/eggplant but I'm tempted to try some of these ideas.

Less than 10% of us are getting 5 a day!

FYI it's 4-5 servings each per day, though I will say lots of people don't have a great sense of what qualifies as a "serving", and just assume it means the same thing as a helping/portion.

I get probably 6ish servings total per day, more if I'm cooking for myself. Also eggplant is delicious and it's a veggie that's actually filling in the same way meat is. Big staple of my diet, and pretty easy to grow too.