It’s not that unusual, but I’m running late. I open the fridge to get my sandwich and right next to it was a baggie of sliced apples!
Since I didn’t go to the store after work last night to buy my favorite sweet bell peppers, this is FANTASTIC!
And the Dole-5-A-Day link, is Fun Fruit Facts.
Today’s tragedy is that I totally forgot to buy my package of sweet bell peppers this weekend. This upset me so much that I just had a brief vision of leaving for work early to buy them this morning.a Luckily I got past that idea pretty quickly and remembered the diner up the street makes a great fruit salad. Or even a regular vegetable salad.0 Or possibly a taco salad!
And the link for the day is, Spunky Vegetable Pizza — recipes for kids from the Dole 5 A Day site!
I’m still working my way through that Dole 5 A Day site.k I found a great list of fruits/vegetables and their nutritional values (check out the bonus info in the sidebar) and more information about serving sizes.
And of course, the details I promised about Orange and Yellow fruits and vegetables:
ORANGE/YELLOW
Including yellow and orange fruits and vegetables in a low fat diet helps maintain:
| Fruits | Vegetables |
| Apricots Cantaloupe Cape Gooseberries Golden Kiwifruit Grapefruit Lemons Mangos Nectarines Oranges Orange Juice Papayas Peaches Persimmons Pineapples Pineapple Juice Tangerines Yellow Apples Yellow Figs Yellow Pears Yellow Watermelon |
Butternut Squash Carrots Pumpkin Rutabagas Sweet Corn Sweet Potatoes Yellow Beets Yellow Bell Peppers Yellow Potatoes Yellow Summer Squash Yellow Tomatoes Yellow Winter Squash |
The E4T Fruit and Vegetable bar. Today we’re examining the resources at the Dole 5-A-Day site. Here’s a list of the Red Fruits and the Red Vegetables.p Have you had a Blood Orange? I’ve never heard of them!
Fruits Vegetables Blood Oranges
Cherries
Cranberries
Pink/Red Grapefruit
Pomegranates
Raspberries
Red Apples
Red Grapes
Red Pears
Strawberries
Red WatermelonBeets
Red Peppers
Radishes
Radicchio
Red Leaf Lettuce
Red Onions
Red Potatoes
Rhubarb
TomatoesIncluding red fruits and vegetables in a low fat diet helps maintain:
- Health health (do they mean Heart Health?)
- Memory function
- A lower risk of some cancers
- Urinary tract health
Tomorrow well look at orange and yellow fruits and vegetables.
I’ve been poking around the Internets looking for more 5-9-a-day links. And I forgot all about one that we’ve had on the library kid’s pages for a long time. It’s the Dole 5 A Day site and I really think it’s got more substantive information than the government pages. I’ve added the page to the list of Health Resources on the sidebar.
Go for Color! (From There’s so much to try!)
The “5 A Day The Color Way” logo reminds you to include a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables in your daily diet. Try to consume fruits and vegetables from the five color groups every day. The color groups are RED, ORANGE/YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE/PURPLE and WHITE.
Fruits and vegetables come in all colors of the rainbow, and their colors tell a story about their health-promoting powers. Red fruits and vegetables promote heart health. Yellow and orange fruits and vegetables may reduce risk of certain cancers. White fruits and vegetables promote healthy cholesterol levels. Green fruits and vegetables promote vision health. Blue and purple fruits and vegetables help maintain memory.
The colors of fruits and vegetables come from plant pigments called phytochemicals. Scientists have discovered over 10,000 phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables, and they’re discovering more about them each day. While each phytochemical plays a unique and specific role in promoting health, the overall effect of a low fat diet rich in fruits and vegetables is a reduced risk of heart disease, certain types of cancers, and other chronic diseases.
Each day try to see how many colors you can add to your meals and snacks with colorful, health-promoting fruits and vegetables!
They go on to list the vegetables in each color group and some of their health benefits. I’ll go through the lists of vegetables in each group in the Fruit and Vegetable Bar tomorrow and the rest of the week.