How to get more fruit, vegetables into family diet

The trick to getting a family to eat more fruits and vegetables is making good food an easytoprepare part of daily meals.

Here are some tips on how to do that:

•Include a tray of fresh and marinated vegetables with low-fat dips as an appetizer.

•Start the meal with a hearty broth-based vegetable soup.

•Prepare a bowl of fresh fruit and keep it filled throughout the day for snacks.

•Increase the amount of vegetables and fruits in stuffing recipes. Use apples, pears, mushrooms, celery, onions or peppers.

•Bake sliced sweet potatoes with orange segments or apple slices and a little orange juice, brown sugar and a dab of butter.

•Prepare a spinach salad as a side dish.

•Add a fruit salad with a scoop of sherbet to dessert menus.

For more healthy-eating tips, visit www.5aday.org.

This story is provided by State Point Media.