Fruits and Vegetables-9 servings/day???

Not that I do this every day but here is ideally what I would do -

Breakfast: 

Greek Organic Yogurt with some fruit (banana or necterine)

Snack:

Piece of fruit (apple or grapes)

Lunch:

Large salad (usually at least 2 servings of vegetables)

Snack:

Fruit or

carrots and hummus

or

tomatoes with ranch

Dinner:

Salad (again 2 or more servings of vegs)

Dessert -

Dole fruit pop

That is 8 servings IF the salads were only two servings of vegs

Smoothies help me get my fruits. I mix them with low or non-fat vanilla yogurt, orange juice or another juice. Add a banana, strawberries, blueberries, peaches, etc. Add ice and mix in a blender. My husband is diabetic so I try to keep carbs out of our dinner. I steam broccoli, cauliflower and carrots together. We usually have two or three vegetables at dinner and/or a salad. Slicing up tomatoes and cucumbers or having a vegetable platter in the fridge is a great snack to have on hand. Low fat cottage cheese with salsa makes a great veggie dip.

Linda 

Actual serving sizes of veggies tend to be about 1/2 cup which is next to nothing. I tend to eat about 2 cups of non-starchy veggies for lunch most days - there's 4 servings right there.

Highly recommend Deborah Madison's "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone". It's a great way to figure out what to do with veggies you've never used before and don't really know how to cook, make interesting.

I pretty much only eat fruit in season so right now I'm going nuts on strawberries! Love them in my greek yogurt (tons of protein, really pretty cheap in calories, no fat, creamy, rich, yum! - had it for dinner tonight). Anxiously awaiting the raspberries ripening. During chemo I dug a huge trench (about 24 x 3 feet, about 2 feet deep) and filled it with composted manure and it's our second raspberry patch. It is going to burst this year and I can't wait!!!