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Also, add the fact that their diet would have been completely seasonal. So they'd have had variety through the year as well.
I am trying a similar thing Cloud. I've been aiming at 5 portions of fruit and veg (5 different portions) and it's not so easy. I am managing to average about 4 different portions a day at the moment. Some days only 2-3 others maybe 5-6. What I have noticed is that since I started this new regime, I seem to spend an inordinate amount of my time thinking about, planning, and buying food, let alone the actual cooking!
My usual strategy is to make sure I always have tinned fruit in the house (I can rarely persuade myself to eat fresh fruit but tinned fruit goes down easy and counts to 5 a day), so that usually takes care of at least 1 portion a day. A glass of frut jiuce is a 2nd.
Then I try to plan a meal with at least 2-3 portions included in it. So, for instance the other day I roasted half a courgette (in sticks) quarter of a pepper and a couple of florets of broccoli, which I stirred through cooked pasta along with a spoon of creme fraiche, some whloegrain mustard and a couple of dessertspoons of sweetcorn. Was very nice and took care of 3 portions of veg (pepper and sweetcorn were each half a portion)
I also try to have bags of mixed fruit, seeds and nuts in the house as well. Whlst they haven't completely replaced the processed high-cal and heavily sugared sweets, they've certainly reduced them.
On days I can't be arsed cooking, I try to at the very least make sure that if I am having a ready meal or somesuch, I add some veg to it. Last time I had tinned soup, I threw in half a tin of peas to bulk it up.
Bit by bit, I am migrating to more fresh and less tinned/processed food. Though sweetcorn, peas and various kind sof beans are good to have in. Kidney beans are great because a couple of spoons of those go with so many things.
But it is hard,. When you actually see how much each portion is supposed to be. Three tablespoons of kidney beans? That's a lot of beans! half a pepper? What all in one go? These are quantities I don't usually cope well with...but I realised if I reduce the amount of bread/pasta and meat (I only eat meat maybe twice a week now), I am able to eat more of the veg and pulses.
I am becomng slightly obsessed tho :P
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