Nutrition content: any tips?!
Breakfast:
1 homemade probiotic drink (lowfat homemade yoghurt blended with a little multivitamin fruit juice). Same size bottle as the commercially produced ones. (Actimel, Danacol etc).
1 bowl rolled oats with skim milk, a small handful of raisins, a sprinkling of cinnamon and a dash of vanilla essence for flavour
Snack: apple
Lunch:
1 large bowl chunky tomato soup - this has onions, garlic, (ex)frozen beans and peas in it, as well as more homemade low-fat yoghurt, chicken stock from a stock cube and a bunch of spices. I made it in the slow cooker so didn't use any oil.
Dinner: changes night to night, but this tends to be pretty carb-heavy - root veg or pasta with chicken, pork or turkey, usually.
Am I getting enough in the way of veg with my bowl of soup, and then carrots/parsnip etc with dinner? My boyfriend really doesn't go in for veg other than root veg and it's such a hassle cooking 2 separate meals that we normally cook together.
Answers: I'm currently eating:
Breakfast:
1 homemade probiotic drink (lowfat homemade yoghurt blended with a little multivitamin fruit juice). Same size bottle as the commercially produced ones. (Actimel, Danacol etc).
1 bowl rolled oats with skim milk, a small handful of raisins, a sprinkling of cinnamon and a dash of vanilla essence for flavour
Snack: apple
Lunch:
1 large bowl chunky tomato soup - this has onions, garlic, (ex)frozen beans and peas in it, as well as more homemade low-fat yoghurt, chicken stock from a stock cube and a bunch of spices. I made it in the slow cooker so didn't use any oil.
Dinner: changes night to night, but this tends to be pretty carb-heavy - root veg or pasta with chicken, pork or turkey, usually.
Am I getting enough in the way of veg with my bowl of soup, and then carrots/parsnip etc with dinner? My boyfriend really doesn't go in for veg other than root veg and it's such a hassle cooking 2 separate meals that we normally cook together.
There's no such thing as too many vegetables .. you jaw-muscles will give, before you have too much ;)
You could do one of two things:
- add a vegetable-snack - have a vegetable snack in the morning, and the fruit-snack in the afternoon.
- make an extra vegetable side for dinner - mainly for you - your boyfriend might try it one day .. and like it!! :D
I would likely say no.. If you and your boyfriend don't eat a lot of veggies at dinner, eat more fruits at breakfast, and snack on veggies/fruit throughout the day.. You're supposed to et 5-10 and you're really only getting 2 or 3.