I try to sneak them in as part of other meals, even if I don’t like the vegetable. Like if I have a burrito bowl I will put carrots in it along with everything else, or a pizza I will put green peppers on it along with pepperoni.

Fruits I don’t do as well on, if I get frozen yogurt I will get rare fruits like mango, and I drink fruit juice.

I try to eat a variety of foods as much as possible.

Instead of trying to eat more, think what do you want to cut down? Meat? Carbs?

Then cut those down and replace with a veg dish instead. Buying a vegetarian cookbook helps. You don’t need to go vegetarian, but you’ll find great recipes for vegetables, instead of as an afterthought.

With pretty much any vegetable, salt, pepper, olive oil and crushed garlic roasted in the oven for 20 minutes is tasty.

For me, I’m trying to eat a more Mediterranean diet, for my health, so that means curing meat and carbs and having lots of veg and herbs and nuts. When I make something, i think to myself, what veg would work with this recipe and add that as an extra.

Being vegan.

I buy bags of mixed frozen vegetables and then mix them in to whatever I’m making for dinner. E.g. if I’m having pasta, I’ll throw some meat and veg into the sauce and serve it all on the pasta. I eat way more vegetables when it’s mixed in to the main dish, than if I have them as a side.

I don’t really use any tricks to eat more fruit. I just buy the ones I like and have them ready to snack on. I buy a lot of bananas, apples, grapes, etc that you can mostly just grab and eat as desired.

A kitchen scale and cronometer.com

I use the trick that I’m an adult. It seems to help a lot.

If you have a decent blender, making smoothies is an easy way. If you don’t like the taste you can just hold your nose and gulp it down.

Eat them before you eat anything else. When you are hungry, foods tend to taste better, and your body is not trying to tell you to stop eating yet.

As a vegetarian, eating veggies comes with the territory lol. But if you’re not having enough veggies already, I’d recommend switching to a cuisine which is veggie-heavy where you don’t need/miss meat, like Indian/Asian/Mediterranean cuisines etc.

For fruits though, the key is to always have some at hand, in a convenient format, so that you’re less likely to grab a bag of chips or something. For instance, with apples, you can cut them into pieces and apply lemon juice so that it doesn’t oxidize, and then put it in a small airtight box next to wherever you spend most of your time (could be your desk/couch/bed etc). Same thing with oranges, peel em and put it in an airtight container. Other fruits don’t need such prep work so you can alternate with them, eg grapes or bananas. And the trick is again, always have them nearby you so you’re more likely to reach out to them than for junk food. And to get into the habit of this, make it a part of your daily routine. Like for me, I make a smoothie the first thing in the morning, and as part of that routine, I also prep my fruit-box for the day.

Tricks? I just enjoy them. But I think the most important part of making sure you’re eating enough of anything in a healthy and varied diet is to meal plan. I grocery shop to accommodate most everything I need for the week with some gaps here and there for leftovers and eating out. I usually eat Greek yogurt with fresh berries, walnuts, granola, and chia seeds for lunch. So I’ll stock a big tub of yogurt and a couple packs of whatever berries look good that week. Sometimes I’ll get tired of yogurt, so I’ll eat some eggs or leftovers. Dinner is where most of the planning lies. I stock a few regular items that I always know I can make different meals from in a pinch and then I plan maybe 1 or 2 meals that require more planning and non-regular grocery items. So for regular items, I like to keep chicken pre-processed and prepared in the freezer, potatoes, rice, onions, broccoli, mushrooms, carrots, zucchini, and lettuce. Those items plus whatever I have in the way of canned goods can make a lot of different meals such as cream of mushroom chicken, chicken sandwiches, chicken stir-fry, etc. For the in-depth meals I either plan to pick up what I need to make something that week, or I make a workhorse meal that makes a ton of food that I can process or freeze for use later to make quick easy meals. Some examples of this include pot pie filling, pesto, or raw falafel. All of these take at least an hour usually more to prepare a massive batch. But now that it’s done, I have many many meals that I can eat just from thawing out a portion from the freezer. So there you have it. My only tricks are that I enjoy fruits and veggies and that I’m very well versed in meal planning. To be fair, meal planning is not easy and it is definitely a skill that I think everyone should learn to develop. But once you do, you won’t need to worry about if you’re getting enough of the foods you need because it’s all part of the (meal) plan.

Make sure you swallow them when you’re done chewing.

I like most veg and fruit. I suppose you are looking for palatable ways of eating these? One veg I don’t like is eggplant, but it’s actually passable as lasagna or prepared as a schnitzel.

i told my girlfriend i dont get enough fruit in my diet and now she adds a bunch of fruit to every meal she makes. so awesome

When it’s hot I like snacking on frozen mango pieces. They sell bags of them in supermarkets. Frozen blackberries and raspberries are also great.

I also like putting vegetables into curry and soup because personally I like my ratio of solid “food” to liquid curry/broth to be higher.

For vegetables I throw everything into a big stew with a lot of different things (kale, broccoli, cauliflower, onion, potato, mushrooms, tofu, garlic, beans), lots of hot sauce, seasoning, olive oil, etc. and eat the same thing every day, for the most part. I don’t eat enough fruit but I do have a handful of dried fruit with oats every day