I often hang out with my neighbor and many time we get on the topic of fresh fruit (he is a nutrition major). More than once he has tried to explain to me that the food group that most college students miss out on daily is fruit. I tried to explain to him that fruit is expensive and I don’t really like it.
After he told me that I started to really watch to see how much fruit I did eat. Turns out I eat alot of fruit flavored candy but not much actual fresh fruit. I just don’t love it. Then, I came up with a solution. I started making smoothies.
It turns out this is a great way to get a serving of fruit, yogurt and milk with minimal effort. Fresh fruit is the most expensive to buy and I usually steer clear of it – I only really eat apples and every once in a while a green banana or two. However, I went to a larger grocery store and found a huge frozen fruit section! You can get all kinds of berries, mangos, pineapple pieces and even some exotic fruits that are frozen and you can literally just dump them into your blender and there you go. Or in some cases just eat them frozen – I brought frozen raspberries with me to class every morning for like a month….
The other thing is the price of fruit. The frozen stuff isn’t as bad, while it will still run you more than the typical pizza and it is not necessarily a meal, you won’t be missing out on all the nutritional stuff – like vitamins and minerals (or whatever healthy stuff is in there.)
So next time that you are in the store, check out the frozen fruit section and see if there is something that you might be willing to give up and extra Tony’s pizza for but if not then head over to the canned fruits and check out the peaches and pears usually 10/$1 or better!
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