Fruit and veg while JUDDDing.

[Judddilicious]

I must admit I find eating fruit and veg on juddding hard.

On DD i find it hard to squeeze in my 5 a day due to the low amount of cals (I try my hardest but dont want every meal to be 95% fruit and veg on a dd)

On an UD as I want to follow the rules correctly, I find I have little fruit and veg due to the large amount of cals I have to consume and that getting my 5 a day in additon to my meals aswell lowers my cals alot and I dont want to send myself into starvation mode.

Id love to hear any tips or ideas on what you think about it or how you manage it?

 

[2012willdoit]

Oh the veg can be an absolute doddle some DDs.

I carefully select a pot of paste - thai, indian usually - they can come in quite low in kcals per pot.

Grab a huge selection of veggies, almost any sort will do. Just play with what you like/have.

Par cook the veggies, add the sauce and bingo bango: 6 - 8 portions of veggie curry at about 350kcals. Freezes back nicely. I usually bag up a slightly small portion and add green beans or half a pita or something, depending on how I feel.

For UDs I add rice, naan, meat! That way I don't have to have different meals on DDs and UDs. I have found that if it feels like a normal meal I get on with it better. So no ultra low fat 'stuff' here - and that includes cottage cheese

 

[Judddilicious]

Oh the veg can be an absolute doddle some DDs.

I carefully select a pot of paste - thai, indian usually - they can come in quite low in kcals per pot.

Grab a huge selection of veggies, almost any sort will do. Just play with what you like/have.

Par cook the veggies, add the sauce and bingo bango: 6 - 8 portions of veggie curry at about 350kcals. Freezes back nicely. I usually bag up a slightly small portion and add green beans or half a pita or something, depending on how I feel.

For UDs I add rice, naan, meat! That way I don't have to have different meals on DDs and UDs. I have found that if it feels like a normal meal I get on with it better. So no ultra low fat 'stuff' here - and that includes cottage cheese

Ooo that sounds brilliant! See Ive got 6 tubs (old chinese tubs, need to use them as Ive eaten too many chineses over the years ) full of Mediterranean veg pearl barley risotto at 380cals but dont fancy eating it everytime with a salad haha! I need to get more inventive I think!

 

[2012willdoit]

I meant to say it must be a jar of paste, not sauce. In some jars it is the sauce that adds kcals. You need to check each pot.

The paste goes much further, I don't usually add much water and make quite a dry curry as that reduces my need for a naan

Example: thai paste 252 kcals, sauce 216kcals, but I can get more out of the paste and it tastes stronger/nicer.

Once you have played round with one of each you will be able to decide which you prefer.

I am looking at other jars of sauce at the moment, I feel the need for a change