New year, new diet: How to eat more vegetables

As the new year approaches, most people tend to look at the change in the calendar as an opportunity to start afresh. This generally involves a new diet as we look to shed some of the extra pounds that were taken on over the Christmas period. In order to live a healthier lifestyle, you should incorporate more vegetables into your diet. Continue reading our helpful and healthy guide to find out how to eat more veg.

How to eat more vegetables

Vegetables are rich in nutrients and antioxidants which help to boost your immune system and fight off infection. This, alone, is more than enough reason to incorporate more veggies into your diet. However, there are more reasons, such as weight loss. Eating more vegetables helps with weight management due to their low-calorie content.

We’ve all heard of the ‘five-a-day’, which many people think just includes fruit. But did you know that it also includes vegetables? As long as you’ve had your five fruits or vegetables every day, your diet will be a lot more balanced, which is a surefire way to ensure a healthier lifestyle.

Are you wondering how to eat more vegetables, though? Check out our handy list below:

• Veggie-based soups
• Vegetable lasagne
• Experiment with vegetables in sauces
• Blend into smoothies

Veggie-based soups

Whether you’re a soup lover or not, they’re a fantastic way of adding more vegetables to your diet. You can make vegetables the main ingredient in the soup by pureeing them and adding spices. You’ll be surprised at some of the amazing soups you can make just by experimenting with your veggies!

Vegetable lasagne

Lasagne is a fabulous dish but includes a lot of meat. If you’re wondering how to eat more vegetables, consider changing up your lasagne dish.

You can either completely get rid of the meat and use just veggies, or you can reduce the amount of meat you include and make up for it with vegetables. Either way, it still tastes amazing! If you’re not sure which veggies you can include, check out our website where you can Build Your Own Veg Box to be delivered to your home regularly. 

Experiment with vegetables in sauces

If you love cooking with sauces, then consider adding a little more flavour to the pot with veggies. If you’re on the ‘new year, new diet’ trend, then consider adding more vegetables to your cooking sauces.

If you’re cooking with marinara sauce for a pasta dish, for example, chop up some veggies and add them in with spices. You’ll be surprised at the outcome! 

Blend into smoothies

Our final tip for how to eat more veggies includes smoothies. Having one smoothie a day is a great source of nutrients and minerals, and counts towards your five-a-day. Instead of purely fruit smoothies, consider adding some veggies, like kale, carrot or kelp. The latter is actually one of the many food trends of 2023 to keep an eye out for.

Filled with antioxidants and precious nutrients, not only will your veggie smoothies taste amazing but they’re brilliant for your general health and well-being.

How to eat more veg with The Veg Box Company

With The Veg Box Company, you can eat more fruit and veg whenever you want! Our Fruit Boxes provide healthy food delivered to your home regularly.

We also have Veg Boxes that can also be delivered too, allowing you to each stick to your ‘new year, new diet’ a lot easier!

If you’d like to find out more about what you can get from The Veg Box Company, including fruit, vegetables, potatoes, dairy products, and much more, don’t hesitate to get in touch with us on 01772 724406, or email us at hello@thevegboxcompany.co.uk.