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Tip 1 : Pack a fruit for lunch--tangerines, apples, bananas, or grapes pack well. Small containers of peaches or applesauce are easy and convenient!
Tip 2 : Make a yummy homemade vegetable lasagna. Layer pasta, cooked vegetables, tomato sauce and sprinkle with low-fat cheese. Bake until ready!
Tip 3 : Keep fruits separate from raw meat, poultry, and seafood while shopping, storing, and preparing.
Tip 4 : Explore the dried fruit section--how about dates, figs, prunes, or dried apricots? They make great snacks!
Tip 5 : Serve ‘beans with greens’--add cooked cannellini beans to cooked, drained kale. Season with pepper, lemon juice and oil.
Tip 6 : Make sure you buy enough fresh, canned, frozen, and/or dried fruit to last between shopping trips.
Tip 7 : When storing raw seafood, meat, and poultry, place them below ready-to-eat foods in the refrigerator.
Tip 8 : Use fat-free or low-fat milk to make condensed soups such as cream of mushroom, tomato, potato, or chicken. Check for low sodium options.
Tip 9 : For a quick and easy casserole, soup, or stir-fry, add frozen vegetables.
Tip 10 : Choose fruit! Ask for fruit, like sliced apples, a fruit cup, or 100% fruit juice at a fast food restaurant instead of fried foods.