Tip 1 : Rather than buying a vegetable pizza from a restaurant or a store, try sprucing up a cheese pizza with your favorite vegetables.

Tip 2 : Make your own watermelon ice-it's a nice refreshment on a hot day. Check online for recipes.

Tip 3 : Impress your guests and make a vegetable soufflé. Look online for ways to make corn, broccoli, or sweet potato soufflé.

Tip 4 : Chicken and white bean chili is a tasty way to combine protein foods with a great flavor and bounty of nutrients.

Tip 5 : Make a healthier quiche by using low-fat milk and reduced-fat cheese in your recipe.

Tip 6 : Vegetable or bean soups go towards your daily vegetable target. Choose lower sodium versions.

Tip 7 : Jazz up the standard breakfast--add blueberries, sliced banana, and other fruits on cereal or oatmeal--or have a grapefruit.

Tip 8 : Need a snack? Have a glass of low-sodium vegetable juice and a few whole-wheat crackers to take away the hunger pangs.

Tip 9 : Combine plain yogurt with your favorite low-fat salad dressing for a different veggie dip.

Tip 10 : Walnuts are great in salads, and slivered almonds in veggie dishes. When you add nuts, cut back on meat or poultry portions in the meal.