M Yeates

According to the World Health Organisation we need 5 a day to live well, and they aren’t talking about glasses of wine. They are talking 5 portions of fruit and veg. A day. As a veggie, that doesn’t sound like a lot to me. But I can understand if this panics you. Still it’ll help you to stay healthy if you stick to it, and give you better skin, nicer breath and more energy than a can of Red Bull.
What counts as a portion? 80g apparently. A meat and two veg diet won’t cut it, especially as potatoes don’t count in this whole 5 a day plan — too starchy.
If you aren’t an adventurous cook, your best bet is a well stocked fruit bowl and Yeates can help you out with that. Mangos, apples, kiwi fruit, oranges, bananas = sorted. You can pick up 6 apples for about 50p. Less than your average bar of chocolate. Slice a banana into your breakfast cereal, whiz fruit up into smoothies or make a mixed vegetable soup. See, I can be useful as well as flippant.