Five a day on a budget

Information from NHS Sheffield’s Healthy Communities Programme

It is very important to continue eating five portions of fruit and vegetables in winter, but it can get expensive. Here are some tips to help you get your five-a-day in a quick and cheap way.

Cook soups, casserole and stews out of left-over vegetables and put in the freezer.

Add fruit to breakfast cereals to sweeten, rather than sugar, e.g. banana and cornflakes.

Include a glass of fresh juice with your main meal

Snack on dried fruit which is available all year round, or a piece of fruit which can cost as little as 20p; a chocolate bar can be nearly three times as much.

Have a side salad with your main meal (aim for the salad to be a third of the plate)

Look for ‘buy one get one free’ deals on fruit and vegetables, especially frozen, dried and canned fruits as they are cheaper than fresh.

Use canned fruit (in own juices) to make smoothies with milk or low fat yogurt. Canned fruit has many benefits: they don't go off (unless opened), you can buy as many as you like and stock up for the cold days when you don't want to go out and they can be as cheap as 19p.

Find out more

Find us at Firth Park Christmas Festival. Somshun Nessa will be demonstrating easy ways to make fruit smoothies!

Thursday 6th December, at Firth Park, 3-7pm

Or contact Somshun Nessa on: 07960 084 119,

somshun.nessa@soarcommunity.org.uk