I was chatting to my mum earlier this week and we got onto discussing what constitutes a portion of fruit or vegetable. Of course there are the usual suspects when the debate began, however, our debate developed into a completely new discussion resulting in both of us crying with laughter...
Portions of fruit and veg as according to Sasha-Louise and Safia (that's my mum) are as follows:
Jam (any flavour) - this included the jam that can be found within a doughnut
Macdonalds Apple pie
Raspberry cheesecake (or any fruit flavour cheesecake)
Eton Mess (strawberries of course)
Vegetable Crisps
Chips (its a stretch but as far as we are concerned, a potato is most definitely a vegetable in all of its forms)
Fruit gums and Haribo (even the fried eggs are fruit flavoured)
Pineapple upside down cake
Apple or any fruit crumble (with custard also gives you a portion of dairy...)
Crispy seaweed (as everyone knows that it is more often than not deep fried green cabbage)
These are just a few of the many amusing portions that we developed over a cup of peppermint tea (another portion as far as I'm concerned).
Please feel free to add further to our list, as we are always looking at innovative new ways for people to incorporate fresh fruit and veg into their diets the easy and naughty way.
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Haha brilliant :D
ReplyDeleteJammy Dodgers (even though it's not 'real' jam, still counts, right?)
Lemon Meringue Pie (akin to the cheesecake and Eton Mess rule)...which also means lemon curd counts?
Any fruit derived alcoholic beverage?
Of course all of your suggestions are valid choices... Also banana cake, carrot cake etc etc etc.
ReplyDeleteAs for alcoholic beverages, they can be included, especially if ganished with a glace cherry :)