The path to a healthier diet is filled with myths, misinformation and a non-stop flow of advice. In all this noise, there is one thing every dietician can agree on - a diet heavy on fruits and vegetables is beneficial to us. Preventing and protecting you from premature ageing, making your skin glow, detoxifying your skin and body, fighting obesity and even fighting diseases are just some of the benefits of eating more vegetables. These are 6 simple tips that you can follow to add more vegetables to your diet without you or your family even noticing.

Make it easy

We tend to underestimate just how important easy accessibility is for us. Chop up some veggies and have them stocked front and center in your fridge. Doing so will make it more likely for you to pick vegetables as a meal or snack.

Blend them in

Don’t like the idea of eating vegetables? Use them in a dip! Blend your red and orange vegetables with a bit of water to create a healthy dip that you can eat at any time. You can use this sauce with your macaroni and cheese or even as a healthy snack between meals. Simply get creative and you will be making your dishes healthier and tastier without even noticing it.

Make some soup

Soup makes it easy to squash a bunch of vegetables in and prepare something healthy for the whole family. You can also add homemade croutons into your soup to give it that extra dash of flavour. Soup is perfect for utilizing any vegetable that you do not know what to do with and has been sitting in your fridge for a while.

Healthy snacks

Vegetables do not need to be restricted to meals, they can also make for excellent healthy snacks. This does not mean restricting yourself to eating raw carrots all the time. It simply means switching your potato chips and tortilla chips for cheesy and spicy kale chips or chaat masala sprinkled cucumber sticks.

Just add rice

Just like soup, rice can be used to add any veggie and it is pretty much guaranteed to taste good. You can take this a step further and make your own homemade cauliflower fried rice where you swap rice for finely processed cauliflower. Add other veggies and even meat on top to get the benefits of salad without having to switch to actual salads.

A lifestyle change can be made super simple if you do it one small step at a time. Don’t force yourself to switch to vegetables by force. Instead make the change slower and you won’t even notice the shift.