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How to Get More Vegetables into Your Diet

Stealth-like ways to add plant-based foods to your meals and snacks

Scripps Health offers tips on getting more healthy vegetables into your diet by incorporating them into your favorite foods.

Healthy eating means limiting meats and consuming a diet heavy in plant-based foods. Since almost nobody relishes the idea of devouring a large salad at every meal, it’s helpful to find ways to get creative about vegetable consumption.


There are several great ways to make sure you’re eating a large amount and wide variety of colorful, nutritious leafy greens and crunchy roots — the foundational foods that should cover half your plate at each meal.


This infographic (PDF, 4 MB) shows several creative ways to incorporate vegetables into breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.