Using seasonal fruit and vegetables plan and make one sweet dish and one savoury dish to encourage greater use of fruit and vegetables in the diet.

... Brief Using seasonal fruit and vegetables plan and make one sweet dish and one savoury dish to encourage greater use of fruit and vegetables in the diet. Research Why are fruit and vegetables important in our diet? Eating more fruit and vegetables will give you big health benefits. Not only for their contribution to your needs for fibre, vitamins and minerals, but in helping to prevent heart disease and cancer. According to The healthy eating guidelines you should be eating 5 portions of fruit and vegetable. The National Advisory Committee on Nutritional Education (NACNE Report, 1983) and the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA Report, 1991) identified the changes required in the nutritional balance of the UK diet. These changes included reducing the amount of fat we eat, especially saturated fat, reducing the amount of sugar and salt in our diet, eating more fibre and increasing our consumption of fruit and vegetables. Vitamins Vitamins

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