YOUR 2025 BRAIN BRAWN MINI RESOLUTION FRUITS & VEGGIES (FnVs) • WEEK 4

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FnVs Hidden in Breakfast and Dessert!

By now, we hope you are finding it easier to eat more FnVs and that maybe you’ve explored a new recipe or two. Today, we’re tackling breakfast and dessert. This is kind of ironic since a typical American breakfast has as much sugar as a dessert. The recipes below are lightly sweetened with natural sugar, which is a marginally better option than white table sugar, meaning they retain some of their original micronutrients—they were not stripped away in the processing, bleaching and handling.
 
This week wraps up our resolution to eat more FnVs! Did you have a favorite recipe from this past month? If so, let us know!


Track Your Fruit and Veggie Consumption!

This month, our mini resolution is to strive for 7 servings of fruit and vegetables (FnVs) a day.
 
Wondering what counts as a serving of fruits & veggies? Here is a handy graphic you may refer to when logging your intake!
 
Email your Motivated Mondays Coach Michele at [email protected] with your individual questions.



We have all made our fair share of fruit crisps and pies or banana and zucchini breads. And from the era of the Snackwell cookie (the ultimate UPF!), many of us are familiar with the trick of adding applesauce or pumpkin to our baking to increase the texture/moisture in low-fat desserts…
 
But this week we’re wholesale swapping out the grains for FnVs. Plantains, pumpkin, sweet potato and beets parlay well with their natural sweetness and firmness.  

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FnV breakfast options:

WAFFLES
A minimal ingredient list and no added sweeteners make these two waffle recipes superstars! Save the sweetener for your toppings where you can see how much you use/add.  

PANCAKES
Another breakfast staple tackled here without added sugar.

MUFFINS
We love blender muffins for their simplicity. Dump it, blend it, pour it, bake it and eat it!


​FnV frozen dessert options

ICE CREAM
 Everyone screams for ice cream, even when it’s not actually “cream” but a fruit dessert made from bananas!
 
 FROZEN POPS
 Even kids won’t know these delicious Green Monster Ice Pops have spinach in them. Kids can easily pitch in and help make these own chocolate banana pops. The recipe calls for sprinkles, but you can be creative with chopped nuts or shredded coconut too.
 

FnV baked dessert options

BROWNIES
If you aren’t super comfy in the kitchen or if you’re hesitant about trying new recipes, then a brownie is usually a safe bet. Brownies are the most forgiving of the baked variety—it doesn’t matter if the top sinks cracks or domes, it doesn’t need to rise and there is always an audience for an over cooked edge.
 
The first recipe uses beets as the base. Chocolate is a great way to hide your beets! The sweet potato brownies get a dusting of buckwheat flour—which, despite the name, doesn’t contain wheat or gluten.

COOKIES
Even the fussiest cookie monster will devour these veggie-based cookies!

CAKES
These cakes cook up more like a torte, because of the absence of flour. Please let us know if you try the banana-avocado frosting!!

We’ll see you next week for a new resolution!