SUMMER is a great time to get kids eating more fruit and veg.
As store shelves are packed with home-grown gems as well as more tropical tastes, you can find new ways to chop, freeze and juice that the little ones will love.
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TAKE THE CHALLENGE: Sainsbury’s customers can earn up to 750 bonus Nectar points for buying fruit and veg throughout the summer holidays.
Running until September 2, the retailer’s Great Fruit & Veg Challenge uses fun targets to encourage customers to pick up more produce.
Sign up to the Nectar app to get personal targets and you’ll get extra points in return.
SWEETEN THEM UP: With the sweetest apples that are hard to resist.
Lidl has Pink Lady apples for 29p each until Thursday.
That’s 13p less than the cheapest ones at Sainsbury’s, at £2.50 for a pack of six, or 42p each.
FIND THE RIGHT BALANCE: For cheaper meals packed with goodness, swap out meat for chunky vegetables such as mushrooms, aubergines, butternut squash or potatoes.
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Or, just add a bit more veg and a little less meat.
As the family gets used to the new balance, you can increase the vegetable content.
PLAY PRICE DETECTIVE: Ditch the pre-prepped fruit and vegetables for great savings.
If you buy 240g pre-packed and peeled mango at Morrisons, for example, you’ll pay £2.25, whereas you can get a whole kilogram of Ripen at Home Wonky Mangoes for just £1.99.
ENCOURAGE LITTLE COOKS: Get kids to help with cooking vegetables. Encourage them to find tasty recipes and then help you peel, wash, chop and cook.
Helping them understand and enjoy food is half the battle to getting them to eat it.
SMOOTHIE DOES IT: It’s cheapest to make your own and a great way to use up soft fruit. Just add yoghurt or a banana to berries or citrus fruit, then the liquid of your choice and blend.
Shop-bought smoothies can be expensive so look out for deals. Asda has a 750ml bottle of Naked smoothie down from £3.60 to £2.
- All prices on page correct at time of going to press. Deals and offers subject to availability.
Deal of the day
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Cheap treat
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KEEP the kids sweet with two Milky Bar white chocolate desserts for 75p at Sainsbury’s – that’s half the usual £1.50 price.
SAVE: 75p
WHAT’S NEW?
THERE’S a tasty new thirst quencher out this summer – Volvic’s Touch Of Fruit in refreshing peach and raspberry flavour.
Bottles are on offer for 85p at Morrisons until August 16.
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Shop & save
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FILL up your freezer with the Co-op’s latest £5 deal. Choose six items from a selection of seven for a fiver including Birds Eye chicken burgers and Wall’s Viennetta.
SAVE: Up to £6.85
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