Five a Day

by Patsy Collins
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Every day if you slurp or crunch
An apple and a pear or munch any
Two sweetly crispy, juicy pieces of

Flavoursome fruit after lunch
Include three or more
Vegetables - make room for mushrooms
Enjoy endive in salad or even coleslaw

Parsnips, peppers or pumpkins, (not potatoes)
Onions are fine, asparagus sublime
Radish and cabbage, spinach too
Tomatoes fresh or sun-dried or frozen
In cans or juiced are good for you
Oranges, orach, oriental greens
Nectarines are nice and peaches are peachy
Squash in some squashes and be full of beans

Artichokes to Zea maize are great, even

Dried like dates and sultanas
Apricots, prunes and bananas -
You'll be healthy if you do as I say.

One scoop of peas, a head of calabrese
Five ripe strawberries

Fill your plate with spring greens
Roast a few aubergines
Up your veggie intake
Increase your fruit consumption
To be slimmer and stronger

And live longer
Nibble on peppers, slurp down smoothies
Don't skimp on the good stuff

Vitamins, minerals and fibre
Each bite contains so ensure you
Get your fair share!