Do you ever look back at your day and wonder how you managed to eat a lot of fruit but fit in hardly any vegetables? It's really easy to add a berry smoothie into your day, or replace a sweet morning treat with an apple or banana but vegetables can also be slotted in easily, you just need some inspiration! We'll start in the morning and highlight all the easy ways you can pop in an extra veggie or two throughout the day!

1. The post-workout smoothie boost

Vegetables are easy to hide in a drink that's blended, especially when you're super hungry post-workout!

- Banana, check... berries, check... beetroot, check... Think about the different kinds of vegetables you could add to your smoothie. Beets are sweet and a good option, grate in if your blender doesn't like hard veggies! Another great addition is cucumber or zuchini which blend down easily and don't change your smoothies taste much.

- There shouldn't be any smoothie you're not adding a handful of leafy greens to. They blend up really easily and disappear!

2. Have a savoury breakfast

This may seem like a no brainer but we all know it's not as easy in practice to find the time to make perfectly poached eggs in the morning. Add to that the time to make some toast to put them on and then try to fit a veggie in somewhere to? What? Instead of trying to make your favourite weekend brunch every morning keep it simple with these easy ideas.

- Tomatoes on toast is an amazingly simple alternative to jam or banana. Pop your toast in the toaster and slice your tomatoes on the plate you're planning to eat off while you're waiting. Top your toast with the tomatoes, a good olive oil and salt and pepper. If you're feeling adventurous you could even spread your toast with peanut butter first! Minimal clean-up, massive nutrition, as quick as jam! (we know tomatoes are technically a fruit - we're counting them here though)

- Moving swiftly on to eggs, the key to having them quickly in the morning is to not expect them to be Instragram worthy! Take a bowl, beat together 2 eggs with some salt and pepper. On a plate, slice 2 tomatoes and add them to a non stick pan with a little olive oil, wait a minute, flip them, then add your eggs and two large handfuls of spinach. Use a wooden spoon to keep turning the eggs, spinach and tomatoes until the eggs are just cooked. This won't look pretty but you did just get a ton of protein and vegetables in around 5 minutes!

3. Skip the morning muffin

Whilst we have nothing against cake (at all!) your morning snack may benefit from a vegetable makeover!

- On a Monday take a tub of hummus and 5 carrots to work. At 10am don't worry about chopping the carrot into pretty batons, simply dip and go! You could peel the carrot if you have time but no worries if not, it's just as good.

- On a Sunday prep some vegetable frittatas for the week. Add an egg to each hole of a six hole muffin tin. Add some salt and pepper and enough diced veggies and spinach so the ratio is about 50/50 with egg. You could sprinkle with cheese too if you like and bake for 10-15 minutes.

4. The lunch prep solution

We know that this is often easier said than done on a sunny Sunday but the best way to make sure you pack your lunches full of vegetables is to make extras on a Sunday to add to lunches during the week.

- A big batch of roast vegetables can be used for everything from a salad with leafy greens to bulking up a sandwich or wrap.

- Vegetable soup is another fantastic pre-prepped fix! It's often cheap to add seasonal veggies to a soup and make a large batch but if you're not one to eat the same thing everyday, freeze some so you have a grab and go lunch next week too. Soups don't stop in Summer either where tomato and cucumber can make a delicious gazpacho!

5. It's time for a mid-afternoon snack

If you love dips and frittatas, don't be afraid to just re-use your morning snacks at 3pm but if you need some more, even yummier ideas to keep you going, keep reading...

- We couldn't talk about adding more vegetables without mentioning the ever-popular avocado on toast. If you're anything like us you look forward to every time you eat this delicious combo so don't be afraid to have 1 slice piled with half an avocado in the afternoons, it will stop you reaching for a bar of chocolate and provide even more satisfaction.

- It takes a special type of person to stare as longingly at a raw carrot as they do at a bowl of fries. So make those fries! Bake a big batch of sweet potato fries in the oven on a Sunday and they'll last all week. If you make up a quick tzatziki too for dipping you'll be getting some afternoon cucumber action as well!

6. Don't be afraid of all the vegetables

We so often shy away from adding vegetables where they don't belong but we shouldn't! It's so easy to bulk up a meal with seasonal vegetables and greens especially when they're hidden, also a double solution for getting the little ones in your life to eat the good things!

- Use the term 'pasta sauce' as a mask for all sorts of goodies, just colour match and grate! Using that philosophy you could be grating carrot and beetroot into any bolognese or lasagne meat sauce, or cauliflower and parsnip into anything creamy. Another idea is 'good green sauce' - you can blend avocado with a little pasta cooking water and then even add spinach or courgette!

- Make your own burger patties with grated root vegetables, beetroot for beef burgers, carrot for lamb burgers or parsnip for chicken and pork.

7. Sweet treats with vegetables

The internet is teaming with ideas on how to incorporate vegetables into our cakes, mousse, bliss balls, nothing is safe! This however is not a bad thing, it's just an easy way to get another 5 a day.

- Look for refined sugar free cake recipes with pumpkin, carrot, beetroot or parsnip - they're often gluten free and some can even be vegan. Using sweet vegetables means that you can add less sugar and you get a super moist cake.

- You've probably already seen avocado mousse recipes - we even have one on our Instagram - they're an easy, nutrient packed alternative to store bought mousse or even ice cream!