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[quote=Anonymous]My regular weekly grocery shopping includes:
- 3-4 main fruits/berries.  This week it was a cantaloupe, apples, couple of mango, and strawberries.  Last week it was pears, grapes, and a few kiwis.  Have my mind set on a pineapple next week, not sure what else - will see what looks good.  
- Lettuce - variety changes from week to week, but we always have some sort of lettuce.  Often romaine, red leaf, or mixed spring greens.
- Spinach, to add a darker leaf to salads
- Cucumbers
- Bell peppers
- Carrots and/or celery
- Tomatoes (usually cherry tomatoes this time of year; switch to full-size from my garden in the summer)
- Broccoli
- Green beans
- 2-3 other vegetables to use in side dishes for dinner.  This week was cauliflower, asparagus, and brussel sprouts.  Last week was zucchini and snap peas.

On any given day, my kids have:
- Fruit with breakfast
- Fruit with lunch, and/or applesauce as a snack
- Sometimes a vegetable with lunch too (especially if it's an applesauce day)
- Salad with lettuce, spinach and some combination of bell peppers, cucumber, tomatoes, carrots, celery
- A cooked vegetable with dinner

So in the course of a week, I'd say they eat about 4 different fruits and 10-12 different vegetables - but only a few of those are the same every week.  We do a lot of seasonal variation.  Watermelon in the summer, apples/pears in the fall, citrus in the winter.[/quote]

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