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Serving Size

> for main course vegetable entrees and/or salads.  I am supposed to be
> eating 5 fruits and 5 vegetables a day.  The fruit part is easy, but I
> cannot figure out how to get in all the veggies.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jennifer J.

Do you really mean 5 vegetables or 5 *servings* 
of vegetables?  
Remember that each of these is considered 1 serving
of vegetables:

3/4 cup vegetable juice
1 cup of leafy greens (like salad greens)
1/2 cup chopped veggies
1/2 cup legumes

Doesn't seem so hard to fit in 5 servings a day!