They’re Wrong. Getting Healthy Can Be Quick With This 60-Second Veggie Tray.
They’re Wrong. Getting Healthy Can Be Quick With This 60-Second Veggie Tray.
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The 60- Second Veggie Tray
Vegetables are amazing. They’re packed with fiber and water to help you feel full, and their colorful pigments are antioxidants that repair damage in your body. Veggies are key to a healthy diet that helps you feel great.
But let’s face it—figuring out how to make veggies easy, quick, and something you’ll actually eat isn’t always easy. That’s where the 60-Second Weekly Veggie Tray habit comes in.
Prepping a veggie tray makes vegetables into a snack that’s quick, appealing, and ready whenever you need it. No chopping, no peeling—just grab and go.
Having prepped veggies on hand makes it easier to:
Eat healthy snacks without planning ahead.
Use them as ready-to-go ingredients for salads, side dishes, or main meals.
Encourage the whole family to get on board the healthy eating train.
Prepping a veggie tray each week makes vegetables the easy, obvious choice. With no prep and everything ready to grab, you’ll find everyone in the family is eating way more veggies. That feels like magic—healthier eating with no willpower required.
Sounds amazing, right? Let’s talk about how to make this healthy miracle a reality.
Making the 60-Second Veggie Tray
To get the best results from your veggie tray, we recommend having one day a week be the day that you set up your tray. As the week goes along, you can refill as needed. When you get to the end of the week, use all the veggies (see roasted veggie side as one idea below), then reset with all new fresh veggies.
Veggie Tray Steps
Pick one day each week to prep your veggie tray. (Sundays, maybe?)
Hit the store. Buy pre-washed and pre-cut veggies to save time.
Assemble the tray. Pick a container. There are versions with 4, 6, and 8 sections. Dump in the veggies, and you’re done in 60 seconds flat.
Enjoy all week. Use your veggie tray for snacks, lunches, salads, or as a quick dinner side.
Refill as needed. If you run out midweek, restock the sections with new veggies.
Use up the Leftovers. At the end of the week, use the leftover veggies by roasting them. Eat them as a roasted veggie side at dinner.
To Prep or Not to Prep?
Although you can wash, prep, and cut every vegetable on this list yourself, you don’t have to. Many veggies come in bite size, no prep options like baby bell peppers, grape tomatoes, or baby cucumbers. Others may just need a quick rinse and a couple of cuts to make them veggie tray-ready— like broccoli, celery, or cauliflower.
For the veggies that take some time to prep, be honest with yourself and ask if you’ll really go through all the work to peel each carrot and cut it into sticks. Or will having all the prep work already done for you be the key to your veggie tray success?
Veggies to Include:
Baby carrots
Baby bell peppers
Baby cucumbers
Celery sticks
Cauliflower florets
Sugar snap peas
Broccoli florets
Grape tomatoes
Jicama sticks
Radishes
Your Week-by-Week Veggie Habit Challenge
To take full advantage of the 60-second Veggie Tray, you may want to use try some healthy dips, use it to make a fancy salad, or use it to make a roasted veggie side dish. But, you don’t have to do all that at once. Take a look below to see how we break this one habit experiment into 4 weekly bite-size experiment opportunities.
Week 1
The 60-Second Veggie Tray
Pick your favorite pre-washed and prepped veggies of our list to dump into a clear, attractive container. See below for Amazon links.
Week 2
Delicious Dips (that happen to be healthy, too)--
Buy or make healthy-ish dips that make veggies craveable.
Week 3
The 2-Minute Salad (courtesy of the Veggie Tray)
Raid your veggie tray to throw together the speediest, fancy salad ever.
Week 4
Roasted Veggie Side
Use up your Veggie Tray leftovers by throwing them on a sheet pan, roasting them in the oven, and sprinkling on some "Flavor Sprinkle" blends. Coming later this month.
Don’t let your imagination stop there. I’m using my leftover veggie tray to make soup tonight. There are lots of ways you can use your veggie tray in dinner and lunch recipes to make meals easier all week long.
Finding the Best Containers:
Getting the perfect snack container is critical to the success of your Veggie Tray Experiment. In order for this experiment to work, you have to have veggie containers that are:
Clear, so you can see your veggies at a glance.
Divided, to keep everything fresh.
Rectangular or square, so they fit well in your fridge.
Here are a few options:
We tested and loved these products, and they’ve helped us make our veggie habit stick.
WARNING—(Hand-wash only. Don’t put these in the dishwasher, or they will warp.)
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You Don’t Have To Do It Alone
If you love the idea of making a veggie tray, but you feel stuck, reach out to your dietitian for help. There are a million ways to be healthy, but your dietitian helps you to find your personal “recipe.”
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