My kind of 5 a day

With the onset on January, good clean living and the depression of post holiday dieting, I find myself fantasising about what my ideal 5-a-day would be...

An obvious starter would be a LARGE glass of red wine! There has to be at least one portion of grapes in there.

Second in line would be a large blueberry muffin to go with my morning coffee, again crammed with many 'good for you' blueberries.

In my younger days a toffee apple would have been on the list, but nowadays, my evolving palate woulde always go for 'Eton Mess' - for the uninitiated out there, Eton mess is smashed merangue pieces, held together by whipped double thick fresh dairy cream and garnished with loads of fresh strawberry pieces.

To satisfy my savoury taste buds, a healthy dollop of home-made ketchup on a large hot-dog would definitely do the trick.

Next in line would have to be the old favourite, the cacao bean. This has many uses, not least of all being a prime ingredient of CHOCOLATE, which all my lady friends consume with guilty pleasure as often as they dare. Not me however!

I would always revert back to real fruit or vegetables..... so to top it all in a manner of speaking would be the classic 'Ham and pinepple pizza loaded with garlic and cheese' - in fact, with a little imagination, you could get more than 5 of your daily fruit or veg rations in a single pizza.

The conclusion is therefore that pizza cannot be bad for you if you choose the right ingredients.... Go diet go.

And on that note, I am off to Pizza hut - 'sayanara amigos'