What’s Missing? The first plate shows what a healthy plate looks like On the plates that follow, there are parts of the healthy plate that are missing – the part that is missing is marked with Look on your food lists and make suggestions about what foods could go where the is.

Healthy Plate Small piece of fruit 8 oz milk ¼ plate = starchy food ¼ plate = meat A Healthy Plate would look like this. Fill ½ the plate with non-starchy vegetables. On this plate it is a tomato and green beans. Fill ¼ of the plate with lean meat, chicken or fish – this is about 3 ounces. On this plate, it is a lean pork chop. ¼ of the plate is a starchy choice – in this case it is a small baked potato. Add 1 serving of fruit – fresh, canned or frozen. Add 8 ounces of milk Small amount of fat, such as margarine could be added – either in cooking of at the table. For breakfast, use on ½ the plate: 0 – 1 ounce meat 1 serving of fruit 1 serving of milk 1 starchy food, such as toast of cereal ½ plate = non starchy vegetables Healthy Plate

Walk them through this first plate. What’s missing? Answer the ¼ of the plate containing the meat portion. Ask: “What would you put on this part of the plate?” How much? How would you prepare it?