Fit For Life Healthy Eating – Healthy Lifestyles The Plate Method

Today’s Snack  Various Vegetables What is your favourite vegetable here? Are there any vegetables you’ve never tried before? What are some other vegetables that you like to eat that aren’t here today?  Dip Tasty addition to our raw vegetables with different spices added

What is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?  A vegetable is any edible part of a plant Seeds Stems Leafs Roots Fruit itself  A fruit is the part of the plant that contains seeds for replanting  Another way to classify fruit and vegetables is based on taste. Some people believe that fruit have a sweeter taste than vegetables do, making fruit more of a dessert, and vegetables more of a meal.

What is the difference between a fruit and a vegetable?  Common “vegetables” that are actually fruit tomatoes cucumbers squash and zucchini green, red, and yellow peppers peas pumpkins

The Plate Method  Is it easy to remember everything you’ve eaten all day long?  A good trick to try to ensure you’re getting all of your food groups is to use the Plate Method

How to use the Plate Method

Activity  Using the handout given, pick some of your favourite foods and draw what it would look like if you were serving it according to the plate method.  Is this what your plate typically would look like at home?  At the end we will share our drawing with the people at our table and talk about our favourite foods.

Sharing our favourite foods  Take a minute or two and share your drawings with the others at your table  What did you do if you picked a food like stir fry, pizza, or tacos?  Do you think using the plate method is easy?

Are there any questions about anything we’ve learned today?

See you next week!