1. 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.

2. 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

3. 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?