1. Making Smarter Choices: Meal Patterns and Menu Planning

2. The Components Component = Food Group (sort of…)

3. Fruit / Vegetable No distinction between fruits and vegetables Forms: –Fresh cooked –Fresh raw –Frozen –Canned –Dried –Juice Types: endless!

4. Fruit / Vegetable

5. D ARK G REEN Fruit / Vegetable

6. R ED AND O RANGE

7. Fruit / Vegetable

8. D RIED B EANS AND P EAS Fruit / Vegetable

9. O THER V EGETABLES Fruit / Vegetable

10. Monday Tuesday Wednesday ThursdayFriday What Your Menu Shouldn’t Look Like…

11. Fruit / Vegetable F RUITS

12. Fruit / Vegetable Smoothies can count toward fruit (as juice) and milk requirements Can’t be the only item at snack Yogurt, peanut butter, and any other ingredient don’t count toward meal pattern

13. Fruit / Vegetable