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1 It’s your choice Healthy foods for you & your kids Session 2: Fruits and Vegetables.
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Transcript of 1 It’s your choice Healthy foods for you & your kids Session 2: Fruits and Vegetables.
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Project Sponsors
• USDA project funded through the Food Stamp Program
• School District of Philadelphia • Nutrition Center, Department of Bioscience &
Biotechnology at Drexel University.
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Vegetables
• Taste good• Easy to cook• Can keep you & your
kids from getting sick• Reduces birth defects
when pregnant
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Delicious vegetables
• Broccoli with cheese sauce
• Collards with smoked turkey
• Candied sweet potatoes
• Boiled cabbage
• Corn on the cob
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Getting your kids to eat vegetables
• For finger foods – Cook baby carrots until soft
• Add onions & peppers to scrambled eggs
• Add frozen vegetables to soups
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What’s best – fresh or frozen or canned vegetables?
• Fresh vegetables are best if they are in season (summer & fall)
• Frozen vegetables have good nutrition & easy to cook
• Canned vegetables are fine, but they are high in sodium (drain and rinse)
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Why eat fruit?
• It tastes great!
• Keeps your skin soft and healthy
• Helps fight off sickness and disease
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Answer
• 5 servings or more2 fruits and 3 vegetables
Breakfast Lunch DinnerOrange juice Sandwich ChickenCereal Chips Mashed potatoesMilk 100% juice Broccoli
Afternoon Snack Evening SnackBanana Carrot sticks with
a dip
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Feeding Baby Puzzles
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Breast milkIron fortified formula
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Baby cerealfrom spoon
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1st strainedvegetablesthenfruits
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Minced meatEgg yolkDry toast