Canada's Food Guide
What type of food do we need to eat the most of every day?
What is Vegetables and Fruits?
Which of these drinks are found in Canada’s food
guide?
a) Water
b) Fruit juice
c) Cow’s milk
d) Soy milk
e) Pop
Hint: There are 3 correct answers in this list.
What is water, cow's milk, and soy milk?
True or False?
Eating a balanced snack made with foods from
Canada’s food guide can help give you energy and
nutrients you need to grow
What is True?
Whole grain foods help our body mainly by:
a) Making our teeth and bones strong
b) Giving us energy, especially for our brains
c) Making our muscles strong
d) Keeping our eyes healthy
What is Giving us energy, especially for our
brains?
Which bread gives you more fibre?
a) White bread
b) Whole grain bread
What is whole grain bread?
Which meal matches Canada’s food guide plate?
a. Waffle and water
b. Oatmeal, banana, and milk
What is oatmeal, banana, and milk?
Which snack could we find in Canada’s food
guide?
a) Hummus with veggies
b) Yogurt topped with fruits
c) An apple
d) All of the above
What is all of the above?
Which foods help build muscles?
a) Nuts and seeds
b) Chicken
c) Lettuce
d) Apples
e) Fish
Hint: There are 3 correct answers in this list.
What is nuts and seeds, chicken, and fish?
Name 2 protein foods you can drink.
What is:
• Milk
• Soy milk
• Drinkable yogurt
• Smoothie made with milk, yogurt and fruit
For lunch, we’re having whole grain pasta and
chicken with a glass of milk.
Comparing it to Canada’s food guide, what is
missing from our lunch?
What is vegetables and fruits?
If we are hungry for more than an apple, what
other food from Canada’s food guide can we add
to make a balanced snack?
What is:
• Add a yogurt dip
• Add some peanuts or nuts
• Add a cup of milk
• Add some crackers and cheese
I am a protein food that can be made into a
spread for toast.
What am I?
What is Nuts, seeds, or chickpeas?
Name 2 examples of each:
• Protein foods from animals
• Protein foods from plants
Answer:
Protein foods from animals
• Beef
• Pork
• Fish
• Eggs
• Yogurt
Protein foods from plants
• Beans
• Tofu
• Nuts
• Soy milk
• Peanut butter
Alyssa’s parent asks what Alyssa would like for
dinner.
Think of a dinner menu for Alyssa’s family.
What is any meal with Canada's Food Plate?
Name 3 examples of snacks from Canada’s food
guide.
What is:
• Yogurt and fruit
• Vegetables and hummus
• Crackers and cheese
• Homemade popcorn and a glass of milk
I am a nutrient found in chicken, beef, fish, eggs,
nuts, beans, milk, and cheese. You need me to grow and have strong muscles.
What am I?
What is Protein?