Healthy Plate
Apples, bananas, grapes, and berries belong to this food group.
What are fruits?
Before cooking or eating, you should wash these with soap and water.
What are your hands?
Lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers from a garden can be used to make this fresh meal.
What is a salad?
Carrots, lettuce, broccoli, and peppers belong to this food group.
What are vegetables?
You should wash fruits and vegetables to remove dirt and these.
What are germs?
Food that is grown nearby and eaten soon after harvest is called this.
What is local food?
Beans, eggs, fish, chicken, and nuts help build muscles and belong to this food group.
What is protein?
A knife can help cut food, but it must be used with this.
What is care or safety?
When fruits or vegetables are ready to pick, farmers call this time the what?
What is harvest?
A meal with fruits, vegetables, grains, protein, and dairy is called this.
What is a balanced meal?
Raw meat should be kept away from fresh fruits and vegetables to prevent this.
What is cross-contamination?
Why is cooking with fresh garden food helpful for families?
What is because it can be healthy, tasty, affordable, and helps people know where their food comes from?
Chef Nikki wants to make a healthy plate with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and fruit. Name three food groups on the plate
What are grains, protein, vegetables, and fruit?
Name two kitchen safety rules Chef Nikki would teach before cooking.
What are wash your hands, clean the table, use tools safely, keep raw meat away from fresh food, and listen to the adult or chef?
Chef Nikki has tomatoes, corn, beans, peppers, and lettuce. What healthy meal could she make?
What is a salad, taco bowl, veggie bowl, soup, salsa, or another reasonable healthy meal?