Fruit Fun
Veggie-Palooza
Grain Greatness
Neat Nutrition
Terrific Terminology
100
Where do you find fresh fruits at the grocery store?
The produce section
100
What happens to the appearance of vegetables when they are overcooked?
The color gets dull
100
What should you never do after you cook pasta or noodles?
Rinse it
100
Apples contain a lot of what vitamin?
Vitamin A
100
What is steaming?
To boil water and cook food in a basket above, letting the steam cook the food.
200
Which fruit lasts longer- citrus and pomes (lemons & apples) or berries (raspberries & grapes)
citrus and pomes (lemons & apples)
200
What colors do bell peppers come in? (5 possible answers)
red, orange, yellow, green, purple
200
Name the three parts of a grain kernel correctly.
A: Bran
B: Endosperm
C: Germ
200
Bananas contain a lot of which mineral?
Magnesium (+100 if you say potassium, too!)
200
What is paring?
It means to prepare fruits or vegetables by peeling the skin for a recipe.
300
What is a drupe? Give 2 examples.
A drupe is a fruit with one large seed or pit in the middle, surrounded by soft flesh and an edible skin. EX: Teacher's choice
300
What should you cook vegetables to?
Al dente
300
What are the 6 types of grain?
Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rye, Corn, and Rice
300
Vegetables contain a lot of this nutrient.
Dietary fiber.
300
What is instant rice? Is it healthier for you?
Rice that has been cooked and dried to be recooked. It is the least healthy version of rice.
400
What are the 6 fruit categories?
Drupes, melons, citrus, tropical, pomes, and berries
400
Why is a thick layer of ice on frozen vegetables bad?
It indicates that the food has been thawed and refrozen
400
The United States is the biggest producer of which grain?
Corn
400
Which carb is better for you- simple or complex?
Complex (list an example of each for 100+)
400
What does it mean when a product is "whole grain"?
It means the product used the entire grain kernel.
500
Teacher Quiz! Your teacher will name of 5 fruits and you have to correctly identify the fruit category.
Teacher's Choice
500
What three ways can you purchase vegetables?
fresh, canned, frozen
500
Describe each part of the grain kernel (there are 3)
Bran is the edible outer layer
Endosperm is the filling
Germ is a seed that grows into a new plant
500
What is the difference between pasta and noodles? Noodles have _________ added to them (HINT: It's an ingredient and it is not flour)
Eggs
500
Fruits contain a lot of this (vitamins, minerals, fiber, and...)
Phytochemicals