Color Your Plate!
Make mealtime fun by placing colorful foods on your child's plate! Eating different colors of fruits and vegetables help keep the body healthy. Eating 5 to 9 servings of colorful fruit and vegetables each day can be fun.
Try these ideas:
- Start the day with fresh fruit, such as an apple or a banana.
- Use the rainbow as a guide. Have your child match a color of the rainbow with the fruit or vegetable they like to eat.
- Add a small bag of cut up vegetables to your child's lunch. Make them easy to grab and eat for lunch or snack. Celery or carrots are good ideas.
- Give your child some frozen grapes or blueberries.
- Have your child help plan and prepare meals
- Let your child pick some fruits and vegetables at the store that thy would like to try.
- Make a shipping list before going to the store.
- Add in a serving of fruit by making a fruit smoothie or homemade salsa.
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