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My Plate Final Assignment. Creative Foods . Final Assignment. Your Mission: Make a nutritious meal that contains all of the food groups and resembles the new My-Plate Icon Must include: Recipe and step by step directions to prepare each portion of your meal
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My Plate Final Assignment Creative Foods
Final Assignment • Your Mission: Make a nutritious meal that contains all of the food groups and resembles the new My-Plate Icon • Must include: • Recipe and step by step directions to prepare each portion of your meal • At least 3 pictures (process & final product) • 7 paragraph essay detailing a nutritional benefit found in each food on the plate
Food Groups • Grains • Vegetable • Fruits • Dairy • Protein
Chili • 1lb lean ground beef • 1 (15oz) can black beans • 1 (15oz) can pink beans • 1(10oz) can chipotles with adobo sauce • 1 (12oz) can roasted tomatoes Directions: Place ground beef, beans, chipotles, and tomatoes in a crock pot on low heat for 6-8 hours. *Serve with 1 serving (14 chips) of whole grain tortilla chips
Fruits and Veggies • Strawberries • ½ cup per person • Directions: cut into bite size pieces • Carrots • ½ cup per person • Directions: Cut into matchsticks • Celery • ½ cup per person • Directions: Cut into matchsticks
Essay • 7 paragraph essay on the nutritional content of your meal. • Briefly describe the nutritional importance of each menu item in a brief paragraph. • Example: Chili • Protein Choose only 1 • Lycopene in tomatoes topic to discuss • Capsaicin in chipotles
Fruits and Veggies • Strawberries • Vitamin C • Anthocyanins • Carrots • Vitamin A (Beta-Carotene) • Celery • Vitamin C • Potassium • Folate All contain fiber
Chips and Dairy • Whole grain Corn Chips • Carbohydrate • Thiamin • Niacin • Milk • Calcium • Vitamin D • Riboflavin • Protein
Essay Layout Example • Introduction paragraph • Describe why you chose this meal • 2nd paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your grain • 3rd paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your fruit • 4th paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your veg • 5th paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your dairy • 6th paragraph: describe benefits of a nutrient found in your protein • Last paragraph • Describe the results, the taste, texture, and appearance of the meal. Would you make it again? ***No plagiarism… or else!!!***
Final Project Rubric • Pictures (15pts) Minimum of three pictures • Step by step procedure • Final product • Recipes (10pts) • Essay • Introduction (5pt) • Paragraph 2 (10pts) Nutrient is properly identified • Paragraph 3 (10pts) and explained for paragraph 2-6 • Paragraph 4 (10pts) • Paragraph 5 (10pts) • Paragraph 6 (10pts) • Conclusion (5pts) • Peer/parent evaluation (10pts) • Works Cited/Resources (5pts) 100 Total Points
Resources • http://nutritiondata.self.com/ • http://www.nutrition.gov • www.mypyramid.gov • http://www.webmd.com/diet/default.htm • http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=1
Upload Final Project to Google Docs • Go to Moodle • http://moodle.eastpennsd.org/login/index.php • Log in • Go to Google Docs on the left hand side and click on it • Compose your essay in the word document. • Pictures and recipe can be done in PowerPoint or the document • When completed select the share button on the right hand side and share with aschultz@eastpennsd.org