1. My Plate Final Assignment DUE January 13, 2012 Creative Foods

2. Final Assignment 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 –Step by step and final product picture –7 paragraph essay on the nutritional benefits of each food on the plate

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4. Food Groups Grains Vegetable Fruits Dairy Protein

5. Example

7. 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

8. 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

9. Essay 7 paragraph essay on the nutritional content of your meal. Briefly describe the nutritional importance of each menu item. Example: Chili –ProteinChoose only 1 –Lycopene in tomatoestopic to discuss –Capsaicin in chipotles

10. Fruits and Veggies Strawberries –Vitamin C –Anthocyanins Carrots –Vitamin A (Beta-Carotene) Celery –Vitamin C –Potassium –Folate All contain fiber

11. Chips and Dairy Whole grain Corn Chips –Carbohydrate –Thiamin –Niacin Milk –Calcium –Vitamin D –Riboflavin –Protein

12. Essay Example Introduction paragraph –Describe why you chose the meal and recipes you made. 2 nd -6th paragraph choose one nutrient that is found in your meal for each food group, cannot repeat information. Last paragraph –Describe the results, the taste, texture, and appearance of the meal. Would you make it again? No plagiarism

13. 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

14. 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 nsmartschan@eastpennsd.org nsmartschan@eastpennsd.org

15. 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.p hp?info_center=4&tax_level=1http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.p hp?info_center=4&tax_level=1