My Plate Final Assignment DUE May 29, 2012 Creative Foods

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

Food Groups Grains Vegetable Fruits Dairy Protein

Example

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.

Paragraph 2 Chili –ProteinChoose only 1 –Lycopene in tomatoestopic to discuss –Capsaicin in chipotles

Veggies – Paragraph 3 Carrots –Vitamin A (Beta-Carotene) Celery –Vitamin C –Potassium –Folate All contain fiber

Fruit – paragraph 4 Strawberries –Vitamin C –Anthocyanins

Bread and Grain – paragraph 5 Whole grain Corn Chips –Carbohydrate –Thiamin –Niacin

Dairy – paragraph 6 Milk Calcium Vitamin D Riboflavin Protein

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

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

Upload Final Project to Google Docs Go to Moodle 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

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