Review safe cooking tips-cutting with knives, hot stoves and utensils, cleaning vegetables, etc. Make the recipe the students choose during the lesson. Today's recipe features a variety of fresh vegetables. This makes it easy to eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day. In fact, the risk of cancer is cut in half when you eat five or more servings of fruits and vegetables daily.
Vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
They are low in fat and calories. A serving size is cup cooked or raw vegetables, one cup of leafy vegetables, or cup of vegetable juice. Students should count the number of vegetables in the selected recipe and how many servings of vegetables they eat. Brainstorm other ways to add fruits and vegetables to their diet. Eat baby carrots as a snack.