My Plate Final Assignment

DUE May 29, 2012Creative 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

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEFmSk08LIE

Food Groups

• Grains

• Vegetable

• Fruits

• Dairy

• Protein

Example

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

– Protein Choose only 1

– Lycopene in tomatoes topic 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

MilkCalciumVitamin DRiboflavinProtein

Essay Example

• Introduction paragraph – Describe why you chose the meal and recipes you

made.

• 2nd-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• 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

Resources

• http://nutritiondata.self.com/

• http://www.nutrition.gov

• www.choosemyplate.gov

• http://www.webmd.com/diet/default.htm

• http://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=1