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Planning your Meals :Planning your Meals When planning meals, you want to consider the following:
Price
Shape
Texture
Temperature
Color
Price :Price How much do you have to spend?
Grocery List
What’s on sale?
Which stores have the best ‘deal’?
Shape :Shape Have a variety of shapes
Stay away from all 1 shape
Sticks
Circles
Visualize your plate
Do you like what you see?
Make it interesting
Texture :Texture Are there a variety of textures present?
Crunch
Smooth
How could you switch it up?
You have chicken gravy, mashed potatoes and applesauce. How could you change it to give you a variety of textures?
Temperature :Temperature Hot
Cold
Color :Color The more colorful your plate, the more nutritious!
Try adding a green, red, yellow fruit or vegetable!
In a nutshell :In a nutshell When planning a meal, keep these items in mind
Your plates will be more appetizing to you and NUTRITIOS!
You’ll be off to a healthier lifestyle.