Category: Nutrition

  • Let’s Cook Together

    Your Child Will Learn

    Food and cooking vocabulary

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Describe to your baby what you’re going to cook. Talk about each step as you complete it.
    2. Show your baby different ingredients and kitchen tools. Name the items
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  • Family Recipes

    Your Child Will Learn

    Families pass down recipes for memories and special occasions

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Think of a family recipe that is connected to a memory or special occasion
    2. Share how you learned the recipe, who taught it
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  • Let’s Make Pizza!

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to prepare a meal and talk about food they like or don’t like

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather all of the ingredients you need and set them up together with your child.
    2. Let your child
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  • I Can Serve Myself

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to serve themselves food during mealtime

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Talk about the food choices that are on the table.
    2. Show your child how you put food on your own plate, and talk about it
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  • Silly Salad Face

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to enjoy a fun and healthy snack

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Invite your child to make a Silly Salad Face. Ask them what fruits and vegetables they’d like to use to make a face. Choose
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  • Let’s Cook Together

    Your Child Will Learn

    Food and cooking vocabulary and an introduction to cooking

    Here’s What to Do

    1. As you prepare a meal, talk with your child about what you’re cooking and how you’re preparing it.
    2. Invite your child to help
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  • ABC (Apple, Beet, Carrot) Juice

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to prepare and enjoy a healthy food

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather and wash your ingredients (1 apple, 1 beet, 1 carrot, 1 lime, optional small piece of fresh ginger). 
    2. Peel the beet, carrot, and
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  • Let’s Make a Tortilla!

    Your Child Will Learn

    Trying foods that are important to my family / Trying foods that are important to other cultures

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Pour an entire 2.2 lb. bag of masa harina into a large bowl. Add 2
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  • Find the Food Groups

    Your Child Will Learn

    An introduction to food groups

    Here’s What to Do

    1. At the grocery store, talk about healthy food groups as you pass through different parts of the grocery store. Some of the major healthy food groups:
      1. Carbohydrates
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  • Super Smoothie

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to prepare and enjoy a healthy snack

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather smoothie ingredients and a blender or food processor. Try to include one ingredient from each category:
      1. Something frozen (frozen fruit, or ice cubes)
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