Meal Planning and Meal Planning and ShoppingShopping

Meal Planning and Meal Planning and ShoppingShopping

Food $ense Nutrition Education

Planning your meals will Planning your meals will help you save money.help you save money.

There are 3 steps to planning There are 3 steps to planning and buying good foods.and buying good foods.

1. Count 1. Count how much how much money money you have you have for food.for food.

2. Plan your meals with a 2. Plan your meals with a variety of colors.variety of colors.

3. Make a 3. Make a grocery list grocery list and buy and buy only the only the food on food on your list.your list.

Reuse the menus you Reuse the menus you plannedplanned

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Plan a healthy breakfastPlan a healthy breakfast

Grain Fruit Milk

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At lunch, drink milk instead At lunch, drink milk instead of soda pop or sugary of soda pop or sugary

drinks.drinks.

At dinner, eat some At dinner, eat some colorful vegetablescolorful vegetables

Eat before you go shopping.Eat before you go shopping.

Remember…Remember…Remember…Remember…

Planning Planning your meals your meals can help you can help you become become healthy and healthy and strong.strong.

Planning Planning your meals your meals can help you can help you become become healthy and healthy and strong.strong.

What Can I Do?What Can I Do?

Eat colorful vegetables for dinner tonight.