A Healthier Me

Introduction

Greetings class we have been learning about living healthy which includes eating disorders,our behaviors, and what we eat .In this lesson, we'll learn how to eat a healthy and well balanced diet, as it is important to your everyday life.

Task

Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Your task for this lesson will be to remake one of your family's favorite dish in a healthier form. The goal is for each of you to create a healthier recipe of your favorite dish. Each of you will prepare the dish and for the class/parent share on Friday, December 16,2016.

Process

Old Pyramid New Plate

Each of you must complete 4 of the activities listed below.It is mandotory for activity 4 and 5 to be completed.

Activity 1:

Examine the food labels of the ingredients of your favorite dish. Visit this link for assistance

www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/...and-healthy.../healthy-recipes/…; . Use this worksheet to record your information. WORKSHEET.

This worksheet must be submitted.

Activity 2:

Visit www.choosemyplate.com and click "10 Tips Nutrition Education Series". Read "Build a Healthy Meal" and record any of the 10 tips which you connect with in your journal.Think about these questions as you read: What does a healthy meal start with? Which tip do you think is the most beneficial to me and my family?

Activity 3:

Read 1 celebrity interviews about eating health interviews: Complete a 3:2:1 worksheet.

This worksheet must be submitted

11 Healthy-Eating Tips Celebrities Swear By - Women's Health

www.womenshealthmag.com/food/celebrity-diet-tipsActivity 4: This is mandotry to complete and submit.
Complete 2 recipe cards: 1 with the original recipe for your dish ,1 with the healthy recipe for your dish. This recipe crds will be used at the food share as a way to observe who knows which dish is healthier for them. Use this link as a guide: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/p-as_docs/RecipeCard.pdfActivity 5: This is madatory to complete and submitCompose a 1-page reflection about your task Activity 6: View the clips and write your reaction in your journal to share with the class.the class.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSr-vr-a5A0.

Evaluation

Here is the link to acces the rubric which will be used to grade your recipe.

Teaching_Strategies_files/Recipe Rubric.doc - John Zola

Here is an example of my favorite dish remade healthier:

Pound Cake

Image result for picture of pound cake

Oringal Recipe

2 cups butter

3 cups white sugar

6 eggs

4 cups all-purpose flour

2/3 cup milk

The Original
• 707 calories per slice
• 39.6 grams total fat
• 23.7 grams saturated fat

The Healtier
• 294 calories per slice
• 12.6 grams total fat
• 4.7 grams saturated fat

Healthier Recipe

1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise1 3/4 cups sugar1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened2 large eggs12 ounces cake flour (about 3 cups)2 teaspoons baking powder1/2 teaspoon salt1 cup nonfat buttermilk

Conclusion

Give yourselves a round of applause. You have successfully studied a very difficult and personal topic to research . Take what you have learned and begin to help your family to apply it to your lives. I know that you will be able to use what you have learned in your new healthy lifestyle.

Enjoy your winter holiday break.