Question

1. Describe a nutritious, appealing meal that you would prepare for a two-year-old. Make sure you follow the instructions from the power point and book about nutrition, color, and variety.

2. Include a picture of the meal that you described above or one that is similar and meets the nutritional requirements for a toddler.

Answer 1

I researched online and created a meal plan that ensures nutrition from all food groups.

Morning:1 small whole-wheat pancake, small melon cut up into slices, and a cup of milk

Mid-morning Snack: 2 whole wheat crackers with peanut butter and1 cup of 100% fruit juice

Lunch: a quarter of an apple, a grilled cheese sandwich (cut into four portions), and green beans (about three teaspoons)

Evening Snack: a cup of strawberry and banana yogurt smoothie

Dinner: a banana, a small bowl of brown rice, about three teaspoons of steamed or boiled mixed vegetables and two small pieces of boneless chicken.

The pancake and wheat crackers provide carbohydrates, and milk provides calcium and peanut butter provides essential lipids to the toddler. Apples will provide vitamin C. The cheese sandwich has carbohydrates and lipids. Green beans and mixed vegetables provide vitamin K, vitamin C, vitamin B2, and fiber along with minerals such as manganese. Bananas provide potassium and essential vitamins. Chicken is a good source of protein. Strawberries provide vitamin C. So, these foods together provide the needed nutrition for one day of a toddler's diet.

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Answer 2

Keep in mind that a two year old's teeth are not completely finished developing. You would want to give them a meal that they can swallow and take down without spitting out.

MyPlate suggests that there are 5-8 different components in a healthy meal.

For a two year old you would want to give them a bottle of milk or apple juice as a drink, a banana or anything soft fruit or vegetable, bread for a wholesome wheat side (add peanut butter or jelly something the child could swallow), yogurt or an egg for some protein or nutrition, and you could give the two year old mini sausages that are cut up.

Now all you have to do is draw :)