Thank you to our cooks for ensuring our students receive nutritious and healthy meals each day! For more information about National Nutrition Month, you can visit here: https://www.eatright.org/natio...
What can you do at home this month?
- Try a new fruit or vegetable each week during National Nutrition Month®.
- Give family members a role in meal planning and let them pick out different recipes to try.
- Plan to eat more meals together as a family during National Nutrition Month®.
- Explore food recovery options in your community.
- If you watch TV, take breaks during commercials to be physically active.
- Practice mindful eating by limiting screentime at mealtime — including phones, computers, TV and other devices.
- Try more meatless meals — choices like beans and lentils are versatile plant-based protein sources that work in a variety of dishes.
- Let everyone help with food preparation — a skill for people of all ages. If you have kids, there are age-appropriate tasks they may enjoy learning how to do.
- Bring out the flavors of food by trying new herbs, spices or citrus fruit such as lemon or lime.