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Sample one-day menu for Eric, a 7-year-old boy.
Foods |
Number of Food Guide Servings |
Oils and Fats |
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Amount |
Vegetables and Fruit |
Grain Products |
Milk and Alternatives |
Meat and Alternatives |
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Breakfast |
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Cooked oatmeal with |
175 mL (3/4 cup) |
1 |
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berries |
60 mL (1/4 cup) |
1/2 |
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2% milk |
125 mL (1/2 cup) |
1/2 |
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Snack |
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Mini rice cakes |
35 g |
1 |
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Lunch |
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| Sandwich made with whole wheat pita | 1/2 (35 g) |
1 |
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| chicken, | 30g (1 oz) |
1/3 |
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| shredded lettuce, | 60 mL (1/4 cup) |
1/2 |
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| tomato and | 60 mL (1/4 cup) |
1/2 |
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| mayonnaise | 5 mL (1 tsp) |
√ |
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| Fruit cup | 125 mL (1/2 cup) |
1 |
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| 2% milk | 125 mL (1/2 cup) |
1/2 |
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Snack |
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| Carrot sticks with dip | 125 mL (1/2 cup) 15 mL (1 Tbsp) |
1 |
√ |
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Dinner |
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| Baked beans | 125 mL (1/2 cup) |
2/3 |
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| Garden salad | 125 mL (1/2 cup) |
1/2 |
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| Salad dressing | 15 mL (1 Tbsp) |
√ |
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| Roll with | 1 (35 g) |
1 |
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| non hydrogenated margarine | 5 mL (1 tsp) |
√ |
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| 2% milk | 250 mL (1 cup) |
1 |
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Snack |
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| Orange | 1 |
1 |
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Total Food Guide Servings for the day |
5 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
40 mL |
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