Healthy & Easy Recipe for National Nutrition Month

The Apple Almond Salad recipe is easy to use when teaching kids about healthy habits, and easy for them to learn some basic kitchen skills, too! At a school or community program (or even at home) use this activity to challenge kids to learn about what they taste. It works with many fruit & veggie-based recipes, but our favorite is this apple-almond salad!

Apple Almond Salad

Prep Time: 10 minutes Serves: 8 servings or 32 (½ cup serving) tasting samples

1 cup non-fat, bottled raspberry vinaigrette
8 small apples, diced
1 cup Craisins® or other dried fruit bits
1 cup chopped almonds
8 cups bagged, pre-cut mixed greens

Directions

In advance, rinse and drain the apples and mixed greens.
In a large salad bowl, add the ingredients and toss gently.
Serve ½ cup tasting samples on small plates with a fork.
Clean work area and utensils with warm soapy water. Rinse with clean water.

Per full-size serving (1 ¾ cups): 221 Calories, 5.2g Pro, 5.9g Fat, 24% Calories from Fat

Taste and Learn Activity

Materials: MyPlate symbol

Fill half of a standard size meal plate with salad and explain it represents the fruits and veggies of the MyPlate symbol.
Discuss how eating that amount at meals helps kids get their suggested daily servings of fiber.
Ask kids to think of the fruits/veggies they ate yesterday.
Did the amount they ate fill half a plate? Have them draw a representation of their plate.
Ask kids to create a menu using the recipe and the other MyPlate food groups (grains, protein and dairy).
Have them create a grocery list for their menu.