Submitted by: Coordinated School Health Consultant - Dee Ann Harwell, MS, RD, LDN

Ways to increase fruits and vegetables:

• Serve more raw veggies with low fat dips to increase consumption.
• Serve more individual cooked veggies and less mixed cooked veggies.
• Taste tests to increase children to try new fruits and veggies.
• Add fruit to muffins
• Offer caramel dip with fresh fruits.
• Offer dried fruits to add to cereals.
• Offer fresh fruit with complementary foods: cheese, peanut butter, and yogurt.
• Offer sliced/diced fresh fruits as finger foods.
• Garnish fruits with caramel sauce, chocolate sauce, sugar free whip topping and a cherry.
• Encourage fruit with ice cream.
• Add fruit to jello and serve with sugar free whip topping and cherry garnish.
• Serve shredded carrots in lime jello with sugar free topping and cherry garnish.
• Model good eating habits.
• Use apple corers/slicers, melon ballers, and lemon juice to improve appearance of fruit offered.
• Have theme meals highlighting a cultural fruit or vegetable.

Dee Ann Harwell, MS, RD, LDN
8948 Long Savannah Road
Ooltewah, Tn 37363
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