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Shop like a chef
Let the kids choose a favorite meal for one night of the upcoming week—with the condition that they make a shopping list and shop for the meal ingredients at the market. For example, if they opt for pizza, let them pick out the toppings, the cheese and the tomatoes for the sauce. Then get them involved in the cooking of the meal. They will become budding chefs as they learn by trial and error what varieties of tomatoes work best for sauce and what toppings complement each other.
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Show your true colors
Challenge them to pick out fruits and vegetables of as many different colors as possible, such as green lettuce, red apples, orange squash, purple eggplants and yellow pears. Different colored foods often have different nutrients, and eating a variety of different colors can help ensure balanced nutrition. When you get home, have a contest to see which child can look up and find the most nutrition information about each food color.
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Grow your own
Have them try growing something they find in the market themselves. Many sell starter plants or seeds. The kids can ask farmers at the market for pointers on how to plant and get a successful crop. Farmers might even have recipes they could share so kids can cook what they grow. If your yard is too small for a full-fledged vegetable garden, plant in pots on the patio.
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