Road Trip Munchies

CONCEPT: Making Healthy Choices, Recipe Modification

 

BRIEF SUMMARY

Participants complete a worksheet and practice planning a healthy, low phe snack to share with others.

 

OBJECTIVES

After completing this activity, children will be able to:

  • suggest a healthy, low phe snack to take on a road trip (or to another activity with friends)
  • list steps to change a higher phe recipe into a lower phe recipe (substitute a low phe ingredient for a high phe ingredient, eliminate the high phe ingredients, use less of the ingredient than the recipe calls for)

 

METHODS

Distribute the "Road Trip Munchies" worksheet and a Food List to each participant.

Participants complete the worksheet individually. Provide assistance, as needed.

When finished, discuss their answers together.

Reinforce the steps taken to change a higher phe recipe into a lower phe recipe. These include:

  • Substituting a low phe ingredient for a high phe ingredient
  • Eliminating the high phe ingredients
  • Using less of the ingredient than the recipe calls for

Review examples of each of these steps above. Where in the activity did the participants use these steps?

Discuss real-life experiences:

  • Who has been on a road trip? What did you do about food and formula?
  • Who has had to figure out a snack to take somewhere? Where? What did you take?
  • Who has modified a recipe to contain less phe? What recipe?

 

MATERIALS

 

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