Fall In Love With Legumes!

In honor of National Nutrition Month (March), my community nutrition team and I held a program called "Fall in Love with Legumes!" at the West Hartford Fellowship housing complex. Participants learned some new easy ways to incorporate legumes into their diets, using food demos and tastings. In addition, I had participants estimate the correct portion sizes for cheese, meat, and crackers. Volunteers won an apple notepad!

I showed a simple technique for cutting green peppers into shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day...

And, I demonstrated how to create the Perfect Platter dinner, a meal that can incorporate legumes, using MyPlate as a guide.

Click here to read a full reflection of, and the lesson plan for, this program. Or, click on the photo to see more happenings from this event.