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Chapter 16: Planning Nutritious Meals and Snacks

Chapter Summaries

Successful meals and snacks should match your needs, preferences, resources, and skills. When you plan meals, you may need to make trade-offs to manage your time, energy, and budget. Breakfast provides food energy and nutrients for your day. Nutritious breakfasts can include easy-to-prepare, nutrient-dense foods you like. Meals can be light or hearty. Plan meals that provide enough food-group choices to meet your daily nutrient and energy needs. Appealing meals have a variety of colors, textures, temperatures, flavors, shapes, and sizes. Well-chosen snacks also provide nutrients and food energy.

Content and Academic Vocabulary

Content Vocabulary
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resources brunch
trade-off appetizer

Academic Vocabulary
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valid
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