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  Eats: "Strive for Five"    

9-Feb-2010
Fruits - 3 (3);Vegetables - 2 (2...

food_icon  Fruits - 3: The United States Department of Agriculture sets a serving size of fruit as a single piece, such as an apple or orange. For sliced fruit, a serving is one-half cup. For this activity, fruit juice does not count. Some examples:

1 banana
15 grapes
6 strawberries
2 plums
1 medium apple
2 clementines
2 kiwis
1/2 grapefruit
1 nectarine
1 medium pear
Have: 3 servings
 

food_icon  Vegetables - 2: The United States Department of Agriculture sets a serving size for vegetables to be about one-half cup, or one cup for raw greens like spinach and lettuce. Some examples:

10 baby carrots
1 ear of corn
5 medium broccoli florets
1 medium tomato
5 asparagus spears
Have: 2 servings
 

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