Melvin ate the following on Sunday: Breakfast: 1 English muffin, 1 T. strawberry
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Question
Melvin ate the following on Sunday:
Breakfast: 1 English muffin, 1 T. strawberry jam, 2 C. black coffee, 2 T. cream
Lunch: 1 breaded fish sandwich (bun, 2 T. tartar sauce, 2 oz. processed American cheese, 3 oz. fried breaded fish, 2T. shredded lettuce), 1 C. lettuce salad with 2 T. oil and vinegar dressing, 12 oz. root beer
Supper: 2 C. spaghetti with meat sauce (1 ½ C. pasta; 2 oz. sausage, ½ C. tomato/vegetable sauce), 1 C. raw carrots, 1 C. strawberry gelatin with marshmallows, 1 C. 2% milk, 2 bread sticks
According to My Plate, how many cups of the Vegetable Group equivalents did he consume?
Explanation / Answer
Melvin ate the following on Sunday:
Breakfast: 1 English muffin, 1 T. strawberry jam, 2 C. black coffee, 2 T. cream so in breakfast he has not taken any vegetable group .
Lunch: 1 breaded fish sandwich (bun, 2 T. tartar sauce, 2 oz. processed American cheese, 3 oz. fried breaded fish, 2T. shredded lettuce), 1 C. lettuce salad with 2 T. oil and vinegar dressing, 12 oz. root beer
in lunch he took 1 cup lettuce salad this is equivalent to 1/2 cup vegetable group.2T shredded lettuce - In a vegetable group 2 cups of leafy green vegetables considered 1 cup . 1 cup is equivalent to 16T, 2 T shredded lettuce = 1/8 * 1/2 = 1/16 cup
Supper: 2 C. spaghetti with meat sauce (1 ½ C. pasta; 2 oz. sausage, ½ C. tomato/vegetable sauce), 1 C. raw carrots, 1 C. strawberry gelatin with marshmallows, 1 C. 2% milk, 2 bread sticks.
In Supper he took 1/2 C tomato/ vegetable sauce it is equivalent to = 1/4 cup of vegetable group as 1 cup vegetable sauce is equivalent to 1/2 cup vegetable group.besides this he took 1C raw carrot is equivalent to 1 cup vegetable group.
so according to my plate Melvin took in Breakfast no vegetable groups
in Lunch he took 1 cup lettuce salad = 1/2 cup vegetabel group + 2 T shredded lettuce = 1/8 * 1/2 = 1/16 cup vegetable group = 1/2 cup+ 1/16 cup= 9/ 16 cup vegetable group.
In Supper he took 1/2 C tomato/ vegetable sauce it is equivalent to = 1/4 cup of vegetable group + 1C raw carrot = 5/4 cup vegetable group
so all total = Breakfast+ lunch+ Supper = 0+9/16 +5/4 = 29/ 16 cup of vegetable group = 29/16 cup of vegetable group equivalents he took on sunday.
* According to my plate 1 cup of raw or cooked vegetables / vegetable juice , or 2 cups of raw leefy green vegetables considered 1 cup from vegetable group.