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Type of Play: Promotion

Subcategory: Spreading the Word

Student Interest Areas: Cross-Curricular, Culinary, Food Service, Marketing, Writing

Grade Level: Elementary & Secondary

Level of Involvement: Going Further

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Use this Play to help students create your school's own healthy eating cookbook. Work with the School Nutrition staff to spread the word about healthy eating and encourage students to think about their favorite foods and how they might make a healthier version—or how they can come up with original new healthy favorites!

Everyone Can:

  • Meet with key people who can help educate students about the benefits of healthy eating and an active lifestyle
  • Help advertise for the cookbook
  • Ask friends and family to contribute recipes
  • Submit artwork for the book
  • Help promote the program

Consider using the Fuel Up to Play 60 Recipe Contest Play and the Fuel Up to Play60 Beyond PB&J: Cooking with Kids cookbook as starters for this school-wide, fun activity that will result in something students and their families can use and reuse for healthy eating in the years to come.

  • Have students meet with the school nurse to get information about healthy eating habits and the consequences of poor health and poor eating habits.
  • Have students meet with school nutrition manager to get information about ChooseMyPlate.gov, healthy eating habits and how to substitute healthier ingredients in various recipes such as whole wheat flour instead of white. This person can also provide guidance on what ingredients might make your recipes easier to add to the school menu.
  • Decide whether you can publish the cookbook locally or will use a full-service cookbook printer. There are even companies which offer to print cookbooks as a school fundraiser. Use the Tools & Resources below to consider ways you can get the community and local businesses to help with your costs.
  • Send home information regarding the cookbook including a request for recipes and information about the sale/distribution of the cookbooks. Be sure to emphasize all deadlines. Remember to emphasize that the goal is to create a cookbook full of nutrient-rich recipes including ingredients such as low-fat or fat free dairy, whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
  • Organize additional pages with health and wellness information including but not limited to conversion charts, a healthy ingredient substitution chart, basic daily nutritional intake information, guides to the various food groups and tips for getting physically active.
This Play may help you meet the goals of the USDA's HealthierUS School Challenge!
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Tools that Can Help:

Tips and Tools for Engaging Businesses
Need outside support or supplies for your Healthy Eating or Physical Activity Play or an event? These tips will help you find the right way to reach out to businesses in your community.

Donation Request Letter Template
This customizable letter is a template you can use to request donations for your Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Plays.

What Foods Can Do For You
Learn why your body loves nutrient-rich foods, and get information on how much of them you should choose each day.

More from Our Teammates:

Healthy Recipes: A Guide to Ingredient Substitutions
This resource from the Mayo Clinic provides suggested alternative ingredients for items that may be less nutrient dense or higher in fat and calories. Students can try using these substitutions in the recipes they create.

Recipes for Healthy Kids
This contest, run by First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative and the USDA resulted in multiple nutrient-rich recipes created by kids across the country. Visit the site to get ideas for your own creative cookbook recipe.

Schools Enlist Students to Create Nutritious School Lunches
This brief summary of a Balitmore Sun news article describes ways schools across the nation are increasingly involving students in developing nutritious school menu offerings.

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