Meal Planning

Joe prepared baked fish, pasta with light Alfredo sauce, cauliflower, a roll, milk, and vanilla pudding with a cookie. This meal lacked which appeal characteristic?

• Color

• Flavor

• Shape & Sizes

• Temperatures

After work, Sylvia has a long meeting. She is most likely to choose which meal preparation strategy for a quick, nutritious, and economical dinner?

• eating a late lunch and snacking

• scratch cooking

• semi-homemade/speed-scratch cooking

• finished/convenience cooking

What is a disadvantage of using convenience

foods in recipes?

• adds energy

• adds nutritional value

• adds preservatives

• Adds time

Kelly and Jamie are bringing six children to a cookout with the Simon family. Which is the best example of a primary meal planning principle the Simons need to use?

• age and health concerns

• equipment available

• number of people around the table

• time and energy available

As a single dad, Mike tries hard to buy and prepare lots of fresh fruit and vegetables. In his weekly planning, he also tries to make sure there is a protein food served for at least two meals and avoids buying sugary cereals. His weekly planning strategy includes:

• anticipating what preparation method his family will use to prepare food

• assuring his family gets all of their

  nutritional needs met.

• saving time in planning and shopping.

• using creativity and variety in meal

  planning.

Susan looked at a listing of foods to be served at a dinner party. She was looking at a:

• meal managers list

• meals guidelines

• Menu

• Nutrition Guide

Anne is trying to decide how much food to eat at each meal. She knows she needs about 2,400 calories each day based on her age, body type, and health. About how much of Anne’s caloric needs should come from breakfast?

• 200 Calories

• 400 Calories

• 600 Calories

• 800 Calories

Sally knows she will be out

of town next week, and she is having guests over for dinner when she gets

back. Which time-saving technique is best to use?

• cooking ahead and freezing a meal

• use of leftovers in meal

• using a microwave recipe

• using a slow-cooker recipe

Joan loves taking classes at her local community college in learning to prepare foods from different cultures. She most likely uses which meal preparation strategy

• scratch cooking and finished/convenience

  cooking

• finished/convenience cooking and eating out

• scratch cooking and semi-homemade cooking

• semi-homemade/speed-scratch cooking and eating

  out

Cliff wants to grill hamburgers outside with friends. A meal planning factor that Cliff should consider is:

• a one-dish meal.

• a variety of preparation techniques.

• the whether

• using take out