Purchasing the basic ingredients for a dish and preparing it

Food that requires no preparation

A decoration you can eat that adds color to meals

Food that retains most of the physical and nutritional qualities that it had at harvest

Foods that are purchased and eaten shortly after they are harvested

Ways and means, such as time and money, available to complete a task

Food that needs some preparation and requires the addition of other ingredients

Food that requires little or no preparation time before eating

Combines the speed of convenience foods with fresh foods

Adding chopped fresh parsley and freshly browned ground beef to jarred spaghetti sauces is an example of ​ ​ ​

Which of the following is a highly processed food?

Food packed in a can, bottle, jar, or pouch are ______ foods.

Which of the following helps you stay within a food budget

Which of the following is an appealing meal technique?

When choosing foods for your meal, you should avoid______.

Minimally processed foods have fewer ingredients than highly processed foods

A cake mix that must be mixed with eggs and water beofre being baked is a partially prepared food

Most recipes require special equipment

Food preparation skills improve with practice

If you have plenty of time to prepare a meal, you should choose easy to prepare foods

A meal with many strong flavors is appealing to the taste buds

Serving both hot and cold foods makes meals appealing

If all the foods in a meal are similar colors, the meal looks appetizing

For the healthiest meals, choose your proteins first.

If preparation time is limited because you are serving an early morning breakfast, you should plan a meal that is quick to prepare.