NUTRITION – PORTION SIZES BY FOOD GROUP
| Food | 1 Serving Equals… |
| Breads, pasta, cereal, cooked grain, etc. | 1 slice of bread (looks like a CD case)1/2 a bagel (the size of a hockey puck)
1 cup cereal (looks like two hands cupped together) 1/2 cup cooked grain or pasta (one cupped palm) |
| Fruits | 1 piece of fruit (the size of a tennis ball)1/2 cup cut up fruit, raw, cooked, frozen, or canned (looks like 7 cotton balls)
1/4 cup dried fruit 3/4 cup 100% fruit juice |
| Veggies | 1/2 cup cut up veggie, raw, cooked, frozen, or canned (looks like the bulb part of a light bulb)1/2 cup cooked, canned or frozen legumes
1 cup leafy greens 3/4 cup 100% vegetable juice |
| Meat, chicken, or fish | 3 ounces (looks like a deck of cards or a chequebook)1 egg |
| Dairy | 1oz. of cheese 1/2 cup ice cream or cottage cheese 1 cup milk or yogurt |
| Nuts | 1/3 cup (a small handful)1 tbsp nut butter (size of both your thumbs) |
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