Healthy Meetings

Establish a model of healthy living by the meetings you host.  Offer healthy options of food and beverage.  If meetings get lengthy, provide a quick physical activity stretch break. 

Breakfast foods ·          Fresh fruit in bite-sized pieces or a bowl of fresh fruit ·          Mini muffins or cut large ones in half ·          Flavored yogurt-- low-fat or fat-free ·          Fruit bread--skip the butter or margarine ·          Bagels, small served with low-fat cream cheese, or fruit spread ·          Granola bars ·          Hard boiled eggs ·          Pre-packaged cinnamon applesauce

 

Lunches and Dinners ·          Select a lower fat entrée (12-15 g fat or less) ·          Offer a low-fat vegetarian entrée ·          Avoid fried foods or cream sauces ·          Include fresh fruit ·          Have the desserts cut into half size pieces ·          Include at least one vegetable--cooked or fresh ·          Include whole grain bread--skip butter and margarine ·          Serve salads with dressing on the side-offer one low-fat dressing ·          Box lunch sandwich: meat, cheese, and vegetables on whole grain bread.  Offer meal with fresh fruit, baby carrots or coleslaw, and flavored water or skim milk

Beverages ·          Skim, 1% or flavored milk ·          Coffee (regular or flavored) ·          100% fruit juice with calcium ·          Bottled water, flavored,        sparkling                 or regular ·          Tea, served hot or cold ·          Skim or 1% milk as creamer

Snacks ·          Raw vegetables--cut up and served with a low-fat dressing for a dip ·          Fresh fruit--cut up and offered with low-fat strawberry yogurt ·          Pita wedges with flavored hummus or low-fat peanut butter ·          Pretzels—regular or soft, served with sweet mustard dip ·          Air popped popcorn sprinkled with cheese powder ·          Baked tortilla chips offered with salsa dip ·          Chocolate or confetti angel food cake  ·          Reduced fat whole wheat crackers ·          Unfrosted cake cut in 2” squares ·          Gingersnaps with pumpkin dip ·          2” oatmeal raisin cookies ·          Whole grain crackers ·          Flavored rice cakes ·          Animal crackers ·          Baked chips ·          Trail mix

Serve fruits and vegetables ·          Apple or banana slices with peanut butter dip ·          Washed grapes cut into small bunches of 6-8 ·          Pineapple and melon chunks ·          Orange and kiwi wedges--unpeeled ·          Vegetable coins-- sliced cucumber, carrot, zucchini ·          Jicama sticks, carrots, fresh pea pods and green beans   ·          Seasonal fruits such as Tangerines or Clementines ·          Dried apricots, prunes, raisins, bananas, apples, melons, pineapples, papayas, cantaloupes, watermelons, pears, peaches, and strawberries