the six (6) food groups
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The Six (6) Food Groups. Now let us view a video on the Six Food Groups of the Caribbean. There are six food groups used in the Caribbean. They are as follows:. Staples Legumes &Nuts Foods from animal source Fruits Vegetables Fats & Oils. Staples. Staples consists of the following: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Six (6) Food Groups
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Now let us view a video on the Six Food Groups of the Caribbean
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There are six food groups used in the Caribbean. They are as follows:
• Staples•Legumes &Nuts•Foods from animal source•Fruits•Vegetables•Fats & Oils
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Staples consists of the following:
Cereals: Bread (from whole grain or enriched flour), wheat flour, corn (maize), corn-meal, dried cereals, macaroni, spaghetti, rice, cereal porridges.
Starchy fruits, roots, tubers/ground provisions: Banana, plantain, breadfruit, yam, potato, dasheen, eddoes, cassava.
Staples
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Legumes & Nuts consists of:
Kidney beans, gungo/pigeon peas, black-eye peas, other dried peas and beans, peanuts, cashew nuts, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds.
Legumes & Nuts
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Foods from animal source is made up of:
Meat, poultry, fish (fresh, canned, pickled, dried), milk, cheese, yoghurt, egg, liver, heart, kidney.
Foods from animal source
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Fruits consists of:
Mango, guava, citrus (orange, grapefruit, limes, tangerine), pineapple, West Indian cherry, pawpaw/papaya, golden apple/Jew/June plum, sugar apple/sweet sop.
Fruits
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Vegetables includes the following:
Dark green leafy and yellow vegetables: Callaloo/spinach, dasheen leaves, cabbage, pakchoy, string beans, pumpkin, carrot.
Other vegetables:Squash,christophene, cucumber,tomato, aubergine/eggplant.
Vegetables
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Fats & oils includes:
Cooking and salad oils, butter, margarine, shortening, ghee, coconut cream/milk, meat fat, nuts, avocado pear
Fats & Oils
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The following shows the portions of foods that should be used when preparing meals from the Caribbean food groups:
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A perfect breakfast to begin the day with is:
Scrambled eggs French toast with a few slices of fresh fruit
at the side. This can be accompanied with a glass of
milk.
Breakfast
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A simple and easy lunch may consist of:
Pelau Fresh salad A slice of avocado A glass of fruit juice
Lunch
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A simple and nutritious dinner can include:
Coconut bake and saltfish buljol A glass of coconut water
Dinner