Food Detective Berry Blue explains how to read a recipe card, why it’s important to check to make sure you have all the ingredients before starting, and why it’s a good idea to have a grown up make the recipes.

Food Detective Berry Blue answers the question, “Why is breakfast the most important meal of the day?” She then gives examples of a variety of healthy breakfasts.

Food Detective Berry Blue explains the concept of balancing the energy we take in with the energy we burn. She describes the way food produces energy through calories.

Food Detective Berry Blue encourages the student to become a food detective and to find as much information as possible about making healthy food choices. She then offers several sources of finding information about healthy foods.

Food Detective Berry Blue explains how advertising influences our decision to buy and consume foods. She also notes that our friends often influence our food decisions.

Food Detective Berry Blue explains that we research healthy beverages the same way we look for healthy foods – by reading the product labels. Using three fictitious drinks, the food detective helps identify unhealthy ingredients on the...

Food Detective Berry Blue introduces the concept of classifying foods based upon our five senses. She gives examples and makes a short list of classifications for each of our five senses.

Food Detective Berry Blue compares two breakfast cereals by comparing their labels. The Food Detective explains which are healthy ingredients and which are not. She then asks the student to choose the healthier breakfast cereal.

Food Detective Berry Blue completes her discussion of the Fabulous Five Food Groups by talking about the meat group. She describes the benefits we receive from protein, but cautions us to eat smaller portions of meat to avoid fat intake....

Food Detective Berry Blue focuses on the grains group of the Fabulous Five Food Groups. She gives examples of foods made from grains. She describes the lifecycle of a wheat plant. Finally, she explains the nutritional value of grains in...

Food Detective Berry Blue talks about the variety of foods included in the milk group of the Fabulous Five Food Groups. She describes the processes involved from milking a cow until the finished milk appears on our grocery store shelves....

Food Detective Berry Blue talks about the delicious and nutritious fruit group. She describes the way fruit grows and how fruit can be purchased fresh, canned, or frozen. She lists several delicious ways to serve fruits, and the various...

The Food Detective Berry Blue reviews the information your student has learned about eating a healthy diet. Food Detective Berry Blue recaps what we’ve learned by providing answers to the important questions of why, what, how, when, and...

The Food Detective Berry Blue shows some of the methods advertisers use to trick us into buying merchandise. She then explains how you can make sure that, when it comes to buying food, you’re buying the healthy, nutritious food that you...

The Food Detective Berry Blue explains how to choose healthy snacks and describes some healthy habits to remember when it’s snack time. Food Detective Berry Blue and the student then play a healthy snack food game called, “This or That.”

The Food Detective Berry Blue explains how to use the Fabulous Five Food Groups to make your dinner a winner. She and the student will play a healthy dinner food game called, “What’s Missing?”

The Food Detective Berry Blue explains why lunch is an important mid-day meal, and then encourages your student to play a healthy lunch food game called, “What Will You Choose?”

The Food Detective Berry Blue talks about the grains group. She explains the way that grains grow and how grains can be found in so many different kinds of food. She then invites your student to play another food game called, “Which...

The Food Detective Berry Blue talks about the milk group. She explains that in addition to providing protein, milk is one of the best sources of calcium.

The Food Detective Berry Blue explains why protein is such an important component of our diet and then plays a “find the protein game,” called “Meat or No Meat.”

The Food Detective Berry Blue talks about one of the Fabulous Five Food Groups – Fruits. She compares fresh fruits to canned or frozen fruits and then invites your student to play a game of Fruits of the Rainbow.

The Food Detective Berry Blue talks about one of the Fabulous Five Food Groups – Vegetables. She compares fresh vegetables to canned or frozen and raw vegetables to cooked vegetables.

The Food Detective Berry Blue introduces us to the Fabulous Five Food Groups. She explains what is in each group and why a healthy balance of foods from these food groups makes up the best fuel for our bodies.

The Food Detective Berry Blue talks about calories and what happens to our bodies when we eat too many calories. She then introduces us to the USDA MyPlate recommendations for eating healthy, balanced meals.