Servings? Huh?
February 16, 2008 by Tracee Sioux
Filed under Parenting
My entire life when I’ve heard “5 servings of fruits and veggies every day,” I have always thought 5 servings of fruits and/or veggies in any combination.
No problem.
But, when I was taking the Real Age test I started noticing the grammar read more like 5 servings of fruits and 5 servings of vegetables every day.
Could I have been doing it wrong the whole time?
And what exactly is a serving? See that salad up there? How many servings of vegetables are in it?
6 large cherry tomatoes
1/4 avocado
2 small cucumbers
2 handfuls of different lettuce
3 baby carrots
Does that salad count as my 5 servings …read more




