Category: Healthy Eating

Oatmeal with Fruit: How do I adapt the FUEL plate to breakfast?

  Okay… so the FUEL plate doesn’t actually have to be a plate.   The general guideline for FUEL is that half of your meal is vegetables and/or fruits, one quarter whole grains or potatoes and 1/4 lean protein source.  Most of our participants choose to make half of breakfast fruit, half of lunch vegetables,…Continue Reading Oatmeal with Fruit: How do I adapt the FUEL plate to breakfast?

FUEL Meal Ideas

FUEL is a plate-based approach to healthful eating.  Simply fill one half of your plate with colorful vegetables and fruits, one quarter with whole grains or potatoes, and one quarter with lean protein sources (beans, fish, poultry, low-fat dairy, etc.). Click on the images below to see a list of plant-based and flexitarian FUEL Meal Ideas available in the…Continue Reading FUEL Meal Ideas

Building a Healthy Plate: FUEL

  Paleo, vegan, low carb, low fat… with all of the diet buzz, it is easy to get confused about how to eat a healthy diet. For over ten years, I have used a plate-based approach to guide food intake.  Simply fill half of your plate with vegetables and/or fruits, one quarter with whole grains…Continue Reading Building a Healthy Plate: FUEL