Sauces give foods moisture Colour a variety of ingredients will help to provide colours which can improve the presentation of meals Presentation The skill of plating is to arrange and or decorate meals to enhance the aesthetic appeal. Foods can be presented in many formats: Classical Stacks Scattered. Nutritional balance means that meals include foods from each of the groups which provide essential nutrients. The core groups are: Dairy foods and Vegetables and Protein rich Grain foods dairy Fruit Legumes alternatives Wheat Products Meat (lean) Milk (reduced Fresh Vegetables fat) Breads Beef and Cooked Cooked veal Fresh Pasta Raw (Salad) Raw (Salad) Pork Canned Cous cous Lamb Powdered Noodles Goat Cracked (Bulgar) Game Rice Products Canned (No Poultry (lean) Yoghurt Canned (No added salt) added sugar) brown Chicken Plain Noodles Duck Flavoured Corn products Frozen Seafood Cheese Dried Polenta Fish Shellfish Oats Dried Soy products Alternatives Juice Porridge Dried peas Tofu Calcium enriched soy Muesli Chickpea Bean curd Dried beans Tempeh Lentils Other grains Other protein rich foods Barley Nuts and Millet seeds Quinoa Legumes/ pulses And small amounts of:
Sauces give foods moisture Colour a variety of ingredients will help to provide colours which can improve the presentation of meals Presentation The skill of plating is to arrange and or decorate meals to enhance the aesthetic appeal. Foods can be presented in many formats: Classical Stacks Scattered. Nutritional balance means that meals include foods from each of the groups which provide essential nutrients. The core groups are: Grain foods Vegetables and Legumes Protein rich Dairy foods and dairy alternatives Fruit Wheat Products Breads Pasta Cous cous Noodles Cracked (Bulgar) Fresh Vegetables Cooked Raw (Salad) Meat (lean) Beef and veal Pork Lamb Goat Game Milk (reduced fat) Fresh Canned Powdered Cooked Raw (Salad) Rice Products brown Noodles Canned (No added salt) Poultry (lean) Chicken Duck Yoghurt Plain Flavoured Canned (No added sugar) Corn products Polenta Frozen Seafood Fish Shellfish Cheese Dried Oats Porridge Muesli Dried Dried peas Chickpea Dried beans Lentils Soy products Tofu Bean curd Tempeh Alternatives Calcium enriched soy Juice Other grains Barley Millet Quinoa Other protein rich foods Nuts and seeds Legumes/ pulses And small amounts of: