Food Coloring Pages
Welcome to my Food coloring pages section.
Food is full of surprises. A strawberry wears about 200 seeds on the outside, the first carrots people grew were purple and yellow, and a cow chews her dinner twice.
Jump to: Nutrition | Food Groups | Chefs | Treats | Feasts with Family
Nutrition
Canada's Food Guide pictures a healthy plate in three parts: half vegetables and fruits, a quarter whole grain foods and a quarter protein foods. Water is the drink of choice. Protein foods include beans, lentils, nuts, eggs, fish and meat, plus milk and yogurt, and the guide suggests choosing plant-based protein more often.
It has one more tip that has nothing to do with food groups: eat meals with family and friends.
Drink Water
Canada's Food Guide doesn't stop at the plate. Right beside it sits a glass of water, because water is the drink your body needs most.
Food Groups
Canada's Food Guide pairs vegetables with fruits. Here, fruits and vegetables each get a spot of their own, with grains right behind them.
Fruits
A fruit is the part of a plant that grows from a flower and holds the seeds. By that rule a pumpkin, a cucumber and even a pea pod are fruits too.
Vegetables
A carrot is a root, spinach is a leaf and broccoli is a flower picked before it opens. Vegetables come from every part of a plant, which is why they look so different on the plate.
friendly beet
Grains
Bread, pasta and porridge all start as the seeds of grasses such as wheat, oats and rye. Corn is a grain too, even though many of us eat it as a vegetable.
Protein Foods
In Canada's Food Guide, milk and yogurt count as protein foods, along with eggs, meat, fish, beans and nuts.
Cows and Milk
A dairy cow drinks close to a bathtub full of water on a hot day, and a big share of it goes into her milk. That milk becomes cheese, butter, yogurt and ice cream.
Turkeys
Turkeys are native to North America, and Indigenous peoples valued them for both food and feathers.
Eggs
Eggs are a protein food, and a hen has to sit on hers for about three weeks before a chick hatches.
Chefs and Bakers
Chefs and Bakers
International Chef's Day is celebrated every year on October 20th to honour chefs around the world. It's a good day to learn a little about cooking.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon comes from tree bark that curls into a scroll as it dries. Bakers use it in cinnamon buns and Mexican hot chocolate.
Sweets and Treats
Candy
Cotton candy was co-invented by a dentist, and it was first sold at the 1904 World's Fair under the name Fairy Floss.
Gingerbread
Gingerbread people are usually credited to Queen Elizabeth I of England, who is said to have had gingerbread figures made to look like the guests at her parties.
Ice Cream
Ice cream is made from milk and cream, so every scoop starts out on a dairy farm.
Ice Cold Treats
Lemons are so sour because they're full of acid, which is why lemonade needs plenty of sugar. Add ice and it turns into one of summer's favourite cold treats.
Ice cold treats coloring pages
Feasts with Family
Nobody eats a feast alone. These are all meals meant to be shared.
Thanksgiving Food
Turkey, corn and pumpkin all started out in the Americas. Wheat is the exception, because it came across the ocean with the settlers.
Thanksgiving food coloring pages
Fourth of July
Independence Day marks the day in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was adopted, and many families celebrate with burgers, ice cream and fireworks.
Barbecue
A barbecue brings people together around the grill. Burgers, sausages and veggies are the stars, and everyone else brings the sides.
Picnics
A picnic is just a meal moved outdoors, and the best ones come with a blanket and a few uninvited ants.
Diwali
A box of sweets is the classic Diwali gift. Families share them with relatives, friends and neighbours, and visiting someone's home on Diwali usually means being handed a plate.
The Little Red Hen
In this old folk tale, the Little Red Hen finds some grains of wheat andasks the other farm animals who will help her plant it, cut it, grind it and bake it into bread, and every time they say "not I."
