Fishing with Fruits & Vegetables

Have fun with your kids and try all 5 MyPlate groups with this activity! Kids can help wash and cut fruits and vegetables, mix the yogurt dip, and help with the dishes.

Ingredients

Bait:

Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip
Pumpkin Yogurt Dip
Cottage Cheese Vegetable Dip
Herb Ranch Dip
Plain Yogurt

Poles:

Vegetable sticks (celery, carrots, cucumbers, green peppers, jicama, etc)
Apple slices

Fish:

Fish-shaped crackers, whole-grain cereal, pretzels, etc.

Directions

Wash hands with warm, soapy water for 20 seconds.
Dip a pole in the bait then dip into the fish.
Eat and enjoy your catch!

Makes 20 servings

*Note: please refer to the Nutrition Food Labels in the print or online cookbook for the dip you choose. Contact your county CNP educator if you need help accessing the cookbook.

* The Cent$ible Nutrition Program is funded by USDA SNAP-Ed and EFNEP. SNAP-Ed assists individuals and families who receive, or are eligible to receive, benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). EFNEP assists families and youth with limited resources in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behaviors necessary for nutritionally sound diets and contributes to their personal development and the improvement of total family diet and nutritional welfare. Visit our Qualify page to learn more.

This material was funded by USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – SNAP. This institution is an equal opportunity provider. This material was funded by USDA’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program-EFNEP. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. The full nondiscrimination statement can be found here.

Issued in furtherance of extension work, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kelly Crane, Director, University of Wyoming Extension, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Wyoming Extension, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071.

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