These CARE Connection lessons, created by the National Food Service Management Institute, are quickie tutorials to give some easy takeaway information regarding child nutrition.  One of these is about Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition and how to vary them with the children in your care.  My favorite part of it is the idea to serve different colors at different meals during the day.  This enables you to serve the variety of Vitamin A and C via vegetables and fruit while keeping it interesting for the children!  Some examples are: Yellow:  Bananas, Apples and Fruit Cocktail Orange: Apricots, Cantaloupe, and Carrots Red: Apples and Pink Grapefruit White: Applesauce, Jicama and Onions Blue/Purple:  Blueberries and Dried Cranberries Green: Apples, Brocoli, Celery You can find the chart and the rest of the lesson which gives a thorough breakdown of what kinds of Vegetables and Fruits contain Vitamin A or Vitamin C Here or on...