This adventure will introduce or reinforce healthy eating habits, including making the right food choices and practicing good hygiene. Activities will also focus on good manners at mealtime. In addition, the adventure will give each Tiger an opportunity to perform a useful service for their family.

• Making healthy food choices

• Trying new fruits and vegetables

• Developing manners when eating

• Practicing basic food-related hygiene

• A Scout is clean, helpful, courteous.

Complete requirements 1 and 2 plus at least two others.

1. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, or with your den, find out about good food choices and not-so-good choices. Identify three foods that you think would be good choices and three foods that would not be good choices.

2. Explain the importance of hand washing before a meal and cleanup after a meal. Then show how you would do each.

3. Show that you know the difference between a fruit and a vegetable. Eat one of each.

4. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, pick a job to help your family at mealtime. Do it for at least four meals.

5. Talk with your parent, guardian, or other caring adult about what foods you can eat with your fingers. Practice your manners when eating them.

6. With your parent, guardian, or other caring adult, plan and make a good snack choice or other nutritious food to share with your den.

This adventure has several choices based on which activities you choose to do with your den. This den meeting plan, when followed as written, meets the requirements to earn this adventure. If you choose to make adjustments, be sure you complete at least the minimum requirements.

Meeting 3 will be a den outing to a grocery store, farmer’s market, or farm. In advance of the outing, the leader will need to make arrangements with the outing location and confirm the outing plan with families, including transportation and any additional items they need to bring.

See the appendix for optional den meeting activities, including openings, gatherings, and closings.