Two more foods that fit in the Meat & Beans Group are poultry and seafood. These foods offer nutrients similar to others in the Meat & Beans Group, but they are generally lower in fat. You can achieve greater variety in your menu planning when you know how to cook with protein sources other than ground beef.

Lesson Objectives

1. Explain proper methods of selecting, cooking and storing chicken and turkey.
2. Identify proper methods of selecting, cooking and storing seafood.

Required Materials

• TV and VCR
• Your videocassette

Betty Crocker’s Cookbook:

• Look up "Poultry" in Index and read information on pages listed.
• Read textboxes and charts in "Poultry" section of cookbook.

• “Roasting a Turkey:" While you watch the video, have the Mastery Check questions with you for reference.