Take charge of your plate
If you want a straightforward way of balancing your meal, then you should partition your plate into three parts. Firstly, divide it into the half. One side should contain vegetables such as carrots, green beans, spinach or broccoli.
Secondly, split the empty part into two halves. Fill one with foods rich in starch such as brown rice, whole-grain bread, quinoa, potatoes or pasta. In your last section, put foods rich in protein such as lean meat. Again, you may include an eight-ounce glass full of low-fat milk plus maybe a half cup of fruit.
