In Savvy Scientists today, we ATE and ATE and ATE! We had lots of vegetables and fruits, though to ease your mind! We wanted to see if we could figure out what plant parts we were eating. We had broccoli, potatoes, apples, carrots, sunflower seeds, crackers, and pizza. What? Crackers and pizza??? Those aren't fruits or veggies! But... guess what? They are made from plants! Did you know cereal is even made from plants? Raisin Bran has grapes (the raisins) and wheat. Even the sweet stuff comes from plants (corn syrup, sugar... who knew?) We sifted through our food and classified which food went in the categories of roots, leaves, seeds, and stems. Then we looked at our pizza and deciphered which parts were plants. We determined that the crust was made of wheat, and the sauce is made from tomatoes. We even decided that pizza has garlic and herbs, and there is usually some sort of oil put on the pizza whether it be vegetable oil, olive oil, peanut oil, etc. So, before you take that next bite of food, think about what plants you might be eating. You would be surprised!
