As a Heart Hero, your body needs a variety of nutritious foods in order to work properly. Eating nutritious meals and snacks keeps your body and mind going strong and gives you more energy for play!

Here are four tasty and nutritious recipes you can try at home with the help of a grown-up:

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Go bananas
Bananas and other fruit packed with potassium help muscles work their best.

Milk it
Low-fat milk and other dairy products and fortified milk alternatives are crammed with calcium to build strong bones.

Protein power
Fish, chicken and other lean meats and meat alternatives such as beans and tofu are filled with protein to help keep muscles strong.

Green and orange machine
Leafy green vegetables like broccoli and orange vegetables such as carrots and sweet potatoes are full of vitamins to keep you energized.

The goodness of grain
Choose whole grains such as whole wheat, oats and brown rice more often to give you vitamins, minerals and fibre to keep your heart healthy and strong.