I would love b-fast ideas for lindsay.. she normally just shoves down something quick and I am normally just glad she has eaten something.. today she had a bagel and cream cheese, but obviously there should be better options….. she does like toast.. so maybe
High fiber, wheat bread with preserves instead of jelly and that could count as part of her 6 tsp. of sugars?
Also, any ideas for what a girl might do for lunch at school… they have one salad option but it has mandarin oranges which sounds gross to her… otherwise the only option is sub sand… of course Lindsay has never liked meat and cheese sandwhiches…. Gonna have to get creative…. I am fine with sending her with stuff
Answers:Hmmm... I'll just throw out some ideas and brainstorm here...
Toast would be good, oatmeal, cottage cheese and fruit? , yogurt, apples and PB, granola, any kind of non-sugar cereal, muffins, scrambled eggs, fruit smoothies, crackers with cheese or PB, pancakes, waffles (of course those require cooking, but if you baked a whole batch then you could throw a bunch in the freezer and then heat them up real fast when needed) - some of these could be made the night before so she could just grab them and go. I'll look through my books and see if I can come up with some other creative things.
For lunch - you could look on the menu and try and supplement some of the "not-so-bad choices" with something from home. Like, a hamburger from school with apple slices and bottled water from home - something like that... Wraps are always good - tortilla wraps. You can put anything in those - it doesn't even have to be meat. You could go totally veggie if you want. Instead of a sandwhich, what about using pita bread or something? They have different things at sprouts and trader joe's. Some of their stuff costs more, but you could go and see what they have and get some ideas. Make up a huge salad at the beginning of the week and she could take some for lunch each day and add different things like chicken or nuts and berries, cheese, etc. Part of this challenge is difficult because it requires more preparation in the food area... which is always more time consuming... :)
I'll add things as I come up with them.
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This is from Shirley Stock...
Hi ward members!
So, I have a couple ideas for this. Breakfast ideas at least.
One thing I like is to have cooked rice with berries and diced fruits. You can eat it just like cereal with milk (or coconut milk or rice milk).
Another of my favorites is bran flakes with sliced bananas and thinly sliced apples. No sugar needed because the banana is sweet enough.
Granola in yogurt is always a quick, tasty, and transportable food. Add some diced fruit and it's a parfait.
Fruit Smoothies. Smoothies are kind of involved, but if you have everything prepared beforehand it can be a two minute morning process. Bag together and freeze all you need for a serving, stick it in the food preocessor in the morning and it's ready.
Here are some points on smoothies I shared with a friend a little bit ago:
Homemade smoothies are so much better and tastier than the ones you can buy at the stores, plus you don't add any of the sugars and concentrates and sorbets like they do. It's just straight fruit.
Buying frozen fruits, especially berries, is super expensive. The trick is to buy the fruits fresh and in bulk when they are in season. Then wash and separate or cut them into smoothie portion. Place the amount you would need for one batch in little baggies (we just used the fold over sandwich ones) and put all in a bigger bag and freeze for use throughout the year.
Don't forget the more obscure fruits. They sometimes bring fun flavors to the conglomeration.
Apples always go in raw and first and every time (if it's a whole fruit smoothie). Apple is your base. If it's a single serving smoothie, use a small small apple, otherwise it will cover the other flavors and it makes it blah.
Citrus doesn't freeze well, but orange is a great thing to add every time. When in season, barely peel (maybe use a knife or potato peeler), leaving most of the white outside on b/c that's where most of the healthy stuff is. Juice and freeze into cubes for the rest of the year.
For the sake of your blades, raw on the bottom, frozen on top, with the frozen berries last. Pour in a little water or juice to get it started.
Bananas take over. If you like that flavor, that's cool, but I recommend a quarter of one per serving.
I grew up in a house where dairy wasn't allowed, but if you want to get your share for the day, add in a serving of yogurt on top of the apple.
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