Now more than ever kids, adults, families need to be eating nutritious foods. With families on the go, the economy adding more demands on the budget and food prices continuing to rise we need to take care of our health.
The idea of providing snacks for your child might not be a daunting as "Hey Mom, what's for dinner?" but the creative juices might be on kilter as dinner planning. However this does not need to be the case let me give you some great snacking ideas in this article:
Snack time can be as creative or a quick "pick-me-up" before off and running to sports events. They key is to be prepared and plan ahead and in order to do this you need to know what your kids will eat. So when planning recipes, plan with the kids around, get their input.
At weeks beginning, (maybe Sunday night) throw together some nutritious foods such as sliced cucumbers, diced cheese, or baby carrots, put these in small containers that are easy to grab for an on the go snack or easy to pull out and mix, add a dipping sauce for a more creative way of to eat them.
If salad is not your thing you could also brown bag it with the same procedure: choose some of your meal items such as a vegetable casserole, lasagna, or stuffed potatoes- just make your portions smaller, divide into small containers and your off to a manageable meal that wont want you snoozing afterwards.
In a crunch- try stocking up more on the things your family will eat, such as whole grain breads and cheeses, these make a great side dish and can be paired with almost any meal.
If your dinner time is a hectic one, you might assign a different child to help plan and or prepare a meal a certain night of the week. You could also assign different members in the family a part of the meal, say the vegetables, or the drink- divide and conquer is what works best at our home, do what will work best for yours.
Foods create memories, keeping your meals everyday simple will bring you and your family joy as you all can sit down at the table together with out one person constantly slaving over the stove. By planning ahead you can have chicken, pork, or ribs simmering in the crock pot all day and come home to the sweet smell of home cooking.
When making meals the whole family will love, get input and get family members involved in the planning and the cooking. Nothing says together time like cooking.
The idea of providing snacks for your child might not be a daunting as "Hey Mom, what's for dinner?" but the creative juices might be on kilter as dinner planning. However this does not need to be the case let me give you some great snacking ideas in this article:
Snack time can be as creative or a quick "pick-me-up" before off and running to sports events. They key is to be prepared and plan ahead and in order to do this you need to know what your kids will eat. So when planning recipes, plan with the kids around, get their input.
At weeks beginning, (maybe Sunday night) throw together some nutritious foods such as sliced cucumbers, diced cheese, or baby carrots, put these in small containers that are easy to grab for an on the go snack or easy to pull out and mix, add a dipping sauce for a more creative way of to eat them.
If salad is not your thing you could also brown bag it with the same procedure: choose some of your meal items such as a vegetable casserole, lasagna, or stuffed potatoes- just make your portions smaller, divide into small containers and your off to a manageable meal that wont want you snoozing afterwards.
In a crunch- try stocking up more on the things your family will eat, such as whole grain breads and cheeses, these make a great side dish and can be paired with almost any meal.
If your dinner time is a hectic one, you might assign a different child to help plan and or prepare a meal a certain night of the week. You could also assign different members in the family a part of the meal, say the vegetables, or the drink- divide and conquer is what works best at our home, do what will work best for yours.
Foods create memories, keeping your meals everyday simple will bring you and your family joy as you all can sit down at the table together with out one person constantly slaving over the stove. By planning ahead you can have chicken, pork, or ribs simmering in the crock pot all day and come home to the sweet smell of home cooking.
When making meals the whole family will love, get input and get family members involved in the planning and the cooking. Nothing says together time like cooking.
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