Preparation of children’s meal and reduction of packaging snacks

Sharing some of my ideas of preparation for food for children, especially because we are in the season back to school. We have also made a mission to reduce packaged snacks, but I am still supplying myself in the essential elements and favorites of Thrive Market. < - My link gets you 40% discount on your first order

Hello friends! How are you? I hope you are enjoying the week so far. We are finding that our new routine with the home education situation + LIV is taking a break from the dance (it is true that I am a bit sad, but I definitely do not miss driving 30 minutes there and back twice a day). Now that we are moving and we packed the lunches again, there are a couple of things that I have tried to do differently.

Preparation of children’s meal and reduction of packaging snacks

– Food preparation A ton.

It is very useful to have a fridge full of healthy basic foods for snacks and meals.

These are some of the things I’ve been doing every week:

– Fruit preparation. If there is fruit, ready to go in the fridge, they will eat it absolutely instead of grabbing a bar or a packaged gift. The melons are in season and are very good at this time, so I have been collecting a couple of different melons lately (children love toad skin and golden watermelon) and cutting them to store in glass containers. I also soaked berries in water and vinegar for 2-5 minutes (1 part of vinegar to 3 parts of water), rinsed and let them dry completely. Then I put paper towels at the bottom of a glass container with a lid. They last much more in this way! We usually make a mixture of berries: strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. I also soaked grapes and plums in water + vinegar for about 15 minutes, dry and keep in an open glass bowl in the refrigerator. Children will simply be handcuffed with grapes throughout the day and I love that we all eat more fruits!

– Energy bites. I have enough different recipes here on the blog (how are you!), But a favorite is the equal parts of anacardos and diced dates, cinnamon, a little salt, vanilla extract and a drizzle of Arce syrup.

(That’s why I no longer take food photos for the blog hahaha)

– Protein preparation: grated chicken, seasoned ground meat and egg bites

–Vegetable preparation: I will pear and cut some cucumbers, peppers, carrots. They are easy to serve them and immerse themselves in a hummus or homemade guacadores. They also like Edamame ready to carry.

–Dressing: Hummus and Guacamole are fans’ favorites around here.

– Breakfast optionsLike egg bites, oats during the night, breakfast cookies (they still love them!), Chia Pudding. I also avocado in a click for a school day and serve with Applegate breakfast sausages.

– A different/new/funny thing every week. This can be like a chicken or pasta salad, Spanish omelette, quiche or cold noodle dish with vegetables and proteins that can easily remove from the fridge on their own.

– Reduce packaged snacks.

We still have our go-to, which I will list below, but the reality is that many packaged snacks are expensive and do not have large ingredients. I could make 20 incredible homemade energy snacks for the cost of 2 small four packages in Whole Foods. Our sandwiches were a large part of our crazy grocery budget and it is very easy to make them at home and customize them for children.

Some of the packaged snacks that we still buy:

– Nuts, dried fruits, mixture of trails

– canned beans (for Hummus!) And they also love Lupini’s snack beans from Thrive Market

– Algae snacks

– Gomacro bars

-Poshi veggie packs

-We size of a snack

– Castel

– Chia bags

– Jerky

– Corn pop or chips of seven

– Deli Meat – They will roll it with cream cheese or mayonnaise

– Sardines. In general, I make a melting from Sardina, but children will eat them out of the can directly

– Simple mill products (such as cookies, cookies and baking mixtures)

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– Plan dinner and prepare as much as I can during the day.

We have been making many dinners on the fly since we arrived home from Spain, especially because the pilot has been working/traveling so much. Back to school was the kick in the pants I needed to start planning and making more dinners, instead of last minute food or random meals of Podge Podge. (In addition, I discovered that I really have to plan and prepare dinners when I am a soloist for the raising of the children because by the time we get to sports house, it is dinner time).

Some of my favorite solo dinners are in this publication!

So tell me, friends: What are some of your homemade snacks for children?

XO

Gina