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| IN THE KITCHEN |
| Mealtimes are fun times and educational times. We practice our manners, passing food between each other in kid-friendly serving containers, cleaning up after ourselves. I use colorful dishes, placemats, and self service pitchers for milk and juice, hoping to encourage the children to have pride in being able to 'do it themselves'. I try to work in a snack or meal where the kids can help put their own food together, like monkey treats (pb covered bananas rolled in rice krispies), banana split cereal, crackers-meat-cheese, and others. I use the USDA food guidelines while planning weekly menus and avoid processed foods. For infants, I make my own baby food from whole foods, like fresh bananas, apples, sweet potatoes, peas, green beans, peaches, etc... unless parents supply this. |
| Sample Weekly Menu Monday Breakfast - whole grain bagels w/jelly, juice, milk Snack - monkey treats Lunch - stir fry including chicken, peas, apples, & rice, milk Snack - grapes, milk Tuesday Breakfast - apple toast, milk Snack - cottage cheese, mandarin oranges Lunch - broccoli wockly soup w/oyster crackers, milk Snack - apple slices Wednesday Breakfast - hot cereal, milk Snack - triscuit crackers, cheese Lunch - chicken fingers (home made), cheesey beans, milk Snack - graham crackers & milk Thursday Breakfast - pancakes w/bananas or blueberries, milk Snack - wheat thins w/ pb Lunch - bean & cheese burritos, salad, milk Snack - yogurt Friday Breakfast - cinnamon toast, juice, milk Snack - banana bread Lunch - pbj wraps, green beans, milk Snack - deviled eggs |