leanKitchen: The Teacher’s Pet!

Apr 16th 10

leanKitchen: The Teacher’s Pet!

Tonight, I had parent teacher conferences for my first-grader. After the GLOWING report about my son being such a fantastic student (he’s such a great kid, I’m very lucky!), she commented that she uses his snacks as examples for the other kids. She complimented how healthy his snacks always were, which made me feel great!

(And herein lies the irony: here’s a picture of him an hour later, enjoying a root beer float like it’s going out of style! Hey, I had to reward him ;- )

Root Beer Float!

Nope, I didn’t make supportive ice cream sundaes again, like I did first semester after his other awesome PTC, so we went out for one.

You know how I always talk about how I pre-cook and freeze my proteins (chicken, pork, fish) on Sunday, right?

And how, when I go to the grocery store, I have the kind lady behind the fish department counter season and steam my fish right then and there, so that when I get home, I can simply portion it out in little baggies, and freeze it, pulling it out as needed throughout the week?

Well, I wanted to share a little tip that’s kinda like that, even though it’s not really a recipe, more like a time-saving tip.

When I pre-cook my proteins on Sundays, I also get my sons’ school snacks ready. I do the same thing every week, because he’s in a nut-free classroom, but they must also be healthy. So every week, I go to the local health food store, and buy in bulk plain old sesame sticks, organic raisins, and a weeks-worth of organic fruit leathers. I have anywhere between 5 and 10 (depending on how responsible the little man is with his remembering to bring ‘em home!!)

small plastic lidded containers that I bought at a local bulk store. I just mix the sticks and raisins, pop in a fruit leather, and he’s good!

Sticks, raisins, and fruit leather

I then proceed to stack them in a bottom drawer, for easy self-service so he can be a big helper in the kitchen, and get his own snack packed! It’s a win-win. He feels like a big helper, it’s one less thing I have to do, and it’s also good to have a small snack-stash ready, where they can reach if they need something desparately when I’m in the middle of something else.

Easy access for a little one!!!

And, p.s….that pretty much always happens.

Marissa says:

June 8, 2010 at 21:36

Hi,
I made some fruit leathers, however I was wondering where you bought yours? I would love to buy some to do exactly what you did for the snacks, is that supportive? Because I work 3-11 and my 8pm/11pm snack would be great to have exactly what you did for your son, if it is supportive.
Thanks!
Marissa

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