Feeding Your Flock

1. What are some healthy ideas for feeding your family?

Breakfast:

• Include a protein: Eggs, Turkey, Sausage

• Oatmeal

• Whole grain pancakes

• Fruit bowl - have this available through the day for snacks

Lunch:

• Leftovers from previous dinner

• Keep it simple with sandwiches and fruit

• Have the same thing each day for a week, then rotate to something new the following week

• Keep it healthy with natural PB&J on whole grain bread

Snacks:

• Fruit: oranges, apples, bananas, grapes, strawberries etc

• cheese with whole grain crackers

• Nuts

• Carrot sticks, celery with natural peanut butter

Dinner:

• Have theme nights:

  • Monday= Mexican (plan 4 different Mexican dishes to rotate each week)

  • Tuesday=Crockpot night

  • Wednesday=Italian (plan 4 different Italian dishes to rotate each week)

  • Thursday=Chicken (plan 4 different chicken dishes to rotate each week)

  • Friday=New recipe night (try something new!)

Menu Plan:

• Plan your monthly menu based on the above dinner schedule to make shopping easy.

• Organize items on your list by isle in your favorite grocery store to keep from forgetting items or buying extras.

• Have older children help plan 1 day's menu, have them make grocery list, and help buy items from store.

2.  Tips for nutrition and eating healthy:

• Read labels! Things are not always as they are advertised

• Eat as much "raw" food as you can, vegetables, fruit, salads

• Use whole grains in your meals

• "What the Bible says about Healthy Living" by Rex Russell

• "The Maker's Diet" - By Jordan Rubin

• www.menusformoms.com

3. Additional Tips?

• Avoid MSG, hydrogenated oils, corn syrup, artificial sweeteners, margarine

• Things to eat: raw, as close to the way its grown as possible, steam veggies, use frozen veggies instead of canned, have cut up fruit for desserts instead of sweets