SANITY SAVER Q & A

From Melissa - "Any ideas for lunch other than the usual chicken nuggets, sandwich, etc.?"

Thank you so much KayLynn for your response. I will be using these ideas for myself!
Here's what she had to say:

"-A daycare I used to work at would make this for the kids for lunch from time to time. Crackers, cheese, and meat. What I do is I put several different types of crackers on Brenna's plate. I dice up cubes of cheese or cut small slices of cheese into little squares. I do the same with the meat. Sometimes I just cut up lunch meat in little squares and sometimes I dice up cooked chicken or ham. She makes little cracker sandwiches or eats it like finger food and loves it and it's on the healthy side!
-Another good trick this daycare did was give small, we're talking small, portions of food on each kids plate so they don't get overwhelmed with so much. Then the kids would ask for seconds, thirds, and fourths because they would eat it all up fast.
-This tip I got from Kristen Cheney . . . Use a cupcake/muffin pan with six cups as a plate. Kids think that it is fun to have small little portions of six different things. Then again you aren't serving large amounts, which might just get them to eat more.
-Another favorite of mine (we sometimes use this for dinner too) is to make Italian Grilled cheese sandwiches. You butter (I like to use garlic butter) the bread like you are making a grilled cheese and once it is buttered you sprinkle Parmesan cheese on the butter before putting it in the pan to cook. Then you use mozzarella cheese instead of american or cheddar. Cook like a grilled cheese sandwich. Then I cut the sandwich into small strips and offer pizza sauce for Brenna to dip her sandwich in. Super yummy!
-These are random foods I add to Brenna's plate at lunch as a side instead of chips or tater tots. Pretzels, sunflower seeds, craisins, mini marshmallows, and mini rice cakes. Brenna really likes it when I mix things up and add something different to her plate.
-And my last one: when Brenna wants this for a snack or as part of her lunch she asks to go fishing. I buy stick pretzels and the baby goldfish crackers (these are even a little smaller than the regular ones). I put a spoon full of peanut butter on her plate and she dips her pretzel into the peanut butter and then tries to pick up a fish with it like she is catching fish. Not a bad little snack and she thinks it is fun!"

PRAYER REQUESTS FROM 1/27

Sorry gals, I'm a little late on these.

-KayLynn - praise - baby girl was sideways last time & is the right size!!!

-Dawn - Dad (Jack) not well & giving up. Dawn is caring for him & her family

-Stephanie T. - sick kids & Andy is headed out of town

Also, let's be praying for each one of us as moms & wives!