I needed to go the grocery store on Monday, but got a call from an old friend just as I was walking out the door. By the time I hung up, it was time to rush to a parent-teacher conference. No problem, I’d go the next day.
Except the next day was Tuesday, the day I volunteer at the kid’s school in the afternoon. That evening I had an appointment. Wednesday was jam-packed with work obligations, soccer practice and homework. By Thursday the frig was an empty wasteland of limp celery, old condiments, a few eggs and ½ a gallon of milk. But, I still couldn’t make it to the store.
And, so, I turned to the oldest mom gimmick in the book. The one we all turn to when we’re exhausted, or bored with the usual, or haven’t made it to the grocery store…or all three. Breakfast-for-dinner. The kids (bless them) cheered. They just love breakfast for dinner.
I love it, too. It tastes great, is quick to make and involves minimal clean-up afterwords. But, best of all, there are so many ways to make dinner-for-breakfast one of the healthiest meals around.
Menu 1:
Scrambled Egg & Canadian Bacon
Whole-wheat English Muffins
Tomato wedges
Orange slices, strawberries, or other fresh fruit
Nonfat milk
Menu 2:
Zucchini Waffles (recipe) topped with Black cherries, powdered sugar* and pecans
Nonfat milk
Menu 3:
Carrot Cake Whole-Wheat Pancakes (recipe in Feeding the Kids p. 208!) topped with canned light Whip cream*
Green Eggs and Ham (eggs scrambled with some chopped fresh or frozen spinach, about 1/4 cup per 2 eggs)
Fruit salad topped with vanilla nonfat yogurt*
*Foods with a star contain sugar or some other sweetener. But, notice that each meal only contains one item that is an Empty food mixed with a Smart food... making it the In-Between for that meal. The In-Between makes the meal more fun for most people, and won't hurt the kids when they are eating such a healthy meal! Kids over about aged 5 can usually understand that a lot of sugar isn't healthy...but a little sugar is fine. Of course, leave out the In-Betweens if you don't enjoy them!
