Re-Cap of our first meeting

Last night was our kick-off to this 6 week training class. We discussed our families, what brought us to the Journey and dove into what we would like from the next several weeks.

In our discussion, we established that it would be better if we moved our start time to 7:30 p.m. and went until 9:00 p.m., each Monday. Almut requested that we take Monday, April 30th off due to a full day for her.

We broke into groups of 3 and discussed what we would like to cover in the curriculum. Some of the main points were:
Menu Planning
Healthy Snacks to have on hand at all times
Looking at Labels
Healthy proteins for children
Dressing up simple meal
Creative side dishes (outside of corn and potatoes)
...and many more.

Almut took time to give us our first recipe for Trail Mix and all ingredients came from Aldi, making it very cheap and creating enough to last about one month. The ingredients were:
1 jar unsalted dry-roasted peanuts
1 bag raisins (Almut used yellow raisins for color)
1 bag dried cranberries
1 bag yogurt covered raisins
1 bag almonds
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 box of honey-nut cheerios (Aldi Brand)
**Mix ingredients together, scoop 1 Cup into small baggies, place in larger bag for storage. Remember to take them with you wherever, in your purse, diaper bag, car. Easy to always have on hand.

Almut gave us several hand outs from budgeting to our food pyramid, the USDA's food allocation for families, and several articles. If you missed those, I'm sure she can e-mail them to you or bring them next time.

That about covers it...well, not really, but without re-teaching the class (and I can guarantee it would not compare to Almut), here is the first summary.

Stay tuned for more information, recipes, etc. We will always be updating!