100-Calorie (or less) Snack Packs

These are some ideas I got from my Parents Magazine (Nov. 06 issue).
Purchase snack size bags (they're very convenient) to make your own.

Here they are:

1 small orange

1 Cup Watermelon

2/3 Cup Cocoa Puffs

13 Stauffer's Animal Crackers

15 mini Carrots

3/4 oz. Cheddar Cheese

3 Tbs. Raisins

2 Twizzlers

6 Reduced Fat Triscuits

7/8 Cup Cheerios

1 C Celery Slices

2/3 Cups Mini Marshmallows

12 Soy Crisps

1 Cheese Stick and 5 slices shaved Ham

In addition, I pulled another article from the April '07 issue regarding Power Snacks. Here are those ideas.

Veggie dip: Slice fresh vegetables into thin strips & serve w/ Hummus

Turkey Tortilla: Place deli turkey, low-fat mozzarella & lettuce on whole-wheat tortilla.

Roll tightly, seal and refrigerate. Cut into one-inch slices.

Sweet smoothie: Blend a banana w/ one cup nonfat milk and two tablespoons Ovaltine.

You can add variety by mixing in other fruits, yogurt & peanut butter.

Yummy Yogurt: Mix low-fat yogurt w/ a low-fat granola and dried cranberries.

Ants on a Log: Fill celery sticks w/ peanut butter & top with raisins

Fruit Kabobs: Place melon chunks, pineapple wedges & grapes (sliced in half if your child is under 4)

on an ice-pop stick, alternating fruit w/ small cubes of low-fat string cheese.

Use yogurt for dipping.

Ode to Oatmeal: Top oatmeal w/ one tablespoon peanut butter and one tablespoon raisins. Mix and serve.

Perfect Parfait: Layer low-fat cottage cheese and sliced fruit in a parfait glass or clear cup.

Hope these are useful for you!

Sorry couldn't make it last night.

My name is Melissa Millheim. I am a stay at home mom with 2 kids ages 2 and 4. My husband and I will have been coming to the Journey for a year in June. We have been doing things with people from the Journey for quite awhile so last June it was a good time for us to make the move to the church. It has been the best move we have every made.
I am excited about the nutrition class and look forward to seeing you all next week.
Erin, thanks for putting this together. It looks great.
Almut, Do you think you could post that handouts that you gave out last night or should we just get them from you next week?

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!