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Light and Lively
Soup and salad:
Chunky Vegetable Soup (with Alphabet pasta)
Caesar Salad with Chicken
Crackers or flavored rice cakes with almond or cashew butter, or tahini
Malt Shop Night
Hamburger, Cheeseburgers (ground turkey or
beef), or Bean Burgers
Homemade or organic frozen French fries
Lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pickles (organic is best)
Spelt, gluten free, or other whole grain buns.
Fast Break Omelet Dinner
Omelet (Good place to hide veggies.)
Mashed Potatoes, French fries, or organic frozen hash browns
Mixed baby green salad with favorite salad dressing
Round the Table: The Art of Pizza
• Purchase the pizza crust from a local pizza restaurant. Or, if you have a
• Trader Joe’s in your area, they have fresh dough for crust available.
• Take home and let the kids choose the toppings.
• Rice crust, cornmeal crust or spelt crust pizzas are available from the
frozen foods
section of most health food stores, for those children with wheat or gluten
allergies.
• Toppings ideas:
Cheese – organic dairy, goat, or rice cheese (for those with allergies)
Broccoli
Garlic
Onions
Tomato
Spinach
Organic homemade or bottled tomato sauce
Pesto sauce (Works well for white pizza, without tomato sauce.)
• Serve with mixed green salad.
Omega Delight (Brain food)
Salmon, broiled with lemon dill sauce
Steamed carrots and zucchini
Favorite muffin recipe
Nifty Shortcuts
• Choose your favorite entrée recipe and add a vegetable, salad and/or grain
dish
to create a complete meal.
• Cook black beans, pinto beans, or black-eyed peas on a weekend and
freeze portions for use over the next couple weeks. Use in salad or with
rice and vegetables, or in soup. Thaw out in refrigerator while you’re
working during the day.
• Grains and meats can be used the next day for lunch, if you have
leftovers.
• Soups and casseroles can be made in large quantities and frozen in
portions. Thaw out, as needed, for dinnertime.
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