Taters, Chick’n, and Asparagus- Oh My!

So the week of the big football game, I am trying to practice food to make for when people come over.

On the menu for Monday: we have steamed asparagus, potatoes with Italian seasoning, and Caesar “Chick’n”

Additions: Grapes, apples, and strawberries.

Snack (not pictured): carrots with red pepper hummus.

Healthy Veggies & fruits

I think that as we get older it is harder for us to eat “right” and have fun with our food. As kids we play in our mash potatoes or eat or food in a silly way. I like to play with color in my meals & put tasty fruits in my lunch.

Last week, I packed carrots and hummus 3 days in a row. My fourth period class was begging for a carrot with hummus by day 2. I saw kids who claim that my food is weird, mainly because I don’t eat meat. My Spanish kids think it is REALLY weird – “No meat? Why?” I tell them why (the way the animal “lives” before it dies to get to your plate) and then I see them eating salads and cheese pizza at lunch. I like that I can teach them science and open their minds to new foods.

They fought for grapes and apples too. “These apples are the best I have ever had” I ask when they eat apples and they said at school. So, I went to the cafeteria that day during lunch and asked one of them for their apple. It was SOGGY! How can an apple be soggy? I asked and it turns out if you freeze an apple, it will sound crunchy but when you bite it it’s soggy. No wonder the kids thought my Gala apples were the “best thing ever”.