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ReallyGoodIdeas · 01-17-2007, 01:05 PM

Smoothies ARE breakfast!
Couple of pieces of fruit, whatever is in season (read - cheap) and whatever green leafy vegies are in season (read as before!). At the moment here because its sumer, there are a million and one lettuce types, but spinach costs more, so I'm doing lettuces and celery in mine (and the odd bok choy or chinese cabbage) along with peaches, bananas and mangoes. YUM!

Before we got into green smoothies, I developed a breakfast ritual which you may like, I buy heaps of fruit (most things keep the week, some things you may need to keep in the fridge), and each morning I'd prepare a large platter of chopped fruit pieces. For the 2 of us there'd be a banana, an apple, an orange or mandarine, some melon, maybe kiwifruit, or whatever else was cheap that week. You can also have a small dish of ground seeds/nuts (sesame, linseeds, almonds, sunflower seeds, grind them up once a week and store in a jar in the fridge) which you can dip the pieces of fruit in as you eat them. Also yum!

And bravo for your new improved lettuce preparation routine. I wonder if there are easier ways for the other things you're doing as well? I find the more I do the washing, and chopping etc, the quicker I am at it. The salad spinner is good for washing a few types of vegies etc. Just putting the things into the basket, filling the bowl with water, swishing around a bit and lifting the basket out is pretty quick. Maybe not spinning them though!

Carrot sticks, capsicum sticks, cucumber sticks, celery sticks and hommus are great for an after school snack or pre-dinner nibble. Dips are fun. Beetroot dip is pretty.

I reckon kids will eat what they see you enjoy. I used to do the fruit platter as a picnic we'd have in our garden for an afternoon tea with a difference, when mine was about 3. So if you lead the charge, your 3 year old will probably follow.

Joy to you!
Hazel

01-17-2007, 01:05 PM	#9 (permalink)
ReallyGoodIdeas Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 320	Smoothies ARE breakfast! Couple of pieces of fruit, whatever is in season (read - cheap) and whatever green leafy vegies are in season (read as before!). At the moment here because its sumer, there are a million and one lettuce types, but spinach costs more, so I'm doing lettuces and celery in mine (and the odd bok choy or chinese cabbage) along with peaches, bananas and mangoes. YUM! Before we got into green smoothies, I developed a breakfast ritual which you may like, I buy heaps of fruit (most things keep the week, some things you may need to keep in the fridge), and each morning I'd prepare a large platter of chopped fruit pieces. For the 2 of us there'd be a banana, an apple, an orange or mandarine, some melon, maybe kiwifruit, or whatever else was cheap that week. You can also have a small dish of ground seeds/nuts (sesame, linseeds, almonds, sunflower seeds, grind them up once a week and store in a jar in the fridge) which you can dip the pieces of fruit in as you eat them. Also yum! And bravo for your new improved lettuce preparation routine. I wonder if there are easier ways for the other things you're doing as well? I find the more I do the washing, and chopping etc, the quicker I am at it. The salad spinner is good for washing a few types of vegies etc. Just putting the things into the basket, filling the bowl with water, swishing around a bit and lifting the basket out is pretty quick. Maybe not spinning them though! Carrot sticks, capsicum sticks, cucumber sticks, celery sticks and hommus are great for an after school snack or pre-dinner nibble. Dips are fun. Beetroot dip is pretty. I reckon kids will eat what they see you enjoy. I used to do the fruit platter as a picnic we'd have in our garden for an afternoon tea with a difference, when mine was about 3. So if you lead the charge, your 3 year old will probably follow. Joy to you! Hazel Last edited by ReallyGoodIdeas; 01-17-2007 at 01:10 PM.