One of the Wechts

Hi all,

What I love about our lifestyle is the freedom to eat when and what we want.
We often do the Hobbit thing of 2nd Breakfast. elevensees etc. Here is my request.
I am looking for food ideas.

First let me say that I am not real fond of being in the kitchen.
The kids seems to like different things and I end up being a short order cook on many days.
We have different eating styles as well. Andrew, the early bird, is hungry right away and can eat anything (eggs, pancakes, French toast). He does not like cereal cause he feels hungry soon after. (Actually, none of the kids do cereal.) Jessica is slow to wake, slow to eat and more choosy. Her favorite breakfast is chocolate chip cookies. These are usually left over from the night before. Kerry will eat most things that are sweetish in the AM.like waffles, French toast, pancakes etc. No eggs for him. He usually sleeps late. One likes cream of wheat, the other oatmeal and the third neither. They will all eat pancakes with chocolate chips so that is my only common denominator.

So, with different tastes, schedules etc I need ideas. Quick and easy, and certainly non-traditional ideas are welcome (especially those things that will "stick to your ribs"). I have no creativity when it comes to food.

Your help is appreciated.

Beth in MD


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Have a Nice Day!

I had waffles and ice cream for breakfast today! Yummmmmm. You could add strawberries to that too. I had that for a snack last night.

Kristen



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Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] un breakfast


Hi all,

What I love about our lifestyle is the freedom to eat when and what we want.
We often do the Hobbit thing of 2nd Breakfast. elevensees etc. Here is my request.
I am looking for food ideas.

First let me say that I am not real fond of being in the kitchen.
The kids seems to like different things and I end up being a short order cook on many days.
We have different eating styles as well. Andrew, the early bird, is hungry right away and can eat anything (eggs, pancakes, French toast). He does not like cereal cause he feels hungry soon after. (Actually, none of the kids do cereal.) Jessica is slow to wake, slow to eat and more choosy. Her favorite breakfast is chocolate chip cookies. These are usually left over from the night before. Kerry will eat most things that are sweetish in the AM.like waffles, French toast, pancakes etc. No eggs for him. He usually sleeps late. One likes cream of wheat, the other oatmeal and the third neither. They will all eat pancakes with chocolate chips so that is my only common denominator.

So, with different tastes, schedules etc I need ideas. Quick and easy, and certainly non-traditional ideas are welcome (especially those things that will "stick to your ribs"). I have no creativity when it comes to food.

Your help is appreciated.

Beth in MD


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joylyn

How old are all these kids?

Joylyn

One of the Wechts wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> What I love about our lifestyle is the freedom to eat when and what we
> want.
> We often do the Hobbit thing of 2nd Breakfast. elevensees etc. Here
> is my request.
> I am looking for food ideas.
>
> First let me say that I am not real fond of being in the kitchen.
> The kids seems to like different things and I end up being a short
> order cook on many days.
> We have different eating styles as well. Andrew, the early bird, is
> hungry right away and can eat anything (eggs, pancakes, French
> toast). He does not like cereal cause he feels hungry soon after.
> (Actually, none of the kids do cereal.) Jessica is slow to wake, slow
> to eat and more choosy. Her favorite breakfast is chocolate chip
> cookies. These are usually left over from the night before. Kerry
> will eat most things that are sweetish in the AM.like waffles, French
> toast, pancakes etc. No eggs for him. He usually sleeps late. One
> likes cream of wheat, the other oatmeal and the third neither. They
> will all eat pancakes with chocolate chips so that is my only common
> denominator.
>
> So, with different tastes, schedules etc I need ideas. Quick and
> easy, and certainly non-traditional ideas are welcome (especially
> those things that will "stick to your ribs"). I have no creativity
> when it comes to food.
>
> Your help is appreciated.
>
> Beth in MD
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Ann and Eric Yates

I would suggest to start teaching these kids to cook their favorites!
My kids too have many different tastes, and they create their own breakfasts every morning.
They know how to make french toast, scrambled eggs (in the micro), and the usual breakfast type things. Then sometimes they have leftovers from dinners. This morning one of the boys is having "astronaut food" That is dried noodles in a styrofoam cup. He can do that himself too.

They are 11, 9 and 7(but I'm almost eight!). I'm always nearby, so the use of the stove isn't an issue.

Maybe some of the kids would like to peruse the cookbooks at the library and find some ideas of things they would like to make.
On that idea, Molly Katzen has some wonderful cookbooks for kids. Honest Pretzels and Pretend Soup.

Another idea is to think seasonally. Right now strawberries are in season, and we are eating strawberries for every meal. How many ways can you make strawberry shortcake anyway??? lol Just wait until peaches get into season!

Good luck, and happy cooking....(can you tell I love to cook?)

Ann
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From: joylyn
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Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:38 AM
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How old are all these kids?

Joylyn

One of the Wechts wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> What I love about our lifestyle is the freedom to eat when and what we
> want.
> We often do the Hobbit thing of 2nd Breakfast. elevensees etc. Here
> is my request.
> I am looking for food ideas.
>
> First let me say that I am not real fond of being in the kitchen.
> The kids seems to like different things and I end up being a short
> order cook on many days.
> We have different eating styles as well. Andrew, the early bird, is
> hungry right away and can eat anything (eggs, pancakes, French
> toast). He does not like cereal cause he feels hungry soon after.
> (Actually, none of the kids do cereal.) Jessica is slow to wake, slow
> to eat and more choosy. Her favorite breakfast is chocolate chip
> cookies. These are usually left over from the night before. Kerry
> will eat most things that are sweetish in the AM.like waffles, French
> toast, pancakes etc. No eggs for him. He usually sleeps late. One
> likes cream of wheat, the other oatmeal and the third neither. They
> will all eat pancakes with chocolate chips so that is my only common
> denominator.
>
> So, with different tastes, schedules etc I need ideas. Quick and
> easy, and certainly non-traditional ideas are welcome (especially
> those things that will "stick to your ribs"). I have no creativity
> when it comes to food.
>
> Your help is appreciated.
>
> Beth in MD
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Melissa

Hi Beth,

I can certainly sympathize, my three girls have different dietary needs and
schedules so all meal times can be challenging.

Some ideas for breakfast that have worked for us.

Make a large batch of :

waffles
muffins
guick breads
donuts
bagels

then freeze in individual wraps or packages. Easy to see, pull out and warm
up.

Breakfast wraps. Wrap up scrambled eggs with various toppings in a soft
tortilla. A fun al a carte/ buffet breakfast.

Fruit smoothies. Especially nice on really warm summer days.

Hot cereal, oatmeal again with toppings. Such as fruit, maple syrup, jam ,
honey, etc.

Make different pancakes. Favorites here are blueberry, banana and chocolate
chip.

Quiche or oven egg bake with veggies.

Just some ideas.


Hope that helps,

Melissa




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Danielle Conger

Beth writes: > So, with different tastes, schedules etc I need ideas. Quick
and easy, and certainly non-traditional ideas are welcome (especially those
things that will "stick to your ribs"). I have no creativity when it comes
to food.
=====================================

We do second breakfast here, too, but my kids are perfectly ammenable to
cold cereal for first breakfast. Then we do something bigger--eggs,
pancakes, waffles--for second breakfast.

How 'bout getting yours more involved in making their own breakfast? I'll do
variations on a theme but generally not completely different breakfasts for
everyone. I'm happy, for instance, to make eggs the way people like them and
give them whatever bread product they like best if we're doing eggs, but I
don't do eggs, waffles and french toast. Instead, we'd make a compromise to
do everyone's favorites over a couple of days or something like that. Mine
are still pretty young (6, 5 and 4), so they can't really do the cooking for
themselves.

If your kids *really* will only eat what they want and aren't up for
compromise, that sounds like a pretty tough situation. The best scenario
then would be for people to just make their own meal if no group meal can be
decided upon, I would think. Of course, you can always have toaster waffles
instead of fresh waffles. You and the interested child could make batches
once or twice a week to pull out and heat up if you wanted homemade. You
could keep batter in the fridge to just pull out and eliminate that step, at
least, for pancakes. Certainly, the kids ought to be able to make their own
oatmeal or cream of wheat, right?

We're fond of bagels here, which you didn't mention. With cream cheese,
they're a complete protein and pretty filling. You can make egg sandwhiches
with bagels or english muffins--add a slice of cheese and bacon and they're
even tastier and more filling (imo). You could get those refridgerator
biscuits--grands or whatever--pull those out to make breakfast biscuit
sandwiches. We do cheese grits, which are very stick-to-your-ribs, but the
kids won't eat them--just dh and I. Hmmm... there are some really tasty egg
casseroles you can make up in advance and heat up during the week: scrambled
eggs, cheese and sausage is one of my favorites. You can also make up
breakfast burritoes in advance and put them in the freezer to pull out and
heat up individually. You could get the kids involved in making those things
too--kinda like having one big baking day. *shrug* That's all I can think of
right now.

--Danielle

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catherine aceto

Ok -- I have to say that I think that sounded like a zoombinis puzzle.

My advice would be to premake stuff and have it on hand in the freezer. Frozen waffles are fast and easy (we buy them, but you could make and freeze your own). You can make pancakes or french toast in advance and reheat in the toaster or toaster oven also. In the summer we also like frozen popsicles that we make out of juices or juice/yoghurt or juice/fruit/nutbutters. Homemade granola is easy to have on hand. Do you eat quick oats or steel cut? For steel cut, you can put it on in the crockpot overnight and have it ready (and keeping hot) for whoever wants it all morning. Quick oats/ cream of wheat are fast to make with water boiled in the microwave in a cup with a pour spout. Boil some eggs (if your kids like them) and keep them in the refrigerator (they keep for at least a week).

For breakfast recently, I have been eating either (1) plain yoghurt with garam masala, cinnamon, a little maple syrup and a handful of "raw" quick oats or (2) little balls made of almond butter, fig spread, cocoa and oats. Very tasty with coffee, btw. Both quick and stick-to-ribsy.

-Cat
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From: One of the Wechts
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Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: [UnschoolingDiscussion] un breakfast


Hi all,

What I love about our lifestyle is the freedom to eat when and what we want.
We often do the Hobbit thing of 2nd Breakfast. elevensees etc. Here is my request.
I am looking for food ideas.




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Cornerstone Community Farm

On Friday 07 May 2004 08:38 am, joylyn wrote:
> So, with different tastes, schedules etc I need ideas. Quick and
> > easy, and certainly non-traditional ideas are welcome (especially
> > those things that will "stick to your ribs"). I have no creativity
> > when it comes to food.
Try the "Nourishing Traditions" book by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig
It's $24, but only $16 if you buy in bulk with other families in your
local group.
Much of the info is at www.westonaprice.org for free.

Definitely "stick to your ribs" type of food. The sugar addiction is
hard to break however. Honey, maple syrup, sorghum are used often
here, and sometimes a little sugar. In particular I like lots of
natural breads...We make round loaves and just tear off as much as we
want to eat...The natural bread is so good we often eat it plain, no
butter. (its more like desert to us)
Your son being hungry right after eating cereal is likely a solvable
issue...hydrogenated fats and store flour are the usual culprits.
Store milk is also not good for people-see above web site. (I'm also a
part-time dairy farmer). Grain should be bought whole. One family I
know well is all sensitive to flour (store), but they all can eat
fresh ground flour (the spoilage in fresh flour causes sensitivities or
allergies)

I raise much of my own food and scratch make everything. Its fairly
easy, just require planning ahead. I'm single, and sometimes work 60
hours a week, so its doable in the real world.
I've been eating this way for two decades. My daughter loves my cooking
and her friends (normal American fake food eaters) love my cooking with
the exception of one picky friend who will not eat anything healthy.

The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity
founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer Dr.
Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples
established the parameters of human health and determined the optimum
characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated that
humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation
after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods and
the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.


The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to the
human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a
number of movements that contribute to this objective including
accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming,
pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and
informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies.
Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean,
certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants.

[email protected]

In a message dated 5/7/2004 9:19:42 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
scott-wecht@... writes:
So, with different tastes, schedules etc I need ideas. Quick and easy, and
certainly non-traditional ideas are welcome (especially those things that will
"stick to your ribs"). I have no creativity when it comes to food.

Your help is appreciated.

Beth in MD



Did you know that pancakes and such freeze well? If I'm going to make a
batch, I always make more and then freeze the leftovers in small serving size
bundles for the day that I've just made something for one child and an hour later
another wants pancakes and I have to be somewhere in half hour. I can just
take them out and reheat in the microwave and they have those pancakes, whether
chocolate chip, blueberry or plain.

There is also the instant packages of oatmeal and such, which helps out some
and comes in lots of flavors.

One of my kids favorites and can be made the night before during kitchen
clean up is muffin cups. You take your stale bread (probably works the same with
fresh) cut the crusts off, butter both sides, ( a pastry brush is good for
this) put it into a sprayed muffin tin, then add a slice of ham (or turkey or
whatever) crack an egg on top, then sprinkle shredded cheese on top. You can
cover and store them in the fridge and then pull them out to bake in the AM. If
your child isn't a big egg eater, you can either skip the egg, or what mine
likes is for me to slightly scramble the egg part by breaking up the yolk and
mixing it well with cheese.

Also a quiche is easy to make and easy to eat and reheat at different times.
Pizza for breakfast is big around here too and this week, chocolate cake has
been the favorite!

glena


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Tina

Wow! I'm totally impressed! I'm definately checking out that site.
I could use the inspiration. Thanks for sharing...

Tina

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Farm <joyfullife@m...> wrote:
> On Friday 07 May 2004 08:38 am, joylyn wrote:
> > So, with different tastes, schedules etc I need ideas. Quick and
> > > easy, and certainly non-traditional ideas are welcome
(especially
> > > those things that will "stick to your ribs"). I have no
creativity
> > > when it comes to food.
> Try the "Nourishing Traditions" book by Sally Fallon and Mary Enig
> It's $24, but only $16 if you buy in bulk with other families in
your
> local group.
> Much of the info is at www.westonaprice.org for free.
>
> Definitely "stick to your ribs" type of food. The sugar addiction
is
> hard to break however. Honey, maple syrup, sorghum are used often
> here, and sometimes a little sugar. In particular I like lots of
> natural breads...We make round loaves and just tear off as much as
we
> want to eat...The natural bread is so good we often eat it plain,
no
> butter. (its more like desert to us)
> Your son being hungry right after eating cereal is likely a
solvable
> issue...hydrogenated fats and store flour are the usual culprits.
> Store milk is also not good for people-see above web site. (I'm
also a
> part-time dairy farmer). Grain should be bought whole. One family
I
> know well is all sensitive to flour (store), but they all can eat
> fresh ground flour (the spoilage in fresh flour causes
sensitivities or
> allergies)
>
> I raise much of my own food and scratch make everything. Its
fairly
> easy, just require planning ahead. I'm single, and sometimes work
60
> hours a week, so its doable in the real world.
> I've been eating this way for two decades. My daughter loves my
cooking
> and her friends (normal American fake food eaters) love my cooking
with
> the exception of one picky friend who will not eat anything healthy.
>
> The Weston A. Price Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt charity
> founded in 1999 to disseminate the research of nutrition pioneer
Dr.
> Weston Price, whose studies of isolated nonindustrialized peoples
> established the parameters of human health and determined the
optimum
> characteristics of human diets. Dr. Price's research demonstrated
that
> humans achieve perfect physical form and perfect health generation
> after generation only when they consume nutrient-dense whole foods
and
> the vital fat-soluble activators found exclusively in animal fats.
>
>
> The Foundation is dedicated to restoring nutrient-dense foods to
the
> human diet through education, research and activism. It supports a
> number of movements that contribute to this objective including
> accurate nutrition instruction, organic and biodynamic farming,
> pasture-feeding of livestock, community-supported farms, honest and
> informative labeling, prepared parenting and nurturing therapies.
> Specific goals include establishment of universal access to clean,
> certified raw milk and a ban on the use of soy formula for infants.

mamaaj2000

--- In [email protected], "catherine aceto"
<aceto3@v...> wrote:

>Do you eat quick oats or steel cut? For steel cut, you can put it
on in the crockpot overnight and have it ready (and keeping hot) for
whoever wants it all morning.

I never knew about steel cut oats until recently and they are great!
It's very important to me to get protein in the morning, plus some
fiber helps keep me from being hungry an hour later. So oats, esp.
steel cut (also called Irish oats) mixed with yogurt is great. I also
eat a ton of Kashi cereal because of the protein and fiber.
>
> For breakfast recently, I have been eating either (1) plain yoghurt
with garam masala, cinnamon, a little maple syrup and a handful
of "raw" quick oats

Me, too! All of my former co-workers thought I was crazy, but every
morning at work, I'd mix my oats into my yogurt and be good for the
morning. It beat my previous routine of needing to raise my blood
sugar with M&Ms at 10:30 every day!

My son goes grocery shopping with dh and they always come home
with "dinosaur oatmeal" which is instant oatmeal with tons of sugar
and dinosaur eggs that hatch...and Sponge Bob strawberry waffles. I'm
learning to keep my mouth shut about it and think about how great it
is that Mikey is learning that food is fun. Tis better for all of us
for me to smile about it, but it's a tough change for me.

--aj

[email protected]

In a message dated 5/7/2004 11:30:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
joyfullife@... writes:

> Honey, maple syrup, sorghum are used often
> here,

Don't forget molasses! Yummy AND lots of iron! :~)

Peace,
Sang


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Cornerstone Community Farm

On Friday 07 May 2004 02:16 pm, mamaaj2000 wrote:
> Do you eat quick oats or steel cut? For steel cut, you can put it
> on in the crockpot overnight and have it ready (and keeping hot) for
> whoever wants it all morning.
Older Americans will remember the box of rolled (old fashioned) oats
saying to soak overnight...Breaks down helpful phytates and makes
nutrients more usable to the body. They are then fast to cook in the
am.
Soak at room temperature. I cover with a bread rising towel.
Water is better than nothing
Best to soak in homemade buttermilk or whey (made from raw milk)
I soak all my grains over night for making cookies, breads, etc.

nellebelle

I knew a woman from Switzerland. She soaked muesli, a blend of rolled oats
and sometimes other grains, dried fruit and nuts, overnight in yogurt.

Mary Ellen

the_clevengers

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<scott-wecht@e...> wrote:
> So, with different tastes, schedules etc I need ideas. Quick and
easy, and certainly non-traditional ideas are welcome (especially
those things that will "stick to your ribs"). I have no creativity
when it comes to food.
>
> Your help is appreciated.


I guess it depends somewhat on the ages of the kids. Mine are 7 and 4
years old. Either one of them can get and pour cereal, make toast, or
dish up yogurt for themselves. The 7 year old can make pancakes by
himself, but likes for me to operate the waffle iron. If we make
pancakes or waffles, we usually mix up a double or triple batch. Put
the leftovers in baggies in the freezer, then either kid can heat one
up in the microwave if they want to.

Ditto with oatmeal, make a big batch and put the rest in the fridge.
I like mine with shredded coconut and pecans or walnuts. My daughter
likes hers with diced apples and cinnamon. Son likes his plain.

Both of my kids like "Egg shapes" - make a thinnish flat omelette and
use cookie cutters to cut it into fun shapes.

Both of my kids like "special eggs" - we got this recipe from the
Sample Lady at Trader Joe's (my kids love the sample lady):
In a bowl, scramble eggs with milk (1 Tbs per egg). Add a scoop of
sun-dried tomato pesto and stir until mixed. Scramble eggs like
normal. When they're just about done, crumble feta cheese in and let
melt (My note: sheep's milk feta cheese is awesome, very smooth and
mild. Cow's milk feta tastes like old sweat socks to me. So if you or
your kids think you don't like feta, try the sheep's milk kind).
Garnish with chives. We grow our own chives and the kids love to take
scissors and cut them up into garnish-sized pieces.

I like any kind of wrap made with scrambled eggs. Like:
- Monterey Jack, bacon, and guacamole
- Spicy sausage, cheddar, and salsa
- Mushrooms, spinach, and Asiago cheese

That's all I can think of right now. I used to be a Hobbit-breakfast
person when I ate cereal or more carbs for breakfast. Now I've been
trying a higher protein breakfast and find that I'm not hungry an
hour or two later like I used to be.

Blue Skies,
-Robin-