Miscellaneous stuff

Parenting can be tough! Food choices for children are not always healthy. I have some tips for parents on snacks.  These are actually things I did with and for my children.
Yogurt cups- buy regular plain yogurt and chop Oreo, sprinkles, fruit, cookies or nuts. Have these stored in containers so your child just has to scoop the yogurt and add 2 tsp of their favorite snack into the yogurt.
Cookies- don’t buy processed cookies. My children made their cookies. If they want cookies, let them make them. This is going to mean you will have to have all the ingredients in house. Cookies we made are: chocolate chip, oatmeal, peanut butter, and butter cookies.
Potato chips- easy as pie. Slice potatoes thin and fry in oil. You can bake them also by coating the slices with oil and salt n pepper and bake in the oven in high heat for 10-15 minutes.  Chips need to be eaten within 1/2 hour of cooking. These are addictive and will  cause you kids and their friends to always be in your kitchen. Frying the potatoes takes time and a large fry pan.
Fruit- if you have fruit in a bowl they will eat it. Especially, if they are “starving” and just got home from sports, school, or in from swimming. Buy their favorite fruit and store them out of fridge. Most fruit can be stored on the table in a bowl. How did you buy them? Were they refrigerated or just on the produce shelf.  Think about it.
Juice- it’s gets a bad wrap. My children’s choices for drinks were: water, juice, milk, and Gatorade. We almost Never had soda. I also froze the juice in ice trays and made ice pops. Their teeth are great. They did not go to bed with juice in their bottles either. They are now 27 & 29. Now they drink all sodas they want and the alcohol he wants. Lol, lets be real.
Ice cream- yes, I made ice cream as well. Ice cream makers are inexpensive and amazing. Buy one and make some ice cream. The instructions and recipes are simple but follow you machines instructions and recipe.
Cereal- I guess cereals today are not a wise choice but we ate cereal as snacks.
I hope this helps some of you.