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I keep a heap of ingredients in this house and it frustrates the kids sometimes, because these ingredients require:
Preparing
Assembling
And cooking...
Which takes
Time
Thinking
And patience.
Assembling a meal from scratch is a character stretching activity that takes place in our home DAILY! If one could put a spoon into the tub of flour, and eat straight from it and call it a meal, my kids would. But since that is not an option, who ever is the hungriest starts the lunch ball rolling.
If a child is old
enough to stand on a chair and see onto the counter, he can help the head chef.
Lunch is usually not a BIG MEAL because we don’t want to spend two hours in the
kitchen preparing and cleaning, so we make green smoothies, crunch on
carrots or apples...chew on blue chip nachos with homemade salsa, or settle for "peabut and jelly" sandwiches—Simple food that doesn't require too much effort.
Soul Shaping
Challenge: Make lunch healthy, light and simple, so your kids will have the energy to finish the day strong as a team
player in the family. Also, include them in the meal preparations. This will make them grateful for more complicated meals.
