Daily Food Waste

[Peacefulbird]

Hi.

Do you have or use a portion size guide? If you have children of different ages obviously the younger ones eat a lot less than the older ones.

I have no picky eaters. I serve and measure portions (same as some centres do) there is a minium and if they still hungry I just add a second serving.

Also you have to consider on how busy those little bodies are (we do a lot physical activities which increases their apetite by the time we return from our activities all of them are really hungry and eat anything that I put on the table. First serving at lunch tjme is usually raw salad portion sized for each child(chopped, diced, shredded, etc ) then a light soup and a main dish veggies protein and grain products and milk. All this is portion sized and I just add more if they ask for more.

If you have in your contract (like most of us) 2 snacks aND a lunch, then most likely parents won't like to continue paying the same rate without meals.

Try to work with portions and keep avoiding the starchy foods (breads, crackers etc) at least until they develop the taste for only healthy food (don't be surprised but to develop a taste for any food takes at least 30 to 40 taste tries and that also works for adults;0)