Daily Food Waste

[Suzie_Homemaker]

I serve food too and it's one of the big things that bring people to me. There's lots of amazing child care provider's around me but few will supply the food.

I have very little food waste but that's taken tweaking over the years.

First tip - stop serving breakfast and instead serve just a morning snack. Call it breakfast still if you want (or if stopping it provides contractual issues) but reduce the size of it.

A child size serving is quite little. Despite having raised 4 children of my own, I was shocked by how small a recommended serving is.

Offer a small morning and after noon snack - half an apple, half a banana.
Offer a light lunch - lunch is not typically the main meal of the day in this country. It's something to "keep you going". Include child size portion of protien, one child size portion of veggies and one child sized portion of grain or starch. Serve with half cup of milk. That's it. If someone really is still hungry, I offer fruit. There are no baked goods here. No one gets fruit until they ate all their lunch - if they aren't hungry for their lunch then they aren't hungry for something sweeter either.

You can google child portion Canada food guide but just for example, it's a lot less than you might think.

https://images.app.goo.gl/QS46kmwhfnLQ5hBH7

I have 6 children. I plan my meals for 7 (in case one plate is dropped or someone is having a hungry day). Don't fall into the trap of thinking they leave daycare not hungry - they should be starting to get peckish - they are headed into their main meal of the day at home

[steveweber]

Hi. Kids always eat very bad. Try to make him a smoothie. All you need is good blender, for example like this - https://mykitchenadvisor.com/best-juicer-for-greens/