What do you consider "junk" ??? (food)

[Rhonda]

Hum not sure where I fit in I like to think of my style as just making 'healthier food choices'.

I am not organic, but I feed the children what I consider plain foods and simple foods A sample meal would be cream of mushroom pork chops with scallopped potatoes, peas (yes from a can because I don't like the frozen), and plums. I don't cook with a lot of spices or salt, but I do use canned food ie cream of mushroom soup and the peas. I do use boxed food because I will not make my own noodles or cereal. I go as far as making my own chicken strips and chicken parmesean though. I try and read labels and choose foods that have less sodium and choose a happy medium between foods with high fibre, omega's, and whole wheat.

Ok, so what would I consider junk food ... store bought cookies, most juices (but I do serve my kiddies V8 juice every now and again ~ the kind that has both fruit and veggie in it but I don't consider that junk food), pizza that is store bought, etc.

I have no problems with my families bringing junk food in to share with the kids. It isn't that they are feeling guilty or anything like that. My families know that the children eat well here and the only time they are really going to get junk food is if the parents bring it in, so at least once a year my daycare families will bring in a treat. I have 1 dad though that brings me in a Timmy's chocolate and timbit for the kids about every other month, bribery works for me Last week I had a mom bring in double chocolate oatmeal muffins last week, another mom who brought in zuchinni bread with chocolate chips ... yummy!

I guess for me it is about creating a happy or the best balance of foods I can. My menu is not perfect, I can't afford all organic, and I don't have time to make everything from scratch, and you know I am female, adding chocolate chips to the zuchinni bread just makes it taste better