Wondering how to keep kids eating nutritious food during the crazy back-to-school time?
Jessica Braider of the 6 O’Clock Scramble joins me today to dish out magic tricks (and simple tips) for breakfast, snacktime, dinners and all things meal planning. You CAN keep your kids eating healthy (and being involved in the process) even when they’re at school or homeschooling all day. Here’s how!
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Back to School Meal Planning Tips
- 0:14: How the 6 O’Clock Scramble and meal planning helps busy families.
- 1:08: Jessica shares her healthy eating journey
- 1:50: How Jessica started the 6 O’Clock Scramble.
- 3:10: What does Jessica’s family eat?
My goal is really to make my house a place where people can come and gather around the table and see how delicious healthy food can really be. -Jessica Braider
Wish you didn’t have to feel nervous when your kids ask to use knives?
- 5:16: Jessica worked one-on-one as a health coach with many individual families before starting her meal planning service. The two biggest common struggles she has witnessed in the families she has worked with are lack of time and confidence.
- 6:33: One of Jessica’s favorite analogies is that learning to cook is like learning to drive a car. All of the information can be so overwhelming at first, but over time it becomes more natural and eventually maybe even fun!
- 7:34: You can be more confident in your cooking abilities just by believing you can do it!
- 8:22: Why one of Jessica’s beginner favorites is a skillet pasta sauce to boost kitchen morale.
- 9:44: We get into the back-to-school season!
- 10:22: Jessica’s recommendations for nutritious and easy school lunches. Her top two tips are using leftovers from dinner and batch cooking.
- 12:06: Getting your kids to help pull together their own lunches is life changing! Jessica shares how she guides her kids, teaching them about what a balanced lunch looks like and then trusting them to make their own choices.
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- 15:11: Learn how you can view your child’s lunchbox as a communication tool between the two of you using Katie’s rule “everything goes home.”
- 17:11: Let’s talk mornings! Even when you have lunches packed at night, you still need to get kids fed and out the door in the morning. Jessica does a lot of make ahead breakfasts at her house. She has made it a part of their weekly routine to batch cook breakfasts so that she has an on-going stock pile of breakfast foods in her freezer.
- 20:13: Jessica shares all the details about the 6 O’Clock Scramble meal planning service and how it helps busy families simplify healthy dinners.
- 21:52: Here’s one feature of the 6 O’Clock Scramble recipes that will particularly appeal to Kids Cook Real Food™™ parents!
- 23:30: Before wrapping up, we touch on snacks. Jessica likes to keep acceptable snacks at kid level. She also has a rule that in the hour and a half before dinner, only fruits and vegetables are allowed for snacking.
- 25:56: We chat about providing the types of healthy foods you want your kids eating and letting them learn balance and quantity by choosing their own snacks,
Find out more about Jessica and start a two week free trial of the 6 O’Clock Scramble to see how it can help your family!
Jessica is the CEO of The Scramble, an online meal planning service committed to helping busy people get quick, easy, and delicious meals on the table every night.
Jessica loves to develop recipes and write about food, cooking, and eating–all with a focus on balance, enjoyment, and humor. Jessica is also workshop facilitator with over 13 years of experience. She has developed and facilitated engaging and dynamic workshops for groups from 10 to 300+ people. She offers workshops on healthy food and balanced living, including: Raising Healthy Eaters, Healthy Lunches in a Snap, Dinner in 30, and Healthy Breakfasts in a Flash.
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