Leave Grandma Prepared

My husband and I are leaving to go out of town for a few days so I am preparing the house for my parents to stay with the kids.  I am so blessed with the most wonderful parents and in laws and I never have to worry about the kids when I am gone.  They feed my kids healthy food and have so much fun with them.  I believe that grandparents do not have to follow rules, to an extent.  They can eat some junk, stay up late, whatever... Grandparents are a treat and my kids know that it is a special occasion when they stay here. With that said, they will feed them healthy options all day and give them one special treat a day and are very respectful of my love for health (if it is more, what I don't know cant hurt me:)  They come to my house to stay with the kids so I stock up on healthy options and try to make it as easy as possible on them.  Both my mom and mother n law are incredible cooks, much much better than I will ever be, but my precious babies are a handful so I do not want my mom worried about cooking on top of running after them while I am gone this trip.

We love our Mae Mae, thank you for watching the kids!

Love our Coz too!  Thank you for the meatballs

Breakfast options:
Spinach, Oatmeal Pancakes
Frozen Waffles- I like 365 brand multi-grain organic
Eggs
Organic Instant Oatmeal

Snack Options:
Homemade Yogurt Covered Strawberries
Smoothie Pops
Fruit
Pretzels
Applesauce
Cheese

Lunch Options:
Tuna salad
Turkey and Cheese Roll Ups
Peanut Butter and Banana Roll Ups

Dinner Options:
Crock Pot White Beans with Chicken
Spaghetti and Meatballs (my mother in law crooked and froze her spaghetti and meatballs for us so I saved it for this.  This is Lola's favorite meal)


Yogurt Covered Strawberries 

1.  Wash and cut strawberries in half
2.  Cover with yogurt- I used Cabbot plain full fat Greek yogurt which is thick so it is a little messy and doesn't turn out looking very pretty but they taste great.  If you use something thinner (like Stonyfield Yo Tot or Yo Baby organic) you can simply dip the strawberry into the container and will look much smoother and even tastier. 
3.  Place on parchment paper and freeze

With a thick yogurt they aren't very smooth but still fun and tasty

Smoothie Pops

1.  Blend your favorite smoothie (we used frozen organic berries, spinach, kale, banana, yogurt, ice and water)
2.  Pour into silicone ice pop with top
3.  Freeze

If you put in a lunch it will be yogurt consistency by lunch time.  My kids like to lick it frozen... keeps them busy

 Great treat after practicing gymnastics in our living room for 2 hours!

 Tune Salad

Ingredients:

• 2 cans of tuna
• 4-6 boiled eggs
• 2 pickles
• 1 apple
• 1/4 purple onion
• 2-3 Tbs plain greek yogurt
• 1 Tbs Vegenaise 
• Pinch of salt and pepper

Instructions:

1.  Drain water from tuna very well
2.  Chop boiled eggs, pickles, apple and onion very small
3.  Mix tuna with eggs, pickles, apple, and onion.  Add a pinch of salt and pepper and add 1 Tbs of yogurt and 1/2 Tbs of vegenaise and mix well.  Taste before adding more.. you do not want too wet.