White meat chicken leftovers from Shabbos are surprisingly the favorite here, and instead of eating it plain, here’s a delicious way to use it up.
But what about when it’s food — snack, lunch? I know my child will manage through the day, and hopefully come home with a great big appetite for the supper I made, but maybe I should extend myself more as a show of support in this simple but very nourishing way. The teaching moment can come later.
This week, one of my kids called me from school at 9:15 a.m. saying she forgot to bring her snacks. I told her I couldn’t get out of the house until 1:00, and she should borrow snacks from her sisters. And then someone else asked me to drop something off for them, and I pulled myself together and got ready to go out at 10:00 a.m. So I packed a bunch of snacks, along with a lunch, and dropped them off at school.
As I was putting the food together, I realized how long it’s been since I did this. Thanks to school lunches — or the kids packing themselves an alternative — I haven’t had the opportunity to slowly, methodically make lunch with love in a while. If it were something I did every day, I think the thoughtfulness would wear off, but I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to pause and do it, and grateful that I made the decision not to enforce the responsibility lesson.
In this week’s issue, we’re featuring a fun collection of outdoor servingware in our Shoppable column. It’s the beginning of many weeks of relaxed eating and mealtimes, providing a calmer setting for family togetherness and parent-child teaching moments!
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