Boys and Girls Club Round Two

Dylan teaching a group of students about healthy breakfast meals

I spent my morning at the Boys and Girls Club in Charlottesville helping out the FNP intern with his nutrition program again this morning. I jumped in a little more today and helped him teach the class this time. One group was a huge group so we ended up splitting the class in two sections and I got to teach my own section. We had groups of the children in the classes come over, six at a time, and make blueberry-banana smoothies. The children all enjoyed being involved in making the smoothies and were anxious to try the smoothies as soon as they were done. Children learned about the different food groups: protein, dairy, fruits, vegetables, and grains, they also reviewed safe food handling techniques, and added onto their knowledge by learning about breakfast and healthy breakfast meal ideas. It was fun to hear the variety of foods that students had eaten for breakfast. They ranged from Bojangle's fried chicken with hot sauce to hot dogs, chips, and eggs, bacon and sausage. Many children had eaten cereal, and I was a little surprised by the number of students who had skipped breakfast. Breakfast is such an important meal, and the main lesson today was to let the students know how important it is to eat breakfast and to try to include at least 2 food groups in each meal to make them healthier and make them more nutritious. We discussed alternatives to some sweet cereals and unhealthy fried foods and tried to think of healthy fruits and veggies to incorporate into our breakfasts. 

The Blueberry-Banana Smoothie Recipe is:

1 Cup Blueberries
1 Banana

1 Cup Yogurt (we used strawberry)

1 and 1/2 cups milk

1 Cup Ice

Put all ingredients in the blender, blend until all ingredients are well mixed and smooth (our blender took about 8-10 seconds). Pour and enjoy! 

This is a healthy, fruit and dairy filled snack or breakfast item!