January 2012 Snacking Tips for Parents • Plan ahead and buy healthy snacks when you grocery shop — you will save money and will make healthier choices than buying snacks on the go. • Provide kids choices and make the choices you offer reasonably nutritious. • Pre-portion your child’s snacks into small plastic bags to grab on the go or put a snack-sized serving on a plate. • Designate an area in your refrigerator or cupboard for healthy snacks that you have selected and your kids like — let them help themselves without having to ask permission. • Combine snacks from at least two groups to pack more nutrients into your child’s diets — it will be more filling and will hold them over until their next meal. For example, adding milk to cereal or serving string cheese with whole wheat crackers or fruit is an easy way to add calcium, protein, and other important nutrients to snacks. • Remember: space snacks far enough away from meals so appetites are not spoiled! Tangy Yogurt Vegetable Dip Recipe Ingredients • • • • • • 1 1/2 cups Plain Yogurt 1 Packet Onion Soup Mix 1 Tbsp. Minced Parsely 1/4 tsp. Garlic Salt 1 tsp. Dill Weed Pinch Black Pepper Preparation Mix ingredients in a bowl. Use vegetables of your choice — carrot sticks, celery sticks, green pepper rings, broccoli, zucchini sticks, radishes, etc. It’s best to make the dip ahead and refrigerate it overnight so that the flavors will blend and the dip will thicken slightly. Visit www.mealsmatter.org for FREE tips, interactive nutrition assessment tools, easy-toprepare recipes, meal suggestions and more. For more information, contact First 5 Nevada County at (530) 265-0611, x 223, or www.first5nevco.org and www.first5california.com/parents. Upcoming Events February 4 Friends of the Library Book Sale Held at the Doris Foley Historical Library, 211 N. Pine Street, Nevada City. Most books cost between 25¢ and $3.00, You’ll find a great selection of children’s paperback and hardback books. Saturday 9 am to 3 pm. Phone: 265-7050 February 9-11 Twelfth Night One of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, Twelfth Night celebrates the entanglements of love at their most extreme! Join the Class of 2012 Yuba River Charter School Eighth Grade as they take you back to the marvelous yarn set in the fabulous kingdom of Illyria and see if you think it all works out or what you will. Location: Yuba River Charter School Auditorium, at 505 Main Street, Nevada City. Showtimes: 2/9 & 2/10 - 10am & 7pm, 2/11 - 7pm. Tickets: $5 Students and $7 Adults. Tickets available at Briarpatch and Harmony Books Phone: 265-6060 February 19 Mardi Gras Parade and Carnivale! The Mardi Gras Street Faire will be held on North Pine Street, in Downtown Nevada City, from 11:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be food, drink, crafts, and clothing. Parade begins at 2 p.m. Sunday and moves down Broad Street. It is a rain or shine event. New this year! Join us for a festive afterthe-parade Carnivale for the whole family at the Miners Foundry! Enjoy New Orleans style food, hot dogs, ice cream & desserts, soft drinks & specialty coffees. Tickets at the door only $5 for adults - Kids are FREE! Location: Downtown Streets of Nevada City and, Miners Foundry, 325 Spring Street, Nevada City. Phone: 265-2692 Little Steps, published by First 5 Nevada County. Visit us at www.first5nevco.org or call (530) 265-0611 x223 Consejos para padres sobre los bocadillos • Planee por adelantado y compre bocadillos saludables cuando vaya al supermercado. Ahorrará dinero y tomará decisiones más saludables que si compra bocadillos en el camino. • Deje que su niño tenga opciones y haga que cada opciòn sea razona blemente nutritiva. • Divida en porciones los bocadillos para su hijo en bolsitas de plástico, listas para llevárselas o sirva en un plato una porción del tamaño de un bocadillo. • Designe un área en su refrigerador o alacena para bocadillos nutritivos que usted seleccione con anticipación y que a su hijo le agraden. Deje que su hijo se sirva de estos bocadillos sin necesidad de pedirle permiso. • Combine bocadillos de al menos dos grupos alimenticios para incluir más nutrientes en la dieta de su hijo, quedará más satisfecho y aguantará mejor hasta la siguiente comida fuerte. Por ejemplo, una manera sencilla de añadir calcio, proteína y otros importantes nutrientes a los bocadillos es poniéndole leche al cereal o dándole queso con una galleta de trigo o con fruta. • Recuerde: Deje suficiente tiempo entre la hora de los bocadillos y la hora de la comida para que no se le arruine el apetito a su hijo. Receta de Yogur Agrio para Acompañar Verduras Ingredientes • • • • • 2-1/2 tazas Yogur sin sabor 1 Paquete de sopa de cebolla en polvo 1 cucharadita Perejil picado 1/4 cucharada Sal de ajo Una pizca Pimienta negra Preparación Mezcle los ingredientes en un tazón. Use verduras a su gusto, ya sean zanahorias, apio, pimiento morrón, bróculi, calabaza, rábanos, etc. Es mejor si prepara el aderezo por adelantado y lo deja reposar en el refrigerador toda una noche para que se espese ligeramente y los sabores se mezclen más. Para más información, contacte a Primeros 5 del Condado de Nevada County al (530) 265-0611, x 223, o www.first5nevco.org and www.first5california.com/parents. Programs & Classes Baby & Me Tuesdays at 11:00 a.m. starting January 17, and Wednesdays at 10:00 a.m. starting January 18. First 10-week session is FREE! Join in for songs, playtime, and discussion while getting to know other parents and babies (birth to 12 months). Held at the PARTNERS Family Resource Center, downtown Grass Valley. FREE to first-time participants, sliding scale fee up to $50 for 10 sessions for subsequent groups. Phone: Meg 913-2745 Bookworms Story Time Come out to the PARTNERS Family Resource Center with your little one and enjoy story time every Monday from 10:30 to 11 am. On your first visit, pick up a FREE BOOK for your 0–5-year-old! The PARTNERS Family Resource Center is located at 235 S. Auburn Street in Grass Valley. Phone: 273-4059 Breastfeeding Support Group Milk and Honey Cafe Join us Thursdays from 10:30 to noon at the Music Together space, 138 New Mohawk Road, Nevada City. We are a group of mothers providing support, encouragement, resources, education and friendship for new mothers, babies, pregnant women and families. Weekly expert speakers. Call Heather at (530) 414-8282 for more information or just show up. We’d love to have you! Toddler & Me/Padres y Pequenos Join in for songs and playtime in English and Spanish while getting to know other parents and toddlers. New spots available for children 12 to 36 months. NOW Monday mornings at Sierra Nevada Children’s Services in Grass Valley. FREE. Phone: Sandi at 265-0611 x223 Pequeños Pasitos, publicado por Primeros 5 del Condado de Nevada — www.first5nevco.org — (530) 265-0611 x 223