What to do with all that Milk: 5 WIC Ingredient based Recipies
I have two children on the WIC program between the ages of 2 and 5. Every month, per child we receive: 3 gallons of skim, 1% or 2% Organic Milk 36 ounces WIC Breakfast Cereal 2 64 ounce Plastic Bottles of Juice or 12 ounce Can Frozen Juice 2 16-14 ounce Whole Grain Choice 1 16 ounce Package WIC Cheese 1 18 - 16 ounce jar WIC Peanut Butter 1 dozen large "A" or "AA" White Eggs $ 6.00 Fresh Fruit and/or Fresh Vegetables and/or Frozen Vegetables Before Sylvan turned two he was allowed no peanut butter (he had the dry legume option) and whole milk. I wish the whole milk was allowed for older children, especially since there is established research linking lower fat content in milk to higher rates of obesity on children . My solution - I allow the kids to add half and half to their milk on request. I always get the 8.9 ounce box of cheerios, and the regular size of rice chex and corn chex. It used to take me half and hour to select cereals. But af...