Grammar books for the younger years

I don't officially teach grammar until the kids reach 10 or so, but that doesn't mean we don't talk about words and parts of speech or punctuation until then.  Over the years we've used a variety of picture books, games, Mad Libs, and Schoolhouse Rock.

I put together a list of books geared towards the younger grades (elementary to perhaps middle school). They are first broken down by category and, at the end, there is a master list of all the books.  We have read some, but not all, so please know that I'm unsure of the content and/or quality of many of them.  I've very excited though to have found some new gems and even my older boys (ages 13 and 12) will have some books to study!

Grammar Books for the Younger Years

Adjectives

Grammar Ray: A Graphic Guide to Grammar - Adjectives – Andrew Carter

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective? – Brian P. Cleary

If You Were an Adjective – Michael Dahl

Many Luscious Lollipops:  A Book About Adjectives – Ruth Heller

Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More About Adjectives – Brian P. Cleary

The Bug Book (Adjectives) – Maria Fleming

  

Adverbs

Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb? – Brian P. Cleary

Grammar Ray: A Graphic Guide to Grammar - Adverbs – Andrew Carter

If You Were an Adverb – Michael Dahl

Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More About Adverbs – Brian P. Cleary

Suddenly Alligator:  Adventures in Adverbs – Rick Walton

Tillie’s Tuba (Adverbs) – Maria Fleming

Up, Up and Away: A Book about Adverbs – Ruth Heller

  

Alliteration

Dr. Suess’ ABCs

Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke – Pamela Duncan Edwards

If You Were Alliteration – Trisha Speed Shaskan

Little Book of Alliterations – Felix Archer

Some Smug Slug – Pamela Duncan Edwards

Superhero ABC – Bob McLeod

The Big Book of Absolutely Animalistic Alliterations – Anna Childs

  

Comparatives/Superlatives

Alphabest: The Zany, Zanier, Zaniest Book About Comparatives and Superlatives – Helaine Becker

Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest:  What are Comparatives and Superlatives? – Brian P. Cleary

Pig, Pigger, Piggest:  Adventures in Comparing – Rick Walton

      

Compound Words

If You Were a Compound Word – Trisha Speed Shaskan

Once There Was a Bull…(frog):  Adventures in Compound Words – Rick Walton

Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What is a Compound Word? – Brian P. Cleary

  

Conjunctions

But and For, Yet and Nor: What is a Conjunction – Brian P. Cleary

Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!:  A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions – Ruth Heller

If You Were a Conjunction – Nancy Loewen

Just Me and & 6,000 Rats: A Tale of Conjunctions – Rick Walton

  

Contractions

I’m and Won’t, They’re and Don’t: What’s a Contraction? – Brian P. Cleary

If You Were a Contraction – Trisha Speed Shaskan

Karate Contractions (Grammar All-Stars)– Gail Herman

  

Homophone/Homonym

Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones – Gene Barretta

Eight Ate: A Feast of Homonym Riddles – Marvin Terban

How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? What are Homonyms and Homophones? – Brian P. Cleary

If You Were a Homonym or a Homophone – Nancy Loewen

  

Idioms

Even More Parts (Idioms) – Tedd Arnold

In a Pickle: and Other Funny Idioms – Marvin Terban

It Figure!: Fun Figures of Speech – Marvin Terban

Mad as a Wet Hen: And Other Funny Idioms – Marvin Terban

More Parts (Idioms) – Tedd Arnold

Parts (Idioms) – Tedd Arnold

Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms – Marvin Terban

Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms – Marvin Terban

   

 Interjections

Cool!  Whoa!  Ah and Oh!: What is an Interjection? – Brian P. Cleary

Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!:  A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions – Ruth Heller

If You Were an Interjection – Nancy Loewen

Metaphor/Simile

Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story – Loreen Leedy

It Figures!: Fun Figures of Speech – Marvin Terban

Similes and Metaphors (Language Rules!) – Ann Heinrichs

Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What are Similes and Metaphors? – Brian P. Cleary

Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes – Nancy Jean Loewen

You’re Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore – Nancy Jean Loewen

  

 Nouns

A Cache of Jewels and other Collective Nouns – Ruth Heller

A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More About Nouns – Brian P. Cleary

A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a Noun? – Brian P. Cleary

A Zeal of Zebras: An Alphabet of Collective Nouns – Woop Studios

Chicken in the City (Nouns) – Liza Charlesworth

Grammar Ray: A Graphic Guide to Grammar – Nouns & Pronouns – Andrew Carter

Herd of Cows, Flock of Sheep:  Adventures in Collective Nouns – Rick Walton

If You Were a Noun – Micheal Dahl

Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns – Ruth Heller

Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day – Robin Pulver

  

Onomatopoeia

If You Were Onomatopoeia – Trisha Speed Shaskan

  

Palindrome

Go Hang a Salami!  I’m a Lasagna Hog! And other Palindromes – Jon Agee

Madam and Nun and 1001: What is a Palindrome? – Brian P. Cleary

 Plurals

Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What are Irregular Plurals? – Brian P. Cleary

If You Were a Plural Word – Trisha Speed Shaskan

Prefix/Suffix

Happy Endings: A Story About Suffixes – Robin Pulver

If You Were a Prefix – Marcie Aboff

If You Were a Suffix – Marcie Aboff

Pre- and Re-, and Mis- and Dis: What is a Prefix? – Brian P. Cleary

  

Prepositions

Around the House the Fox Chased the Mouse:  Adventures in Prepositions – Rick Walton

Behind the Mask:  A Book About Prepositions – Ruth Heller

Grammar Ray: A Graphic Guide to Grammar – Prepositions – Andrew Carter

If You Were a Prepostion – Nancy Loewen

Under, Over, by the Clover: What is a Preposition? – Brian P. Cleary

  

Pronouns

Grammar Ray: A Graphic Guide to Grammar – Nouns & Pronouns – Andrew Carter

I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What is a Pronoun? – Brian P. Cleary

If You Were a Pronoun- Nancy Loewen

Mine, All Mine! A Book About Pronouns – Ruth Heller

The Planet Without Pronouns – Justin Martin

  

Punctuation

Alfie the Apostrophe – Moira Rose Dononhue

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Matter – Lynne Truss

Grammar Ray: A Graphic Guide to Grammar – Punctuation & Sentences – Andrew Carter

Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale – Jan Carr

If You Were a Comma – Molly Blaisdell

If You Were a Period – Nicholas Healy

If You Were a Question Mark – Shelly Lyons

If You Were an Apostrophe – Shelly Lyons

If You Were an Exclamation Point – Shelly Lyons

If You Were Quotation Marks – Molly Blaisdell

Punctuation Takes a Vacation – Robin Pulver

The Girl’s Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can’t Manage Without Apostrophes! – Lynne Truss

The Mystery of the Missing Socks (quotation marks) – Justin McCory Martin

Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts! – Lynne Truss

When Comma Came to Town – Samantha Berger

Synonym/Antonym

If You Were a Synonym – Michael Dahl

If You Were an Antonym – Nancy Loewen

Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What is a Synonym? – Brian P. Cleary

Stop and Go, Yes and No: What is an Antonym? – Brian P. Cleary

Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More About Antonyms– Brian P. Cleary

Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More About Synonyms – Brian P. Cleary

  

Verbs

A Verb for Herb – Maria Fleming

Bullfrog Pops!: Adventures in Verbs and Direct Objects – Rick Walton

Grammar Ray: A Graphic Guide to Grammar - Verbs – Andrew Carter

If You Were a Verb – Michael Dahl

Kites Sail High:  A Book About Verbs – Ruth Heller

Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day – Robin Pulver

Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More About Verbs – Brian P. Cleary

To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb? – Brian P. Cleary

  

Books Covering Multiple Parts of Speech

Basher Basics: Grammar – Simon Basher and Mary Budzik

Grammar Made Fun: Learning Parts of Speech with Silly Poems that Teacg – Ponn Sabra

Grammarland – M. L. Nesbitt

Mad Libs

Painless Grammar: Barron’s Painless Junior – Marciann McClarnon

Schoolhouse Rock!

Super Grammar – Tony Preciado and Rhode Montijo

Words are Fun – Michael Dahl (noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, conjunction, interjection, preposition – each is also available individually)

  

Misc

E-mergency – Tom Lichtenheld

Francine Fribble, Proofreading Policewoman – Justin Martin

If You Were a Capital Letter – Trisha Speed Shaskan

Silent Letters Loud and Clear – Robin Pulver

The Mega-Deluxe Capitalization Machine – Justin Martin

The No-Good, Rotten, Run-on Sentence – Liza Charlesworth

   

All the books in alphabetical order:

A Zeal of Zebras: An Alphabet of Collective Nouns – Woop Studios

Alfie the Apostrophe – Moira Rose Dononhue

Alphabest: The Zany, Zanier, Zaniest Book About Comparatives and Superlatives – Helaine Becker

Basher Basics: Grammar – Simon Basher and Mary Budzik

Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story – Loreen Leedy

Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones – Gene Barretta

Dr. Suess’ ABCs

E-mergency – Tom Lichtenheld

Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Matter – Lynne Truss

Eight Ate: A Feast of Homonym Riddles – Marvin Terban

Even More Parts (Idioms) – Tedd Arnold

Four Famished Foxes and Fosdyke – Pamela Duncan Edwards

Go Hang a Salami!  I’m a Lasagna Hog! And other Palindromes – Jon Agee

Grammar Made Fun: Learning Parts of Speech with Silly Poems that Teach – Ponn Sabra

Grammar Ray: A Graphic Guide to Grammar series – Andrew Carter

            Adverbs

            Verbs

            Adjectives

            Nouns & Pronouns

            Punctuation and Sentences

            Prepositions

Grammar Tales series

            The No-Good, Rotten, Run-on Sentence – Liza Charlesworth

            When Comma Came to Town – Samantha Berger

            The Mystery of the Missing Socks (quotation marks) – Justin McCory Martin

            Francine Fribble, Proofreading Policewoman – Justin Martin

            The Planet Without Pronouns – Justin Martin

            Chicken in the City (Nouns) – Liza Charlesworth

            The Bug Book (Adjectives) – Maria Fleming

            A Verb for Herb – Maria Fleming

            Tillie’s Tuba (Adverbs) – Maria Fleming

            The Mega-Deluxe Capitalization Machine – Justin Martin

Grammarland – M. L. Nesbitt

Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale – Jan Carr

Happy Endings: A Story About Suffixes – Robin Pulver

In a Pickle: and Other Funny Idioms – Marvin Terban

It Figure!: Fun Figures of Speech – Marvin Terban

Karate Contractions (Grammar All-Stars)– Gail Herman

Language Adventure series – Rick Walton

Bullfrog Pops!: Adventures in Verbs and Direct Objects

Suddenly Alligator:  Adventures in Adverbs

Pig, Pigger, Piggest:  Adventures in Comparing

Around the House the Fox Chased the Mouse:  Adventures in Prepositions

Just Me and & 6,000 Rats: A Tale of Conjunctions

Herd of Cows, Flock of Sheep:  Adventures in Collective Nouns

Once There Was a Bull…(frog):  Adventures in Compound Words

Little Book of Alliterations – Felix Archer

Mad as a Wet Hen: And Other Funny Idioms – Marvin Terban

More Parts (Idioms) – Tedd Arnold

Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day – Robin Pulver

Painless Grammar: Barron’s Painless Junior – Marciann McClarnon

Parts (Idioms) – Tedd Arnold

Punching the Clock: Funny Action Idioms – Marvin Terban

Punctuation Takes a Vacation – Robin Pulver

Scholastic Dictionary of Idioms – Marvin Terban

Schoolhouse Rock!

Silent Letters Loud and Clear – Robin Pulver

Some Smug Slug – Pamela Duncan Edwards

Stubborn as a Mule and Other Silly Similes – Nancy Jean Loewen

Super Grammar – Tony Preciado and Rhode Montijo

Superhero ABC – Bob McLeod

The Big Book of Absolutely Animalistic Alliterations – Anna Childs

The Girl’s Like Spaghetti: Why, You Can’t Manage Without Apostrophes! – Lynne Truss

Twenty-Odd Ducks: Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts! – Lynne Truss

You’re Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore – Nancy Jean Loewen

Word Fun – Michael Dahl

Combined book of noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, conjunction, interjection, preposition

Other books in series….If You Were A….prefix, suffix, synonym, homonym or homophone, contraction, quotation marks, comma, compound word, antonym, period, apostrophe, capital letter, plural word, question mark, exclamation point, onomatepoeia

Words are Categorical series – Brian P. Cleary

            Dearly, Nearly, Insincerely: What is an Adverb?

            Under, Over, by the Clover: What is a Preposition?

            Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What is an Adjective?

            I’m and Won’t, They’re and Don’t: What’s a Contraction?

            Skin Like Milk, Hair of Silk: What are Similes and Metaphors?

            To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb?

            I and You and Don’t Forget Who: What is a Pronoun?

            A Mink, a Fink, a Skating Rink: What is a Noun?

            How Much Can a Bare Bear Bear? What are Homonyms and Homophones?

            Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More About Verbs

            But and For, Yet and Nor: What is a Conjunction

            Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More About Adjectives

            Lazily, Crazily, Just a Bit Nasally: More About Adverbs

            Pitch and Throw, Grasp and Know: What is a Synonym?

            Feet and Puppies, Thieves and Guppies: What are Irregular Plurals?

            Cool!  Whoa!  Ah and Oh!: What is an Interjection?

            Stop and Go, Yes and No: What is an Antonym?

            A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More About Nouns

            Stroll and Walk, Babble and Talk: More About Synonyms

            Straight and Curvy, Meek and Nervy: More About Antonyms

Breezier, Cheesier, Newest, and Bluest:  What are Comparatives and Superlatives?

            Thumbtacks, Earwax, Lipstick, Dipstick: What is a Compound Word?

            Madam and Nun and 1001: What is a Palindrome?

            Pre- and Re-, and Mis- and Dis: What is a Prefix?

World of Language series – Ruth Heller

            Behind the Mask:  A Book About Prepositions

            Many Luscious Lollipops:  A Book About Adjectives

            A Cache of Jewels and other Collective Nouns

            Kites Sail High:  A Book About Verbs

            Merry-Go-Round: A Book About Nouns

            Fantastic! Wow! And Unreal!:  A Book About Interjections and Conjunctions

            Up, Up and Away: A Book about Adverbs

            Mine, All Mine! A Book About Pronouns

A giveaway for the preK to 1st grade crew

I just wanted to share a giveaway hosted by one of my homeschool bloggy friends. It's a fantastic set of resources for the K-1st grade crowd. She came up with a very creative way to use pocket binders. Check it out!

This is to enter the giveaway –

http://roomforatleastonemore.com/2012/09/30/giveaway-time/

and this link http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Ldimom takes you to her store where you can buy it or preview the pages.

Self Rotating Can Rack, Food storage ideas

Warm Months Menu

I don't know what the weather is like where you are, but right now we've been (not) enjoying temperatures above 100 degrees EVERY DAY.  Most of the time it's 105 or higher with the heat index taking it up another few notches.  It's hot.  Crazy hot.  So hot I miss the Texas heat.

And because it's hot I'm trying to avoid turning on my oven.  Ever.  Once it's on my kitchen feels like a, well, oven, and I'm miserable.  So, I've come up with a Warm Months Menu.  One that we will use while the weather is hot.  It tries to incorporate recipes that don't require the oven and instead relies on the crockpot, stove top (quickly) and/or lots of fresh fruits and veggies.  Basically we'll use this for 5 to 6 months out of the year and then we'll switch to our Cold Months Menu (yet to be written).  By switching only twice a year, I'll be able to stock up on those items I truly need.  I can also do one big grocery shop for all the canned/frozen goods for the month.  Or for 6 months!  I'll only need to make quick trips for produce now and then.  Yippee!

We're trying to cut down on our meat consumption so we've scheduled it twice a week, for a total of 10 meals in the month.  Most of the recipes I have listed, we've already tried and liked.  Some are new and will (hopefully) become a part of our regular rotation or they'll get booted and I'll try again next month. For some meals I have multiple recipes - like 4 recipes for black bean burgers.  We'll try the first one and if we like it we'll stop there.  If it's blah, we'll try a new one the next month until we find one we like.  I'll try to post the new recipes we like so this index stays current with the actual recipes we're using.

I'm working on a master shopping list as well.  I'll post that when it's done.  It will mostly contain the canned/frozen/meat items that can be stored longer term (freezer or pantry).  The produce will not be listed since it will depend on quality and season and which week we'll be eating that certain meal.

Pretty much every dinner meal we serve includes fruit and at least one veggie, usually 2.  I may or may not go back and add those in to each meal plan....I may just go by what's available at the store and (hopefully) my garden.

Meat recipes:
1.  Tacos - ground beef w/taco seasoning, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, cilantro, sour cream, avocado or guacamole, salsa, sweet hot chili sauce

2.  Hamburgers (or other "fire" foods - we have a Friday Fire every week) - we will probably try various different kinds of burgers

3.  Cafe Rio Salad (made in crockpot and rice cooker)

4.  Pasta Salad - we'll vary what meats we put in as well as the sauce we use - Italian, mayo-based, chicken, pepperoni, etc.

5.  Make Your Own Rice Bowls (rice cooker and meats either in crockpot or stove top - can also make up a large batch of meats and freeze in meal-sized portions for later months, or freeze leftover meats from other meals)

6.  Enchiladas Verdes

7.  Banh Mi Vietnamese Sandwiches (we may vary this with other types of sandwiches)

8.  Pad Thai - I actually have several recipes for Pad Thai to try.  I'll post the one we like best once we find it!

9.  Chipotle Chicken Taco Salad (we may alternate other types of restaurant knock-off salads - Asian, Southwestern, Shrimp & Bacon, etc)

10.  Eat out or Birthday Dinner - we have 6 people in the family, on the non-birthday month we'll go out to eat, on a birthday month we'll have a special birthday dinner chosen by the birthday person

Vegetarian recipes:
1.  Fried rice (make rice in slow cooker then finish on stove top or try a crockpot version) - use whatever veggies available

2.  Lo Mein

3.  Bean Tostadas - same ingredients as tacos listed above, with possible additions of rice, corn, whole beans, can use refried pinto or black beans

4.  Falafal (stove top, crockpot or toaster oven) - I have a bazillion falafel recipes Pinned.  Will post our favorite when we've tried them all.

5.  Make Your Own Salad with corn on cob or other "big veggie"

6.  Baked potatoes (in crockpot), salad

7.  Black Beans and Quinoa

8.  Breakfast (pancakes/waffles/french toast/toast w/eggs, smoothie, fruit, etc)

9.  Quinoa burgers - Again, I have a ton of recipes Pinned.

10.  Quinoa salad w/black beans, avocado and cumin-lime dressing

11.  Peanut Butter Noodles

12.   Out Chinese Spring Roll salad

13.  Navajo Tacos - I'll try to get this recipe posted soon.

14.  Smoothie with fruit to eat on the side, raw veggies and non-baked treat like homemade Lara Balls - we'll have this twice in a month

15.  Leftovers

16.  Black bean burgers (stove top or toaster oven) - several recipes to try

17.  Quesadillas, salsa, chips, Texas Caviar

18.  New recipe - two times a month, until we find our "keepers"

Breakfast Salad

I had the most delicious salad for lunch the other day.  And even though it's a "breakfast salad" I could happily eat it any time of day.

The recipe can be found here.  I think it would also be lovely to add some avocado, tomatoes, dried cranberries, and matchstick carrots.  Maybe even some kale.  I used mixed baby greens instead of spinach and really, any salad greens would work well.  You could skip the croutons (I did) and make it gluten-free and omit the bacon (but who'd want to?) to make it vegetarian.

So, so yummy.

Lomo Saltado

This is not a vegetarian recipe.  This is an authentic Peruvian recipe, made on Mother's Day by my adorable Peruvian sister-in-law with some help from me and our two husbands.

Start your rice.  It's made in a similar fashion to the Brazilian rice, only with 3 to 4 cloves of garlic and no onion.  She used a ratio of 1 cup of rice to 1 1/2 cups water....and we made it for 16 people so it was a HUGE pot.

Next, cut your beef into strips (think stir fry) and place in a bowl.  Add some chopped garlic, soy sauce and salt.  Stir it around until it's all mixed together and then, when nobody is looking, swipe your finger into the blood on the side of the bowl and taste if it's salty enough.  Or not.  You can be 'truly authentic' or not.  Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.  We used almost 3 lbs of beef for 16 people, 7 of them being children so make your best guess on how much you'll need for the number of people you're feeding.

Start peeling potatoes like crazy.  Enlist the help of the whole family.  As you peel them, put them into a bowl of cold water so they don't get all brown and yucky looking.  When you have a few pounds peeled, slice them into french fry sizes and lay out on towels to dry just a tiny bit.  Heat some oil in a skillet then start the never-ending process of frying the potatoes.  Remove them to a pan/bowl/whatever with some paper towels to absorb some oil.  Salt.  We used almost 10 pounds and ended up hating potatoes by the end.  To make this for my family of 6 I'd probably used 2 to 3 pounds.

While you're frying the potatoes, start chopping some red or green peppers and slicing some onions and tomatoes.  You want the peppers in medium sized chunks, the onions in medium-ish slivers (cut from top to bottom, not across the middle) and the tomatoes in wedges (Romas work well for this).  Chop up a bunch of cilantro while you're at it.  You can also use zucchini cut into slices.

Fry the meat you had marinating in the fridge.  You may have to do this in batches in order to get it browned on the outside.  You want to sear the meat, not boil it.  Remove it to a bowl when done.

Once the potatoes are done, remove any extra oil, leaving a thin layer across the bottom.  Add the peppers and cook for a few minutes until medium soft.  Add the onions and stir them around for another 2 or 3 minutes.  You want them tender crisp, not soggy.  Add the tomatoes and cook for a minute or two.  Now dump the meat and fried potatoes into the skillet with the vegetables.  Throw the cilantro on top.  Make sure it's a big skillet.  Stir around and turn off the heat.

To serve, put some rice on your plate then top with the beef/potato/veggie mixture or lomo saltado as we call it.

Heave a big sigh that you're finally able to get out of the hot kitchen.....then enjoy some seriously delicious food.  Then go back for seconds.  And feel free to grab a bite of food from the skillet every time you walk through the kitchen.  Hug your sister-in-law and try to convince her to move to Nebraska.  Then snitch another bite from the skillet.

Menu for May - 5th to 12th

In trying to maintain our "meat twice a week" idea (now that we've reached the warmer months), this is the planned menu for the week:

Tacos - grass-fed ground beef with cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, cilantro, cucumbers, avocados, sauerkraut, salsa, and sweet hot chili sauce

Vegetable Lo Mein, fruit

Lasagna, lettuce salad, fruit

Main dish salad with roasted potatoes - we'll probably include the following in small bowls and each person can add what they want:  carrots, tomatoes, avocado, feta cheese, olives, sauerkraut, croutons, cucumbers, sunflower seeds, sweet peppers, craisins/raisins....there are TONS of options, these are just the ones we like

Bean tostadas - with the same toppings as the tacos above, fruit

Brazilian Black Beans and rice, lettuce salad, fruit

Indian-spiced Lentils (without the chicken), rice, naan or tortillas, raw carrots, fruit