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Professional chef Jumoke Jackson joined News 12 to give advice on what to eat before and during school.

How are your kids eating now that they're back in class? Professional chef Jumoke Jackson joined News 12 to give advice on what to eat before and during school.

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Professional chef breaks down what kids should eat during school days

Back to news 12. All right, parents. Listen up. This is for you. How are your kids eating now that they're back in school? If it's like me when I was in class, it could probably be better. That's why we have professional chef Jamoke Jackson with us live today. Welcome to the show, Jamoke. We uh we appreciate you giving us a couple of minutes. Now. Let's let's start with, with breakfast. You know, it's not just a fancy saying the most important meal of the day, that's where everything begins. What can you tell us about? That thing begins? Break fast and uh I, I know that we kind of go to cereal as the first thing for breakfast. Right. Absolutely not. We wanna throw out those high super sugary cereals as your go to for breakfast. I know it's easy. I know it's quick, but there's a lot of other things that are go to and very easy. We want to tackle it for a few of your key nutrients standpoints. So that's gonna be protein, calcium, iron fiber. Those are the things that we need to give our kids and that we need to be feeding to ourselves. So an example of carbohydrates, you might think carbs. Oh, no, no, they are good carbohydrates, whole grain breads, bananas, blueberries. These are places that you can get those carbohydrates that are good for your body, good for your kids and good for you. I also want to introduce you to the MVP of all breakfast items. And that is oatmeal. When you put oats into your regular diet, you're killing multiple birds with the same stone. You're getting fiber, you're getting calcium, you're getting iron, you're getting even protein, all of the things kind of in one as the weather drops, right? And we look for those warm comforting foods. Oatmeal is one of those key things that we can absolutely focus on. Also seeds. I throw this in everything just like I do a tumor. I throw it in everything that I eat. Drink. It doesn't even taste like anything. It's a way to kind of get that fulfilling protein. If you don't eat very heavy, throw it into a smoothie, throw it onto a PB and J sandwich or something simple. This is also a way to grab that protein, not just eggs, you don't have to eat meat in the morning. These, this is a way to get it very simple and light. They say an apple a day keeps the doctor away will also give you fiber. So we wanna focus on apples. Also, apples are like the go to and it's apple picking season, then I'll load up on your apples and also we kind of tend to say it's pumpkin season, guess what? It's also sweet potato season. These little bad boys are key, key, key. Also in your nutrient intake, Jamoca. Obviously, I wanna point out that it, it's better breakfast month this month. That's not a coincidence either. But, you know, and you're pointing out all these, these foods, are we talking about a lot of different combinations and a lot of different things that you can do with, say your bananas or your apples there. Yeah, absolutely. The combinations are endless. I've eaten salads for breakfast. Has anybody ever considered a salad for breakfast? You can have it for, you can have it for dinner. Like you have a very fulfilling ways. Uh, beans are another go to that I, that I have on stand by multiple types of beans. Our black eyed peas, our white beans, our red beans, our black beans. All those are options to get, uh, new, uh, iron, which is, uh, also a key key ingredient going into the fall and the winter months. All right, Jamo. Uh, those are all great tips. Uh, these are things that, you know, kids like adults like two, right? The parents. We, we gotta eat breakfast also. No, we absolutely have to eat breakfast. Our kind of our go to things. I like to throw things on toast. I like to load up a piece of toast. This is the quickest on the go thing. Those avocado toast, those banana toast. All those little things you can pile those onto a piece of bread and be out the door in a flash. It takes 5, 10 minutes back to get your breakfast together. All right. That is professional chef, Jamoke Jackson. Make sure to check them out wherever you can. Uh We appreciate the tips. Those breakfasts are gonna go a long way. Thanks again, Jamoke. Thank you, sir. Have a great day. All right, let's uh, let's get all.

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