WIC Rotation Ending

My short lived WIC rotation is coming to an end. I really enjoyed working with the girls at my site, especially because they allowed me to work as an employee rather than just observe as a student. I had the opportunity to take height and weight on infants, children and pregnant moms, check iron and facilitate nutrition classes. During my three weeks I also made this snazzy bulletin board for one of the lab rooms. The site I was placed at has a lot of Spanish speaking clients, which is why you see English and Spanish titles. Wish I had kept up with my Spanish from the classes I took so long ago... Would have been really beneficial.

So far my time at the meal delivery site has gone fairly smoothly. I mentioned before I was worried about returning, but so far it's been good. We went out to visit clients in their home and this time I was in charge of the assessment. It is a completely different approach from what I am used to in the hospital setting. We try to have a conversation with the client to gather information rather than an "interview" of question: answer, which is much more difficult than I thought. The dietitian I went out with for my first face to face client visits provided me with great tips and tricks and commended me on my Vitamin K/Coumadin drug/nutrient interaction. :) I really enjoyed taking the lead on the visits. The week prior we made phone calls to check up on clients that the dietitians had visited face to face, which only took the first few to get back into the groove of phone calls.

Week two of our six week cooking class also went well. We had a lot more attend this class. (I think the rain/bad weather week 1 convinced some participants to stay home) The stir fry recipe we made was good and I plan on making the sauce at home. The great thing about the recipes we prepare is that they don't require a great amount of ingredients and can be made with typical pantry staples. (No crazy hard to find ingredients such as: chile de arbol, sambar powder, or soy lecithin granules)

On a personal note, in relation to the comment above, I've been trying to make 1 new recipe each week. Many of the cookbooks we received for our wedding have not been put to as much use as I had originally intended, so I'm really trying to bring them out this year. Some of the cookbooks have some crazy ingredients that I have never heard of or would even know where to begin looking for. I also don't have the time/energy to make a recipe that calls for 20+ ingredients. Some of the winners include: Lemon Chicken (Barefoot Contessa), Honey-Balsamic Sweet Potatoes (Williams Sonoma),  Island (Jerk) Chicken and Pineapple (Sandra Lee) and Crock Pot Chicken Pot Pie (Real Simple Magazine). Andy's really enjoying being my taste tester!


~Brittani

"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed." ~Proverbs 16:3