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Now that it’s summer, we are in full swim team mode. That means that everyday during the week we spend at least a couple hours at the pool and on the weekend we get up at the crack of dawn, load up the car and head to a full day of swim meets. The kids are both loving the sport, which makes it much easier because it really is quite a commitment for the whole family when you have a swimmer. But, it’s also really fun and you begin to create a swim family after spending so much time near the chlorine together!
The first year we had our oldest on the team we learned a lot about the gear and preparation that goes into the sport. We bought the full kit – pop up camper, outdoor mat, folding table, wheely cooler and collapsible wagon to haul all that stuff to and from the meet. Check out the ‘tent camp’ from this week’s meet!
The other part of swim meets that become really important is to pack up enough good, high protein low sugar foods that give the kids the energy they need to swim their best and still taste delicious enough so that they want to eat between their events.
For us, that has meant a few recipes that are now classics for swim meets. Breakfast is the one that has been the most important, it needs to get everyone fueled without loading down their stomachs. So, I created these no carb, savory egg muffins that are easy to eat with your hands but super satisfying – most of the families have begun to ‘order’ these now from us for the meets. The key to the muffins is that you can use any vegetables you like. For us we tend to use zucchini because our garden produces so many zucchini in the summer that I have literally put them into nearly every recipe I can think of. Give these a try and send me your suggestions no modifications – would love to try all your versions out there!
