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When it comes to step ONE in healthy eating, I always come back to meal planning. I invited Allison Schaaf, pro chef and founder of Prep Dish, to chat with us on how to make it happen and some unique strategies she uses that are perfectly suited to families teaching their kids to cook! Get […]
Many parents feel their kids are “picky eaters,” and we definitely find here at Kids Cook Real Food™™ that working in the kitchen, being involved with food through our online cooking classes for kids, really helps kids be more open to trying and appreciating new foods. But it’s not magic pixie dust, and it doesn’t
Picky Eating Solutions Using All 8 Senses (from a feeding expert) Read More »
America is inflamed! Our kids are suffering in so many ways from inflammation – know any little ones with eczema, constipation, tummy troubles, recurring infections, chronic congestion, mouth breathers, bumps on the backs of their arms? You (and they) need this information about how diet will help bring inflammation down!! It even affects how responsive
We moms always have a lot on our plates. One that I struggle with is balancing the need to cook for my family with the need to slow down and teach my little ones how to cook, and then the need to do silly things with them and play and read books and help with
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How early can you start teaching your kids to cook? It’s almost never too early to build good food habits and get kids involved in the kitchen. We happen to have a very little one here in the house, but… My sweet, joyful toddler who always smiled at everything had a transformation this month. He
Do This FIRST With Your Little Ones in the Kitchen Read More »
Teaching kids about healthy eating can start from day one and you may find your picky eater will eat veggies even beyond a healthy pumpkin muffin. Making healthy eating fun is the key – ironically, learning food rules does just that. “Can we get a real drink now?” the little girl said the moment The
Connect Kids with Real Food and Teach Them How to Eat Healthy Read More »
The proud look on my little ones’ faces when they make something for the family (or themselves) to eat is none other than priceless. And it’s even cuter the younger they are! Although my big kids can do quite a lot in the kitchen and have quite a list of recipes they can make, what
10 Snacks Your Preschooler Can Make Today Read More »
The very first time I met my future mother-in-law, she gave me a gift. Her son and I had been dating for a few weeks at the time and were young, know-it-all know-nothing 18-year-olds. It happened to be near Valentine’s Day, a big gift-giving holiday for people you barely know of course, so I got
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This post is by contributing writer, Bethany Wright. We all have those moments in parenting. I’m not referring to those glowing, warm fuzzy moments. (Like when your child spontaneously declares, “Mommy, you’re the BEST mommy in the WHOLE world.” This actually happened today. Hence, I’m recording this for all posterity…) No, I’m referring to those moments
That Time I Realized My 1st Grader Never Used a Butter Knife Read More »
Your kid only eats pizza? Chicken nuggets? Plain pasta, no sauce? Is that picky eating or being stubborn? It seems to me that our nation’s “picky eaters” tend toward the same “standard American fare” foods. These foods are easy to prepare in our convenience food society, and it’s what parents tend to feed their kids
A New Idea, Some Tips (and Some Hard Words to Hear) for Picky Eaters Read More »
