The Picky Eater Project: 6 Weeks to Happier, Healthier Family
Mealtimes is a one-of-a-kind book that can transform even the most
finicky eaters into fledgling foodies. Focusing on kids' participation,
interactive strategies, kitchen experiments, and delicious kid-friendly
recipes, the book is based on a six-week plan that makes shopping and
cooking fun. Weekly themes and goals include
- Week 1 - Picky-Free Parenting: Setting the stage to help your child
choose a wider variety of healthful food with key parenting strategies
- Week 2 - A Kitchen Revolution: Shaping your child's taste preferences
away from bland, white and processed towards flavorful, robust, and more
adventurous by changing the way you purchase, arrange, and prepare
foods.
- Week 3 - The Little Chef: Getting your child into the kitchen - early
and often - to encourage him or her to try new foods.
- Week 4 - A Shopping Adventure: Making grocery shopping and meal
planning with your child more of an adventure than a chore.
- Week 5 - Family Mini-Feast: Recognizing the value of family meals and
setting them up to fit your lifestyle while progressing in your pursuit
of undoing picky eating.
- Week 6 - It Takes a Village: Enlisting spouses, partners,
grandparents, siblings, and friends to help undo picky eating and
influence more adventurous choices.
- Post-Picky Eater Project Week - Making It Stick-y: Planning for
challenges and barriers, and putting contingency plans into action for
lasting impact.
Six weeks will fly by before you know it! You and your junior chef will
have an amazing time working together to make
- Layered Yogurt Parfaits
- Corn Pancakes
- Mix and Match Smoothies
- Beanie Cheeseburgers
- (Almost) Any Vegetable Soup
- And many more fun and healthy recipes!
Written by Natalie Digate Muth, a pediatrician and dietician, and Sally
Sampson, cookbook author and founder of ChopChop, a food magazine for
kids and their families, The Picky Eater Project addresses both the
importance of healthy childhood nutrition and family harmony. It offers
tips and troubleshooting, recognizing that it takes planning and
perseverance to make behavior changes stick, but that it can happen.
Start your picky eater project today - your kids will love it, and
you'll see real changes in their eating habits!
