There’s no point in avoiding it: kids’ meals these days are not healthy! They’re full of ultra-processed ingredients that are not nutritionally balanced to give our kids what they need to grow healthy and strong. Katie Kimball joins me to talk about how to get your kids to eat healthier, even when they’re picky, and the importance of getting them into the kitchen to start cooking for themselves.

Get Kids in the Kitchen by

Developing skills over recipes
Not bringing them in to help right before mealtime until they have the skills
Encouraging their contribution to the meal

About Katie Kimball

Katie Kimball is the national voice of healthy kids cooking. She is a blogger, TEDx speaker, former teacher, and mom of 4 kids who founded the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse, recommended by The Wall Street Journal in 2020 as the best online cooking class for kids.

Her blog, Kitchen Stewardship, helps families stay healthy without going crazy, and she’s on a mission to connect families around healthy food, raise critical thinking skills using the lab of curiosity that is the kitchen, and grow the Kids' Meal Revolution where every child learns to cook.

In This Episode

The problem with kid’s meals today [5:15]
What we need to do to improve kid’s meals [7:30]
How to prevent your kids from becoming picky eaters [12:15]
The problem with baby-led weaning [20:00]
Why introducing a variety of foods is so important [28:00]
The benefits of teaching your kids in the kitchen [36:00]
When to start including your kids in the kitchen [38:15]
Why it’s so important to learn together in the kitchen if you, as a parent, don’t know how to cook [21:45]
How to encourage older kids to take ownership of their health and nutrition [42:30]