Feeding Families is a part of the EcoParent Podcast Network: https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Episode Description

Cooking is not only an invaluable life skill, it’s so much more than that. In this episode Jess and Katie talk about how to make the kitchen a laboratory for cultivating curiosity and creative thinking. Katie discusses the dramatic and surprising changes experienced by the thousands of families who participated in her summer online cooking camp and picky eating classes, and she drops some fantastic tactical strategies to help us all get our kids cooking in the kitchen without it feeling too hard.

Links for show notes

https://kidscookrealfood.com/tedx-kids-learn-critical-thinking/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EtRmA-AF-A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oecQiEkzgm4

Free gift for Feeding Families listeners: Knife Skills For Kids Video lesson https://kidscookrealfood.com/feedingfamilies

https://kidscookrealfood.com
https://kitchenstewardship.com
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Chef Junior cookbook https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Anthony-Spears/dp/1454933615/ref=sr_1_24?__mk_fr_CA=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&dchild=1&keywords=junior+chef&qid=1635267083&sr=8-24Guest Bio

Katie Kimball, the national voice of healthy kids cooking, is a blogger, former teacher, and mom of 4 kids who founded the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse, recommended by The Wall Street Journal as the best online cooking class for kids in 2020. Her blog, Kitchen Stewardship, helps families stay healthy without going crazy and she’s on a mission to connect families around healthy food and teach every child in America to cook. Her latest adventure is a series of talks: Redefining The Kids’ Meal And Starting A #KidsMealRevolution, What If Kids Never Learn Critical Thinking, and Picky Eating Isn’t About The Food.

About the Podcast and podcast network:

Podcast Network overview:
The EcoParent Podcast Network helps busy families live a healthier, greener lifestyle. Our host experts are imperfect, real, busy parents just like you who share ways to lower our collective carbon footprint and practical strategies that make a difference to your family’s health, the planet and to our children’s future. We offer raw, honest conversations and actionable advice in the following six areas: pregnancy & birth, pediatric wellness, kids nutrition, healthy home, beauty, and parenting. Join us and get inspired to live a more sustainable, healthy life! https://www.ecoparent.ca/podcasts

Feeding Families Podcast:
No matter who you are and where you are, I’m pretty sure you and I want the same thing - to build strong mental and physical health in our kids, and set them up for a bright future. In our episodes, we break down the nuts & bolts of kids’ nutrition so you know what you need to know, and we bring you inspiring food stories and practical strategies so you can overcome real-life food challenges shared by parents everywhere. We want you to leave with more clarity, new ideas, inspiration - but most importantly - my guests and I want you to develop unwavering confidence in the food decisions you make every day. I’m your host Jess Sherman - nutritionist, mother, author, family wellness educator and creator of the Resilience Roadmap. Let’s get into feeding families.

About your Host, Jess Sherman MEd, FDN-P, RHN:

Jess is a Family Health Educator and mother of three focused on nutrition for brain health and resilience in kids. She uses her training as a certified teacher, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner, and Holistic Nutritionist to improve the lives of children with learning differences, anxiety, ADHD, autism and mood disorders by helping their parents uproot hidden stress and nourish them deeply. Her book, Raising Resilience, and her online resources - Calm & Clear Kids and the Resilience Roadmap - have reached families all over the world.

Links for Jess:
www.JessSherman.com
www.RaisingResilienceCommunity.com
instagram.com/Jess.Sherman_RaisingResilience

To learn how Jess helps families minimize symptoms of ADHD, ADD, anxiety, moodiness and set their kids up for strong health, development and resilience visit: https://www.jesssherman.com/coaching

Partnerships:

Audio magic on this episode was performed by the incredible Kattie Laur.

This pilot episode was made possible with support from Ontario Creates.