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Cooking with kids 🧑🏽‍🍳 | Dietitian 🍎 | Mom of 👩‍👦‍👦|Reduce picky eating and meal stress 🍲

03/03/2026

UNICORN 🦄 FOOD ART!

🧑🏽‍🍳 These are STEAM activities that will get kids more involved in the kitchen and boost their creativity! They will also be more willing to eat their meals! Ideal activities for picky eaters!

🧑🏽‍🍳 The cone is filled with fruits of different colors (strawberries 🍓, blueberries 🫐 , green grapes 🍇). Chef Ben also decorated with whipped cream and rainbow sprinkles

🧑🏽‍🍳 An innovative way to go beyond the basics!

🧑🏽‍🍳 Let your kids have fun decorating their pancakes and use their imagination!

🧑🏽‍🍳 Apply color to your breakfast!! 🌈

🧑🏽‍🍳 It doesn’t have to be complicated! Their are many simple and fun ideas to add a little art to your meals that your kids will love!!

⭐️ Follow us for more cool ideas and effective ways to make your kids eat, enjoy their meals and have fun!

“𝔼𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 ℍ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤-𝕠𝕟 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟”

01/13/2026

SNACK IDEAS FOR KIDS!

Tips:

🧑🏽‍🍳 Have snacks available at the time you wish
🧑🏽‍🍳 Make them accesible
🧑🏽‍🍳 Ready to eat
🧑🏽‍🍳 Encourage independence by letting them choose what they want.
🧑🏽‍🍳 Fruits in mason jars stay fresh longer! I have them always available for them to eat.
🧑🏽‍🍳 Only have a few snacks available so they are not full at lunch time or dinner!
🧑🏽‍🍳 I like to offer snacks that have protein, fiber and healthy fats. I fill the bucket with peanut butter waffers, whole grain mini bars, oatmeal cookies, raisins, mini mini muffins, nuts, gogo squeeze.

⭐️ Watch for foods with choking hazards for little ones under 3 years old, like whole grapes 🍇 , nuts and seeds, raw vegetables 🥗, dried fruits, and chips.

⭐️ The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children under 2 years of age don’t consume any added sugar. Kids 2 and older should have no more than 25 grams (or 6 teaspoons) of added sugar daily.

“𝔼𝕟𝕔𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 ℍ𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤-𝕠𝕟 𝔼𝕩𝕡𝕖𝕣𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕖𝕣 ℂ𝕙𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕟”

01/11/2026

EGG SHELL HACK! 🥚

🧑🏽‍🍳 Boil the eggs

🧑🏽‍🍳 Transfer to glass of water

🧑🏽‍🍳 Shake glass with both hands

🧑🏽‍🍳 The egg shell will come off easily!

01/06/2026

🧑🏽‍🍳 Mangosteen is a delicious tropical fruit with a thick purple rind and sweet white flesh. Grows on Southeast Asia.

🧑🏽‍🍳 Mangosteen is a low-calorie fruit, rich in antioxidants and essential minerals like manganese, potassium, magnesium, and copper, with some Vitamin C; it’s low in fat, moderate in carbohydrates and offers good fiber making it great for immunity and fighting inflammation.

10/02/2025

SPOOKY SEASON IS HERE!!! 👻
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🧑🏽‍🍳 These funky face bell peppers 🫑 are so easy to make and kids will love them! It is an easy food activity!

🧑🏽‍🍳 As a snack, we cut them in long slices and paired with ranch dressing! Kids love dips!

🧑🏽‍🍳 Choose bell peppers of different colors so it is more interesting for them! 🌈

Have fun! 🎃

09/25/2025

RAINBOW SHAKE 🌈!

🧑🏽‍🍳 Smoothies are easy to make and you can have it as breakfast or snack!

🧑🏽‍🍳 Just blend a variety of fruits/vegetables, which provide fiber, vitamins and minerals!

🧑🏽‍🍳 Make it colorful so it is fun and healthy! Different colors of fruits and vegetables give you different nutrients!

🧑🏽‍🍳 kids love the combination of flavor and if it’s colorful, better!

🧑🏽‍🍳 The base of every smoothie is frozen banana 🍌 to give consistency!

🧑🏽‍🍳 Blend all ingredients of each color, put them in freezer while you prepare the rest, then stack each one on top of the other in a glass!

ENJOY! 😉

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