Strategies
Cooking with ‘picky eaters’
Cooking with children is a really lovely thing to do because not only is it an opportunity for some fun times together, it also gives your child a sense of awe and achievement when they see what they have made….
Eight reasons to use a visual menu for your ‘picky eater’
In this article, I’m going to share a strategy which can help enormously with food anxiety: the visual menu. What is a visual menu? A visual menu is a method of communicating to your child what you will be serving…
Beyond reason: why rational arguments do not support children’s eating
You are rational – I am rational (please don’t ask my husband and kids to verify this). We make the odd ‘heart over head’ decision and it’s great to listen to intuition too, but largely, as adults, we make most…
Spotlight on: sugar snap peas
Sugar snap peas and snow peas are different varieties of Pisum Sativum from the pea family, bred to be eaten, pod and all. Hence – as the French say – ‘mange tout’. I have been thinking about them recently because…
Spotlight on: panko breadcrumbs
Panko breadcrumbs come from Japanese cuisine and are lighter, crispier and less oil absorbent than regular breadcrumbs. They are made using an electrical current, which is kind of cool. They are also an amazing tool for helping children transition from…
What does your food legacy look like?
Maybe you have your dad’s eyes… maybe you have your maternal grandma’s amazing way with words… I know there are lots of my traits I can trace back to my parents and even my grandparents. But it’s not just our…
