Ruining my child’s life by adding heirloom cherry tomatoes to her favorite pesto pasta w blackened salmon. Whoa, nelly! 😂❤️
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How do we build little foodies?
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In my signature Food Wars workshop, I teach mamas to build a traffic light plate.
🚦Red for things they usually won’t touch w a ten foot pole (tomatoes)
🚦Yellow for things that they feel neutral about so meh, could eat, could not eat, no real feelings about it (marinated feta cheese, orzo)
🚦Green for things they love love love that they will definitely eat (pesto, salmon, that it’s pasta though her favorite is penne, spinach).
What this does is it caters for everyone especially if you’re cooking for a large family. Everyone has a little bit of something they like and maybe something they don’t like too...and it’s okay!
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Research has also shown that it takes up to 10 times of introduction for a child to truly determine preference, and if you think about branding touchpoints, it takes about 8 times before a purchase.
Using the same theory, just keep introducing a good variety. I’ve seen it work again and again and again with the clients I coach and especially with mama’s favorite test subject.
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It also sets up the Respectful Parenting framework of freedom within boundaries.
You have a choice of how much you want to eat but you do have to take one “no thank you” bite (we’ll talk about this next time)..adults included but most of all, it teaches them how to appreciate or approach when life doesn’t always go your way or is only full of things that you want.
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Small lesson, big picture.
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How are you ruining your child’s life today? 😅❤️
Ps. I’ll post the step-by-step recipe on my IG stories (@rachealkwacz) tonight!
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