Parent Driven Development
Episode 043: Recipe Swap
01:15 Welcome!
02:04 Feeding kids is a full time job
What are your meal time rules?
Home delivery meal service
Personal chef for the kids?? No…
Meal time is meal time, and if the kids don’t eat, tough nuggets.
08:59 Dinner table time
Phone vs no phone?
Are you a fast eater or slow eater?
Time to share conversations with the family
Limiting or monitoring the amount of food for kids, do you do this? Sometimes the doctors have given us parents too much to mull over...
13:12 Food as restriction or reward?
Dessert time - it’s a thing that is to be enjoyed
Keto desserts… YUM Quest cookie obsessed (https://amzn.to/3jRlmxy)
Keto cake (https://chocolatecoveredkatie.com/2019/09/08/keto-cake-recipe/)
Chocolate chip cookies (https://www.fatforweightloss.com.au/keto-chocolate-chip-cookies/)
19:25 Cook at home vs. ordering out
Meal prepping during the weekend to prepare for the week. This makes it quicker and easier. Less work too ;)
No meat preschools - managing meals around kids school food programs.
Therapeutic time in the kitchen
Leftovers are best and easiest!
Ever hear of module dinner architecture? KWu and her family utilize this magic.
Meal deliveries for the win - Home Chef (https://www.homechef.com/), Green Chef (https://greenchef.com/), Nurture Life (https://nurture.life/parentdrivendevelopment)
Keto 101: Simply Keto: A Practical Approach to Health & Weight Loss, with 100+ Easy Low-Carb Recipes (https://amzn.to/3f90puL)
Kosher (https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/what-is-kosher) household
27:05 Household hacks
Breakfast for dinner (https://www.delish.com/cooking/g1636/breakfast-for-dinner/?slide=3) on Friday nights. What’s your favorite??
Kids Eat in Color (https://kidseatincolor.com/)- tips on how to present food to your kids
Secrets of Feeding a Healthy Family: How to Eat, How to Raise Good Eaters, How to Cook, by Ellyn Satter (https://amzn.to/3jP5bB2)
Smitten Kitchen (https://smittenkitchen.com/)
Maximizing on slow cookers // insta pots (https://amzn.to/3f8ZQ47) - our favorites :)
Cook’s Illustrated (https://amzn.to/2X1KCY7) - for stews, slow cookers, and more!
Mirepoix (https://amzn.to/3jM3fJv)
Parenting trade off - you can choose cooking or the kids
40:18 Making the kitchen as your sanctuary
Football season - perfectly steamed shrimp (https://www.mccormick.com/old-bay/recipes/appetizer/old-bay-steamed-shrimp-with-cocktail-sauce) and cheese boards for the win
Dinner time is a celebration!
Bringing coding into meal prepping ;)
How to manage the recipe system. Hands-free Vertical Recipe Flipper (https://amzn.to/3gkrkEY) OR Classic Juvale Wood Recipe Organization Box (https://amzn.to/3hHxEH2)
45:40 Genius / Fail moments
Mandy has an awesome win when she hears her daughter is totally comfortable with her, including asking her sex-ed questions. You too for older girls (https://www.amazon.com/Care-Keeping-You-Older-Girls/dp/1609580427) #genius
Allison’s son chose to wear a bowtie for picture day and it turned out way better than expected! #genius
KWu bakes it up with her toddler that he helped make! #genius and delicious muffins for the win.
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Panel
Allison McMillan (https://twitter.com/allie_p)
Mandy Moore (https://twitter.com/therubyrep)
KWu (https://twitter.com/kwugirl)
