Hey everyone. Today's episode is a bit different as it is brought to you by my partner, Washington Red

raspberries. One of the reasons I love to partner with Washington Red raspberries is that they're grown by

passionate farmers in Washington State and they're frozen with care to ensure top quality and food

safety. Frozen Washington Red raspberries are naturally delicious and always in season. Today we're going to be talking about

how you can get your picky eaters to eat more fruit and vegetables. And this is one thing that I never

have an issue of getting my children to eat, especially when I blend them into our fruit

smoothies. Regardless of the time of year, you'd think that even though temperatures are dropping

in Columbus, that my kids would want something else for lunch. But more often than not, my kids just want breakfast or after school smoothies, again, regardless of what time of year it is. So I'll be getting into the conversation with Brittany here in just a moment. But if you're someone that loves raspberries, but is looking to get that fresh off the field flavor all year long, you can pick them up at one of your local retailers like Costco, Kroger, Meyer. You may even be familiar with some of the products they're in, like Costco's

Kirkland Signature Threeberry Blend, or their bakery, lemon, raspberry muffins, or Smuckers Raspberry

Jam, or their peanut butter and raspberry uncrustables. Look for product of U.S. on the bag.

I'll be sure to link them in the show notes.

And thank you again to Washington Red Raspberries for sponsoring today's episode with my guest,

Brittany Shaver. So let's get to it. Only compare yourself to yesterday, not what someone else is doing

on Facebook. Let's say you do want to eliminate all animal products from your diet one day,

and you might see families that look like they have it all together and they're feeding their

kids raw and all this stuff. Well, if that's not where you're at, that's not where you're at,

and that's okay. So I was raised, like I was saying earlier, on a lot of processed food, fast food and stuff. So if me making

one meal from scratch, whether it has dairy or vegetables in it or not, is a huge improvement

from how I was. So it's really, compare yourself to what you did yesterday. So yesterday, maybe you had

to hit up fast food today. You're making all your meals from scratch. That's a huge win.

So just go with that because yesterday's gone.

This is Diane Bowden and you're listening to the minimalist mom's podcast.

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