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Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Teaching Kids to Cook: This Expert Shares Her Secret to Raising Health-Conscious Children | Katie Kimball (EP365)

Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Diane Boden

Self-improvement, How To, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Katie Kimball joins the show today to share her journey about teaching kids to cook and the importance of real food. Katie discusses the challenges of introducing kids to cooking, especially amidst a culture of processed foods, and provides practical tips for getting started with your own children. Whether it’s simple tasks for toddlers or knife skills for older kids, Katie emphasizes the lasting benefits of involving children in meal preparation. This episode also dives into how changing dietary habits positively impacts kids' health and overall well-being.


Episode Chapters |

00:00 | The Importance of Teaching Kids to Cook

02:56 | A Journey Towards Healthy Eating

06:03 | Understanding Food and Its Impact on Health

08:59 | Building a Relationship with Food

12:06 | Navigating Food Choices and Family Dynamics

18:57 | Navigating Children's Food Preferences

20:11 | Advocating for Healthy Choices

22:38 | Building a Positive Relationship with Food

24:36 | Involving Kids in the Kitchen

26:12 | Understanding Picky Eating

28:01 | Teaching Kitchen Skills


About Katie |

Katie Kimball is known as the national voice of healthy kids cooking. She’s a former teacher, two-time TEDx speaker, writer, and mom of 4 kids. She created the Kids Cook Real Food eCourse, which was recommended by The Wall Street Journal as the best online cooking class for kids. Her blog Kitchen Stewardship helps families stay healthy without going crazy, and she’s on a mission to connect families around healthy food, teach every child to cook, and help families instill those all-important life skills!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

There are no picky eaters. We don't have to accept that that's a label for our kids and that every

0:05.9

single child can have a great relationship with food and it doesn't have to interfere with our

0:11.2

relationship. That our connection as families, as parents and kids is the most important gift we can

0:17.9

give them. And so the family dinner table and positive conversations around food to me is the best arena for all of that to happen and is so important for our kids.

0:27.4

Hello and welcome to the minimalist moms podcast. In today's episode, my guest Katie Kimball shares her inspiring journey of teaching kids to cook and the importance of embracing real

0:37.7

whole foods. She explores the challenges of getting children involved in the kitchen, especially

0:42.7

in a culture dominated by processed foods, and she offers practical tips to make it so much

0:48.1

easier. From simple tasks for toddlers to teaching knife skills to older kids, Katie highlights

0:53.3

how cooking together can have

0:54.6

lasting benefits. This episode is full of actionable advice on making cooking a fun and valuable

1:00.4

experience for kids of all ages. But before we get there, I quickly want to share a minimalist

1:05.3

resource with all of you. This was a post that I saw on Instagram from the account,

1:10.2

at home with underscore Caitlin.

1:12.9

This post is about Christmas presents, but before you buy, considering the three things she mentions in the post.

1:18.2

So I'm going to share this post here with you now.

1:20.1

Key number one, drifted gifts.

1:21.8

These are so abundant and so easy to find.

1:25.1

Number two, experiences.

1:27.1

We found a early premiere of a show that our kids

1:31.2

have been wanting to go see and got them tickets. Number three is a combination of the first two

1:37.0

and my favorite. It's a gift, a book that I absolutely loved in the last year. So not only can you

1:42.8

find that secondhand or you might already have

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