As part of the #kidslivewell day at the National Restaurant Association show, I was able to speak with two of the restaurant contest winners, John Williams of UW Health and Kelly Parthen of Bean Sprouts, and the director of nutrition at the NRA, Joy Dubost. These three had a bunch of great ideas to help […]
One of my angsts about parenting in a semi-organic fashion is the dreaded children’s menu at restaurants. Grilled cheese, chicken fingers, mac and cheese, cheese pizza. Cheese, cheese, cheese…Yawn. Who cares about the lack of vegetables, let’s talk about flavor! Why do folks assume kids will only like the bland “yellow food diet”? I think restaurants could […]