Is your family dinner menu stuck on repeat? A local Bay Area mom-turned-cookbook-author wants to help you get your groove back in the kitchen, and turn your little picky eaters into full-fledged food adventurers. The secret sauce is outlined in her new book, The 52 New Foods Challenge: A Family Cooking Adventure for Each Week of the Year. In addition to providing practical advice on shopping seasonally, cooking with kids and fostering peace (not war) at the dinner table, her prescriptions are completely approachable for even the busiest family, as they require only a 1-2 hour time commitment each week. For a taste of what the book has to offer, author Jennifer Tyler Lee has shared three of her family’s favorite recipes and a few invaluable tips with us. Click through to sample them all!

DIY Dinner

"A DIY dinner is a great invitation to try on your own terms—another great way to get your kids to try something new without the nagging. Together, prepare ingredients for your dinner and arrange them on the counter in small bowls. Offer two options for each color in your recipe. Invite your kids to make one dish for themselves and two to share. Then trade. you'll be surprised what that kind of creative freedom can do for getting your kids to try something new. Mini Asparagus Frittatas (The 52 New Foods Challenge, pg. 178) work great for this type of dinner."

 

Get your own copy of The 52 Foods Challenge right here.

What are your creative ways to eat healthier as a family? Tell us in the comments below!  

—Erin Feher

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