OE EA BielBer ia = 4) 22 a be > ale ~ mo VAL BMfff3 af oe MomsSatisfy Picky Palates Using One Recipe, Four Ways (NAPSA)—Young children can be picky eaters, spooked by strong flavors or unfamiliar ingredients, muchto the disdain of parents who strive to introduce new foods to their children so they’ll enjoy eating for a lifetime. To help parents please the diverse tastes of their hungry horde without spendingall night in the kitchen, Mealtime.org has devised an intriguing dinnertime idea that easily creates four dinnersoutof one. Here’s how: momsor dads can start by preparing a basic, kidfriendly recipe that makes enough for the whole family. Then, while the food is cooking, they whip up small amounts of simple stir-ins or add-ons from easy-to-use ingredients like canned foods. In the time it takes to prepare an every- day dinner, they can transform portions of the basic recipe into up to three additional dinners that have a little more zest. A good example of this is Mealtime.org’s One Recipe, Four Ways portfolio, which includes four easy, nutritious dinners developed by Andy Schloss, a chef, columnist, cookbook author and, most importantly, a father with years of experience cooking for his own brood. Parents can tantalize the taste buds of everyone in the family with recipes based on fun kid favorites, like Family Fiesta Soft Tacos, Tasty Mixed-Up Mac and Cheese, Tutti Frutti Teriyaki Chicken and Yummy Yammy BBQ Chicken. Problem Solvers Chef Schloss designed One In the time it takes to make an everyday dinner, parents can eas- ily create four meals out of one. Recipe, Four Ways to solve several of the problems inherent in feeding a family with individuallikes and dislikes: Children’s tastes evolve, and parents never know when they might be ready to try something new. The food they rejected last week may becometheir favorite next year, so it is important to keep offering options beyond their current tastes. Parents are a model for how their children think about eating andfood. If kids see their parents enjoying new foods, theyare likely to do the same. Family dinnerstend to be seasoned to the taste of the pickiest eaters. But just because the threeyear-old prefers milder foods doesn't mean the rest of the family can’t enjoy something with morezip. To learn more and get the recipes, visit www.mealtime.org, the Web site of the Canned Food Alliance. The Web site contains hundreds of healthy and easy-toprepare recipes that make healthful eating easy.
