I may need to thank Nick Jr. TV station
for my daughter’s healthy eating. My daughter is four and she loves a show on
that station called ‘iCarly’. It is about a girl who, along with her friends,
hosts an Internet show. My daughter thought that sounded so cool, so I
suggested that she have her own show. And the idea of ‘Kooking with Kaitlyn’
was born.
Full
disclosure, this is not a real show. We do not stream live. We don’t
even have a webpage. We use my Facebook personal and business pages. I take a
picture of her cooking her recipe and post it on my personal page. She gets so
excited about that and loves to see it up on the computer. Then later in the
evening, after we taste-test the recipe, with feedback from her, Daddy, and me,
we post the recipe on my Sharon Sherry Fitness page.
This
is fun for her and she looks forward to it most weeks. Even the week our
beloved family cat died, she insisted on ‘doing Kooking with Kaitlyn’ because
‘everyone wants to see the show and that is what Barney (the cat) would want me
to do’. Her show helped her heal her heart.
Each
time we make a new recipe, we first talk about what we are going to make. We
usually get ideas from friends. (her own original recipe is posted below) Then
we go to the store and she picks out which veggies she will use. Yes, that is
right, she is excited about the vegetables because she chooses them herself. I
also let her choose the spices we use as well.
The
meals we make are healthy, ‘clean’, gluten-free, low-carb, low in saturated
fat, very low sodium, and full of many vegetables. Due to her age, I do not
allow her to handle any raw meat, poultry or fish, no knives, and no open
flames. She does everything else except for those items.
Her
‘show’ Kooking with Kaitlyn has turned her into a very healthy eater. But more
than anything, it greatly built up her self-esteem and confidence. Plus it is a
ton of fun for me! If you have read my past articles and know my definition of
‘cooking’, you will also understand how much my husband and I love having
home-cooked gourmet meals made with love by our daughter.
Now
go play with your children!!! ;-)
Sharon
XOX
Kaitlyn’s Own Chicken Recipe
4 breast of chicken
minced garlic
1/2 yellow onion chopped
1 eggplant cubed
2 yellow peppers cut
1/2 bag of Trader Joes organic
frozen chopped spinach
Trader Joes flower pepper
Stew Leonards Italian
seasoning spice mix
Trader Joes organic low-sodium
vegetable broth
Place chicken in slow-cooker
with garlic and pepper on top, add onions, add veggies, sprinkle seasoning, add
a bit of broth to wet
Cook on low for 7 hours but put on high for first 30-40
minutes. Mix and fork-shred chicken before serving
Nutrition per each serving
(makes 4) 250 calories, 23g carbs, 36g protein, 2g fat
I love this recipe since
Kaitlyn took her time in the store choosing which vegetables she wanted and was
able to place everything into the pot.
XOX
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