I (April) have this dream of sitting down every single night with the whole family, enjoying a beautiful, delicious, healthy meal that everyone enjoys. But in reality, sometimes all I can do is get something totally simple out on the counter so everyone can grab something to eat whenever they happen to make it near the kitchen. (That’s on a good day!)
Leanne Ely, founder of SavingDinner.com, taught me some beautiful tips and ideas that I know can change the way we gather to eat. I’m still in the learning process, but that’s okay! No guilt is allowed at Power of Moms…
Listen to this episode (and share it with your friends!) and then add your thoughts and ideas in the comments below!
Show Notes
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Leanne Ely‘s media experience includes multi-city book tours, satellite media tours, QVC several times as well as guesting on several national television shows, including HGTVís Simple Solutions, ABC Familyís Living the Life, Ivanhoeís Smart Woman, Small Talk for Parents and Talk of the Town. She has guest chef-ed on the cooking show, Carolina Cooks and has taught cooking classes all over the country for Bloomingdaleís.
In addition, she is a seasoned radio personality. Leanneís own radio show, Heart of A Woman aired during drive time in two major California markets, Los Angeles and San Diego. Her current show, Saving Dinner with the Dinner Diva airs each Wednesday afternoon on BlogTalkRadio.com and is one of the top ten shows on that channel. Leanneís weekly syndicated newspaper column, The Dinner Diva goes out to over 250 newspapers nationwide and in Canada.
On the Internet, she pens the Food for Thought columnist for the immensely popular, FlyLady.net, with over a half a million readers several times a week.
She has been featured in Womanís Day, Parents, Redbook, Self and Shape magazines to name a few. Leanne has also been featured in the Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Boston Globe, St. Petersburg Times, Orange County Registeróand many other major newspapers.
Additionally, she is a sought after speaker and has spoken all over the country, with keynote addresses to corporate and non-profit entities.
Music from Creations by Michael R. Hicks
Audio editing by Emily Peterson
I enjoyed this podcast. It is something I have been working on with my family. One resource that has been really helpful to me is The Food Nanny. Her website is thefoodnanny.com.
I currently utilize a lot of these strategies!! I have a 4 month old, and I’m really passionate about making sure that he has a diversified palette. BUT! My husband was NOT raised that way! He barely eats any variety of foods and is VERY picky (no beans, no eggs, no veggies, no gravy….). Any advice for how to prevent these picky eating habits from transferring to my son?