As a budget conscious parent, I understand when my clients say how frustrated and tired they are of wasting food because their picky eater won't eat what they serve. There are several ways to combat this issue but for today, we will focus on mealtime planning that will result in less waste and is also a great technique for working with picky eaters overall. The technique is the Division of Responsibility by Ellyn Satter. If you aren't familiar with it, you need to become familiar-especially if you already have a picky eater in your house. In a nutshell, the D.O.R is a meal serving method known affectionately as "buffet style." The D.O.R, in and of itself, does produce less waste than a "typical" serving style of pre-plating meals because kiddos plate their own food and take only what they like. My method of mealtime planning within the D.O.R will save even more {food AND time!}. Cook once {or twice}, eat three or more timesOne of the keys to serving buffet style with less waste is to plan ahead for meals, within the same week, that can use many of the same ingredients but in a new way. This not only allows for you to cook less, but also for you to have several "exposures" of food for your kiddos but in a way that might be more appealing to them. Let's look at a sample meal plan, for one of my coaching clients, who had a kiddo that liked ground beef and cheese.
Meal One: Tacos
Meal Two: Spaghetti
Meal Three: Pizza
Check out how one creative family does Pizza Bar at their house The awesome thing about these three meals in particular is that they are often, either in their entirety or parts, accepted by most picky eaters {bread products, noodles, cheese, ground beef etc...} which is exactly why they "work" within the D.O.R so well. You will need to keep in mind that some of the foods {shredded lettuce} may need to be used more quickly than others and don't do well if frozen. This plan is simply to show you that with a little creative meal planning you actually CAN waste less food. Let's talk about how you can plan meals for YOUR picky eater. Get more ideas for meals with your picky eater. What have you found are good meals that waste less and fit within a buffet style of meal serving? Until next time, keep growing and blooming! Jen
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