Tips for feeding summer produce to picky eaters from newsletter authors
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In an interview on NPR, Greta Caruso and Fanny Singer, authors of the Substack newsletter The Green Spoon, discussed strategies for getting children to eat summer produce. The two friends, who both had children in 2022, started the newsletter after finding it difficult to feed their own kids despite their professional cooking backgrounds. They noted that many parents they spoke to expressed guilt and shame about what they feed their children. Caruso and Singer suggested offering a crudités platter with dips before dinner to reduce pressure. They also recommended a recipe for "polenta pizza" made with fresh corn, which they described as one of the most popular recipes on their Substack. Singer stated that it can take up to 14 or 18 exposures to an ingredient before a child may decide they like it.
What’s reported
Greta Caruso and Fanny Singer write The Green Spoon, a Substack newsletter about feeding and cooking for kids.
They have been friends for over 20 years and had children within a month of each other in 2022.
They started the newsletter because they found feeding their own children difficult despite being professional cooks.
Caruso said the volume of guilt and shame they heard from other parents pushed them to commit to the newsletter.
Singer said even professional cooks admitted their kids would eat only white food for years.
Caruso suggested putting out a crudités platter with dips before dinner to take pressure off.
Caruso described a "polenta pizza" recipe using fresh corn, Parmesan, butter, salt, tomato paste, cannellini beans, basil, and mozzarella.
Singer said it can take up to 14 or 18 exposures to an ingredient before a child might decide they like it.
Key figures
Greta Caruso, co-author of The Green Spoon newsletter
Fanny Singer, co-author of The Green Spoon newsletter
Ayesha Rascoe, NPR host
Sources: NPR
