Tips for feeding summer produce to picky eaters from newsletter authors
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NPR spoke with Greta Caruso and Fanny Singer, authors of The Green Spoon Substack newsletter about feeding children, about how parents can encourage picky eaters to try summer produce. Caruso and Singer, who have been friends for over 20 years and had children within a month of each other in 2022, started the newsletter after struggling to feed their own kids despite being professional cooks. They said they turned to other parents for advice and found a widespread feeling of guilt and shame about feeding children. The authors suggested putting out a crudites platter with dips before dinner to reduce pressure and recommended a recipe for polenta pizza with fresh corn, Parmesan, and other summer vegetables. Singer noted 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 children.
Caruso and Singer have been friends for over 20 years and had children within a month of each other in 2022.
They started the newsletter after being surprised by how difficult it was to feed their own children, despite being professional cooks.
The authors said they heard a lot of guilt and shame from other parents about what they feed their kids.
They recommend putting out a crudites platter with dips before dinner to take pressure off.
They shared a recipe for polenta pizza with fresh corn, Parmesan, butter, 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
