Rule a Healthy Roost: Nutrition, Recipes, and Activities for Modern Families

by Leslie Smith Grant, Katherine Guntner (Editor), Kelly Giardino (Illustrator)

Overview

Rule a Healthy Roost provides just the right amount of easy-to-use information to make nutrition and fitness as simple and fun as possible, as well as tips for getting everyone on board.

With humor and a good scoop of mom-sense, Leslie Smith Grant walks you through:

• Nutrition and Kitchen 101
• Safety advice
• Tips for cooking with kids
• Shopping and pantry tips
• Recipes and menus
• Activities and games
• ...and more!

Having fun with your kids is great exercise, but getting them to eat fruit and vegetables doesn’t have to be a game of chicken. Join Leslie as she shares how to create easy homemade meals from fresh ingredients, invite your kids into the kitchen to help make parent-approved kid cuisine, and shake a leg together with old-school P.E. exercises and activities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781945783067
Publisher:	Imagine Flux
Publication date:	04/30/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	156
File size:	136 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Leslie Grant currently serves on the Atlanta Board of Education and works a part-time gig in the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture at Emory University. From 2007-2012, she was the "Mother Hen" of Chickin Feed, LLC, a small business she created to help her family focus on raising healthy kids (chickins) from scratch. She wanted a simple, fun way for her kids to make wise decisions about what they were eating, as well as something to help her figure out what to make for dinner each night. Leslie and her "chicken coop" of talented friends released the original edition of this book in 2008, The Chickin Feed Primer, after appearing as the first "Incredible People" on the Rachael Ray Show. Chickin Feed, LLC also produced a series of books and a collection of children's tunes based upon a quirky set of Farm Grub characters. Leslie was involved in the startup of both the Neighborhood Charter School in Grant Park (now the K-8, Atlanta Neighborhood Charter School) and the Grant Park Cooperative Preschool, and has served on the boards of each school. She has volunteered in Farm to School programs through work with Georgia Organics, Atlanta Farm to School, the Grant Park Farmers Market, and other organizations. As a member of the Atlanta Board of Education, she serves as the chairperson of the Audit Committee and on the Executive Committee of the Council of Great City Schools. Leslie is very impressed by her ability to stay married to Don and the two great chickins they've raised.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Nutrition
  • Grains/Bread/Pasta
  • Veggies
  • Fruits
  • Dairy
  • Protein
  • Fats and Oils
  • Sweets & Extras
  • Snacks
• Kitchen
  • Building a Nutritious Kitchen
  • Basic Food Safety
  • Kitchen Safety Tips
  • Kids in the Kitchen
  • Kitchen Equipment
  • At the Table
  • Food Value
  • Portion Control
  • Kitchen Tips
• Recipes
  • Food at the Heart
  • Morning Snack
  • Lunch
  • Afternoon Snack
  • Dinner
  • Desserts & Treats
• Activities
  • Old School P.E.
  • Drama-cize
• Getting Everyone on Board
  • We All Need a Little Help!
  • School Lunch
  • Choosing Your Meals
• About Us
• Links and Resources

Editorial Reviews

I highly recommend Rule a Healthy Roost. It's stocked with tips on everything from balancing your family's diet to how to get your kids involved in the kitchen, to some really fun fitness ideas for kids of different ages. I haven't worked out in six weeks, so I'm going to try a few of these on myself.

-Jesse Brooks, Dadsplaining: A Fatherhood Podcast

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