249: Badass: Balancing Parenthood, Entrepreneurship, and Picky Eaters with Katie Kimball

Today, I am joined by an amazing guest! Katie Kimball is someone that I had the opportunity to hang out with a few years ago when we were both speaking at an event called The Future of Health that took as part of the Mindshare Summit. Now, two years later, I am super excited to be joined by her on The Entrepology Podcast!   As the national voice of healthy kids cooking, a blogger, former teacher, and mom of four, Katie is on a mission to connect families around healthy food and teach every child in America to cook. Her eCourse, “Kids Cook Real Food,” was recently recommended by The Wall Street Journal as the best online cooking class for kids; and her blog, Kitchen Stewardship, helps families stay healthy without going crazy!   In this episode, Katie is sharing her knowledge and wisdom on how to feed this generation of picky eaters and teach your children life-long healthy eating habits. If picky eating is a source of frustration in your home, you’ll be happy to hear that Katie has tons of proven techniques that you can deploy to make every mealtime so much easier! As a busy entrepreneur, Katie offers her advice on what we can do as both mothers and business owners to balance cooking nourishing meals, running our business, and teaching our children important life skills around eating healthy.   Key Takeaways: [1:02] All about today’s exciting episode with Katie Kimball! [3:04] Welcoming Katie Kimball to the podcast! [3:43] Katie shares why this interest in educating both children and their parents around higher nutrition in the kitchen is so incredibly important to her… and why she ultimately decided to pursue a career in it! [9:09] How Katie began to get her kids interested in food (and care about the impact that it has on their health) and why she is so passionate about helping other parents do the same. [11:34] How Katie balances running her complex business while making time to cook healthy food for her and her family. [14:44] What Katie does instead of meal prepping (and her other favorite hacks for busy moms). [17:12] Katie shares her experience getting to speak on a TEDx stage as well as the mission she is trying to share with the world. [19:21] Sharing a personal experience that cemented my decision that I would not cook individual meals for each of my kids. [21:53] The danger of screens plus eating. [24:11] Katie’s tools, tips, and techniques for parents of picky eaters. [28:13] Katie’s advice on how we can begin teaching our children how to cook with ease. [31:02] What is wrong with how this generation of kids are eating and how to raise entrepreneurial-minded children. [33:15] Katie’s key performance indicators! [35:40] Where to learn more about the incredible work Katie is doing in this world. [36:26] Katie’s free gift for Entrepology listeners! [36:55] What I love about Katie and her techniques.   Mentioned in This Episode:Kitchen Stewardship Kids Cook Real Food Join the #KidsMealRevolution “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” TEDTalk by Sir Ken Robinson KidsCookRealFood.com/Entrepology — Free Gift for Entrepology Listeners!   More About Katie Kimball Katie Kimball is on a mission to connect families around healthy food and teach every child in America to cook. As the national voice of healthy kids cooking, she is a blogger, former teacher, and mom of four. Her eCourse, Kids Cook Real Food eCourse, was recently recommended by The Wall Street Journal as the best online cooking class for kids, and her blog, Kitchen Stewardship, helps families stay healthy without going crazy!   Her latest entrepreneurial adventure is a pandemic-canceled TEDx-Talk-turned-DIY that is redefining the kids’ meal by starting a #KidsMealRevolution!   Connect with my Guest: Websites: KidsCookRealFood.com and KitchenStewardship.com Social Media: Instagram @KidsCookRealFood, Facebook @KidsCookRealFood, Facebook @KitchenStewardship, Youtube @KitchenStew & LinkedIn @KatieKimball Just for Entrepology Listeners: KidsCookRealFood.com/Entrepology   If you enjoyed our conversation and would like to hear more: Please subscribe to The Entrepology Podcast on Stitcher or iTunes. We would also appreciate a review!   Come Join Your Community on The Entrepology Collective Facebook Page! They say that you’re the product of the five people with whom you spend the most time. Imagine you could spend time with hundreds of fellow entrepreneurs and go-getters looking to up-level their business, body, and mindset! Come hang out with us on Facebook and let us collectively inspire and support you towards your vision of contribution, your commitment towards better health, and your journey of mindset mastery. We’re in this together! Come join us today!   CALL TO ACTION Do you have a picky eater at home? What did you learn in today’s episode that you’re going to try and employ? Let us know over on my Instagram @DrMeghanWalker!   Also, be sure to head on over to KidsCookRealFood.com/Entrepology for your free gift from Katie!