Food For Kids
The Food for Kids Podcast is the quick, practical solution for anyone who wants to make feeding kids easier and less stressful. If you’re at your wits' end trying to juggle kids’ food alongside everything else in your busy life, this is your podcast for practical, fun, and easy-to-digest info on raising healthy, happy, confident eaters. With bitesize episodes of around 5-10 minutes twice a week, it’s perfect for the school run, your daily commute, or whenever you’re looking for practical tips and fresh ideas to make food for your kids just a little bit easier and more enjoyable. Expect a variety of topics, including family-friendly recipes, tips for picky eaters and special diets, ideas for eating more seasonal fruits and vegetables, money saving tips, school food inspiration and much more! Hosted by Joanne Roach, creator of The Foodies Books, which have sold more than 40,000 copies across U.K homes, schools and childcare settings. Joanne has been helping kids to grow, cook and eat vegetables and fruit for over 20 years and is passionate about making food affordable, practical, sustainable – and most of all – enjoyable for real working families and busy educators who don’t have the time, budget or energy to keep up with the latest trends. Each week, we’ll feature a short interviews talking about one topic or answering one question. And there will be one short solo episode with tips and ideas for practical family food. The interviews will be with dietitians, food industry experts as well as educators who are doing amazing things in schools and childcare settings. You’ll hear real-life examples of how families and schools are fostering positive relationships with food and making mealtime a fun and stress-free experience. We also keep you updated with food in the news, so you’ll always be in the know about the latest trends and findings related to kids’ nutrition. Most importantly you'll get a short bite of something uplifting and advice you can actually use. You’re probably already bombarded with information that makes you feel guilty, overwhelmed and helpless in the face of a food environment that seems to be working against you. The idea of this podcast is to focus on practical, positive, relatable and realistic ideas that you can absorb in short bursts and then put into practice in your own time. Subscribe to download the tiny bites of food inspiration, delete the ones which don’t apply to you, and see what nuggets you can add to your family or school table. Happy eating!
Episodes
In this episode, Joanne runs through a list of fruits and vegetables which are in season in the UK in August, and offers tips for getting children to try each of them. There is also a short list of imported foods that are currently in season.
This will be useful if you want to increase your intake of seasonal fruits and vegetables, and want some ideas for helping to build your child's familiarity with them, whether they eat the end...
In this episode Joanne talks to Emma Shafqat from Dietitian With A Difference about childhood milk allergy, what the two main types are, what the differences are between the two and how to find out if your child has one.
Emma then talks through what will happen next if you get a diagnosis and what the "milk ladder" is.
She also explains the difference between a milk allergy and a lactose intolerance.
Emma's instagram feed: https://ww...
In this episode, the second in a monthly series, Joanne runs through some ideas to reduce food waste and save money by storing foods well and using them up effectively.
This episode is about tomatoes so there some ideas about how to store tomatoes to make them last longer, and stop them going off. This includes how to store them in the kitchen, how to freeze them and how to dry them. There is also some information about why the fri...
In this episode Joanne runs through some suggestions for making the endless summer holiday snack production line a little easier.
Joanne outlines a pick and mix approach using items from three different food types to make it easier to have variety but put things together quickly during a long week of holiday snack demands.
Music "Happy Days" by Simon Folwar via Uppbeat
This episode is about how to handle food if you use a home based childcare professional, so that’s a childminder caring in their home, or a nanny caring in yours and I have a short interview with one of each about how they divide the responsibility with families.
Nannies and childminders work under quite different frameworks in the UK, and that affects both their legal responsibilities and how you, as a parent, can approach making a...
In this episode Joanne gives you three easy growing projects to choose from that can still be done at this time of year, work well with children helping, and don't need any special equipment or knowledge, literally just a cheap grow bag of compost.
Idea one - windowsill pea shoots
Idea two - rescuing supermarket herbs
Idea three - Christmas potatoes
Links in the episode:
Growing peashoots: https://www.thefoodies.org/how-to-grow-pea-shoo...
This interview with Chris Lord took place a couple of years ago, when we were discussing the changes in the UK secondary school food curriculum.
Chris has taught food for over twenty years in both the UK and Hong Kong and has some thoughtful insights in to the changes of emphasis in the way food is taught.
Our conversation explored the need to move away from teaching as food technology to a more integrated approach that emphasizes n...
In this episode of the Food for Kids podcast, Joanne shares simple, family-friendly meal ideas using seasonal produce available in July. The focus is on easy-to-make recipes that require minimal prep time, making them perfect for busy families. Joanne discusses three main meals, a dessert, and a quick snack, all utilizing fresh ingredients that are in season. She gives suggestions on adapting recipes to suit children's tastes and s...
On today’s episode I am talking to Dr Kirsty Porter from Nutrition For Kids in Northern Ireland.
Kirsty is a registered children’s dietitian with over 15 years of experience helping parents overcome mealtime and feeding challenges. She specialises in supporting fussy and sensory eaters, and offers evidence-based but practical advice that fits real family life.
When we’re talking about why children can be hesitant around new foods ...
In this episode, Joanne runs through a list of fruits and vegetables which are in season in the UK in July, and offers tips for getting children to try each of them. There is also a short list of tropical imports that are currently in season.
This will be useful if you want to increase your intake of seasonal fruits and vegetables, and want some ideas for helping to build your child's familiarity with them, whether they eat the end...
Today's episode is the first in a regular series I am loosely calling the “Help my child is bringing someone home for tea” series. Which is my way of bringing information the basics you need to know about special diets to families who don’t have a special diet themselves but want to be able to be inclusive for those children who do.
The first one in my series is children who need a gluten free diet either because they have coeliac d...
In this episode of the Food for Kids podcast, Joanne discusses the complexities of fussy eating in children, emphasizing that it is usually not the parent's fault.
She explores various factors contributing to picky eating, including genetics, neophobia, and environmental influences.
Joanne provides insights into how parents can help their children build confidence and familiarity with food outside of mealtimes, ultimately fostering ...
In this episode we are talking about how to keep a toddler busy in a garden, with Susan Hodkin from Two Dots Garden.
This conversation explores the joys and challenges of gardening with children. Susan is the person behind the Two Dots Garden instagram account, formerly Two Dots Allotment, which grew an enthusiatic following of her fun, laid back and joyful images of growing food with her daughter and having fun with gardening p...
In this episode, the first of a monthly series, Joanne runs through some ideas to reduce food waste and save money by storing foods well and using them up effectively.
This episode is about berries so there some ideas about how to store berries to make them last longer, and stop them going off. This includes how to store them in the fridge, how to freeze them and how to dry them. There is also a suggestion for what to do if your be...
In today’s show, I asked Jenna Brown who is online everywhere under the name Food Safety Mum, about how to make sure that we handle our leftovers safely so we can waste less food but not worry about anyone getting sick, especially little ones with their less established immune systems.
Jenna is an experienced Environmental Health Officer with over 14 years of experience in food safety and public health. She started the Food Safety M...
In this episode of the Food for Kids podcast, Joanne shares simple, family-friendly meal ideas using seasonal produce available in June. The focus is on easy-to-make recipes that require minimal prep time, making them perfect for busy families. Joanne discusses three main meals, a dessert, and a quick snack, all utilizing fresh ingredients that are in season. She gives suggestions on adapting recipes to suit children's tastes and s...
In this interview with Emma Shafqat from Dietitian With A Difference, we are talking about how to know if your child’s fussiness is just a "normal" level of developmental hesitancy around new foods, or whether you should consider asking for advice from a professional. I think a lot of us worry that we’re either making a mountain out of a molehill, or on the other hand, writing off actual eating issues as “just a stage”.
Emma is ...
In this interview with Kate Hall of The Full Freezer, we explore how to use your freezer to store individual ingredients rather than whole batch cooked meals to make family life easier.
Kate was a batch cooker before she had her second child, but found herself buying food to cook for the freezer and then failing to find time and wasting food while also buying convenience foods to make up the difference.
Kate's solution was to find w...
In this episode, Joanne discusses the benefits of eating seasonal foods, and then runs through a list of foods in season in the UK in the month of June.
Joanne runs through a list of fruits and vegetables which are in season in the UK in June, and offers tips for getting children to try each of them. There is also a short list of tropical imports that are currently in season.
This will be useful if you want to increase your intake ...
This short trailer sets out who and what the Food For Kids podcast is for, and gives some examples of the kinds of things to expect from upcoming shows, so you can decide whether to listen or not.
If you think it sounds interesting or at least worth dipping a toe (or a spoon!) into, then please subscribe so you will get the first few episodes. You should get a pretty good idea of what to expect within a couple of weeks so if it's no...
Popular Podcasts
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by audiochuck Media Company.
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Listen to 'The Bobby Bones Show' by downloading the daily full replay.