Ep 23: To Inclusive Meal Planning with Jamie Feit

*Before you listen in, here's a quick heads up...you may hear my kids throughout this episode...Mom life is real. Motherhood is real, and working from home with kids present is real. I'm not one to hide what goes on behind the scenes. Thanks for your understanding and please enjoy!...*With Thanksgiving, The Holidays, and the New Year approaching, we are coming up to a food heavy time of year (to say the least), and we want you to be prepared! This week’s episode is for the mamas who want to expand their meal repertoire and learn tips to make mealtimes as inclusive as possible for your family and reduce the stress on YOU.  This week’s guest is Jamie Feit, from Jamie Feit Nutrition, who is a dietitian, nutrition coach, cooking instructor, and meal planner. A main focus of this episode is gluten free meals, a speciality of Jamie’s, that is crucial to her work. With roughly 1 in 100 people across the globe with a celiac diagnosis, and many more with food intolerances, it is helpful to have the tools that enable us to cater to our family members and friends. You will walk away from this episode with practical guidance to ensure your family and friends are well fed, have plenty of healthy options, and ways to make healthy eating easier on you and fun for them. Also, make sure to download Jamie’s 30 day meal plan, shopping list, and recipe guide. Trust me, this will make your life MUCH easier!2:45 Introducing Jamie Feit of Jamie Feit Nutrition“About a year and a half ago, started an online business to teach busy Jewish moms how to prepare healthy, gluten-free food that is kosher, that’s tastes good that your whole family will like.”3:50: Gluten free dilemma and what got her to focus in this area"If it's hard for me to run a Gluten-Free household that's kosher, that all my family will eat and I'm trained, it must be five times as hard for someone who is not trained to do it when they have to" 5:40: What does being a ‘healthy eater’ for kids means these days?“For all your picky kids and for all your kids that don’t eat, they will grow out of it, if you model for them and you continue on a consistent basis to model for them healthy habits in your house” 9:20: Gluten Free vs. CeliacIn this section, Jamie explains the three reasons why you would absolutely need to be on a Gluten-Free diet11:00: Being inclusive of those who require Gluten-Free food or other require other dietary needs"So when I cook for Shabbat or I cook for the holidays, everything is gluten free. Cause I don’t want the cross-contamination in my kitchen”Want to connect with Jamie?Check out her Website, Facebook page, Instagram:Want to connect with Jodi?Email her at [email protected] and check out her website hereCredits:Host: Jodi FriedGuest: Jamie FeitEditor: Matthew Feiler