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Kids Take on Cottage Cheese - Nutrition in the New Year
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If all the sweets and tempting treats over the holidays have you thinking about better nutrition in the New Year, you're not alone. On today's episode of the Supercast, Jordan School District Dietitian, Katie Bastian shares some simple tips for getting kids excited about eating healthy again - snacks that are fun and easy to prepare for parents on the go.
We also visit with elementary school students who spill the beans on their favorite snacks and cottage cheese doesn't make the cut.
Audio Transcription
Superintendent:
Welcome to the Supercast. I'm your host, Superintendent Anthony Godfrey. Today we're talking nutrition, starting with students at Hayden Peak Elementary School, where they spill the beans on their favorite snacks, and we find out if cottage cheese makes the cut. We're cooking up some fun with kids. Then Jordan School District Dietician, Katie Bastian joins us in studio to talk about getting back on track with better nutrition in the new year for students and families. First, let's check in with our friends at Hayden Peak. Tell me your name.
Student:
My name is Shannon.
Superintendent:
Shannon. What is your favorite food?
Student:
I would have to say it's kind of weird, but I love carrots. I love their baby carrots with ranch dressing.
Superintendent:
Baby carrots with ranch dressing is not weird. What's your name?
Student:
Sierra.
Superintendent:
Sierra. Tell me some of your favorite foods.
Student:
Mac and Cheese.
Superintendent:
Okay. What type of Mac and Cheese? Do you like it with the fluorescent orange powder whipped into a cream sauce?
Student:
Normally, my family just buys a Velveeta Brand Mac and Cheese.
Superintendent:
Velveeta Mac and Cheese is definitely next level. I love Velveeta Mac and Cheese. It's kind of like gold being poured over your pasta?
Student:
Yeah.
Superintendent:
What do you not like? What foods do you definitely not like?
Student:
I hate green beans.
Superintendent:
You hate green beans. Did they do something bad to you?
Student:
No, I just don't like them.
Superintendent:
You just don't like them. Okay. You don't like them. Hate is kind of a strong word if they haven't ever hurt you. Is it because they're kind of fuzzy?
Student:
No, it tastes bad to me.
Superintendent:
What's your name?
Student:
My name's Kylie.
Superintendent:
What do you like for snacks? I like to eat talkies.
(02:10):
Hockey's those are hot. Not for me. Not for you. We bought this big multipack of chips and I was the one that was in charge of eating the talkies because no one else could stand them.
(02:22):
Yeah. I love them. I had snack.
(02:25):
Okay. I admire you. Tell me your name. Ellie. Ellie. What food do you like? Chicken legs. You like chicken legs on or off the chicken? Either way. Either way, whatever happens. Okay. Um, I like it. So you like chicken? What do you not like melted cheese? You don't like melted cheese. What is it about the melted cheese that you don't like?
(02:53):
It has a weird after taste and it's like greasy.
(02:57):
That's exactly why I like it. Tell me your name. Miles. Miles. What snacks do you eat? Yeah.
(03:04):
Hot Cheetos. Normal Cheetos, hot Funyuns, normal Funyuns,
(03:11):
Hot Funyuns. Now wait a second. I was unaware that there was such a thing as hot Funyuns. I've been known to devour an entire family sized bag of Funyuns in one sitting. And I don't even know that there are hot Funyuns. How hot are they?
(03:26):
Well, some people say they're hot, but I don't think they're all.
(03:30):
Okay. I can see that you and I are a sn