Welcome to Healthykidtchen™ and for taking some time to read my blog! This is such an exciting chapter for me and I haven’t been passionate about anything work related in a while. With lots of time on my hands and lonely hours at home with a packed house of kids remotely learning, I came up with the idea for Healthykidtchen™ and have been developing recipes ever since! What has replaced the Freshman 15 is the Pandemic 10, which I can only attribute it to my test kitchen running 24/7! With all joking aside, I’ve put together my nutrition background and love for cooking and so excited for the opportunity to share my creations with your kids.
Starting a business has been such an adventure and I could never have done any of this without the help of my creative and supportive team of talented family members, who each brings their own expertise to the table. Kuddos to Cherie who has taught me to think big and global! Cherie is an expert media strategist who has marketing experience and helped develop numerous companies into even bigger names, Peloton, Carvana, and Hello Fresh to name a few! And my legal counsel Daniele, who has drafted every document and negotiated terms to help bring healthykidtchen™ to fruition. Cherie and Dani, this dream of mine would never have become a reality if it weren’t for your devoted guidance and vision. From our numerous conference calls and meetings to late night brainstorming sessions, I’m indebted to you and even as the older sister, I look up to both of you and am so appreciative of your support.
This whole process has been a learning curve for me and I would be remissed to not thank the most important kids in my life, Sydney, Lukas and Jake. Each of you has taken the time to help me, its not so easy to learn this stuff at 45+! Sydney, thank you for helping me create content and videos (on repeat) and for teaching me the ins and outs of Tik Tok and Instagram. Lukas, thank you for being so patient with me and for teaching me how to use the laptop and how to operate Zoom. Jake, you took my vision and helped to create exactly what I was looking for with my logo. And thank you to my husband Jason, for believing in me, for tasting all of my creations and for supporting me throughout this whole process.
A special shout out goes out to my niece Lindsey, the social media extraordinaire! Thank you for helping me manage my social media accounts, for creating the coolest stories and posts and for helping to keep healthykidtchen™ relevant in a world that is so foreign to me! And to all my other family members, old and new friends who have taste tested, taken classes, and offered feedback and assistance in the creation of my website, you know who you are and I thank each and every one of you!
As I continue to develop content and classes, check back to my blog to see what’s new with healthykidtchen™. Can’t wait to see you in my kitchen!
Kid Cooked, Dietitian Approved
XX Michele
