WEforum Health and Wellness Conference 2018
MARCY RAGAN – Chef & Owner, Relish Your Chef
Cooking Demo – Picky No More: ABC Strategics to Feed the Whole Family
Wednesday, November 14 11:00-11:20 AM (LEARNING LECTURE – ATRIUM C)
Chef Marcy Ragan hears time and time again how parents struggle to feed their children. “My kid won’t eat that” is a common refrain. Our children’s lives are usually so regulated that oftentimes meals are the only place where kids can exert control and pickiness abounds. As parents, we can’t let them starve, can we?! And then we default to what they will eat without a struggle, what is easy, packaged “kid food”. But, wouldn’t it be nice to enjoy meals with your family and create a lasting relationship with nutritious real food? As modern parents, we are bombarded with packaged ‘miracle’ food products as quick fixes to solve our problems; when the answer should be a fresh perspective and a little ingenuity. Drawing upon her work as a personal chef and as a mom, Chef Marcy has devised techniques to make mealtime nutritious and enjoyable. Her ABC system is designed to adapt meals to any situation and bring positivity to mealtime. Getting kids interested in real food sparks good eating habits that bring lifelong health benefits. Join Chef Marcy for a cooking demonstration that illustrates her ABCs – pick up tips, tricks, tasty meal ideas and maybe a piece of sanity for your next family mealtime.
Chef Marcy Ragan is a Monmouth County bespoke personal chef, caterer and educator. She has spent a lifetime thinking about, cooking and enjoying her next best meal.
Marcy comes from a long line of great home cooks and truly believes that real food shared together brings joy. Trained in kitchens of Perugia, Italy and then at the French Culinary Institute, her cuisine is well grounded in classic European technique. Her approach to cuisine is fresh, delicious, and elevated – without being fussy. Her clients benefit from nutritious, well balanced and appetizing food that is tailor cooked to their specifications, no matter what the occasion. Eat well; you’ve earned it.
