As usually happens when you visit TED, I found a recent post really inspiring: Super Foods Superheroes, "a workshop that would band together the newest type of Superheroes: kids on a mission to make and eat healthy food."
Guest TED writer Katy Klassman describes the project: to design a curriculum to help kids explore healthy options for breakfast, lunch, dinner—and even dessert.
Among the kids' creations: yoghurt parfaits, gazpacho, tofu stir-fries, whole wheat pancakes, and cabbage salad.
They even had the kids write about their creations—the descriptions are adorably honest and surprisingly positive. Here's part of an example included in the post:
The gazpacho wasn't my favorite, but I liked how it tasted like natural flavors. Or at least how I thought natural flavors would taste. It reminded me of everything natural. I'll definitely make it at home—I'll make everything at home! For those who want to make something yummy, try the quesadillas!
The project is exciting as much because of the kids who thought they "didn't like anything" and who turned out to love vegetables, as because of the potential it illustrates for individuals to make a visible and positive difference in the community. Read the post in full for how the project got started, but this was just the effort of a two-person team, and after a matter of weeks, 15 entire households were probably eating differently because of what the child of the house learned in a workshop.
