Work-At-Home Mom Cooks Up a Profitable Business Idea for Picky Eaters

Released on = August 23, 2004, 1:10 pm

Press Release Author = Shelly Howard

Press Release Summary = MunchkinMenus offers new electronic cookbook filled with
simple kid pleasing recipes the whole family will love.

Press Release Body = CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI—When her two-year-old son began to refuse
the foods she cooked… foods he had been eating for several months… work-at-home mom
(WAHM), Shelly Howard sought a solution. After looking through her pantry, she
realized that it looked like “processed food heaven,” filled with all manner of
pre-packaged foods.

“I also realized that I was making a separate dinner for my son because he wouldn't
eat what I fixed anymore,” Howard states. “He used to eat anything—chicken, fish,
steak, pork. It didn't matter. He liked it all. But somewhere around his second
birthday, he changed.” Determined not to have a picky eater, this young mom set
about trying new recipes almost nightly. “Now he's back on track,” she states,
”and—thank goodness!— eats most veggies and other things that are good for him
again.”

Wanting to share her simple solutions for kid-pleasing meals with other moms, Shelly
has compiled about 100 of her son’s favorite recipes, along with those from other
women who have faced similar situations with their own children. The downloadable
electronic cookbook was released last week to the joy of several mothers who had
been eagerly awaiting its publication.

“I’ve found it helps to let my son assist with dinner, too. He feels a sense of
pride when dinner is served and he’s able to tell his dad, ‘I helped,’” says Howard,
who started her business July 2004. She also lets him choose one vegetable or other
food on every visit to the grocery store. “I then cook a meal around that food and
we talk about the color, the taste, and the recipes we could make with it. This
helps him behave in the grocery store, too, because he’s involved in the whole
process.” Her creativity and ingenuity are incorporated throughout the new
e-cookbook as well as her entire business, MunchkinMenus.

She smiles and adds, “This has worked so well in my case that my son even asks me
when he wakes up from his nap what I'm making for dinner.” That’s certainly not the
norm for children his age.

For more information about Shelly Howard or MunchkinMenus, call (248) 425-7279,
email munchkinmenus@mail2world.com, or visit http://www.munchkinmenus.com.

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Web Site = http://www.munchkinmenus.com

Contact Details = Shelly Howard
MunchkinMenus
21373 Clear Creek Blvd.
Clinton Township, MI 48036
Phone: (248) 425-7279
Email: munchkinmenus@mail2world.com
Online: http://www.munchkinmenus.com