Toni and Olivia's Cooking Adventures

As most toddler parents can relate, one of the biggest recent developments I've seen in my three-year-old daughter, Ashlyn, has been that of an ever-inquisitive mind - noted by the hypnotic flow of a few signature questions that 10x whenever we leave our home. "Mommy, Daddy What Is This?" is inspired by our family visits to the grocery store accompanied by Ashlyn, with the title paying homage to her most trusted go-to catchphrase. As a full-time dad-chef, I personally make a lot of grocery store runs with Ashlyn in tow, constantly exposing her to and familiarizing her with an array of produce - ranging from the everyday Gala Apple to and exotic variety of Romanesco. My vision with "Mommy, Daddy What Is This?" is to share a food-centric educational system that my family & I have adopted via our produce section escapades - highlighting one produce item per letter in the alphabet, from A to Z. My greater mission is to inspire fellow toddler parents to re-imagine grocery trips with their children as exciting educational journeys that also happen to stock the fridge (and lunchboxes) with healthy and delicious meals and snacks!

Meal Prep is the New Leftover is a collection of tips and a strict guideline to help those who want to learn how to meal prep efficiently. These tips are my blueprint when meal prepping. Not only do I meal prep for clients, I meal prep for myself, and I have found that I have much more free time because I have my meals and snacks already prepared for a quick grab-and-go. It also helps with making better decisions knowing you already have a healthy meal ready to pop in the oven or microwave. This book will keep you from making a quick stop at your local fast-food restaurant. Often, having a healthy and hearty meal is the solution to making better decisions about what we consume.