BETTER BAKING
Prinze isn’t the only one turning up the heat
in the kitchen these days. While he cooks
or grills nearly all of the main dishes, Gellar
has a flair for baking and recently started a
new kid-friendly cooking and lifestyle brand
called Foodstirs ™ . After our Garden of Life ®
brand ambassador Jon Lee Brody introduced
us to Prinze, we caught up with Sarah at a
BlogHer convention in Los Angeles to learn
more about her new venture.
“With Freddie, I learned that the kitchen
is where life slows down for a bit and all
the simple pleasures take over,” she said.
“I was his taste tester and probably put
on 15 pounds when he was working on his
cookbook! But I always liked baking and
both of our kids loved being in the kitchen.”
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Following a play date with her daughter and
some friends, Sarah recalled they all visited
a grocery store to look for baking mixes
so they could recreate some sweet treats
they had spotted on Pinterest. What they
found was disappointing and disheartening.
“We discovered there were all these
heavily marketed brands with genetically
modified and unpronounceable ingredients
in them. We didn’t want to give those
to our kids, so we did some research and
decided to launch Foodstirs as a healthy
alternative.”
After nearly a year, Foodstirs offers
a variety of mixes on its website that
are vegan, kosher, organic, Non-GMO,
and free of artificial preservatives,
flavors and colors. The mixes and food
crafting kits are sold at Gelson’s, a popular
supermarket chain in California, Whole
Foods in Brooklyn, and there are plans
to expand into additional stores on the
West Coast. Gellar explained that the
inspiration for Foodstirs stemmed from
her kids.
“Baking teaches kids so many things,”
she said. “It’s about math, vocabulary,
chemistry, and motor skills. And the
confidence I see in my kids when they
are baking with me is exciting!”
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FAMILY TRADITIONS
Prinze says he also loves it when the kids
volunteer to pitch in and help, just as he
did as a child when he stood on a stool
and helped his mother years ago.
“My mother had greener thumbs than
Mother Nature and was big on growing her
own food,” he explained. “I have memories
of picking basil leaves for her, and now
my daughter grows her own herbs and
vegetables. I’ve learned that if they plant
it, water it, and grow it, they will eat it, too!
Also, I don’t know a kid anywhere who
doesn’t like to play in the dirt!”
Other tips for getting kids to try new
foods and eat heathier include Prinze’s tried-
and-true trick of wrapping a tortilla around
anything foreign to them. The family also has
a “Try It Ten Times” rule with hopes that if
they keep serving certain foods, the kids will
eventually like them.
No matter what’s on the menu, Prinze
sticks to healthy, flavor-packed foods
most of the time and prefers cooking
with extra virgin coconut oil because
of its good fats and antioxidants.
On busy days, he’ll mix up a protein shake
in the blender and throw in a handful
of blueberries and a tablespoon or two
of honey to drink after his strenuous Jiu
Jitsu workouts. After training in the
renowned Gracie method for more
than a decade, he knows a thing
or two about recovery.
“After you finish a strong workout,
your body will crush anything you put
into it,” he said. “If you go with healthy
proteins, vitamins and minerals, you’ll
get the same benefits actors and athletes
get from taking their trainers’ advice!”
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