Learn to cook with Tiny!

Since Tiny has been out exploring and making friends, she has tried lots of delicious new foods. Now she wants to learn how to make some of these tasty treats along with you and your family. These recipes will be simple, nutritious, fun and great for kids and grownups! 

If children want to help with the cooking, they can follow along with Tiny’s instructions shown in the blue boxes; the other more complicated steps should be done by an adult. 

And if there is anything that you would like to learn how to make with us, don’t be shy! Just send an email to Tiny at info@tinytastesworld.com and we will try our best to make it here for you.

Roasted Salmon Lettuce Wraps with Rainbow Salad and Sweet Ginger Dipping Sauce

Tiny just tried some delicious, crunchy lettuce wraps today and now she can’t wait to learn how to make them with you! Tiny loves salmon, and our chefs think that it is perfect for these wraps, but if your family prefers boneless chicken breast or even sliced firm tofu, feel free to substitute. The marinade is great on just about everything.

If you want to plan ahead, the dipping sauce, marinade, and rainbow salad can all be made the day before you want to finish the recipe. To save time, you can also buy shredded raw veggies if you don’t want to slice everything for the salad. Try to still include plenty of colorful vegetables for lots of fun and vitamins.

Prepare a dressing for the salmon:

5 green onions (scallions), white and green parts, chopped

2 garlic clove, peeled and chopped

¼ cup lime juice

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon Chinese 5-spice*
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper  (only if you like it a little bit spicy!)

2 teaspoons kosher salt

1 pound skinless salmon fillets

*Note* Chinese five-spice powder is fragrant, mild and delicious spice blend that can usually be found in the spice-aisle or international foods section of your local grocery store. If you have trouble finding it, you can mix up a little batch of your own with this easy recipe!

Make the Rainbow Salad

1 cup red bell pepper, sliced thinly

1 cup carrot, peeled and grated

1 cup yellow bell pepper, sliced thinly

5 green onions, only the green parts, sliced thinly

2 cups purple cabbage, shredded

Juice of 2 limes or 2 tablespoons rice vinegar

2 tablespoons toasted sesame seeds (optional)

2 teaspoons kosher salt

An adult should slice these vegetables, or use pre-sliced vegetables if desired. 

Prepare the Dipping Sauce:

2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce

2 tablespoons runny honey

A piece of fresh ginger, about the size of a cherry

¼ teaspoon of toasted sesame oil (optional!)

Grate the ginger with a rasp or the fine side of a box grater. 

Final steps:

Place the marinated salmon on the lined baking sheet and bake in your preheated oven for 6-10 minutes at 425 F or until it flakes apart easily when you twist at the center of the fillet with a fork. Let the salmon cool for a few minutes, and then flake it onto a platter.

Rinse one head of Boston lettuce (also known as Bibb or butter lettuce)

We like to serve these family-style, with the lettuce wrappers, salmon, rainbow salad, and dipping sauce available separately at the dinner table, because “make-your-own” meals are so much fun.

Now it is time to put everything together: Take your lettuce leaf, add a little bit of everything, and wrap it up like a fresh Summery taco.

This recipe should make enough for dinner for 2 grown ups and 2 kids. Steamed white or brown rice makes a perfect side dish.

Tiny’s Shopping List:

Low Sodium Soy Sauce

Honey

Small Piece of Fresh Ginger

2 Bunches of Green Onions (Scallions) OR 10 individual Green Onions

3 Limes OR Bottled Lime Juice

Olive Oil

Chinese 5-Spice

1 Pound Salmon Fillets (ask your fishmonger to please remove the skin!)

1 Red Bell Pepper

1 Carrot

1 Yellow Bell Pepper

1 Head of Purple Cabbage

1 Head of Boston Lettuce (Bibb/Butter Lettuce)

Kosher Salt

Sesame Seeds (optional)

Sesame Oil (optional)

Cayenne Pepper (optional)


This post created by Kat Craddock
Photo credits: Cassie Sciortino

Tiny Tastes PRO: Voted People's Choice!

Tiny Tastes was one of 7 products selected for a live demo at NYC's Health 2.0 Patient Empowerment and Connectivity themed pitch event last week! 

Attendees browsed through our table-demos where we had the opportunity to show them the Tiny Tastes app as well as our new Tiny Tastes PRO web portal. We explained how the app works and showed them the instantaneous photo-transfer of the food images that are captured within the app and then displayed on the website along with statistical information about eating sessions.

The audience voted on their favorite companies, and Tiny Tastes was selected as their top pick among all patient empowerment tools! 

How Tiny Tastes Empowers Families: 
We hear all of the time "you should have at least 5 servings per day of fruits & vegetables" or "eat more of these healthy foods"... but at the same time we know that it can be challenging to change our habits or preferences to include more healthy choices. 
Studies show that when families make healthy eating changes together, it is easier to do with the whole family's support and the healthy habits continue more permanently as a true lifestyle-change. Tiny Tastes can help it to actually feel fun to make dietary changes in families where children may be reluctant to eat a variety of fruits & vegetables... kids enjoy eating more foods along with Tiny!

Similarly, when someone visits a pediatric nutritionist or feeding therapist, they are sent home with a list of dietary instructions and/or feeding exercises to follow through on at home with their children. However, the only way that these recommendations can be accomplished is if the child herself is willing to participate. Tiny Tastes app offers parents & caregivers a fun way to engage children in the feeding process and inspire them to want to try new things along with Tiny!

How Tiny Tastes PRO Connects Patients and Medical Providers:

Anyone who subscribes to the new Tiny Tastes PRO web service will have the ability to view an online log of everything that a child eats along with Tiny in the app. This allows parents and healthcare providers to monitor a child's dietary intake patterns and notice trends more easily as their diet history is displayed beautifully in our new website. 
This seamless companion tool can replace the old-fashioned "diet diary" that most medical providers request that parents use to document their child's intake - which can be tedious to keep track of and not the most practical way to monitor a child's intake between medical visits. Tiny Tastse PRO also offers more vivid insights, as Before & After photos will display exactly what and how much a child has eaten at meals and snacks. Furthermore, statistics about each eating session are auto-generated and published in easy-to-read graphics to give professional insights into dietary intake patterns.

Tiny Tastes PRO is just entering beta testing phase this month, so if you are interested in gaining 3 months of free access to this online service please contact us (linked here) and we will get back to you with additional instructions about how you can participate!

More updates will be on their way soon! Here's a brief sneak peek: