This month we’re starting our yearlong Family Eats Challenge series. Throughout the year, we’ll take a journey with four families as they strive to change their relationship with the food they eat. 

Our first Challenge Family is Empty Nesters, Janet and Jim, from Houston. Janet loves to cook, but struggles with finding something that Jim will eat. Jim as always been a picky eater, which is why they’ve been eating the same meals for years. Read on to hear more about Janet and Jim’s journey as our first Family Eats Challenge family.

Family Eats: What is it that you would like to change about yours and Jim's relationship with food/meals?  

Janet: I have always liked to cook and find much joy when friends and family enjoy it. However, it is not fun when people do not eat it, or do not try it. Jim has always been a picky eater, which is why I have been cooking the same things for years. As a result, shopping for food and cooking meals has become very boring.