Anaya wins the competition with the agile flip of her wrist and again, gets a hug from Aikens. He has good vegetarian recipes that are really easy to do. Although Aikens himself is a vegetarian, you'd be hard-pressed to get him to say the word. I grew up loving and eating vegetables because our family always believed that vegetables are as big a part of the meal as meat. I don't use the term 'vegetarian' because one, I don't like labels.
Good food is good food, whether it's with meat or without, whether it's with seafood or without.
Plus, nowadays there are so many great substitute products such as tofu that are so wonderful for us. Aikens says one of his greatest joys is cooking with his boys, and he often has them on his show, helping to prepare healthy kid-friendly dips and snacks. Also, I don't push them to not eat meat even though for the first few years of their lives, we didn't serve them any. That's what I want to tell parents, if you start out with a good base of fruits and vegetables, they'll establish good eating habits. Curtis Jr. is aware there's diabetes in my family, so he's becoming conscious every day about eating right.