Eating with Ease
A 12-week program for parents of children who eat a very short list of foods
For kids ages 2–10 whose eating challenges are more than "typical picky eating," the ones who can't be in the room with an unfamiliar food, whose safe-food list has been shrinking, and for whom the standard advice hasn't worked.
Created and taught by Jenny Friedman, MS RD, a dietitian with nearly a decade's worth of experience supporting kids with extreme picky eating and ARFID.
The next cohort begins in early 2027.
“The impact on day-to-day living has been profound.”
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Before we joined Eating With Ease we were at a crossroads. I’d read every book on extreme picky eating that has ever been written.
I tried so many things over the years. We’d seen a lot of therapists and specialists. But they never even scratched the surface.
What’s different about Eating with Ease is that it's made for kids with BIG eating challenges. Jenny has treated kids with these issues. She KNOWS these kids.
Eating with Ease is based on experience, success, and reality – and it’s really great. The impact on day-to-day living has been profound.
Victoria, mom of a 5, 8, and 11 year old
Real talk...
Your child’s severely limited diet is a daily struggle.
You want them to eat new foods… but they’re too anxious or fearful to try (or even have them on their plate).
You heard they’d outgrow it… but they haven’t, and it’s only getting harder as they get older.
Maybe they refuse to eat foods because of texture…
Maybe they’ve even stopped eating their favorite foods…
Seriously, you’d LOVE for them to eat ‘real food’ (even ‘kid food’ like pizza would be AMAZING)…instead of snacks, snacks & more snacks!
You’ve tried everything (and I mean everything!)
- Pressuring and pretending not to care…
- Bribing and sticker charts...
- Just keep offering...
- Hiding foods…
- Waiting until they’re “hungry enough”…
- Books, feeding therapy, OT, online courses…
Honestly, you’d be over the moon if your child would eat regular kid food like nuggets or boxed mac n cheese!
You hoped it was a phase, but you're still:
Stocking up on ‘their food’ (in case their brand isn't available)
Telling the other mom what your child eats when they go to a friend’s house
Packing your child’s safe foods to take to a birthday party
Cooking multiple meals so everyone in the family eats dinner
You're at the end of your rope wondering,
“How did it even get to this point?”
If that's you, you’re invited to
Eating with Ease
The 12-week program to help extreme picky eaters
Change is possible for children who eat very little.
In this course you get clear, concrete, easy-to-follow steps that help even the pickiest kids eat more foods - without mealtime drama!
Eating With Ease has helped hundreds of extreme picky eaters, and it can help your child too.
Join now and get the tools to help your child finally overcome picky eating and start enjoying a variety of food!
This is the complete plan to help your extreme picky eater eat with ease!
Join now and get 12 weeks of support:
- The full Eating with Ease framework — six modules of short video lessons paced across 12 weeks so you're learning instead of bingeing. Watch on your own schedule.
- 3 live calls with me — at points in the program where families most often need extra support. We troubleshoot and personalize your plan, work through plateaus, and set you up for the holidays and everything that comes next. They're on October 7, November 4, and December 2 at 1pm on ET.
- A private community of parents whose children eat the way yours does.
- Resource Vault with printable downloads, all in one document.
- The printable playbook — the entire framework, yours to keep.
- Direct email access to me for the full 12 weeks.
Enroll before September 22 and get lifetime access to the Food Bridging Mini Course, my exact method for choosing which food to introduce next .
Get started today for $299, or split it into 3 payments of $109.
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What Eating with Ease families have experienced:
My sons tried carrot!!! Omg. …this is the first veg either has tried in 7-9 years. Real progress. So pumped.
He randomly tried a yellow pepper 😲 He ate the whole thing and said "I actually like those, I can eat it at home now." I’m so proud of him! ♥️
She ate cheesy garlic bread in a restaurant!! WHAAAATTTT!!!!
If you would have asked me before we started your course if she would be confident and comfortable enough to eat hot lunch at school, I would have never said yes. But she is!
Want your child to try new food, get better nutrition and eat more variety, too?
Over half the children in the last cohort tried something new during the program.
Not perfect. Different.
Simple, No-Pressure Strategies
Get techniques experts use and love to get your child on track to trying new foods without tears or tantrums
Unlimited Support
Ask questions (even your crazy specific weird ones!) in our community and get expert support from a Registered Dietitian for the duration of the course
Playbook for Picky Eaters
Basically an expert in your pocket with the step-by-step plan to resolve picky eating & all of the bumps you encounter, whether you’re feeding a fickle toddler or stubborn seven-year-old
This is your missing piece
If you’ve gone to feeding therapy but can't keep things going at home, Eating With Ease fills the gaps.
If you completed other picky eating courses feeling like you didn't get what you needed, Eating with Ease is what you've been waiting for.
It’s the ultimate resource for any parent who wants their extremely picky child to eat more.
“This program has been so helpful. We were going to eating therapy but I had no clue what to do at home, so we weren't see big changes. I have a really comprehensive toolkit now. He's added back dropped foods and trying new ones in just 3 months!”
— Anne, mom of 4-year-old
You get 6 modules with step-by-step guidance
How the 12 weeks are structured
Six modules spaced across twelve weeks. You'll spend roughly two weeks on each module, with three live coaching calls at the points where families most often need extra support.
Module 1
Approach
Meals start feeling better right away with the right approach.
- Learn how to set the tone so you and your child feel better about their eating
- Gain clear and simple ‘do this, not that’ tips
- Find the best way to approach their eating struggles without adding more stress so you feel like you're on the same team
- Understand how to meet your child where they’re at with their eating
- Get mantras to keep you sane throughout this process!
Module 2
Mealtimes
Create a supportive environment so your child is eats and meals feel better for everyone.
- Learn 4 ingredients for successful and enjoyable mealtimes
- Help your child eat more by knowing what to serve and how to serve it
- Discover simple ways to get your child on board so they feel less anxious and can eat better
- Find out the secret to handling snacks, replacement meals, and dessert without making things worse
- Learn no-pressure strategies that help your child eat no matter how food fearing they are
Module 3
New Foods
Pick the best foods for your child and learn how to offer them in a way that feels comfortable, not scary.
- Introduce new foods using a step-by-step plan that sets them up for success with eating
- Increase their acceptance level and comfort with new food (even challenging ones!)
- Learn to select the best new foods for your child
- Know what to do when your child says, “I don’t like it”
- Discover a clear and simple plan so you always know what to do, even if you're tired or they're having a bad day
Module 4
Variety
A key step for any child who won’t eat anything except “their food” — their favorite brand, cooked *just right* and the like.
- Create variety in simple picky-eater-approved ways, even with a limited diet
- Increase your child’s “safe food” list
- Introduce more variety without needing to add new foods
- Prevent your child from dropping preferred foods
- Help your child become more flexible with food with 1-minute tips
Module 5
Tasting + Eating
Now build on what you've learned to get your kiddo actually eating and adding to their diet
- Learn new ways to get your child trying more foods than ever before
- Rebuild your child’s trust and relationship with food so they shed their anxieties, and start enjoying food
- See how to use everyday activities to move your child closer to eating
- Make your child feel comfortable by involving them in every step of the process - shopping, preparing, and eating food
- Understand how to help your child eat dishes with mixed ingredients (like pasta with sauce, sandwiches, tacos)
Module 6
Diet Expansion
Learn what actually moves a taste into a food your child eats. You'll also see how to how to get back on track with common picky eating roadblocks.
- How to move from tasting to eating
- How to encourage eating if they won’t take a single bite
- What to do if your child starts rejecting preferred foods
- What to do when you notice a change in your child’s eating behavior
- How to find the strategies that work best for your child (because everybody’s different!)
Join now & get the plan to help your child Eat With Ease!
"Our daughter is now choosing to try new foods completely unprompted!"
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This program has been so helpful to our family.
Our eight-year-old felt anxious about trying new foods. We were concerned that her list of foods was getting smaller, and that she wasn’t getting the nourishment she needed.
Jenny’s Eating with Ease program changed that...and our daughter is now choosing to try new foods completely unprompted.
Johanna, mom of an 8 year old
Parents of picky eaters, I see you
Listen, I know how hard it is.
You’ve put SO much time, effort and energy into getting your kid to eat - and I totally understand it’s BEYOND frustrating to deal with extreme picky eating, especially when everyone tells you it's normal or just a phase.
I see it every day!
Parents often say that this is a safe space where they feel seen and heard because this approach is empathetic, compassionate, and totally real.
Best of all, it was built for kids on the severe end, not adapted from a program for typical picky eating.
It's the solution you've been searching for.
What parents say about Eating With Ease
“Do it… I wish I knew about this sooner”
Everybody's like, Oh, your child will eat when she's hungry. But she won’t.
She will actually starve herself because I've seen her do it.
We came home from a weekend trip where she didn’t eat and I cried in the closet for 40 minutes.
All the tricks that everybody says to do just don’t work.
I felt so alone and hopeless — and the program changed all that.
Eating With Ease saved me.
Her trying behavior has changed. She doesn't cry anymore… and can tolerate new things around her.
I would tell past me, “do this right away.” Do it… I wish I knew about it sooner.
“My girls look forward to every night now”
Eating with Ease was really helpful because it gave me a full guide week-by-week of what I needed to focus on.
I'm not scrambling to search for new solutions now. I have the solution, I have the plan.
My daughter has licked new foods, touched new foods, and been more curious about the foods that I'm putting on the table that she’s never once been open to exploring before.
Jenny Friedman, MS RD
Founder of Eating with Ease
Hi! I’m Jenny Friedman, MS RD
Founder of Eating With Ease
I'm a registered dietitian, and for nearly a decade I've worked exclusively with extreme picky eating and ARFID. I got my start supporting autistic children, which morphed into experience with hundreds of families whose children eat a very short list of foods.
Most of the parents I work with have already tried "everything." They've read the books, done feeding therapy, followed the pediatrician's advice to wait. What they haven't had is an approach that addresses the unique root of their child's eating struggles, whether it's sensory, anxiety, fear, or some combination of the three.
I'm the author of Stories of Extreme Picky Eating: Children with Severe Food Aversions and the Solutions that Helped Them. I'm also a mom of three, which I share because it means I build plans that assume you are tired.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long will I have access to the program?
The Eating with Ease Program is a 12-week program. You have access to the program materials for 12 weeks (3 months) from the date you purchase.
Does Eating with Ease work for kids with ARFID or PFD?
ARFID often needs specialized clinical support that goes beyond what an online course can provide, but the concepts and the foundations we work on inside Eating with Ease are relevant for every family dealing with extreme food restriction, regardless of diagnosis.
If your child has ARFID and you're looking for comprehensive clinical treatment, I'd encourage you to pursue that alongside this program. If you're a parent who wants tools, community, and a framework for making progress at home, this was built for you.
What can I expect to get out of the program?
While my expectation is that significant diet expansion will take more than 12 weeks, the simple steps you get in Eating with Ease set you up for success from day one.
Over the 12-week program, many families report:
- Kids eating better at meals
- Kids more comfortable interacting with new foods
- New food tastes
- Fewer food-related meltdowns
- More enjoyable mealtimes
- Feeling less stressed, more confident, and more hopeful about their child's eating
How old should my child be?
This program is designed for children 2 to 10 years.
Is Eating with Ease appropriate for children with a diagnosis of autism or sensory processing difficulties?
I actually got my start in extreme picky eating when I was working with autistic kids and this program is based off of my experience working with neurodivergent children.
If that’s you, Eating with Ease is a GREAT fit.
The Eating with Ease framework can easily be tailored to your family’s specific needs and I am always available to help you, so if you find a recommendation in the program that doesn’t seem right for your family, I can help you find one that is.
That being said, some children benefit from pesonal assessment and care. The Eating with Ease Program can be a great complement to in person support. Parents have used it in combination with in person therapy to reinforce strategies in the home, address mealtime challenges, and learn strategies THEY can use to support their child.
Will my child be eating new foods by the time the program is over?
Eating with Ease provides you with the longterm plan for helping your child try new foods and expand their diet. Your child’s progress in and after the program will depend on a number of factors including your commitment, the severity of your child's eating struggles, current eating and feeding practices, their age, the duration of their challenges, and more.
Many children do try and begin adding new foods as parents implement changes at home while in the program, however, my expectation is that significant diet expansion occurs over many months, not just 12 weeks.
How is Eating with Ease different from other picky eating programs and courses?
The Eating with Ease Program is designed for parents of very selective eaters on the severe or extreme end of the picky eating spectrum. You might describe them as a problem eater, food phobic, fearful, anxious, avoidant, or averse.
Unlike many other picky eating programs, Eating with Ease works from the root of your child's avoidance — whether that's sensory, anxiety, or skill and physical comfort — rather than from a generic set of picky eating tips. You're not waiting for your child to get there on their own, and you're not pressuring them either. You're building the specific conditions that let them move.
Eating with Ease also focuses on you, the parent, and sets you up to make progress in a realistic and manageable way.
When does enrollment close?
Enrollment closes September 22 at midnight ET. The next live cohort won't open again until 2027.
What if it doesn't work for us? Is there a refund?
No refunds, here's why: You get everything the moment you enroll. The framework, every resource, the playbook, all of it. There's no way to "return" it. If you feel stuck at any point, that's not a refund conversation, it's a tell me what's happening conversation. Let me know what's going on and I will be there to help you. I know $299 feels like a big investment. I think it should be the last big investment you make in your child's eating.
The most common things parents tell me afterwards: “I wish I’d joined sooner!”
Parents often ask things like, “I tried feeding therapy but it didn’t work. What makes this different?”
See, eating happens in your home, not in a therapist’s office. The things covered during sessions often don’t translate to real life. Plus, they leave you hanging.
Eating With Ease gives you the tools to help your child eat in your own home and make lasting change.
You're not focusing on "getting them to eat" a specific food.
Instead, you'll create an 'eating environment’ where your child feels safe to try new food and teach them the skills they need to eat any food more comfortably.
Eating With Ease helps kids make real progress:
Zac tried a cheese quesadilla AND french fries this week. He’s been offered these food for a long time, but this week he ate them both!
My 5-year-old is eating hot lunch for the first time at school!!! I can hardly contain my excitement.
Greyson ate waffles! Two different kinds! I cannot believe it. I'm just in awe. Thank you so much for your program!
Nora ate yogurt out of the tube instead of a cup or pouch which is a big deal. She had pancake for the first time and put strawberries and bananas in her mouth. She is genuinely having fun and telling me she wants to try more!
“Eating with Ease is for your child, but it’s mostly for you. It gives ideas to use when you’re brain-dead and exhausted at the end of the day.”
“I’d wanted to play with food, but I didn’t even know where to start. I was out of ideas and too tired to figure it out.
Eating With Ease gives you tons of good examples of questions to ask your child and activities to do with them and know I have what I need to have my child feel safe with me.
It’s changed how I approach feeding him. Before I was just, ‘JUST EAT THE FOOOOOD!’ Now I know what to do differently to help him, and also feel better about it every day.
I’m preserving our relationship AND my sanity.”
Eating With Ease has helped families:
- Finally take their dream vacation in Disney World
- Leave the house without bringing ‘their’ food
- Go out for dinner where their child ate real food!
Other families love Eating With Ease…
You want to…
Send your child to birthday parties, sleepaway camp & friends’ houses – without food getting in the way.
Look forward to family dinners and cook one meal everyone in the family will eat.
Stop feeling embarrassed or guilty when your child eats with other people.
Know they get the proper nutrition they need to grow, instead of surviving on snacks.
Help your child get over this for good, and avoid the shame, social isolation, and health problems that older picky eaters face.
Extreme picky eaters don’t grow out of it on their own
If you want to make real progress, you need to do something different.
Eating With Ease has a long-standing track record of success, and it will help your child too.
Improving extreme eating challenges is life-changing for your child, yourself, and your whole family.
Join me, and get the clear steps to help your child overcome picky eating.
Join before September 22 and you get:
Three live calls with me — October 7, November 4, and December 2 at 1pm ET. We troubleshoot and personalize your plan, work through the stretch where progress slows down, and get you ready for the holidays and what comes after. These are part of the September cohort. They aren't part of the program otherwise.
The Food Bridging Mini Course — the exact method for choosing which food to introduce next, so you're not guessing. Yours to keep.
Enrollment closes September 22 at midnight ET.
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