Kelly “Pea Brain” Parthen and Shannon “Peacasso” Seip launched Bean Sprouts in 2007. They wanted to create a hip and healthy place that sparks children’s appetites with good-for-you food and delights grown-ups with a happier mealtime.

Their kids — Kale and Makena Parthen and Isaac and Bini Seip —have served many times as taste testers. Their birthdays are also the columns in Bean Counter’s chalkboard equation!

Click here to watch our Behind the Beans video.