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Peach Plum with Vanilla Purée

20 Aug

Super simple delicious purée for your little one. Summer is great for a lot of reasons but if you are a parent access to fresh and local fruit is a big plus.

Today I steamed one large peach and three small plums for my littler one’s breakfast. I added a little vanilla to cut the sourness a bit. Yum.

So grab your Beaba and purée away. Remember to remove the skins before pureeing. I steamed the fruit to make an easier and smoother purée. I added the vanilla after pureeing.

If you want to thicken up the purée either dump the water from steaming (you really don’t need the reserve water), which is what I did, and/or add rice cereal or ground oats.

Happy eating!
Marnie

 
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Quick and Easy First Foods Meal and Built In Sensory Activity

14 Aug

Who needs fancy, complicated sensory tubs (well, me but…) when you have banana and avocado? I was trying to do five things at once, to which I am sure you can all relate, including preparing a quick and easy banana and avocado puree. Erh…mashing a half banana and a half avocado together. In the middle of my effort, my 7 month old grabbed the banana and subsequently shoved the peel in his mouth with one hand and quickly, like a ninja in the night, shoved two fingers in the avocado. Eventually I gave up. Mashed the banana a bit, mashed the avocado a bit and placed all items (banana, avocado, banana peel and avocado rind) on his high chair tray. Then I held my breath as he dove in – brace yourself for a (creative and fun!) mess.

Win. Win.

He had a meal and a sensory experience all in one. Now that, my friends, is efficiency.

Thanks for reading,
Marnie

 
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Happy Baby Frozen Organic Babyfood Cubes – Review

13 Aug

I was thrilled to find that Amazon Fresh, Seattle’s local grocery delivery (yes, I know, we’re very fortunate.) delivers HAPPYBABY products. I was even more thrilled to learn that HAPPYBABY offers frozen organic baby food cubes. Offered in three stages, the first stage gives us simple food purees such as squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, pears and greens (aka spinach) while the second and third stages introduce foods such as dahl, salmon and turkey. We’ve tried sweet potatoes, pears and the greens. Backed by the infamous Dr. Sears, you can feel good about what you are feeding your baby (even the packaging – BPA free), and, quite, honestly, when I pull the tray of cubes out of the box, it resembles my own frozen baby food trays! The company produces food that is “allergen friendly” and gives back to Project Peanut Butter, a non-profit aiding starving children in Malawi and Sierra Leone.

Bottom line: you can feel good about purchasing this product.

The ONLY negative I have to offer you is that when I heat up the cubes, the result is very watery. I have worked around this issue by adding ground oats. You could also add ground grains, such as brown rice or quinoa.

As for price, this product is definitely more expensive than other mainstream brands but reasonably priced for the value.

Happy eating!
Marnie

 
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Pear Puree with Oats and Cinnamon

12 Aug

As I have blogged about in the past, pears are an amazing fruit. They are full of Vitamin C, Fiber and Potassium. An added bonus is that pears are easy on digestion and can aid in a constipated little one. Add Oats (Iron and Fiber) and Cinnamon to the mix and your child has a very healthy start to the day. I add oats help to thicken the puree but ground them first.

Perfect for: 7+ months

Servings: 1-2

Grab your Gear:

  1. A cutting board
  2. A cutting knife
  3. A peeler
  4. Coffee Grinder (for your oats)
  5. A steamer and a pureer (or your Beaba)
  6. Bowl and spoon for serving

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Food:

  1. One pear (I used D’anjou Pears), peeled and cut up
  2. 1/8 cup oats ground to a powder (best to use a coffee grinder but a pureer does fine too)
  3. Cinnamon – how ever much you want. I probably added a teaspoon or so.

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Method:

  1. Throw the pear in your Beaba (or whatever device you use) to steam for approximately 10 minutes (Level 2 on your Beaba).
  2. Add cinnamon during the steaming process. You can also add cinnamon in the end, just stir it in.
  3. Once steaming is done, puree the pear to desired consistency. The puree will be very liquid. The oats will help with this issue but also removing some of the water before pureeing will help.
  4. Grind the oats and mix them into the puree. Oats will thicken the puree.
  5. Serve

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As always store what you are going to use within the next 3 days in the fridge. Any remainder should go in the freezer.

Happy Eating!
Marnie

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