Dedicated to Developing Little Spirits
Here is a lovely snack recipe from my very healthy, vegetarian best friend, Jessie, for your whole family to enjoy. (That’s a very pregnant Jessie in the picture above this text. She is holding my older son last summer on our visit back home to Maine.) Jessie’s “Earth Balls” are portable, healthy and, perhaps, most [Read On]
We love tangerines in our house. They are a wonderful fruit for so many reasons. The color, textures, taste, built in sensory activity and not to mention the health benefits. The recommended age for giving citrus to your babies is 12 months. That is when we started even though our pediatrician told us we’d be [Read On]
One of the most exciting parts about summer is the copious amounts of watermelon. Not only good for us adults to nibble on but a wonderful finger food for our kids, too. An organization exists for the purpose of promoting this amazing fruit. The organization is named fittingly The National Watermelon Promotion Board. Check it [Read On]
Call it a supply versus demand thing. I was at the Farmers Market yesterday and the berries for the most part had disappeared…I found one vendor selling strawberries. The rainy season started early here in Seattle and that does not bode well for strawberries, I was told. The poor little things get beaten up by [Read On]
Between the little man’s molars coming in and transitioning to “big people” food, I continue to worry about my little man’s diet. I mentioned I integrated a multi-vitamin but for an added punch of protein and iron, I’ve also began to sneak bits of tofu, chicken, egg, etc into his quesadillas and his grilled cheese, [Read On]
The Little Man is very interested in feeding himself these days, which, as you know, can pose a few problems. So in my search for that perfect finger food, I decided today to make pancakes. I used cutters to shape the cakes into a whale and a car (I let the Little Man choose which [Read On]
