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]
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]
I like this puree because of it’s simplicity but also because you can “spice” it up if you and your child desires. This puree is inspired by fall flavors because it seems warm and cozy to me, and by Indian flavors by adding a bit of coriander and tumeric. Finally this puree is so wonderful [Read On]
I test drive a lot of baby and toddler recipes floating out there in cyber space. Some of them are hits. Some of them are not. I recently tried the combination of Apple, Cheddar Cheese and Honey in a quesadilla, inspired by Catherine McCord of Weelicious. She publishes some fabulous recipes and school lunches, all [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]
