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Homemade Baby Food Part 1: Is it worth it?
I loved making homemade baby food for Nicholas, and I’m looking forward to doing the same thing for Katie when she starts eating solids. I find that making my own baby food is easy, cost effective,...
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Fall into Fall–Butternut Squash Risotto and Squash Baby Food
One of our favorite weekend activities is walking with the kids down to the local farmers market. We each have an agenda for the excursion: I shop for veggies, Dan gets some locally produced pickles...
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Weekly menu: Greens, BBQ chicken, Sloppy Joes
This week at the farmers market there were tons of fall vegetables like greens and sweet potatoes, so I embraced it. I find that it’s a bit easier and economical to get a lot of one or two things and...
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Weekly Menu: Turkey Trot
Turkey, turkey, and more turkey. I bet you’re getting sick of talking turkey by now. But if you’ve got leftovers, your turkey days aren’t over yet! Here are some recipes for the week that will help you...
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Presents Galore, and Rigatoni with Cauliflower
The morning after Christmas, everyone is playing with their new toys. It’s a beautiful sight. Nicholas is practicing becoming a rock star with his new keyboard and microphone that Santa brought him....
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Baby Food Bonanza
Katie is eating people food. She’s 5 1/2 months and has finally taken to spoonfed meals. I know that’s still early for many kids, but since our son was practically eating spaghetti dinners without...
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The week in food
Once a week I usually lay out what I plan to make for the following week with a list so I can gather all of the ingredients in one go. Then I get completely distracted by farmers markets, sales at the...
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Sweet Potatoes
I like to make this recipe when I’m already making Curry Sweet Potato Fries, or even just baking sweet potatoes as a side dish for Barbeque Chicken and Collard Greens. I find using a food mill gives...
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Kale, Green Bean, Potato Puree
This is adapted from Tyler Florence’s recipe from Start Fresh–Your Child’s Jump Start to Lifelong Healthy Eating. His recipe calls for chicken stock, cheese and olive oil, but I was feeding this...
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Broccoli Puree
Steam additional broccoli from Broccoli Cheddar Soup recipe for 10-15 minutes until very tender. Add a few tablespoons of water and puree in blender or food processor. Add additional water until you...
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