Recipes

Eco Lunch Tray Review and #Giveaway

November 18, 2011
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Going Green does not stop with purchasing organic foods for yourself and your children. It is an important to think about what you pack a meal in or serve a meal on as it is to think about the food you serve. The market seems to be flooded with children’s products for meal time that [...]

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After school popcorn snack

October 21, 2011

I have recently found and excellent, easy after school treat for myself and my oldest boy.  We make an inexpensive version of healthy microwave popcorn.  Store-bought microwave popcorn is one of the most overly priced items that you can buy, so this is such an easy way to save and eat healthy!  It also takes [...]

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A New Outlook on Baby Food

October 20, 2011

As many of you know, I don’t buy pre-made baby food.  I don’t really buy much pre-made food in general.  So, what do I mean by a new outlook on baby food?  Well, since baby number 2 was born, I have a little less time to focus on specific baby food meals and I am [...]

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Pizza Night

October 13, 2011

I love butternut squash!  During the fall season they are probably the number one vegetable that I look forward to, next to pumpkin (but they are pretty much the same).   At my CSA pick-up they are plentiful!  Last week I picked up two butternut squash and still have yet to figure out what to [...]

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Roasted Vegetable Baby Food Recipes

September 21, 2011
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It can be so simple to make and store your own baby food.  Homemade baby food is not only simple, but it is delicious and the most nutritious for your baby.  I have given a variety of ideas for how to make your own baby food in the past, but there is no limit as [...]

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Acorn Squash: Mexican Style

September 19, 2011
Mexican Stuffed Acorn Squash

I love fall/winter squash, my favorite is butternut squash, probably because it is the most familiar to me and I have cooked it many different ways.  One of the more popular types of squash at my weekly farm share at this time of the year, besides butternut squash is acorn squash.  Well, this past Wednesday [...]

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Toddler Recipes: Veggie Patty

September 6, 2011

My 2.5 year old starts full-day preschool this Wednesday.  I am taking the time today to try to come up with some fun healthy lunch recipes for kids.  I have a, what I call “boring” lunch that I can pack in a moments notice, but I’d like to go for something more interesting, but not [...]

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Pumpkin Banana Puree

September 4, 2011
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My 6 month old is ready for food!  Although I’m not diligently feeding him on a regular schedule, he’s ready to start some solids.  How did I know he was ready?  He told us.  Not with words of course, but he literally sits up at the table with us bouncing up an down because he [...]

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Quick Vegan Blueberry Pancakes

August 26, 2011
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I love making pancakes for breakfast on the mornings I’m home.  Even more than I love making them, my son loves eating them.  It makes me so happy to see him clean his plate!  On this particular morning, having just come back from vacation last week, and not having anytime to shop, we have no [...]

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Baby’s First Meal

August 19, 2011

In the last two weeks my now 6 month-old baby boy can sit-up, grab for just about anything, dance to music and now eat!  It is so amazing how much can change in just 2 weeks.  This is the most fun time, I wish we could freeze here.  He’s always happy, easy to please and [...]

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