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Baby donuts

Calm down, I’m not feeding my two year old son donuts.  But he doesn’t know that. As it turns out, toddlers like eating things in fun new shapes, even if it’s the same batter as every other thing I bake!  Ha! To be fair, it’s not actually the same batter as the other breakfast stuff he eats, but the ingredients aren’t that different (they’re still plenty healthy), so it’s an easy option for me to offer him and a win that he is obsessed.  As you’ll soon see, they are super simple. The batter makes 6… Read more >

Breakfast diversity

Oh my gosh!  I had different things for breakfast this week!  Food ruts be gone? I made another paleo loaf this week, which yielded one mini loaf and three muffins (because I don’t have the recommended size loaf pan for the actual recipe). A completely different breakfast for me here – two fried eggs made into a omelet of sorts with spinach and goat’s milk brie folded inside.  And half an avocado on the side. And then my taste buds swung back in the sweet direction.  180 from the above, much?  This pancake had way more… Read more >

The weekly menu

This post feels like a sponsored post for Trader Joe’s, but I assure you it is not.  They are kinda awesome though in terms of price and quality.  And we happen to do the majority of our shopping there.  Sure, you could find more local/organic/etc stuff at WFs, but TJs is definitely on their game and does a pretty good job of keeping with the food trends while remaining true to their consumer’s desire for affordable but popular products.  So yeah, as I warned you, this week was heavy on the packaged (semi-pre-made) stuff to assist me in my… Read more >

The weekly menu

Another post with our dinner meal planning.  Kinda.  These weeks have been weird with some nights away (visit to my parents’ house) and family staying with us and a few nights of me eating solo (Kyle doing business stuffs), which makes for a difficult game plan.  I totally relied on scrounging up leftover scraps to create not that innovative meals, but it was also in an attempt to be slightly more frugal after some splurging for birthday shenanigans.  These are the meals I’ve managed to capture over the past week (and a half?). This salmon dish was from… Read more >

Allergy friendly baby/toddler products

First things first – a heads up.  How products are packaged can change!  We used to buy these dried cranberries and evidently the co-packing and/or facility from where they are sourced is no longer the same!  READ LABELS EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU BUY A PRODUCT!! Second, since sharing this link (about a new study that tested the efficacy of a probiotic in the treatment of peanut allergies), I have spoke with my son’s pediatrician and started us both on this probiotic.  I find research like this so interesting and promising and even if it doesn’t change anything… Read more >