The other night I found a new food website that I absolutely love called Snack Girl. Her recent post about healthy foods that are cheap reminded me of the yumminess that is kale chips. They are quick, healthy and easy. A perfect snack! And, a curious toddler can even help out with the preparation by helping to wash the kale, tearing it into small pieces and mixing it with olive oil and spices before baking it. See below the photos for my recipe for Kale Chips. Assuming she doesn’t eat all of the ingredients before you can
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Hey Grown Up People In Charge of Little Foodies! I snuck out of the crib to tell you about the NEW Tips & Ideas my Mommy posted about feeding the Little Foodies in your life. Check it out, Peeps! Oh, but please don’t tell her I escaped from the crib. She doesn’t know I’m that slick. THANKS! xo, Eliana Related Posts:Cereal Parfaits: {Kids Cook} Monday MealMommybites Summit Tomorrow Night!Simple Cherry PuréeKitchen Sink Strata: Monday MealCreating my teeny tiny foodieEggy Bread Sandwich: {Kids Cook} Monday Meal
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Yo, Peeps! Eliana here. I took over the computer while Mommy is busy so I could tell you about all the other ways to love and adore ME: your favorite teeny tiny foodie. Did you know that we’re on Instagram? You didn’t??? Well, here’s a link to our page so go check it out! And, no, I don’t care if you’re not already on Instagram. Get. On. It. NOW! And, did you know we’re on Twitter? Uh-huh. I figured you didn’t. So, here we are on Twitter, too. You can also adore me on YouTube and you don’t even have to
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Guess what Eliana found at the grocery store the other day? We were walking through the produce aisle and she began vigorously pointing and grunting, “Unh! Unh! Unnnnhhhhh!” I turned and what did I see? A xuxu squash, more commonly known as chayote. How the heck did Eliana notice that, you ask? Well, remember that post from a few weeks ago about reading books about food and eating as part of her education as a teeny tiny foodie? Her book, My Foodie ABC: A Little Gourmet’s Guide by Puck features a xuxu for the letter X. Of course, we
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Hey Everyone! Visit our new Tips & Ideas Page to see all of the tips and ideas I’ve gathered about creating a teeny tiny foodie. They are now all in one place for you to easily reference. Woohoo! And, feel free to add any of your own by writing them in the “Comments” box at the bottom of that page or by emailing me directly at [email protected]. Enjoy!! xo, Jory Related Posts:An Apple A DayFarm to FoodiePrimavera Pizzettes: {Meatless} Monday Meal and Giveaway!Shaved Apple & Baby Kale Salad: {Kids Cook} Monday MealCherry Rosemary Collards Mini Muffins: Monday Mealteeny tiny
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This post is otherwise known as: How I Got My Overtired and Massively Teething Toddler Fed and Into her Crib ASAP I had visions for how this morning would go. Eliana would nap, we’d head out to a nearby play space and then come home for lunch and more playing. Well, things didn’t quite happen that way. Instead, Eliana didn’t nap because her teeth were killing her. Then it became clear that getting out to go anywhere wasn’t going to happen because she was so overtired that she couldn’t see straight. Needless to say, there was
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When thinking about my “steps” for creating a teeny tiny foodie, I channel my inner teacher and what I know about curriculum planning. One thing my colleagues and I always did when planning a unit of study was to think about how we could give students a variety of experiences, across disciplines, around a topic. So, that’s what I’m doing now with my classroom of one-Eliana, the teeny tiny foodie. Now, let me clarify and say that I have not set up my own little (pre)school here and I don’t take Eliana through a series of lessons for reading,
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When I was a preschool teacher, a favorite spot of the kids in the classroom was the dramatic play center. I think this was true partly because of all the cool stuff that it was stocked with, but also because little kids are learning about how the world works when they play in that center. During dramatic play, little kids learn through playing, role-playing and re-enacting what they’ve seen happen in the world. This helps them to process and understand what they’ve seen people do and heard people say. Like most humans, toddlers learn by watching and then doing
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One of my cooking dreams came true the other day: Eliana and I officially cooked together for the first time! Yay! Over the last many months, she has certainly spent time in the kitchen with me while I cook, but she hasn’t really been so engaged in the process. But, now that she has a big step stool that lets her stand at counter height, she can get in on the action! This little moment represents another piece in my process of creating a teeny tiny foodie: Get your little foodie into the kitchen while you cook. Find a way
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Here’s what we got from the farmer’s market today: -1 hubbard squash -1 bunch collard greens -2 bunches golden beets -1 parsnip -1 bunch japanese turnips -1 rutabaga -1 bunch leeks -1 pound brussels sprouts -5 apples (crispin and fuji) -3 bosc pears Not bad for less than $30, huh? Now we just have to figure out what to do with it all! Related Posts:Say Hello to My Little FriendBibs are made to get DirtyHow to Cook Quinoa (so it doesn't suck): {Meatless} Monday MealCircle of Moms Top 25 Foodie Moms ContestWho needs a teething toy?Cauliflower and Collards
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If you’ve been reading teeny tiny foodie regularly, then you probably know that since last January, when Eliana began eating solid foods, I’ve been working on making her a teeny tiny foodie. (Well, duh! It’s the name of the website). I think there are many pieces to this process, and one of them is for a little foodie to be involved in shopping for the groceries, whether they come from the grocery store, the farmer’s market or corner deli. It is especially fun when Eliana accompanies me on our weekly Sunday trip to the farmer’s market. Our farmer’s market is right
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With all the traveling people are doing in the next several weeks, I thought I’d share a recipe for muffins that I’m making to bring to holiday meals, as well as a list of the handheld snacks and foods that I have found to travel well, whether it is across the country, across town or across the neighborhood: -Cheese sticks -Our version of “Cheerios” –Beet pancakes from weelicious.com (I make them with whole-wheat flour and golden beets) -Whole-Wheat Apple Muffins (See recipe below) -Carrots chopped into little sticks (Bonus use: They make a great cold teething toy, too) -Mini Frittatas
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