When I had been planning for our pre-Halloween parade party, I thought about playing around with a recipe I had made previously using butternut squash, but I decided to make this dish muffin-sized for a few reasons. First, a handheld snack would be easier for people to eat. Second, all foods are more appealing when they are small and cute. And, third, I figured muffin-sized was a good size for the toddlers. I would call them Mini Baked Pastas with Butternut Squash or “Minis” for short. Well, as you know, our pre-parade party became a Halloween Play Date so the menu
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You’ve probably noticed some changes to the website recently. These will make ttf much more user friendly but we’ve been having some technical difficulties during the transition. Please bear with us as we figure them out. For now, the RSS Feed and subscribing to our posts isn’t functioning properly but you can get updates on Facebook and Twitter. And, check back on Mondays for our new weekly feature called “Monday Meal.” Thanks for your patience! xo, Jory and Eliana Related Posts:October Unprocessed 2017Mommybites Summitteeny tiny gardener for hireStone Fruit PuréeToday's Haul from the Farmer's MarketHer Daily Bread
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Disclaimer: This post is filled with random ranting about airline travel as well as some of my current “survival tactics” when flying with Eliana. WARNING! This post contains overly processed food, BPA and PVC-filled plastics and a shudder-worthy amount of germs. Consider yourself warned. Before I travel I have to write down my “packing list.” I’m famous for making packing lists that include silly things like “this note pad” and presumably obvious things like “shoes.” (Really? Would I actually forget to pack shoes??) My list hasn’t changed so much over the years so you’d think I’d be logical about it
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Regardless of our personal political views, I think we can agree that a government initiative, such as Let’s Move!, that focuses on getting, and keeping, America’s children healthy is important. I’m not suggesting that we count calories for our babies and toddlers or take out the measuring cups to enact portion control. But, I do believe that we should expose our kids to lots of fruits and vegetables from the very beginning so they grow up with a taste for these healthy foods. And, given that the latest data reports that 17% of America’s children are considered “obese,” I don’t think this is a problem
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Usually, our neighborhood has a pretty spectacular kids Halloween parade. This year, Matt, Eliana and I had been planning to host a pre-parade party for Eliana’s friends and their families. But, the parade was cancelled this year due to clean up from Hurricane Sandy. So, instead of a pre-parade party, we hosted a Halloween play date! The guests were toddlers ranging in age from 1 year to 17-months old (in adorable costumes!) along with their parents. The menu was orange-themed in keeping with the Halloween tradition, but since it was going to be between the kids’ lunch and dinner,
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I think we can all agree that this whole parenting thing is beautiful, amazing and hard as sh!t. Personally, I feel like any time I “figure something out” such as a nap schedule, what a certain gesture or grunt means, or how to deal with a tantrum, everything changes and my “go to” moves no longer work. I usually get about ten days to two weeks of feeling like “I got this” before it all implodes in my face. Sigh. But, this is not a Mommy Venting about How Hard Parenting Is type o’ blog. So, I will change the
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Over the summer, Matt and I had a few date nights at home when we cooked pizza together. Previously, I’d always used pre-cooked pizza dough, but this summer we began using fresh pizza dough instead that we bought from the refrigerated section of the grocery store. We prefer to use whole-wheat dough like this one. Below are some tips and tricks we learned these last few months about cooking pizza using fresh dough, cooking it on the grill and baking it in the oven. Recipes are at the bottom of the post. General pizza-making tips and lessons learned when
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Lately when I’ve made muffins, I’ve used this recipe I found on the blog 100 Days of Real Food. But today, I wanted to try something new. So, I used this recipe I found on weelicious.com. Here are the changes I made to the recipe: · Instead of 1½ cups of all-purpose flour, I used 1 cup of whole-wheat flour and ½ cup of all-purpose flour. · I only had 1 banana so instead of 2 bananas and 1 medium apple, I used 1 banana and 1 large Crispin apple. The apple was really juicy so I added the juice to the wet ingredients
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Eliana is a pasta loving fool just like her Mommy. If I allowed it, she’d blissfully eat pasta for three meals plus one snack each and every day. (And really, so would I!) Obviously, I don’t serve her pasta all day every day. But I know that when pasta is served, it will be gobbled up with no questions asked. What I didn’t expect was to feed her a third serving of pasta for dinner tonight! Now that fall is setting in and the weather is cooler, I decided I should use the remaining basil from our garden sooner rather
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On Tuesday afternoons, Eliana and I have a standing play date with our friends Meghan and Miles. This Tuesday, Meghan and I were swapping food stories and she told me that Miles currently loves mashed potatoes. That night I was thinking about new recipes and foods for Eliana. I got to thinking: Has Eliana eaten mashed potatoes? She has certainly had potatoes over the last 16 months. I made her a kale and potato puree when she was newly eating solids and she’s had my potato leek soup, too. At restaurants she’s had roasted potatoes and tried french fries, but she hasn’t necessarily
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How did our garden grow? Wellll, apparently, a green thumb I do not have. My visions of eating a homegrown salad of cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs did not happen. No recipes with our very own okra or squash were cooked either. Other than my being a newbie at this gardening thing, I think a few factors worked against me. First, we have a lovely, very big deck that is West-facing. It is a-ma-zing! Except for the mid- to late afternoon when the sun is so incredibly intense and it is unbearable to be outside. Those parts of the day might
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One of our family traditions is to go apple picking every year. For years, Matt and I would go on a weekend in the fall and load up on apples. We’ve continued that tradition with Eliana. Here are photos from her inaugural trip to the farm last year. Don’t worry, we didn’t let her drive. Apple picking October 2011 This year she was able to be a lot more involved in the picking! Click here for a video of her picking an apple. Another family tradition: A photo of Eliana “driving.” Taking a snack break. Family Fun! Coming home with
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