What are these teeny tiny hands making? Whole wheat pizza dough! Not too long ago, I revamped and revised my previous recipe for whole wheat pizza dough and Eliana was a part of the process every step of the way. It was so much fun watching her react to the bubbling yeast and squishy dough. Want the recipe which includes various ways in which your own teeny tiny sous chef(s) can help you prepare it? Hop on over to Eating Rules where my friend Andrew is hosting his annual October Unprocessed Challenge. While you’re there, check out some of the
Read More »Eliana and I will be teaching a cooking class together starting in January with Green Ivy Enrichment. The 12-week course will be held at Battery Park Montessori School and we want your little chef to join us! Enroll your 2½-5 year old in our teeny tiny chefs classes and over the course of the sessions your child will learn to prepare a variety of fruit and vegetable-filled recipes he or she can re-create at home with some support. Along with cooking together, my teeny tiny sous chef and I will help your little chefs work on knife skills and learn
Read More »Food Day 2015 is coming, are you ready for it? What’s Food Day you ask? Every year on October 24, the Center for Science in the Public Interest sponsors a nationwide celebration of real, healthy food, sustainable farm practices, and campaigns for better food policies. A main goal of Food Day is to help people “Eat Real” by cutting back on sugar-laden drinks, salty processed foods, factory farmed meats and restaurant food in order to eat more local fruits and vegetables, whole grains and sustainably-raised protein. I’m honored to be part of the Food Day Blogger Takeover whose mission is
Read More »If you’ve been reading teeny tiny foodie since the beginning, you probably know that Eliana has been spending time with me in the kitchen since she was a little baby. I strapped her into her carrier, plopped her onto the very wide counter while she was stuck in her Bumbo seat or even let her sit on the floor with floor with some of her “own” tools to use. As she has gotten older, her involvement in the cooking process has evolved from an engaged observer to an actively involved helper and recipe creator. This foodie mama is so proud
Read More »We recently moved from the busy streets of Brooklyn to suburbia and we spend a lot more time in the car than we used to. When I learned that OXO Tot was giving out free travel products in order for bloggers to Choose Your Own Adventure, I jumped at the chance to try them out! I love a box of OXO Tot goodies! Eliana is not new to the concept of eating on the go. She’s enjoyed countless snacks and lunches over the years while we’ve been out and about and on the go. She’s dined in her stroller, on
Read More »Well Toto, we are NOT in Kansas anymore! I’m just going to put it out there: Moving to a new house, in a new town has kind of sucked. I’m sure in just a matter of months I’ll feel settled and really love this massive change we’ve made. But for now, moving from a rented apartment in the neighborhood in Brooklyn where I spent the last 10+ years to owning a house in a new town in the suburbs has been hard. First, my mom and I spent a solid week unpacking boxes. (My mom equals Rockstar Unpacker by the
Read More »Getting kids to eat and enjoy veggies is a mission of mine. For this reason, I was thrilled when Allison from Don’t Panic Mom invited me to join the #LoveHealthy Veggie Love Campaign this month. The purpose of this campaign is to help make vegetables more fun, inviting and, of course, delicious for the whole family! Check out the #LoveHealthy Facebook and Pinterest pages for recipes and ideas from other bloggers who have joined the campaign. For my contribution to the cause, I’m sharing a round up of some of my family’s favorite veggie packed recipes. I find that mixing
Read More »I’m excited to announce a collaboration between teeny tiny foodie and Baby In Tune. Vered Benhorin is a talented musician based in Brooklyn who sings beautiful songs that bond parents and babies. I bought Vered’s first album when Eliana was just 6 months old and we still enjoy listening to it today. Vered’s second album is about to be released and it contains a song near and dear to my heart that I’m excited for you all to hear. The song, Cooking, is all about little chefs cooking. Eliana and I were lucky enough to hear the beginnings of this
Read More »Have you heard about Vani Hari aka “The Food Babe?” She is a fearless food fighter who works tirelessly to elicit major changes in and expose the tricks of the American food industry. She has taken on major food companies such as Kraft, Subway, Chipotle, Chick-fil-A and more to implore them to be more transparent about the ingredients, often chemicals, they put into their food and to encourage these companies to change their ingredients or practices. I’m telling you about her because she is one of my “food heroes” and she has just written a new book, The Food Babe
Read More »Eliana and I were given the 6 Piece Fruit and Veggie Prep Kit from Curious Chef to review. All opinions are my own. Recently, Eliana and I received some new tools from Curious Chef. They gave us their 6-Piece Fruit and Veggie Prep Kit to test out and we love them! Eliana is thrilled to have “her own tools” which look similar to mine but on a smaller scale so they accommodate the hands of little chefs. I love that these tools are attractive and sturdy. I’m sure they will last us years! To be honest, in a pinch, I occasionally
Read More »I have some exciting news to share! teeny tiny foodie will be mentioned on tv next week!!! Here’s the lowdown: Recently, my friends from The Kids Cook Monday filmed a segment for The Better Show, which is a nationally syndicated morning show that airs on WLNY in New York. On the show, they promoted their new cookbook The Kids Cook Monday Family Dinner E-Cookbook. During the interview, they cooked one of my recipes (which appears in the cookbook) on the show! So exciting!! I can’t wait to watch it on Monday, December 22 and I hope you’ll watch it, too
Read More »If you’ve been reading teeny tiny foodie, you may have figured out that I’m a mama on a mission. My mission is to keep my 3-year-old daughter from becoming a “picky eater.” So often I hear parents talk about how their kids used to eat “everything” and once they became toddlers they stopped eating all but around 5 foods. So, I’ll let you in on a secret: Over my dead body will that happen to my daughter. Want to learn more and get the recipes for 5 dishes Eliana and I love to make together? Head over to Eating Rules
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