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
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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
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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
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The folks at Bread and Butter Publishing have done it again! You may remember the review I wrote last year of their first book, End of the Rainbow Fruit Salad. Today I’m excited to tell you about their newest book Garden Safari Vegetable Soup. Let me tell you, this book is another great toddler-friendly recipe book. During this cooking adventure, the Kitchen Club Kids go on a safari through a garden to gather vegetables. They take the vegetables home and lead the readers through a delicious recipe for vegetable soup. Eliana reads Garden Safari Vegetable Soup over and over. The pictures
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When you read the title of this recipe, you might question my use of black pepper in a recipe for little foodies as young as 6 months. So, here’s my thinking on that: introducing your baby to solids is your time to expose him to a variety of flavors and textures through various fruits, vegetables, proteins, herbs and spices. You are setting up your baby’s palette for what he will want to eat for the rest of his life. I’m not suggesting you load up your baby’s food with tons of spicy ingredients and make the poor thing gag, but
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Homemade baby food is inexpensive, healthy, and something the whole family can enjoy. Wait- what? Yep! You too can enjoy this recipe for homemade baby food. Confused? Well, my thinking is that if you’re going to take the time to make delicious and nutritious food for your baby, why not make some extra for the rest of the family to enjoy in a more “grown up” version? Stay tuned for a recipe using the purée below as a main ingredient in the forthcoming Monday Meal that all the foodies in the home 12 months and older can enjoy. On that
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Today the OXO Tot #FirstBites Giveaway begins! Enter below for your chance to win not only all of the cool products pictured above but also one of the newest members of the OXO Tot line of products: the Seedling High Chair! Hurry up and enter because this amazing giveaway ends July 25th. Below is a full list of the goodies you could win. OXO Tot Seedling High Chair OXO Tot Roll-Up Bib OXO Tot Divided Feeding Dish OXO Tot Feeding Spoon Set OXO Tot Baby Blocks (2 oz set) OXO Food Mill OXO Medium Silicone Spatula You might recognize some of
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If you haven’t been reading teeny tiny foodie since the beginning, you might not know that the recipes I originally shared were for baby food. Since I no longer have a puree-eating little foodie in the house, I don’t make purees as often as I did 2½ years ago, but I still like to make them occasionally. Today, I’m sharing this recipe for Zucchini Mint Purée as part of the #FirstBites campaign with OXO and OXO Tot. They sent me some awesome baby food related goodies to use when creating new baby food recipes. Come back on Monday July 14th
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Here are some tips to make using the OXO Food Mill super easy: 1. Close the “legs” and nest the food mill inside a bowl (versus on top of it). For me, this was the most stable way to use it. 2. Rotate the mill clockwise for a few turns then counter-clockwise for a few turns in order to fully process all of the food. 3. Don’t forget to scrape the yummy bits of food off the bottom of the mill. Here’s what I love about my OXO Food Mill: 1. It’s a really versatile tool. With
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For this week’s Monday Meal, I’m not only sharing a new recipe, but I’m also sharing a new tool and announcing a giveaway! Woohoo! How’s that for curing your “Case of the Mondays”? See details for the giveaway at the bottom of the post. About six weeks ago, I had the great fortune to receive a gift from OXO: An OXO Food Mill. Cool!! (I love new toys for the kitchen)! I had never used a food mill before, so I was really excited to start playing around with it and come up with some tasty recipes, too.
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I was recently asked to write a review of a new children’s book that just came out. The book is called End of the Rainbow Fruit Salad and it is a great, toddler-friendly recipe book. The story follows a small group of kids called the “Kitchen Club Kids” as they make a fruit salad together. I have to tell you, I LOVE this book and I’m honored that one of the authors asked me to review it. Here’s what I love about this book: -The large and engaging pictures help Little Foodies follow the story and recipe -The
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