Happy New Year! For our first Monday Meal of 2015, I’m sharing our newest recipe for muffins that we’re calling Carrot Cake Muffins with Very Vanilla Frosting. This recipe was one of Eliana’s picks since we made it together as part of #WeCookWednesday. It’s been really fun to let her take control and explore cooking the items she’s interested in cooking. Wait! You don’t know about #WeCookWednesday? In short, on Wednesdays, Eliana and I cook any recipe that she wants to cook. Learn more about it here. Anyway, back to this recipe, I love that even though she wanted to
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A few weeks ago, I told you all about our new kitchen tradition called #WeCookWednesday. The first recipe Eliana wanted to make together for this event was Pumpkin Pie. We made the recipe a few times and created our own version that I am sharing today. Below is our recipe for Cinnamon Squash Pie. It’s so tasty, you just might want to swap out your traditional pumpkin pie for our version at your Thanksgiving dinner. A few notes about the recipe: 1. You can roast and purée the butternut squash ahead of time. Keep it in an airtight container in the
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Want a last minute idea for a fun Halloween or fall-themed breakfast or lunch? Try these Spooky Pancakes made orange by Roasted Butternut Squash Purée. Here are some notes about the recipe: 1. I added frozen blueberries that I thawed in the fridge to make the eyes for a ghost face. I also used them to make speckled yogurt. You can substitute the berries for pomegranate seeds, chocolate chips or raisins. 2. I learned (the hard way) that you should press the cookie cutter onto the “uglier” side of the pancake. 3. Use whatever cookie cutters you like but I’m
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We’ve started a new routine here in the teeny tiny foodie kitchen. #WeCookWednesday will be a day Eliana and I cook something she wants to make just for fun. Usually, we cook together for the sake of preparing a meal for our family, but I want to begin giving Eliana the opportunity to choose what we cook so she can take more ownership and control in the kitchen. Yeah, that giving up some control thing is a teeny tiny bit hard for me, but I’m working on it. 😉 So, for our first official #WeCookWednesday recipe, Eliana and I made an adapted
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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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This week’s Monday Meal continues my current theme of Sweet September in which I’m sharing recipes that are “smart about sugar”. Today I’m sharing 3 recipes for delicious, healthy milkshakes that have no added sugar and taste great. By using nutritious ingredients like milk, coconut oil and frozen fruit you get a sweet treat that’s full of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, nutrients, and healthy fats. Before I share the recipes, here are a couple of reasons I love making milkshakes: 1. You can customize these recipes to your preferences by using ingredients that you and your family like. For example, you
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If you’ve read some of the most recent Monday Meal recipes I’ve shared, you might have noticed I’ve been on a bit of a “sugar binge” lately. No, I don’t mean I’ve been eating tons and tons of candies and sweets. I’ve been binging on learning about sugar. As a result, it’s made me want to make a variety of sweet things that are “smart about sugar” and contain either no added sugar or around 1 teaspoon of sugar per serving. What? Something can be sweet without adding sugar? It sure can! Using fruit and fruit purées is one way
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Over the last several weeks, we’ve been on an avocado kick in the teeny tiny foodie home. Avocados are delicious and are really good for you, though they can have a bad reputation because they are high in fat. However, they are full of good fats, as well as numerous vitamins, minerals and nutrients that provide many health benefits for the whole family. For example, avocados are filled with folate, which is a vitamin that promotes healthy cell and tissue development. This means it is an especially great addition to the diet of a pregnant mama, nursing mama, baby or
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The Big 3. No, not The Big 3-0, but The Big 3. My pediatrician warned me that while parents typically worry about the “Terrible Twos” they actually need to be on guard for what she calls the “Terrorist Threes”. Well, let me tell you that we are a little over a month into Eliana being officially 3-years old and I’ve coined my own term for it: the “Tyrannical Threes”. This is not to say that my sweet little lady couldn’t easily flip the switch and turn into a crazy person in an instant when she was the tender age of
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Last week, Eliana and I were given a private tour of the Gotham Greens rooftop greenhouse located atop Whole Foods Market in Brooklyn. It was amazing!!! Stay tuned because I’m going to tell you all about that unique experience in a forthcoming post. But for now, I’m going to share a yummy new recipe Eliana and I made using their Baby Kale Medley– just one of the delicious products we took home with us to play with in the kitchen. This week’s Monday Meal, Shaved Apple & Baby Kale Salad, uses locatelli cheese (or “Kelly Cheese” as Eliana calls it)
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I love traditional hummus. I think it’s a great, easy dish to prepare for a meal or a snack. But, what to do if you’re hankering for hummus and have no chickpeas in the pantry? Well, when I found myself in that exact situation I decided to use beans that I had on hand, which happened to be white beans. I also happened to have a little bit of baby spinach leftover and since I love to throw green leafy goodness into all sorts of recipes, I decided to add it to the food processor to see what would happen
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Did you know that there is a delicious, creamy, luscious, dessert that isn’t packed with sugar? Sugar-Free Banana “Ice Cream” has no added sugar and is completely delectable. As if bananas aren’t tasty enough on their own, the simple act of freezing them ramps up their sweetness to a whole new level. Blend those frozen bananas with a little milk or unsweetened coconut water and you get a deliciously creamy frozen banana treat that’s full of flavor without any added sugar. If you’re taking the Fed Up Challenge but still want to enjoy a sweet treat, this luscious delight stays
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