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Monday, May 30, 2011

Get Outdoors!

Kandice May 30, 2011 2 Comments

I've decided to take part in the Outdoor Adventures Challenge over at A Busy Mommy (check it out)!

From May 24th - Aug 31st Jen, A busy Mommy, will be posting a new outdoor challenge for families. They will be pretty basic and we can change them to fit our families needs and restrictions. On Wednesdays there will be a linky to share our posts about how we incorporated the challenge into our week.

I think it sounds fun and of course there will be giveaways throughout the next few months which is always a plus! These product reviews/giveaways might help with our challenges so it sounds great!

If you are interested be sure to stop by her site and sign up. Jen has also set up a facebook page specifically for this challenge. It's a great way to chat with others that are doing the challenge and talk about different ways to incorporate them into your week!

Hope to see you taking part in a fun and creative way to get outdoors with your family! :)

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

A few of E's favorite reciepes

Kandice May 24, 2011 2 Comments

As I mentioned in a post below I love making baby food for my kiddos! I made all the food Hannah ate and have just stated to make all of Everett's food! I find it relaxing, rewarding and so much more comforting knowing exactly whats going in my babes mouth!

I told a few of you that I would be posting a few of our favorite recipes and well now I've got a couple minutes while both kids are in bed, hubby's in the shower and I'm sitting on the couch watching the only channel we have while at the trailer! Life is grand!!

Last week I made a few of Hannah's favorites from when she was just starting solids and so far both my kiddos have very similar tastes! They both did not enjoy avocado, but love sweet potato. They are both BIG fans of fruits especially bananas and apples! It's interesting seeing the things they like and dislike!

First I started to make a favorite of everyones in our household - strawberries, pears, apples, and blueberries! Delicious!!

I start with three apples peeled, two pears peeled. It doesn't really matter what kind but I prefer gala apples and just your regular old pears (I forget the name), about 1/4 cup of blueberries and the same in sliced strawberries! Chop the apples and pears in big chucks and toss them in a big heavy bottomed pot!

Cook and low medium heat until the apples and pears are tender! It'll smell AMAZING!!

I wish there was a way for you to smell this!

In the meantime I usually start on the next food! This particular night the next one the list was.... Sweet potato, carrots and broccoli

For this recipe I chop one sweet potato (about 2 cups), 1 large carrot and about 1 cup of broccoli in big pieces.

Steam the carrots and sweet potato for about 10 minutes then toss in the broccoli and cook for another 5 or so minutes! Blend and done!

A few more of our favourites are Apple and pear with raisins and cinnamon

2 apples

2 pears

a box or 2 or raisins

a pinch of cinnamon

Cook until apples and pears are tender and bend.

This is one of Ev's favourites right now!

I LOVE First Meals Fast, healthy and fun foods for infants and toddlers by Annabel Karmel. She has some great recipes for young and old. Be sure to check it out. We have the Canadian edition (which I didn't see on the website) and it definitely used A LOT!

This is where a lot of the recipes we use started from but we have modified them to make them our own. That's the great thing about making your own baby food, you really can do anything you want.

If you or your wee one have a few recipes to share please leave me a comment! We are always looking for new and interesting things to try and I'd love to hear about them!