These healthy dinner ideas for toddler and kids are delicious recipes you need for busy weeknights. Easy meals that will please even the pickiest of eaters! Healthy dinner ideas that are perfect for kids, toddlers and you! Easy Toddler + Kids Dinner Ideas It's the age-old question - what's for dinner🤔?! Feeding your tribe healthy and yummy meals every night can sometimes feel like the hardest part of an already hard day. And let's face it, we are all guilty of cycling through the same 3 or 4 meals that we know the entire family will enjoy. These easy dinner ideas for kids will hopefully break out of your meal planning rut and give you some fresh dinner inspiration 💡. With dozens of healthy toddler and kid dinner ideas to choose from, like my crazy good Chicken Parmesan Meatballs, Easy Cheesy Garlic Broccoli Pasta and Healthy Chicken Nuggets with Green Bean “Fries”, there’s zero reasons to be in a dinner food slump. If you need toddler and kid ...
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15 Homemade and Healthy Popsicles for Toddlers and Kids
These 15 Homemade and Healthy Popsicles are great summer treats for your toddlers and kids! Made with fresh fruit, natural sweeteners and some even have hidden-veggies 😉. Plus - I have a guide on the easiest way to make and freeze popsicles! Homemade Popsicles These healthy and homemade popsicles are the perfect way to keep your little ones cool 🏖 all summer long! Packed with wholesome foods such as - fresh fruits, natural sweeteners, plain yogurt and even hidden veggies! To me, popsicles are a fun way to serve nutrient dense foods without the kiddos even knowing about it! I guess I'm sneaky like that 😜. I'm also a firm believer that on a hot summer day ☀️ these healthy popsicles can be served for any meal of the day - breakfast, lunch, snacks and most importantly dessert. I mean you gotta beat the heat somehow! Best Popsicles Molds for Toddlers and Kids Toddlers Zoku Mini Mold: I LOVE these mini popsicle molds for toddlers and younger kids. They ...
125 At-Home Activities for Toddlers, Preschoolers + Kids (FREE Printable)
These 125 Amazing At-Home Activities are perfect for Toddlers, Preschoolers and Young Kids! This is my go-to list when we need to entertain the kiddos indoors. Hours of easy (and cheap) activities for Outside Activities, Indoor Activities, Playtime, Bath Time Fun, Craft Time and Tech Fun! Great for ages 2-9 years old. Activities for Toddlers, Preschoolers + Kids at Home This is a master list of amazing activities for your toddler, preschooler and young kids around the house. Great when you have a snow day, don't want to leave your yard or you know.. are quarantined to your home for weeks on end 🤪. Most of these activities can be done with basic materials from around the house, nature items your kids can gather from around the yard or with a few items you can find on amazon prime. These activities are great for 2-9+ year-olds! Grab your FREE Printable HERE!! Favorite Subscription Boxes And because sometimes you just need someone else to come up with the ...
4 Homemade Baby Cereal Recipes (4+ months)
4 Homemade Baby Cereal Recipes - easy recipes that are made with simple and wholesome ingredients! Brown Rice, Oat, Quinoa and Multi-Grain Baby Cereals for the win! These cereals are freezer-friendly, full of essential nutrients for growing baby and perfect for baby's first bite! 4 months and up. Homemade Baby Cereal Whether you serve baby cereal to baby as their first bite or wait until they are older for their first introduction into grains - baby cereal is an important part of feeding baby a healthy and wholesome diet. Grains are loaded with essential vitamins and minerals for growing baby. These homemade baby cereals are inexpensive to make and full of wholesome and delicious ingredients that will actually taste like a real meal - no bland baby food here! Plus, these homemade baby cereals are easy to make and make enough to give you a good freezer-stash of baby food. You will always want to have some of these baby cereals on hand for fast meals. Reasons to ...
125 Baby Led Weaning Foods (Starter Foods + Recipe Ideas)
These 125 Baby Led Weaning Foods are going to be your ultimate guide if you are doing BLW with your baby! Filled with over 80 starter foods and 45 easy recipes that are perfect for baby 6 months and up! Tips for Starting Baby-Led Weaning Be okay with Play: baby-led weaning is all about playing and learning to eat solid foods through exploration. So prepare yourself with the fact that this is sometimes a messy process. Have some baby wipes ready and just go with it. Don't Over Think the Nutrients: for the first few months, don't get too wrapped up in serving the perfect portion of proteins, fruits, veggies or grains. Just serve baby wholesome and colorful food. While you want baby to get all the proper nutrients, in these beginning stages, most of the food will make it everywhere but into their mouths;). It's all about the learning process for baby. Plus, until the age of 1, baby will get a majority of their nutrients from breastmilk or formula. A Gag is a Gag, Don't Worry: ...
74 Toddler Breakfast Ideas (Healthy + Easy Recipes)
These 74 Healthy Toddler Breakfast Ideas are the perfect healthy and easy recipes you need for busy weekday mornings! All of these recipes can be made once and served throughout the week, made in 5 minutes or they are freezer-friendly! Great for toddlers, kids and you! Toddler Breakfast Ideas Morning times can be rough when you have little ones🙇♀️. Whether you are rushing off to preschool, work, a playdate or a fun adventure - getting out of the house with everyone dressed, teeth brushed, backpacks filled, lunches and snacks made and everyone fed a healthy breakfast can be an Olympic sport 🥇 There usually isn't enough coffee in the world to help you survive those crazy busy mornings! ☕️☕️☕️ But I want you (and me) to crush those mornings and go for the gold! Below you will find 74 amazingly easy, healthy and delicious breakfast ideas for toddlers!! These recipes can be made once and served throughout the week, made in 5 minutes-or-less or they are ...
15 Dinner Ideas for Baby (Stage 2 Purees)
15 Dinner Ideas for Baby that will leave your little one full and satisfied. Loaded with nutrients, protein and some complex carbs, these purees are a healthy way for baby to end their day. Great baby food for 6+ months - stage 2 baby food. Update: this post was originally posted in July 2017 and has been updated. Dinner Ideas for Baby Now that I rounded up some of my favorite breakfast and lunch ideas for baby, I thought it only fitting to give you some of my favorite dinner ideas as well. That's over 45 healthy purees to make your little ones taste buds explode with happiness all-day-long! When deciding which puree to serve for dinner, I like to start with purees that are filled with calorie dense fruits and vegetables such as sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli and mangos. My theory is that the more calories baby has before bed the higher the chance they will sleep longer through the night <---- just a theory, no scientific research besides my own lazy mom ...
June Happened – Coffee (or wine) Chat
Pictured above: an evening jumping contest at my in-laws pool. In June, we went on a 2-week long road trip from Denver to Georgia, visiting 13 states - and we lived to tell the tale!in awe of the sharks at the Chattanooga Aquariumjust an average trip to Target😂. I'm not really sure what happened here, but they got ready by themselves and for some reason face paint was part of the equation!running through sprinklers is still one of the best things about summer! We live in a urban neighborhood, so finding a huge field with working sprinklers is a hard come by for my kids, so when you find sprinklers on, you have to take advantage, even when you don't have towels or a change of clothes. I guess walking home soaking wet is just part of the adventure. WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MY WORLD Oh boy, it's full on summer over here! For us that means lots of pool time, outdoor movies, adventuring in the mountains, road trips and tons of homemade popsicles! Guys, this might surprise you ...
6 Baby-Led Weaning Breakfast Ideas
These 6 Baby-Led Weaning Breakfast Ideas are a fun and yummy way for baby and toddler to start the day! Great for babies 6 months and up. 6 Baby-Led Weaning Breakfast Ideas Whether you are starting baby's food journey straight away with baby-led weaning or you are transitioning baby from purees to finger foods - these 6 breakfast ideas are great for any baby or toddler! These easy and healthy baby and toddler breakfast ideas are quick to make on any busy morning. And because I am beyond lazy in the mornings and don't want to make two different breakfasts - one for me and one for baby - I made these breakfasts SO good you will want to eat them as well! Two-For-The-Price-Of-One! Just add some hot sauce to the eggs or everything bagel seasoning to the avocado toast and you will be all set for the day as well. Why these Baby Led-Weaning Breakfasts are Amazing: easy to make on busy morningsfull of colorful, healthy and tasty foodsgreat for Baby-Led weaning or the ...
March Happened – Coffee (or Wine) Chat
Pictured above: just Parker stealing my phone for her daily photoshoot when they start dressing themselves in head-to-toe pink 😍 and you wish you could do the same with your wardrobe during the blizzard I tossed some balloons into their bath and their minds.where.blown 🎈we went to a kid-friendly opera and Elliette got her picture in the paper. I don't actually get the physical paper, but my mom does and she gave it to me. Proud momma over here! WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MY WORLD March seemed like the looooooongest month to me. We got hit with a blizzard that pretty much shut down the city for two days which meant the girls had 2 days off of school right before Elliette’s spring break started. And because life can never be easy when kids are involved - Parker and Elliette’s spring breaks were on different weeks! So I have had a total of like 6 days of work this month. I’m not entirely complaining because I love being able to work on this blog and stay home with the girls, but I ...