This Veggie-Loaded Hummus Baby Food or Toddler Dip is an amazing recipe that grows with your baby! You can serve as a puree to baby or use it as a dip for baby-led weaning or for your toddler. Made with carrots, sweet potatoes and chickpeas, this recipe is so good that you will want to eat it as well! Veggie Hummus Baby Food or Toddler Dip A recipe that grows with your baby! For baby, serve this delicious puree as is. For a toddler version, you can add in a few more chickpeas along with a pinch of garlic and cumin and a drizzle of olive oil for a fun take on a veggie-loaded hummus. Serve with your toddler’s favorite cut veggies and fresh pita wedges for some dipping fun. For an adult version, (yes, I am seriously saying you should eat this baby and toddler food!, it's just that good:) you can smear the veggie hummus onto a tortilla and fill with slices of turkey, pepper slices, feta cheese and spinach, then roll it all up and cut in half for a healthy lunch. ...
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Carrot + Nutmeg Baby Food Puree (4 months and up!)
This Carrot + Nutmeg Baby Food Puree is a great starter puree for baby! Filled with nutritious carrots and a pinch of nutmeg - this puree will sure to delight your little ones taste buds! Great baby food for 4 months and up - stage 1 baby food. Updated Post – photos and content have been updated from the original October 2013 post! You can read the original post at the very bottom. A baby food puree that is sssoooooo fresh, colorful and full of essential nutrients for baby that it's almost too intense to look at.. seriously #nofilter But believe me, this carrot puree is foreal! This fresh tasting homemade puree is made with steamed carrots and a pinch of nutmeg to bring out the earthiness of the carrots - a combo just made for each other. If you compared the color, taste or texture of this homemade recipe to it's store bought counterpart, you would be shocked at the difference.. and not in a good way. And then you would be completely hooked on making your ...
Hidden-Veggie Carrot & Orange Popsicles (Baby + Toddler)
These Hidden-Veggie Carrot & Orange Popsicles are the perfect healthy baby and toddler snack or treat on a hot summer day. Made with only oranges, carrots, pineapple and yogurt - no added sugar! Great for 9+ months and up! I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that summer vacation starts in less then 3 weeks! I mean, there is snow in our forecast this week.. and I'm supposed to be planning all of those endless summer days?!? On the flip side - my girls are already there. School is winding down and they are jazzed for pool time, flip flops and endless popsicles! I don't have 3 months of summer plans nailed down but you bet I have my freezer stocked with popsicles! Ha! Priorities! These naturally sweetened popsicles are my girl's new favorite frozen treat! I am also in love with them because they are filled with only wholesome ingredients - oranges, pineapple, carrots and yogurt. Yes, you read that right - there are hidden veggies in these ...
Easy Veggie “Fried” Rice for Baby + Toddler
This Easy Veggie "Fried" Rice is a healthy toddler and baby meal. Filled with veggies, protein as well as a ton of flavor - this easy dinner is great for the whole family. Perfect for baby-led weaning as well as the finger food stage. This healthy version of the classic dish is filled with your favorite rice, a mix of veggies and a scrambled egg for some protein. You can use whichever veggies your little one prefers to make this dish an instant classic in your home. I used all frozen veggies - corn, carrots, peas, pepper and edamame. But you can use whatever veggies, fresh or frozen, you have on hand. Reasons to love this Easy Veggie "Fried" Rice for Baby + Toddler Recipe: great for 9+ months and olderperfect for baby-led weaning or the finger food stagefilled with 5 veggies!!!balanced meal - veggies, protein and healthy carbsfamily-friendly mealeasy and quick meal - 15 minutes or less to makeflexible - you can use whichever veggies you have on hand (or ...
Baby’s First Bolognese
Baby's First Bolognese - this thick and hearty bolognese sauce with added veggies is the perfect way to introduce the classic sauce to your baby. Great for baby-led weaning or the finger food stage - 9+ months and up. Baby (and the entire family) is going to love this healthy and easy take on the classic dish! Filled with chopped carrots, zucchini, tomatoes and ground meat, this sauce is as flavorful as it is nutritious. This sauce is versatile and can be served over your favorite pasta, brown rice, zucchini noodles or spaghetti squash. Reasons to Love this Baby's First Bolognese Recipe: perfect for baby-led weaning or the finger food stagegreat for 9+ months and uptoddler and kid-friendly filled with hidden veggiesfamily-friendly (every age will love this dish)can be served over your favorite pasta, brown rice, zucchini noodles or spaghetti squashcan be frozen and re-heated for a fast meal protein filled sauceperfect for babies without teeth - sauce is soft ...
Carrot Applesauce
Carrot Applesauce is a perfect afternoon snack for your little one (and yourself) that is full of wholesome apples, carrots and spices, and tastes just like a bowlful of warm carrot cake (minus the cream cheese frosting of course:)! So versatile, it is also great for school lunches, breakfasts and even dessert. Why heeelllllooooooo there, most delicious applesauce I have ever had in my life. Yup, I'm talking to you up there 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻with your carrots + apples + spices galore. I think I am in love. I know I am in love. Okay, maybe not LOVE love. But we should defintely be best friends - bffs if you will. Because I know that when I get to the bottom of your jar and you are all gone, I will be devastated. I will cry. And it will be embarrassing for me to be crying over an empty jar of carrot applesauce. The girls will come into the kitchen and give me looks of concern, then they will get annoyed and embarrassed for having such a cry-baby mom. They will do a quick ...
Orange + Carrot Juice with Ginger
This four ingredient Orange + Carrot + Ginger Juice is healthy, refreshing, vitamin packed, and best of all easy! No juicer required - you can make this vibrant juice in the blender. Make it whenever you need a pick me up or an immunity boost during flu season. Here was the plan for this month - finish writing my book, take a day or two off to play with my family, go away on a grown-up girls only weekend, come back relaxed and ready to get back to work on the blog. In reality this is what happened - finished writing my book, took an entire week off, went on a grown-up girls only weekend and came back tired and grumpy (I'm blaming this on the alcohol, staying up too late chatting and floating a little too long in a hot tub. And yes, I feel fine blaming my grumpiness on the mixed drinks, it's all their fault:). Then to top it all off, I got back home to a sick husband and two sick girls with double ear and eye infections, followed by 5 nights of very little sleep. Yes, that is 5 ...