As my kiddos have gotten older, it has definitely become more challenging to make foods that are not only healthy for them but that adhere to their special needs such as: being easy to chew, not too tough, bite sized etc. It's also hard not to get into food patterns, where I end up making the same things over and again because A) it's Easy and B) a Lack of Options
At my shower, I was given a book called "First Meals" by Annabel Karmel. It splits the recipes up by Age from 6 months to 7 years, snacks & family foods. The author has become a favorite of mine when it comes to making L & M's food. I followed her book Top 100 Baby Purees and now I utilize my new book to make their toddler foods. I like that I can double or triple the recipes and freeze the extras in meal size portions. This makes it nice when I've had a busy day to set out the food for the next day. Ms. Karmel also offers neat ideas that not only make the food look appealing, but are healthy and tasty too! You can visit her website at http://www.annabelkarmel.com/ for recipes as well.
Here are some of the things that are Sarah tested AND L&M approved (not all are from this author):
• Colorful Diced Vegetables & Orzo
• Finger Lickin' Chicken Potato Balls
• Vegetarian Croquettes
• Pancakes with Bananas, Cinnamon & Maple Syrup(so good Cody eats it)
• Root Vegetable Chips
• Spinach Stuffed Shells
• Mini Veggie Bites
• Pasta Cartwheels with Cheese & Broccoli
• Pasta & Sauce with Hidden Vegetables (soo good)
• Bow-tie pasta with ham & peas
• Chicken Apple Sausage Snails
• Apple, mango & apricot muesli
• Annabel's vegetable fritters
• Homemade Spaghetti O's
• Scrambled Eggs with Tomatoes & Cheese
Some of the foods, I had never even heard of before making them but they all get the seal of approval from my kids. If you have any tried and true recipes that your kids love, feel free to post the recipe on my comments. I love offering new foods to the kiddos.
3 comments:
Um, not sure if any one has ever told you this, but you are Wonder Woman! Working full time and making all their healthy, yummy food and being a wonderful wife and friend. You amaze me!
i am on a weelicious.com kick right now. like you, and you know this......i always wanted to make ellie's food and i still pride myself on making her healthy, wholesome, semi-organic meals. weelicious is awesome for toddler food too. i love it bc she often posts cooking videos too...and she is great at turning one meal into 3 options. this lady is a mother of two, so she knows all about feeding little ones!!!!
I had so much pride in the fact that I never purchased a single jar of baby food. I LOVED making Langston's baby food at home. I might need to invest in the book you mentioned when I get ready to cook again for Riverson. I also liked wholesomebabyfood.com
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