tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83078621009715394372024-03-20T02:25:24.028-04:00Simply Pure Vegan + BabySimple - Pure - WonderfulJessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-38443623905748682132011-11-11T05:38:00.001-05:002011-11-11T05:44:29.139-05:00Behind the scenes in the past 6 months…<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Behind the scenes in the past 6
months… </span></div>
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I have recently got some comments and thought that I was looooooong overdue for
a posting, since it has been 6 months since my last posting.<span> </span>I started his blog at the end of 2010 hard to
believe that nearly a year has gone by our little princess is now a full blown
toddler what a blast she is nonstop bundle of joy literally!! <span> </span>My lack of posting had nothing to do w lack of
creations in the kitchen I have continually been creating new eats I have been
typing up my recipes but they just haven't made it from ‘my documents’ to
here... as well as I like to repeat a recipe before posting it and sometimes I
get in a spiral of constant new creations without repeating the same ones… so
here is to tweaking, refining and posting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">When I started this blog I was
brand new to the blog scene and newly back to work after maternity leave (what
a time to take on a new venture), I didn’t know what my plan was all I knew was
that I developed this absolute passion for vegan cooking and the utmost appreciation
of wholesome foods that I want to serve to my family… the more I cook and
create the more I want to cook and create... Over the past 6 months there have
been countless new creations in the kitchen my husband quite often comes home
to a very busy kitchen.<span> </span>One of the fun
things that we have started doing is creating a “monthly” theme in the kitchen Oct
2011 was all about <i><u>sugar awareness</u></i>
we scrutinized the labels on everything (of course we always have) but when you
are looking specifically for one ingredient and you find it in everything it is
no wonder children of today have such a sweet tooth… not to mention obesity and
diabetes.<span> </span>Some of the most surprising
items w hidden sugar veggie stock, salad dressings and pickles oh my... No
wonder I spend my life in the kitchen striving to make everything from simple
wholesome ingredients time to put on another batch of veggie stock (next year I
atta can some of my own and jar it) the more you learn the more you want to
learn.<span> </span>Cereals are another hidden source
of white refined sugar, liquid cane juice, organic liquid cane juice,
evaporated cane juice however you want to state it, it is still SUGAR (which
may have even been refined with bone char)! Virtually every cereal has sugar in
it my quest to source a sugar free cereal does it exist? So on this sugar
"high" I decided to check out the grams on some of the popular snacks
parents tell me they feed to their toddlers absolutely astonishing would you
give your child a snack that contained sugar and corn syrup as first to
ingredients yikes – talk about predisposed to obesity and diabetes not to
mention unhealthy eating habits!! I can't say I'm surprised rather reassured
that making everything from scratch is the way to go... I also checked out a
popular toddler cookie and it had 14g of sugar per serving that is 2 small
cookies, even the most common teething biscuits the second ingredient is
SUGAR... it is EVERYWHERE!!<span> </span>Do you know
how much sugar 14g is that equals 1 tbsp of sugar I am not sure how that
physically fits into 2 small cookies… ok my sugar “high” has crashed I am sure
that we will revisit that soon enough… as we will discuss different types of
sweeteners flavour of the month right now is dates what a fabulous (high fibre)
sweetener w a low glycemic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So keeping with the monthly
themes November is <i><u>"use it up
month"</u></i> this is a common theme every few months in our household
important to thin out the cupboards, freezer and use up any miscellaneous
ingredients around the house as a food blogger and vegan cook constant
creations will fill a freezer before long so always important to take inventory
and not waste food.<span> </span>Have you ever tried
a monthly theme in your kitchen? Household?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I wanted to recap some of our
favourite creations in the past few months as I refine the recipes I will be
posting them if there is one that you would like now please comment below and I
will get it to you:</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Meals: </span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Quinoa and kale stuffed acorn
squash<br />
Tofuronni pizza <br />
Tofu nuggets w honey mustard dipping sauce</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mac and ‘neese’ <br />
Not so Spicy Pad Thai <br />
Tempha wraps <br />
Everything but the kitchen sink bean burgs - polishing up chose your own
adventure so you can make burgers with whatever beans you have on hand<br />
Millet stuffed peppers<br />
Spagetti squash bolognaise</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Eggless “egg” salad </span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Soups and Salads:</span></u></b></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">For the “not so”
sweet tooth in you:</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Soy
butter kamut ant hill cookies <br />
Opal's honey bears (aka “teddy grahams”) <br />
Green earth brownies<br />
Soy butter crunch munch</span></div>
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butterless cream </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Call me a
Figgie newton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Peanut
butter fudge (this one to fuel mom and dad no chocolate for our little baby
yet) How old were your children when you gave them chocolate?</span></div>
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breakfast bars </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Variety
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We also
like to have themed dinners for my husband’s birthday this year we had an Arabian
dinner party: t</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">abbouleh
salad, s</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">weet
potato somosas, roasted red pepper fava bean dip, falafels, kale coconut curry
in the slowcooker (perfect when entertaining you have to love your
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We had such an abundant of delish
apples this year I created a little apple fest in our kitchen as well everything
apple: oat bran muffins, donuts, cookies, apple butter, apple sauce, apple
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So as you can see I have been
busy now quest is to post all these recipes one by one and have things up to
date by the end of the year… I have heard Christmas count downs already and I
am not quite ready to go their yet of course the mild weather this November has
felt like a fall extension and we welcome that with open arms enjoy your
weekend!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Simple - Pure - Wonderful </i></span></span></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-69331013768063958032011-04-16T06:37:00.000-04:002011-04-16T06:37:40.368-04:00Quality Assurance (QA) + Falafel Marbles<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-CA</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Once again time has slipped me by… and I am okay with that and I hope you are too it doesn’t mean that I haven’t been cooking or writing it simply means I haven’t had that extra time to post it online… it will come and I make that promise to you.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So one major addition I have made to my blog is adding a “print friendly” button… so you can click that and it will allow you to edit the page before it prints so you can delete the pics and just print the recipe.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Alright every now and then we all need to take the time to do a little QA… make sure that everything is up to standard for the greater good.<span> </span>In this life we have many roles… for example ask yourself how you define yourself as a person? Are you a mother/father, wife/husband, friend, co-worker, brother/sister, baker/chef, lawyer, fashion designer, health care worker, tradesman, teacher, mail man, daycare provider and so on… what I am getting at is that QA may apply to any area of your life… we could all use a little self-reflection from time to time… it helps as grow as a person and allows us to create paths to achieve our dreams... have you taken any time for self-reflection/QA in the past year?</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Now onto…</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure’s</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Baby’s 1<sup>st</sup> Falafel Marbles</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 ½ cups of cooked chickpeas (or 1 can rinsed well)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 medium onion, sliced</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4 cloves of garlic</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 tbsp dried parsley (fresh would work)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 tbsp whole wheat flour or wheat germ + more if too sticky </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 tsp cumin</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 tsp ground coriander (optional)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">½ tsp baking powder</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 tbsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 tbsp lemon juice</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 tbsp water (or more to get desired texture)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 large carrot, grated </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 cups of spinach </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Preheat oven to 375F</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add all ingredients into food processor to make a paste like consistency, may need to add a few tbsp of water or flour/wheat germ to get desired consistency, you want to be able to form balls with it and not have it too sticky (putting some flour on your hands will help as well)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Form into marble sized balls, perfect finger food for baby or into ping pong sized balls (for<span> </span>mom and dad), place in a lightly oiled baking dish and cook for 20-25min depending on size of ball, you want to see outer ball turning golden brown.<span> </span>QUICK alternative put the falafel mix in a lightly oiled baking pan and bake like a cake, scoop out desired portions</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>4)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Serve with tahini, whole wheat pita bread and fresh sliced tomato, marble sized balls are also a perfect salad topper for a quick lunch or supper and they freeze well, may also be mashed into baby’s puree with peas and carrots</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy!! These are a real favourite around our household… simply, nutrient rich (iron, fibre, protein all the essentials) and delicious!!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">That’s it for today… short sweet and to the point have a great weekend!!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Oh and if you are left wondering about pictures... coming soon… (you know how sometimes I am rushing to get things ready and I forget about the pictures… ya well I will get back to you </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt;"><span>:-) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-21835152969178814662011-03-30T15:00:00.000-04:002011-03-30T15:00:52.416-04:00Simply Pure’s Baby’s 1st “Gwam Cwackers”<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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As babies grow into toddlers in every sense of the way they can become more reserved at trying new things as they find comfort in things (and people) they know... but this doesn't mean sticking to the same meal and snack routines, it is important to continue to offer a variety of different foods (remembering the <a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/02/introduction-of-solid-foods.html">3 or 4 day wait rule</a> of course)... so lately we have noticed Julia becoming very independent with her eating so a few weeks ago I made these graham crackers we tried one a day for about 3 days, she showed little interested then took a few days off and when we returned to them she ate the entire thing and probably would have ate more... morale of the story if at first your baby refuses try, try again... research varies but it can take anywhere from <a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/02/introduction-of-solid-foods.html">7-12 times</a> before you child really gets into something.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">These are a perfect not to sweet cracker/cookie for baby/toddler (or a great 3 o'clock snack for mom or dad), high in fibre and iron (from molasses). When I was making these it reminded me of ginger bread cookies I think because of the smell of </span></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">molasses</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">, speaking of which did you know that molasses is not only a good source of iron it is also a good source of calcium and magnesium, unlike other sweeteners it also adds flavour and doesn’t cause a spike in blood sugar (and it also contains fewer calories than other sweeteners) more on this coming as I will give a thorough overview of sweeteners… </span></b><b><u><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sweeten What? How?</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> One final thing about molasses is make sure you buy “sulphite free”.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">So here we have it… </span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 ½ cup whole wheat flour + some for counter<br />
½ cup 100% bran</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3 tbsp brown syrup</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">¼ cup MS*<br />
1/2 teaspoon baking soda<br />
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon<br />
2 tbsp ground flax </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1/4 cup EVOO<br />
3 tbsp molasses<br />
1 tsp vanilla </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1/4 cup non-dairy milk (I used fortified soy)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Preheat oven to 350F. Mix flour, bran, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and flax in a bowl, stir in syrup, molasses, evoo, vanilla and milk, mix well.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Place dough on lightly floured counter, and you may need to dust additional flour on top of dough so it doesn’t stick to rolling pin (or you may line counter with parchment paper I found this was more difficult to roll out), roll out till about 1/8” thin, cut rough edges so you have a rectangle to work with cut into 8-10 large squares, or desired shapes transfer to cookie sheet with a spatula score across the centre of the cracker with a fork (this will allow the cracker to break apart after cooking). Use the scraps of dough to roll back out and make a few more cookies. </span><br />
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Looks like some spring'ish temperatures coming our way this week enjoy... questions of the day...<br />
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<b>Do you always try your baby's food before you give it to them? Will you give your baby food that you don't eat or don't like? What new foods has your baby had in the past week?</b>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-50408587905865497142011-03-22T07:00:00.000-04:002011-03-22T07:00:42.411-04:00Baby's 1st "Gwanola"<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdj4LX4MOxuUCwzV08uOUXkf3qcXc2DzVm15GnbVxUtbNZXxGXEOH67yZzBHTurYDY0uYpHNGJMsdIa4aMR1RoQ60BseioujezYl32uiQOIrbVTtUijTT2OhFknS78n8l-SsAToiiPNU/s1600/Julia+14+Months+448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBdj4LX4MOxuUCwzV08uOUXkf3qcXc2DzVm15GnbVxUtbNZXxGXEOH67yZzBHTurYDY0uYpHNGJMsdIa4aMR1RoQ60BseioujezYl32uiQOIrbVTtUijTT2OhFknS78n8l-SsAToiiPNU/s320/Julia+14+Months+448.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Well I recently turned the big “30” it seems to be one of those b-day’s with a lotta stigma attached to it… we must remember that it is only a number, people are living longer healthier lives then ever before so 30 is really the new “20” haha well that is my story and I am sticking to it.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It is funny how every year we have a birthday, we are one year older, and one year wiser but it really isn’t until you have a child that you see it, they are a reminder of age as they grow-up you become more aware of your own age… at least that is something that I notice. It’s also a great time to reflect on the previous year which brings me to the side by side St. Patty’s day picture comparison let’s just say that Julia was not even close to fitting in the hat this year… yes that is a guiness in her hand we (well actually she) thought that it would be a funny surprise for daddy.</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Without further a do... here we have Baby's 1st granola... this puppy went through many trials (which my husband loved) all of them were good with minor variations and the key that I found was actually cooking it less, Julia actually really likes it to eat with her fingers or sprinkled on her fruit smoothie. It is loaded with nutrients, protein, iron and fibre making it a perfect way to start your day.</span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Baby’s 1<sup>st</sup> ‘Gwanola’</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 ½ cup large flake oatmeal</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">½ cup kasha (toasted buckwheat)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">¼ cup quinoa</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3 tbsp sesame seeds</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 tbsp ground flax</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 tsp cinnamon</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">½ cup raisins or cranberries </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 Tbsp coconut oil, melted (other oil would work)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">½ cup of pure maple syrup (BRS* or honey may work also – remember though no honey until after 12 months, we have decided to wait till 2 years if then as it is one of those on the fence vegan things)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Preheat oven to 250F. Mix oats, kasha, quinoa, sesame seeds, flax and cinnamon in a large bowl</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mix in oil and maple syrup until combined, put into a shallow glass baking dish and place in oven for 20-25min, stirring after 15min - it will still look wet when it is done it dries and becomes crunchy as it cools I aimed to make this a "softer" granola if you want it crunchier cook it longer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sounds like old man winter is coming back tonight... it wouldn't be spring if we didn't get at least one more snow fall haha...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I now conclude with a little quote</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> "Life is not measured in the breathes we take it is measured in the number of moments that take our breath away" - seeing my daughters face light up is one of those moments...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Happy Tuesday and I will be back very soon with Baby's 1st Chili or Falafel Marbles... hmmmm ;-) <b> </b></span></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-67444521870821210802011-03-17T07:20:00.000-04:002011-03-17T07:20:24.464-04:00Division of Responsibility and Baby’s 1st Lentil Veggie Stew<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Good morning and Happy St. Patty's Day!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I was recently reading this book on baby recipes (go figure eh? Haha) and there were some stats on what the average toddler eats, I almost fell off my bike while I was reading (I will sometimes double my cardio w reading) so I had to look up the study for myself so here it is…</span> <br />
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Feeding infants and toddlers study: what foods are infants and toddlers eating?</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Journal of the American Dietetic Association, January 2004, Vol 104, supp 1, p 22-30</span></b><br />
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</div>This was a descriptive analysis, based on a <b><u>national </u></b>random sample of 3,022 infants and toddlers age 4 to 24 months.<br />
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<b>Here is a summary of the results:</b><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">18% to 33% of infants and toddlers between ages 7 and 24 months consumed no discrete servings of vegetables</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">23% to 33% consumed no fruits</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">French fries were one of the three most common vegetables consumed by infants 9 to 11 months of age, by 15 to 18 months, french fries were the most common vegetable</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Almost half (46%) of 7- to 8-month-olds consumed some type of dessert, sweet, or sweetened beverage, and this percentage increased as age increased</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">By 19 to 24 months, 62% of toddlers consumed a baked dessert, 20% consumed candy, and 44% consumed a sweetened beverage</span></li>
</ul><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"></div><h3><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here is a summary of the applications:</span></h3><ul><li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">parents and caregivers should be encouraged to offer a wide variety of vegetables and fruits daily, with emphasis on dark green, leafy, and deep yellow vegetables and colorful fruits</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">offer desserts, sweets, sweetened beverages, and salty snacks only occasionally, offering nutrient-dense, age-appropriate foods as alternatives (eg, fruit, cheese, yogurt, and cereals)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">water, milk, and 100% fruit juices should be offered as alternative beverages</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">family-based approaches to developing healthy eating habits may be helpful as family food choices influence what foods are offered to children</span></li>
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Ok so what are your thoughts?</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I am glad that I have had a few days to digest this because I was unable to respond earlier as my jaw was on the floor, maybe that is because I am somewhat naive we know that the rates of childhood obesity have soared in recent years I guess I just didn’t think that it would happen that young…but of course everyone is different but I honestly can’t believe by 18 months french fries were the most common vegetable I am assuming they weren’t sweet potato fries? Haha and sweets and candy oh my!!! This research is going on 7 years old so it would be interesting to see how that has changed in recent years – sounds like a PhD dissertation… ;-) </span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">So how much should a ‘toddler’ eat? What is a toddler portion?</span></i></div><br />
<div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I said that I wasn’t going to call Julia a toddler until 18 months but it seems as though I am… kinda but not really </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">:-) </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">As we have learned 1<sup>st</sup> hand in recent weeks, toddlers can become very picky eaters, they will have their favourites and eat nothing else as a mother (or father) you want to make sure that they eat something so how do you not fall into the trap of catering to their eating?</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">On average a toddler serving is about ¼ of an adult serving, so we first need to know how much an adult serving is as many people are not sure what constitutes a serving size, for example according to <a href="http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/order-commander/index-eng.php">Canada’s Food Guide </a>1 piece of bread is 1 serving therefore; ¼ slice of bread is a toddler serving. With this in mind it is important to have realistic expectations of how much your toddler should eat, it is also important to make every bite count towards their daily nutrient requirements, so we want to focus on healthy food choices you give your child choices and then they will decide on how much they will eat, this is the concept of '<a href="http://www.ellynsatter.com/ellyn-satters-division-of-responsibility-in-feeding-i-80.html">division of responsibility</a>' which <a href="http://www.ellynsatter.com/">Ellyn Satter</a> has devoted a program of research to. In brief parents decide what to buy where and how and when to serve it children will decide the amount if any they will eat, this can be a challenging concept to get your head around, but at the same time you are helping your child to become a competent eater. Below is quoted from <a href="http://www.ellynsatter.com/ellyn-satters-division-of-responsibility-in-feeding-i-80.html">Ellyn's</a> website:</span><br />
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<strong>Fundamental to parents' jobs is trusting children to decide <em>how much</em> and <em>whether</em> to eat. If parents do their jobs with <em>feeding</em>, children will do their jobs with <em>eating</em>:</strong><br />
<ul><li>Children will eat </li>
<li>They will eat the amount they need </li>
<li>They will learn to eat the food their parents eat </li>
<li>They will grow predictably </li>
<li>They will learn to behave well at the table </li>
</ul>Well that all sounds simply... but when your child is refusing everything that you give them and then you start catering to the things that they will eat you have missed the boat on division of responsibility so I think that this is a great concept but it takes some practice to follow.<br />
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So now that we have established the division of responsibilty what are the daily nutritional requirements for toddlers this is a vary brief overview I will follow up posting more detail. <br />
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">6 servings of grains </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3 + servings of fruits and veggies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2 servings of protein </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">3 servings of milk (1 serving = 1/2 cup of milk)<br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure</span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Baby’s 1<sup>st</sup> Lentil Veggie Stew</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This simple health stew doubles as a perfect meal for the rest of your family, full of veggies, protein, fibre and flavour.<span> </span>You could even prepare the night before and put in your slow cooker on low for a ready to eat meal at the end of a busy day.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 medium onion, diced</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4 cloves of garlic, minced</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1-2 tbsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 cup of veggie stock (homemade)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">¾ cup grated celery root</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3 bay leaves</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">½ tsp dried rosemary</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">¾ tsp turmeric</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">6 red potatoes washed and sliced, skin on</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">6 carrots peeled and sliced</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 cups of frozen peas (fresh would work)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 cups of frozen green beans (fresh would work)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 cups of cooked lentils I used brown lentils (depending when you add them you could use uncooked but would need to increase the water accordingly) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fresh ground pepper to taste </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4-6 cups of water for desired thickness (may also use stock)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sautee onion, garlic in evoo, once fragrant stir in grated celery root, rosemary and turmeric, once mixed add stock and bay leaves.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add in 4 cups of water, potatoes and carrots bring to a boil, simmer 25-30 min until soft depending on the size of your veggies, add peas, green beans, lentils and additional water as needed for desired consistency</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Once warmed through add fresh ground pepper to taste, reserve a portion for yourselves add the remaining into your food processor or use a hand held blender and puree to desired texture, fill ice cube trays, freeze and store</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Options:</span></u></i></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">You could grate all your veggies for quicker cooking, I was making this to double as our meal so it worked out to puree it afterwards</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add 1 cup of chopped parsnips, turnip or sweet potatoes may have to adjust water </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Next time I may add some barley to make it a complete meal with a serving of grains, for now I stir in some of Julia’s barley cereal and it works wonderfully </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div>This is the 1st time that I have ever made "stew" to be honest I don't even really like the word "stew" I just think of some bowl of over cooked veggies with chunks of meat in it haha... but this recipe changed the meaning of "stew" for me so I know have this idea to create a Caribbean type stew... here is the end product <i><b>Before Puree</b></i>...</div><div class="ecxMsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsQmG8b0fVv_k7gFlu1McVuxgp5Hbb7Q2F8onU1l5qgLVAJdnKA70rogclZzYPrb6C68e7v07tEEoNqA7o-LTyHbPf2vUG_cisiKG1iPzTfvAHZIkZDbxvYFTnn2NgzEApMYHzgn0SMo/s1600/Julia+14+Months+216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilsQmG8b0fVv_k7gFlu1McVuxgp5Hbb7Q2F8onU1l5qgLVAJdnKA70rogclZzYPrb6C68e7v07tEEoNqA7o-LTyHbPf2vUG_cisiKG1iPzTfvAHZIkZDbxvYFTnn2NgzEApMYHzgn0SMo/s320/Julia+14+Months+216.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b> </b><i><b>After Puree:</b></i><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I froze the extra portions in my ice cube trays as I would anything else... freezes well and Julia (& daddy) loved it a perfect well balanced family meal.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Duty calls I can hear my princess waking up we have some St. Patty's day surprises to do for daddy so we must get busy, here are your questions for today. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><b>What do you think about the results of the toddler eating study? Do you think that it would be different if repeated now? And "division of responsibility" any thoughts?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">I leave you with a flash back to last St. Patty's day... I wonder how that hat sizes up now only one way to find out... stay tuned!!<b> </b></span><br />
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</span></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-45553345476612777052011-03-12T13:17:00.000-05:002011-03-12T13:17:08.105-05:00DIY Baby Food PART 2 of 2 & Cupcakes<div class="MsoNoSpacing"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW3RUsfxa8wI5jIl9lVcWO3fMYMAQ_Liu0aIbTxDxvYqnsTYb4dnGBJPzzOymutayMF6bPOk1vkptxlxdqZLjwjADcP6JjVMRsQ-IscND2_F8Ra5OUIErlE3vOltHgp2aB98mA9x5kO-E/s1600/Julia+14+Months+040.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAM2fIG22dvZvwehJmNMRQ92Au48aDDKKz-fGiMdY-Wphs14dGH1LoP5s9sarWvDAYfBhkg83j-lgXuSTfeZWX2HEfsmz9_SXc7Dxj-ywvNV9GaEbEVjAwKt2AsvgkHlaYtqRwhozbHKs/s1600/Julia+14+Months+230.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAM2fIG22dvZvwehJmNMRQ92Au48aDDKKz-fGiMdY-Wphs14dGH1LoP5s9sarWvDAYfBhkg83j-lgXuSTfeZWX2HEfsmz9_SXc7Dxj-ywvNV9GaEbEVjAwKt2AsvgkHlaYtqRwhozbHKs/s320/Julia+14+Months+230.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-CA</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Well I have returned from my "blog-ation"... it was not intention things just got a bit hectic, I suppose one could say that starting a blog at the same time as retuning to work and transitioning your daughter into daycare is a fairly hefty feat. It's been about 6 weeks now since I have been back to work, Julia is doing wonderful at daycare and we are really starting to see her personality shine - priceless!! The other day when I dropped her off she went right to the caregiver happily… which was fantastic but almost made me cry haha going back to work after a maternity leave is probably one of the biggest adjustments a family makes after the initial adjustment to having a baby of course ;-) <br />
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While being on mat leave you anticipate that dreaded ‘first’ day back to work for months… when we talked about me returning to work one of the things that I wanted to strive for was BALANCE - something I never really had before prior to pregnancy I was a complete work-a-holic and from the time our daughter was born my husband and I agreed that I would only return back to work part-time, and although it has only been 6 weeks I feel that this is going to work well... it allows me time to do all the things that are important to me - well kinda sorta you know what I mean... I am one of those people who always tries to do too much so I have also been making an effort to "balance" all the things that I want to do "I don't have to do everything everyday" and I tell myself this so I try to space things out. There are always about 65 things that I want to make in the kitchen but only so much time... so I have been prioritizing that also.<br />
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On an exciting note little miss Julia has cut molar #4 it was a rough bout of teething many sleepless nights with all her teething she has always got multiple at the same time when her top teeth were coming in she cut all 4 front teeth at same time ouch!! So this bout of teething has been ongoing for the past month so it has posed feeding challenges with a lack of appetite so we have been offering a variety as always and it amazes us how she will take to certain things certain days yesterday she was all about the strawberries and today chili - I have just made a fresh batch of Simply Pure Baby's 1st Chili I will be posting soon!! Other new foods in past few weeks blueberry flax pancake 'cake', and baby's 1st granola we tried that this am and she is still not sure about it will post this recipe soon I have a little more tweaking to do.<br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Recap <a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/02/diy-baby-food-part-1-of-2.html">DIY Baby Food Part I</a></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">basic fruit purees</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">finger foods</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>-<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">“forbidden” foods under 12 months of age</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
Ok without further a due "DIY Baby Food Part II"<br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cost Analysis</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> of Making Own Baby Food:</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cost was never a factor that we considered as we just knew from the start that we were going to be making our own baby food for nutritional purposes.<span> </span>But let’s look at the cost for a few basic veggies.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Basic Squash Puree $0.05 per ounce</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Basic Pea Puree $0.08 per ounce <span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Basic Carrot Pea Puree $0.06 per ounce <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">PC organic $0.17 per ounce ($0.77/4.5oz jar)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Heinz (assorted) $0.20 per ounce ($0.89/4.5oz jar)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So the long and the short of it is, it is about 50% cheaper to make your baby food – however, this blog is not about penny pinching but a little extra savings never hurts you can put it back into buying high quality wholesome ingredients.<span> </span>Here is more info on cost analysis, this is a <a href="http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/cost.htm">great website</a> it is actually the first one that I came across when I started making Julia’s baby food and I still reference it frequently.</span> <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<b><i>Simply Pure</i> Basic Veggie Puree’s</b> <span> </span><br />
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We already reviewed equipment and cooking methods in <a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/02/diy-baby-food-part-1-of-2.html">part I</a>.<span> </span>Featured here is butternut squash and peas both suitable as babies first foods and both dead simple to make here is a step by step...<br />
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<b>Butternut squash</b> is best local in the fall but those only last so long so lately they have been imported from Mexico, the same procedure is followed for pumpkin, acorn or buttercup squash. We ate more squash this year then ever before I kept creating all these delicious soups (that is one thing all these puree's show you that anything can become soup) Julia has had each squash on it's own as well as mixed in various combos and butternut 'BN' is the winner.<br />
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1) First slice the squash in 1/2</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2_7QBqqiG8GryzCfrTI80YnHwHfin3zvv1iR192rBhP6DviUUk23IMbWC4Axb8VJZXe43oJjrzAvslK9UsxAreW_vg0XMjLP6OnlWC_zlAlHcwxYEcWWBg2KPl7iYsyawGwLmkAv9VM/s1600/Julia+14+Months+161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2_7QBqqiG8GryzCfrTI80YnHwHfin3zvv1iR192rBhP6DviUUk23IMbWC4Axb8VJZXe43oJjrzAvslK9UsxAreW_vg0XMjLP6OnlWC_zlAlHcwxYEcWWBg2KPl7iYsyawGwLmkAv9VM/s320/Julia+14+Months+161.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
2) Clean out the seeds with a spoon and discard</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TPuGiuZsjF3mkv4n4LuDbbYsGKe4_o998lWRjJhjVW2D9XnTGbav-pZD-t-olmL8B3AqZ4c-9C0dOWnDe36PwxYQ7mGgAXEMrjjqNybkLEnzUgl_nffOdIcjcYguGMqMLqYp1_OXWx8/s1600/Julia+14+Months+163.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_TPuGiuZsjF3mkv4n4LuDbbYsGKe4_o998lWRjJhjVW2D9XnTGbav-pZD-t-olmL8B3AqZ4c-9C0dOWnDe36PwxYQ7mGgAXEMrjjqNybkLEnzUgl_nffOdIcjcYguGMqMLqYp1_OXWx8/s320/Julia+14+Months+163.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
3) Place face down in a glass pan with about 1/2" of water, cover with foil and bake @375F for 45min or until a fork is softly pushed in (oppsie looks like daddy forgot to remove the sticker)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_-j9YjgimdVtutgsD_J_uSNl22YdK-z148yGGwWMu76JITLThLBqvTJbW-GgJ6LOde10bA8_UOqUxobBgKjwU0I71GWR-HRzevvaADErAOSteRb9xDLPIdWpvyQYDg2XlwmJFQyC5_k/s1600/Julia+14+Months+175.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr_-j9YjgimdVtutgsD_J_uSNl22YdK-z148yGGwWMu76JITLThLBqvTJbW-GgJ6LOde10bA8_UOqUxobBgKjwU0I71GWR-HRzevvaADErAOSteRb9xDLPIdWpvyQYDg2XlwmJFQyC5_k/s320/Julia+14+Months+175.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-QEH7tLHs1wY_9b8vhk2oV6n41A4V9nbyw7H_rFPF1HstmwaYRKhQGi34lRqPbNt9K2xs4YHCE0gwstPJvDONt_U0zZ0ajkbkTERe_Kl_6bXCYMaIbPcohXReA-lZsrj6tya5eAR8IY/s1600/Julia+14+Months+176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8-QEH7tLHs1wY_9b8vhk2oV6n41A4V9nbyw7H_rFPF1HstmwaYRKhQGi34lRqPbNt9K2xs4YHCE0gwstPJvDONt_U0zZ0ajkbkTERe_Kl_6bXCYMaIbPcohXReA-lZsrj6tya5eAR8IY/s320/Julia+14+Months+176.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXuUqbaJLg8MMKiLuzazmnL3m_yNZHNuoaLBzPVs5V31x0UtRM2UapmFsQdH8qNcpqOEmGX2EIJA23uTrjBAZMWpYZRtw4Fkuh5Je_JI2e63KUw4GvYRz6qfwyn4Tdte-_pVjkzE3SUA/s1600/Julia+14+Months+180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXuUqbaJLg8MMKiLuzazmnL3m_yNZHNuoaLBzPVs5V31x0UtRM2UapmFsQdH8qNcpqOEmGX2EIJA23uTrjBAZMWpYZRtw4Fkuh5Je_JI2e63KUw4GvYRz6qfwyn4Tdte-_pVjkzE3SUA/s320/Julia+14+Months+180.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
4) Scoop squash straight into food processor and puree to desired texture </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXuUqbaJLg8MMKiLuzazmnL3m_yNZHNuoaLBzPVs5V31x0UtRM2UapmFsQdH8qNcpqOEmGX2EIJA23uTrjBAZMWpYZRtw4Fkuh5Je_JI2e63KUw4GvYRz6qfwyn4Tdte-_pVjkzE3SUA/s1600/Julia+14+Months+180.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyEA3U4jkDih4OGMGUt6zF8a4FiovB9uBSmOaUsSMQ2khXAqQGtlq74nEEb1y7ycm__IsBjW16G0XlIUkVqW39b0mfChbex7C1wWNt5SyODqYooE7XxVCXTIr1_leis-NlxfEuR_PIcI/s1600/Julia+14+Months+184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyEA3U4jkDih4OGMGUt6zF8a4FiovB9uBSmOaUsSMQ2khXAqQGtlq74nEEb1y7ycm__IsBjW16G0XlIUkVqW39b0mfChbex7C1wWNt5SyODqYooE7XxVCXTIr1_leis-NlxfEuR_PIcI/s320/Julia+14+Months+184.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O9lkdUCn981_byy8dw9fe3I6yo4IMFoRiXWX5JcPYcBdGMxahC2cU6gyvSBlO7_QB7MmcvLhJSFk7ra3FjilWeHe_syV-c9-Mrfp_if_hmd6zTJfFdpDJoQh3RJNNqFNoO2HK-2NHp0/s1600/Julia+14+Months+188.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_O9lkdUCn981_byy8dw9fe3I6yo4IMFoRiXWX5JcPYcBdGMxahC2cU6gyvSBlO7_QB7MmcvLhJSFk7ra3FjilWeHe_syV-c9-Mrfp_if_hmd6zTJfFdpDJoQh3RJNNqFNoO2HK-2NHp0/s320/Julia+14+Months+188.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4) Place into ice cube trays and transfer into freezer bags or storage containers once frozen - I missed getting a picture of this step <a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/02/diy-baby-food-part-1-of-2.html">check here</a> for what it looks like </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Now for the <b>peas</b><br />
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1) Purchase a bag of frozen peas (in the summer I used fresh peas)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2) Lightly steam the peas (4-5 min until thawed all the way through)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsgtVq5lxEcq_BInntTbPUdnGOyKRAkVSrSu90x9WiaNEIt5dBHHLjhaEMSzhLbbmrnCK6sJS1RfFwemd4eDoOhHnAPMapnMh6X5USds55nY5tfRxBazuliDyclDyrWHZMCHFOciotX4/s1600/Julia+14+Months+023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigsgtVq5lxEcq_BInntTbPUdnGOyKRAkVSrSu90x9WiaNEIt5dBHHLjhaEMSzhLbbmrnCK6sJS1RfFwemd4eDoOhHnAPMapnMh6X5USds55nY5tfRxBazuliDyclDyrWHZMCHFOciotX4/s320/Julia+14+Months+023.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3) Place into food processor, puree to desired texture adding a little bit of the cooking water as needed - under 8 months you want to strain the peas to remove any extra pieces of "skin" that your baby may not like the texture of and here you have it <i>Simply Pure's </i>Basic Pea Puree </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WgolIm65YkKHZIBefkzvnP9boly-6yie86_u1XL38KYbfwblbKswwCHmkuvgXdJRYv2EiF1Scx2UaCl6QJLtoUjwqdwS7T43Y6U1FVU-doUaW3sQkBflkhGcNiESPe4KiVi5xBk2rig/s1600/Julia+14+Months+024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_WgolIm65YkKHZIBefkzvnP9boly-6yie86_u1XL38KYbfwblbKswwCHmkuvgXdJRYv2EiF1Scx2UaCl6QJLtoUjwqdwS7T43Y6U1FVU-doUaW3sQkBflkhGcNiESPe4KiVi5xBk2rig/s320/Julia+14+Months+024.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4) Place into ice cube trays and transfer into freezer bags or storage containers once frozen - I missed getting a picture of this step <a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/02/diy-baby-food-part-1-of-2.html">check here</a> for what it looks like </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So here you have it 2 beautiful <i>Simply Pure</i> basic puree's suitable for baby's 1st food... as your baby gets a taste for things individually you can start mixing them peas and BN squash is a lovely combo (add some quinoa flakes for a full balanced meal)</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzlMDrakL4i6fPJXRf3qVgEbRYHON43KRQMfF8rxxQgdsclxy6ZEZfc1K-4PMskVGIDOnSsgMrnxihyR06q7TqpN-fjpHmubEMKEm4le8bzXcdNarBxvMQO5amutB0zqFSNidPYAYn9w/s1600/Julia+14+Months+196.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzlMDrakL4i6fPJXRf3qVgEbRYHON43KRQMfF8rxxQgdsclxy6ZEZfc1K-4PMskVGIDOnSsgMrnxihyR06q7TqpN-fjpHmubEMKEm4le8bzXcdNarBxvMQO5amutB0zqFSNidPYAYn9w/s320/Julia+14+Months+196.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<b><u>Spices and Baby’s</u></b> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Around 8 months is when it is safe to start introducing some spices, at this point your baby has already gotten used to some basic purees and will be ready for more new tastes.<span> </span>Cinnamon and apple is a great first spice.<span> </span><i>So we use spices for adding flavour to foods but have you ever thought of the benefits some of these spices have?</i> <i>What are your favourite spices? </i>Upcoming I will post on spices, health benefits and what goes best with what.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<i>Now can anyone guess what has been going on in The Delaney's Kitchen (aka upcoming posts)...</i></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i><br />
</i>- Baby’s 1<sup>st</sup> stew pictured below</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">- Baby's 1st chili & granola<br />
- made my first ever loaf of bread... turned out devine<br />
- I tackled an egg plant, tempha, nutritional yeast and a cashew cream sauce for the best lasanga that we have ever had<br />
- whole wheat rosemary foccacia <br />
- beans and grains 101 – soak what for how long?! <br />
- Oat bars and banana carob granola bars</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Baby's 1st Stew</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tempha Eggplant Lasagna with Cashew Cream Sauce</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My 1st EVER Loaf of Bread SO EXCITING!!</td></tr>
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Never a dull moment... in our kitchen and did you know we don't have a dishwasher - this is something that we need to remedy very soon when we bought our house there was no dishwasher and now that we are settled it is obvious this is an essential purchase that we need to make soon… <br />
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Well I think it's a wrap I hope this shows you how simple it is to make basic veggie puree's not only is it more cost effective for you to make your own baby food it is also more nutritious as we have previously discussed.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As I continue build my blog I will give step by step of all the purees that I have made… never enough time in a day. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Upcoming we will discuss seasonal produce and feeding a toddler – portions, snacks and more stay tuned and enjoy your weekend don’t forget the clocks go ahead tonight.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A few more shots of my St. Patty's day cupcakes, we have a dinner party tonight and we were asked to bring dessert which was a perfect excuse for me to practice making and decorating some more cupcakes (recipe to come after they are reviewed at our dinner party tonight - it is the same cupcake as <a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/01/first-birthday-vegan-spiced-pumpkin.html">Baby's 1st Cupcake </a>but I changed the icing to a Maple Cinnamon Vegan Buttercream - now that is smooth and so much nicer for decorating) we attempted to shape them into a shamerock haha... see for yourself... <b><i>do you have any special meals or snacks that you make for St. Patty's day?</i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</span></div></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-88591400537680050712011-02-27T14:00:00.000-05:002011-02-27T14:00:44.531-05:00Pesto 101<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Triple Green</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <b>Power Pesto Bruschetta Pizza <span> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZRThUQXmDCJTiQbaGAFrnFEwt4CVjS_wCo9c1QnzugebCrNFrT5bXmzmaGs1eSA8JAurUSkQdivvzhjt1TFWJy4l2JT9X-tWF9YJBVu31hT7ungJK7huSkmUCwWS79h-84Bjhi0TrSNI/s1600/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+110.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4POC9R2PhJEzbUGSOdtzFBBvXMxbGKFDNQpmt7HU9LEUwXQx7lxlj9XdKdKF0GB4_6BUFv7aACb7K036A6FdQCM9hjRzsU2A6hOA-A6RShonsCDe_BoRpnZrbISovhlOFcBW8KEgC6UI/s1600/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+130.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4POC9R2PhJEzbUGSOdtzFBBvXMxbGKFDNQpmt7HU9LEUwXQx7lxlj9XdKdKF0GB4_6BUFv7aACb7K036A6FdQCM9hjRzsU2A6hOA-A6RShonsCDe_BoRpnZrbISovhlOFcBW8KEgC6UI/s320/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+130.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Swiss Chard, Kale & Spinach Pesto w Roasted Garlic & White Beans</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Somehow the month of February became “pesto” month at the Delaney’s it is just so funny because I talked about making pesto for months (maybe even a year or more you know how quickly time passes us by ;-), I just remember looking at it in the grocery store and seeing the fat content and the CHEESE and thinking it was just something that we wouldn’t/couldn’t eat.<span> </span>I couldn’t have been more wrong now with an educated vegan eye pesto is not only EASY to make at home it is vegan and the possibilities are… endless and it is packed with fibre, iron, antioxidants, calcium and protein.<span> </span>To date I have now made 4 variations of pesto and last night proved to be the winner.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Before we get to the recipe why eat kale or swiss chard?</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Kale</span></u></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> is often a vegetable that people are intimidated by or they don’t even know what it is or what it looks like.<span> </span>Kale is nutrient dense packed with more calcium then a glass of cow’s milk and more easily absorbed, it is also high in folic acid important for child rearing years, and it may increase milk supply in breast feeding mothers.<span> </span>You want to select kale that is firm and crisp like not brown or wilted, you can store in a plastic bag in refrigerator it is best used up within a few days of purchase.<span> </span>Most people don’t like the “chewy” like texture of kale, but it can easily be used chopped as parsley, added to salads or steamed, pureed, frozen and added to ANYTHING – smoothies, tomatos sauces, chilli (I did this a few weeks back and you wouldn’t even know), I can mix a cube of kale into any of Julia’s purees without a second thought.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfCiufzBAXNSIbElRMTokLW40qjlq-Fh2HlbTOxVaHBjetVqco1OngCdP-6NGZvR9VFyr-CCtZ_kdWjqRJC5snLhHVdW8J3Fk8eEJehTnNGi71HEl-udLccPrPUKZreS_JRLMMZdX0O8/s1600/Julia+13+Months+Feb+2011+033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqfCiufzBAXNSIbElRMTokLW40qjlq-Fh2HlbTOxVaHBjetVqco1OngCdP-6NGZvR9VFyr-CCtZ_kdWjqRJC5snLhHVdW8J3Fk8eEJehTnNGi71HEl-udLccPrPUKZreS_JRLMMZdX0O8/s320/Julia+13+Months+Feb+2011+033.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">How does swiss chard add up to Kale?</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Swiss chard</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> is very popular in Mediterranean cuisine, it comes in green and red (we have tried both) and is ranked the second nutrient dense food following spinach.<span> </span>High in vitamin K, A & C (vitamin C is important as it helps maximize the absorption of iron). It has a great taste raw and we have found it to add a nice crunch to our spinach salads.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8-k2PEHpnuBnAkVpEz_95gi3MAHWqWt3kQtK52Rf82NGjYFSy7S8xYarVQzJ5SLXV7zwI9ss2Z0MCv-Uu4NEtwFlaUa_T7bY_8gdhycv2QOVTVaZkxtDxfxeixGlFb8DuFjZsDkwrYc/s1600/Feb+2011+-+Food+Pix+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij8-k2PEHpnuBnAkVpEz_95gi3MAHWqWt3kQtK52Rf82NGjYFSy7S8xYarVQzJ5SLXV7zwI9ss2Z0MCv-Uu4NEtwFlaUa_T7bY_8gdhycv2QOVTVaZkxtDxfxeixGlFb8DuFjZsDkwrYc/s320/Feb+2011+-+Food+Pix+003.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After trying each in a solo pesto with spinach it became obvious that they all must be married into one pesto...</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> So here you have it…<b><u>Triple Green Power Pesto Brushetta Pizza </u></b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br />
</span></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Swiss Chard, Kale & Spinach Pesto w Roasted Garlic & White Beans</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 cups of spinach</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">6 cups of kale, chopped</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">8 cups of swiss chard (green or red), chopped</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 cup of fresh basil, chopped (when fresh from garden I would use 2 cups)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 roasted garlic bulb</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 medium onion, diced</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 cup of toasted walnuts (or nut of choice we did use toasted cashews for the kale pesto) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 ½ cups of white beans cooked fresh or a can well rinsed</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">½ cup grated celery root (salt replacer)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fresh juice from ½ lemon</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">¼ cup of olive oil + 2 Tbsp for sauté + drizzle on garlic</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fresh ground pepper to taste</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyu8tOaUDnwHrrbfRqcbARNwdHTsKNoKDnD9khSIltcZw9QheQVSVVF85rlw-ZpyUlKoVNF6WFPqeB3BFIY5LxlnE5TOuIbm1ukwp9lt10LCNIIZpYYQiZ1eynAFesfddO7W6NiO3Je_k/s1600/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyu8tOaUDnwHrrbfRqcbARNwdHTsKNoKDnD9khSIltcZw9QheQVSVVF85rlw-ZpyUlKoVNF6WFPqeB3BFIY5LxlnE5TOuIbm1ukwp9lt10LCNIIZpYYQiZ1eynAFesfddO7W6NiO3Je_k/s320/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Take one bulb of garlic, slice the top off, set in a tin foil bed (see photo) drizzle with olive oil and a few sprinkles of parsley, roast in oven @ 350F for 35-45 min, until golden brown (you can even roast this a day ahead to save time)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>5)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Serve as desired featured here is with brushetta pizza, we also served over pasta with a side of roasted red peppers, zuchinni and crimini mushrooms – both are delish but the brushetta pizza was our favourite.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilW5CrX0XMNIQ2C4q_t7fow_NvyBT152kDJ6dECD7oP-V5XANW_5Cud49v2gMbtdKmqSpes9Ghr47xPXAaFhzyZWgJ3gTMNV1i2IbyEjHmNUpCetfFs0duQmozdosUlzOO8IstXn53urA/s1600/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilW5CrX0XMNIQ2C4q_t7fow_NvyBT152kDJ6dECD7oP-V5XANW_5Cud49v2gMbtdKmqSpes9Ghr47xPXAaFhzyZWgJ3gTMNV1i2IbyEjHmNUpCetfFs0duQmozdosUlzOO8IstXn53urA/s320/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+106.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>6)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">You may store in fridge for 3 days, freeze in ice cube trays for baby (over 12 months because of walnuts and later if you have a family history of nut allergies), or freeze in a container or ziploc bag for an easy meal (we have enough pesto in the freezer now for a few months haha)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Bruschetta</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3 medium tomatos, diced</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">½ cup fresh basil, chopped</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4 cloves of garlic, finely grated</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 small red onion, finely chopped</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 Tbsp of balsamic vinegar</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 tsp of coarse sea salt (optional we didn’t use this)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 Tbsp of olive oil (we omitted this as we were having it with the pesto)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUnMLZspSL1rE9Uc8bnOAjdM1yg7rM8sjTUke1ypz-2Azc4LZhSjlvO6sCyVBPlr1lzy3Wr2dkpMD3bKnDzWz5qj5lLu8js5RZz7gdKnGoRuhk4Ezy7ehgegmHmF7s4wLhcN9n0pdCC8/s1600/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+075.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUnMLZspSL1rE9Uc8bnOAjdM1yg7rM8sjTUke1ypz-2Azc4LZhSjlvO6sCyVBPlr1lzy3Wr2dkpMD3bKnDzWz5qj5lLu8js5RZz7gdKnGoRuhk4Ezy7ehgegmHmF7s4wLhcN9n0pdCC8/s320/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+075.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hub*’s Basil Infused Pizza Crust</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 cup whole wheat flour + ½ cup to add as needed</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 tsp of dried basil</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 Tbsp olive oil</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 ¼ tsp of yeast (we used quick rise)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 tsp sugar</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2/3 cup of very warm water </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Combine flour, basil and olive oil in a bowl</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mix up warm water, sugar and yeast, add to flour stir until mixed the knead the dough with your hands for a few min on a floured surface adding additional flour as needed so dough is not sticky</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Place in a bowl, cover with a clean towel and place in a bag allow to rise 15min (unless you are using regular yeast then it will be longer follow instructions on the jar) - this is the dough after it rose (I forgot a picture before oppsie!!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Cij-9iv9A2CqT3dOUREUs61g792sblT3ZFQJ_XctqnzcLv9isdxvuJ40KDHQOXsP4cJ4JpgxC7zRyvpP1G9x7u9wYZ62hQJdds8VNDGudJULkcU31IBh0OPWyh594ETdtVO8uXkET8k/s1600/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+086.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Cij-9iv9A2CqT3dOUREUs61g792sblT3ZFQJ_XctqnzcLv9isdxvuJ40KDHQOXsP4cJ4JpgxC7zRyvpP1G9x7u9wYZ62hQJdds8VNDGudJULkcU31IBh0OPWyh594ETdtVO8uXkET8k/s320/Pesto+Julia+13.5+Months+086.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <span>4)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Dough should be double size after it has rose, work out the air and smooth onto you pizza pan or stone (we need to get a pizza stone), place in the oven 425F x 10-12 min</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>5)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Pull crust out lightly brush with 1-2Tbsp of olive oil, top with pesto and your brushetta mix, turn oven down to 350F bake until warmed through about 5-10min</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>6)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Slice and serve with a side spinach and swiss chard salad and maybe a glass of red wine… unless of course you<span> </span>are serving to your toddler formula will be option of choice </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt;"><span>J</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This is a very labour intensive meal, preparing the pesto a day ahead or having ready made in the freezer will make for a quicker dinner, but this is a perfect Saturday night dinner when you may have a little extra time in the kitchen… we are officially pestooooo’d out for a few weeks any way.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy your Sunday!!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mark and Jessica</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(my husband was a huge contributor to the photos and preparation of this meal so I need to give him credit)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We have one tiny slice of pizza for Julia to try at lunch… she has been loving her pesto with quinoa or pasta and pureed red peppers… time for a little mix up sans bruschetta, it is so fun watching her taste buds blossom she had brussel sprouts yesterday with parsnips and it was heaven and earth she couldn’t get enough… she has just learned to "roar" like a lion so she thought that it would be cute to take a picture of a lion from her puzzle haha :-) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Coming up next the long anticipated DIY Baby Food part #2… we have a busy day in the kitchen re-stocking veggie purees… </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-44020649976270145982011-02-25T06:55:00.000-05:002011-02-25T06:55:56.825-05:00Simply Pure Baby's 1st Pancake "Cake"Good morning and happy Friday!! Well I am absolutely delighted to see that I have a few more followers and that I am getting some random comments here and there as a new blogger it is so motivating to know that there are people reading things on the other side. I wanted to comment further on Baby's 1st Muffins I have experimented further with a few batches tonight I am going to revise the recipe removing banana as optional as I tried with and without and the muffins are sturdier with the banana - so I do hope that fixes things for anyone who didn't have luck... allowing your "flax" egg to gel up is also an essential step hope that helps... in vegan baking there are many different tricks to getting things to "stay" together... flax egg is one of my favorites packs a nice punch of "hidden" omega's as well!! <br />
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So a few weeks ago my hubby piloted baby's 1st pancakes as you will recall:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><u><b>Simply Pure Baby's 1st Pancake "Cake"</b></u><br />
<i><b>Wheat Free - Egg Free - Dairy Free </b></i><u><b><br />
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1 1/4 cup Large flake oatmeal (processed into smaller flakes in food processor, optional)<br />
1/2 cup Spelt flour (or flour of your choice) <br />
1 tsp baking soda</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1/4 tsp baking powder <br />
1 cup non-dairy milk (I used whole organic soy milk) with 1 tsp lemon juice (to make 'sour' milk) <br />
2 egg replacers (2T of flax + 6T water allow to 'gel' before mixing with other liquids) or you may use eggs<br />
2T maple syrup<br />
1 ripe banana, mashed<br />
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1) Preheat oven to 350F, line a 9x13" pan with parchment paper. In large bowl stir together flour, oat flakes, baking soda and baking powder until blended, in a small separate bowl mix egg replacer and allow to sit for a few min until it 'gels'.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
2) Add milk, egg replacer, banana, milk and syrup to the dry mixture stir until just mixed (avoid over stirring). </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3) Place in oven 15min or until edges are lightly brown, allow to cool for 10min then remove from pan and slice into desired shape (you could even cut them with cookie cutters to make them fun) top with pure maple syrup or your favorite pancake toppings (remember this is a pancake "cake" so they are not meant to be sweet - for extra sweetness add an additional 2 tbsp of maple syrup) OR for <i>traditional pancakes</i> omit baking powder. Heat frying pan over medium heat, lightly oil pan place 3/4c of batter in pan, cover with a lid let sit for a few min (2-3) until the center begins to bubble, then flip, flatten if desired cover and cook a few more min (photos above). </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4) Serve immediately while warm or store in refrigerator for up to 3 days, or simply freeze in an air tight container (you have probably realized that I freeze everything it's a fantastic way to always have healthy food choices at your finger tips - we'll talk about my frozen homemade vegan cookie stash at another time haha).<br />
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Makes the perfect breakfast for babies and toddlers that want to feed themselves chop into sticks or cubes serve +/- banana, place on their tray also makes a quick healthy breakfast for mom or dad. <br />
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<i>Variations</i> - you could add 1/2 cup infant cereal instead of spelt flour, you could add 1/2 cup unsweetened apple sauce instead of banana, you could add blueberries, ground flax, bran, liquids would have to be adjusted accordingly of course... possibilities are endless... let your baby be the guide...<br />
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So as you can imagine juggling family, work, exercise and cooking that I am always fitting things in when I can so sometimes I don't get all the pictures that I want (especially) the mixing process and such... my intentions are good and will continue to be... I know the step by step pictures are helpful. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Yesterday Julia and I were out running a bunch of errands and we stopped at the <a href="http://www.stonestore.ca/aboutus.html">Stone Store</a> it's this great little health store in town here, they seem to have everything that you could ever need in there we weren't up for browsing we just needed some brown rice syrup and sucanat. Once we got home Julia was crawling all over holding this bag of sucanat like her favorite doll (wish I had a picture) which got me looking at the bottle of brown rice syrup and started making me think about the difference between all these sweeteners... agave nector, honey, maple sryup, brown rice syrup, corn syrup, brown sugar, sucant and the list goes one... so it became obvious to me that I need to do a post on "sweeteners" what to use when etc... <b>Do you have a favorite sweetener that you use in your baking?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Hope you and your family can enjoy a pancake "cake" this weekend... let me know if you make any variations and how they worked out? I love new ideas I am feeling raspberry pancakes might even sweeten with a splash of our homemade jam... speaking of new things I follow this blog <a href="http://ohsheglows.com/">Oh She Glows</a> and she is always talking about "VOO" aka "vegan overnight oats" I was complete skeptic cause you don't actually "cook" the oatmeal but curiosity got the best of me and I have some sitting in the fridge for breakfast this am... will keep you posted if they are as good as everyone raves I will be babyizing the recipe this weekend.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Alight time to go... coming up next all about <b>pesto</b> - February has been pesto month in our household and it is time to unleash what has unfolded... I think March is going to be bread month... time for me to face my fear of "making" bread... :-) <b>Have you ever made bread? Any tips or tricks?</b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jessica :-) </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-79077618774978055142011-02-24T09:05:00.000-05:002011-02-24T09:05:48.003-05:00Introduction of Solid FoodsWhat when and how...<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I am not sure how nearly a week has passed by without a post…1 sick little baby is the answer tis the season for colds and flu we are all once again healthy in this household.<span> </span>Julia is getting ever so close to walking she will stand and you can tell that she wants to step and then she will squat down and crawl playing it safe haha! Other new things this past week Julia ate her baby proof pesto (I have renamed February pesto month at the Delaney's so I will be doing a full post on that before the end of the month) and chilli with much delight, she is also loving her new raspberry baby’s first muffins and my hubby on the other hand has been enjoying some new vegan treats “Devine Classic P-nutty Fudge and Lucy’s Pecan Pie ‘pieless’ Cookie Bars” (yes little Lucy you some how inspired this name, one of my dear friends of 20+ years just had a little baby and we brought some treats over there last weekend) all recipes to come of course :-) <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As a new mom there is a never ending list of things that you are trying to figure out and just when you think you got it <i>bam</i> it all changes... introducing solid food is a huge developmental milestone for baby (and mom) so I hope to dymystify some of that in this post...</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Alright introduction of solid foods... we have talked a little bit about how to make your own baby food (part 2 is coming) we have reviewed finger foods, and I have given a brief overview of<a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/01/introduction-of-solids-and-julias.htm"> intro to solids</a> now we are going to get into the nitty gritty.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">How do you know your baby is ready for solid foods:</span></u></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6 months old</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Able to hold head up and sit in high chair <span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Tongue thrust reflex is gone (this is a defence mechanism that baby’s have prevent choking when they are smaller)<span> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Smacking lips when watching others eating</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is recommended that babies are exclusively breastfed or formula fed for 1<sup>st</sup> 6 months of life and solids starting a 6 months there is no right or wrong order of what to introduce when you can start with rice or oat cereal or you can start with squash or avocado.<span> </span>When you are starting solids you want to start very slowly starting with a tablespoon of cereal and gradually increasing as your baby tolerates it, the first time you feed your baby he or she may only take 1 teaspoon. When first introducing solid foods you want to start with a very runny soup like consistency and thickening it up as your baby tolerates it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6-8 Months</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Grain:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> oat, barley, quinoa, ground flax</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Veggies:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> peas, butternut/acorn squash, sweet potatos, carrots, green beans, parsnisps</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fruit:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> pears, prunes, avocado, apricots, plums, mango, nectarines, peaches, pumpkin, apple, banana </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Protein:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> garbanzo beans (chick peas), black beans, organic tofu <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Grain:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> millet, kamut, wheat, rye, bran </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Veggies:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus, cucumber<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fruit:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> berries (blueberries, raspberries, blackberries), cantaloupe, honey dew, cherries, cranberries, dates, grapes, papaya <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Protein:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> kidney beans, lentils (brown, green, red), romano beans, <i>full fat yogurt</i> (gelatin free do you know what gelatin is made from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin">click and check it out</a>…) </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Grain:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> wheat germ, spelt, multi-grains (after they have had each grain separately), you can start to explore bagels, breads, crackers, breadsticks as your baby tolerates texture (just be sure to check the labels if you are not making it yourself scarey things in some bread products ;-) <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Veggies:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> beets, eggplant, kale, swiss chard, bok choy, onion, garlic, peppers, mushrooms, tomatos, leek, corn, edamame <span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fruit:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> strawberries, kiwi**, oranges, figs</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Protein:</span></u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> <i>egg yolk </i>(it is advised to save egg whites till after 1 year due to the high chance of an allergic response), <i>homoginized cow’s milk</i> (after 12 months)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">**strawberry and kiwi are from the same family so if your child has a reaction to one wait for the other also if you have a strong family history of allergies you will want to introduce as your baby gets older talk to you health care provider specifically about this.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Please note there are a variety of references of what to introduce when, this is what we did something different will work for everyone for example you may find certain foods cause constipation (eg sweet potatos) so you want to avoid them or you may find your baby apprehensive to trying new flavours and foods take it at your own pace remember a lifetime of healthy eating starts now!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Now you have an outline of what to introduce when but what about <b><i>how</i></b>? </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">When trying new foods you want to offer small amounts (maybe ½ tbsp), you want to offer new foods in the morning so that you can watch for signs of an adverse reaction throughout the day and you always want to wait 3-4 days between new foods so you can see how your baby responds to them.<span> </span>In the beginning we waited 4 days and it felt like Julia would be 5 years old before she had tried everything haha!! </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Be patient healthy eating starts here we still wait 3-4 days between new foods and spices. For example last week I started Julia with some edamame for finger food 1<sup>st</sup> day she wasn’t interested she pushed them aside ate the peas and black beans we did the same things for 3 days and on day 3 she would only eat the edamame, it is fascinating seeing their little taste buds blossom.<span> </span>If you try something for 3-4 days and they are still resistant try it again in a week or two it can take 7-12 tries before a baby/toddler really gets a taste for something.<span> </span>You will also find with the 3-4 day wait rule very quickly 6-8 month foods become 8-10 month foods simply by waiting the days in between.<span> </span>I also found it helpful to keep some kinda log of what you introduced and how your baby responded I will post a sample… sleepless nights and the business of the days can easily blur new foods and responses together.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It is also important to remember for the first year of life breast milk and/or formula are the baby’s main source of nutrition, so you always want to give milk before solids and remember solid foods under 1 year of age are simply for learning the mechanics of eating and not for nutritional purposes - having said that naturally choosing the right foods will have some nutritional benefit but let's face it you baby is not going to gain weight from eating fruits and veggies, that comes from the milk.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I thought that it would also be helpful to review the forbidden foods <i>under ONE</i> year of age:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Allergenic foods:</u> cow's milk, egg whites, soy, nuts, wheat, shellfish</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Infectious risks:</u> soft cheeses and honey<u> </u></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Choking risk:</u> grapes, rasions, cherry tomatoes (so babies can eat these but you need to cut them up and keep a close eye on them)<u> </u></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><u>Not advised for babies:</u> salt, sugar, juice (so many parents will give there baby juice or put a splash of juice to flavour their water it is <i>not </i>recommend juice is empty calories as far as flavouring the water baby's taste what you give them so let them try some simply pure water and get a taste for it naturally).<u><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Well I sure hope that this demystifies some of the queries in introducing solids I am going to compile this list into a chart and I will post it once I do :-) </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt;"><span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Your questions of the post:</span> <b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">How did you introduce food to your baby? <span> </span>What are some of your baby’s favourite foods?</span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Coming up in DIY Part 2:</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure's basic veggie purees </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cost analysis of buying commercial baby food versus making your own baby food</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Why buy seasonal produce? What is in season when?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Spices and babies what is ok? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</a></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-58073276016237340492011-02-17T18:40:00.000-05:002011-02-17T18:40:16.408-05:00Finger Lickin' Good<div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In the first year of life babies learn more than at any other time in their life, if you think about it a baby is born with enough skills to survive eating and making dirty diapers. Then right before your eyes they are holding their head up, squeezing your finger then holding a toy (I remember the first time Julia held her rattle we were so excited), then they start wiggling, wanting to stand, enjoying tummy time, rolling over, clapping, waving, splashing the water, sitting up, making all kinds of sounds "maaa-maaa" is one of my favorites haha, eating – first learning how to swallow then to chew and before you know it they are picking up food and feeding themselves and walking or running and the list goes on… I am sure you get the point what a joyous time the first year is, thankfully people (in Ontario) now have the option of taking that first year to be with their baby alright… zoning in on a baby’s grip – did you know a newborn is born with enough strength to hold themselves on a chin-up bar incredible isn’t it? Julia has recently started a gymnastics class and to our surprise 1<sup>st</sup> time on the bars she was holding herself up at 12.5 months old wow, but with much practice they can do it much sooner!! This is Julia last year at this time 2 months old... I just felt like showing a flash back.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When we think about it, it is really amazing how babies “grab” things they start by cupping things with their hands and somewhere around the 7-8 month mark you will notice your baby developing a “pincer grip” where they are able to pick things up between their thumb and index finger – so watch out for any small things on the floor as they will go straight to the mouth. Why do babies <i>LOVE</i> putting everything in their mouth? Because they have many sensors in mouth and it is very satisfying for them to put things in their mouth and suck.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Alright so babies have the ability to pick up food with fingers around 7-8 months so at that time you can start with<i> finger foods </i>so many people will start with “puffs” as they will dissolve in babies mouth posing no choking hazard and they teach them how to start to “chew” or “gum” the food preparing them for foods they need to breakdown. Alright so "puffs" of what? First I have to tell you a story I was at a playgroup and a mother was feeding her baby what appeared to be “puffs” so my curiousity got the best of me as it usually does and I asked her what they were she responded “puffs” I proceeded to ask puffs of what? And she said “I don’t know they are no-name from the grocery store” ok… I was dumbfounded like how could you not know what “puffs” you were feeding your baby… anyways everyone is different :-) </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The majority of puffs that parents will start babies on are rice but we <a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/01/introduction-of-solids-and-julias.html">already talked about this </a>babies eat tiny little bits so why would you fill them up on white rice puffs? Our situation was compounded as Julia doesn’t eat rice (for digestive health) so I went on a search I quickly found you could buy puffed anything I came home with puffed barley, puffed kamut, puffed wheat, puffed millet and puffed quinoa… ok I went a little over board but who knew all these grains came in “puffs” so we sampled them all decided that the wheat dissolved best, kamut second, barley third, the millet and quinoa are very tiny and therefore not suitable as a finger food as it would be very difficult to pick up (see picture). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So now we make up a bag of “cereal” with puffed wheat, kamut, barley and nutrios. <a href="http://www.heinzbaby.com/en_ca/toddler/triple_tested_products/stage4/cereal/cereal/Nutrios%C3%82%C2%AE/107/">Nutrios</a> are basically like cherrios sans salt, & sugar and they are fortified making them a perfect finger food as well. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Here is a little list of healthy finger foods for your little one</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> I have included vegetarian options in italics</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Nutrios </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rye bread (read labels carefully many breads are full of sugar, molasses, salt & milk)*</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Crackers (I make my own <a href="http://simplypureveganbaby.blogspot.com/2011/02/babys-1st-crackers.html">see recipe</a>) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Baby’s 1<sup>st</sup> Banana Pancake (recipe coming soon)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Breadsticks (recipe coming soon picture below)</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Well cooked pasta</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">*sometime in the very near future I am going to attempt my very 1<sup>st</sup> loaf of bread</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Salt-Free Rosemary Breadsticks </td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fruit</span></u></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Grapes cut into 8 ish pieces (decrease risk of choking)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Honey dew or cantaloupe cut into chunks (cantaloupe freezes well so you can always have some ready)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Pineapple</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Pear or apple cut into chunks, strips or grated</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Peach or nectarine cut into chunks</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Dried fruit apricots, figs, prunes, raisins, dates (baby’s love dried fruit because it is so sweet) </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Green peas, edamame, avocado</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Grated fresh carrot (I do this whenever I don’t have steamed one’s cause Julia loves carrots)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cucumber in chunks or strips </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lightly steamed chunks of beet or sweet potato </span></li>
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Beans: garbanzo, black, kidney or any other bean </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Chunks of tofu</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Chunks of egg yolk or cheese</i> </span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">This is by no means a comprehensive list of finger foods this is what has worked for us as Julia is getting older it naturally keeps growing so let the creativity begin. Toddlers can be tricky to feed as they start to know what they want for example they will like bigger “sticks” to chew on instead of tiny pieces to pick up, but they can’t communicate that to us so it is this guessing game (unless you have some sign language that you use), you don’t always want to cater to their every food request or you will develop a picky eater so always remember to offer variety you decide what goes on their plate they decide how much if any they will eat…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Coming up next chart of what to introduced when… it was funny when I was first trying to figure all this out I sorted all the foods by colour and then realized that wasn’t really a good way to introduce them but it was a great way to brainstorm all different foods and see the rainbow of possibilities out there, I'm sure it will be a fun game as Julia get's older to make sure she chooses a wide variety of colorful foods.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Also I want to do a little reader poll:</i> If your baby only has 2 bites of their dinner left do you try to get them to take it? Will discuss in next post “come on only one more bite…” is it worth the frustration it can pose... meal times are fun so let's keep them that way!!</span></b><br />
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</div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-33179995264095402082011-02-14T07:05:00.001-05:002011-02-24T23:09:50.736-05:00Simply Pure Baby's 1st Muffins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQR1G7oLXDWqJZIFR5CdyH7q10Th4a5nWbbeLRA04swNxHljRHP2i2gOLKitvuw0sCWUcrbcGV3soUQHqSP9_cMyvRRS9jxuHoa4e24i0y2ygc9QgAjw21C1b9yK6PVu-nXqyaEkkf_bY/s1600/Be+Mine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQR1G7oLXDWqJZIFR5CdyH7q10Th4a5nWbbeLRA04swNxHljRHP2i2gOLKitvuw0sCWUcrbcGV3soUQHqSP9_cMyvRRS9jxuHoa4e24i0y2ygc9QgAjw21C1b9yK6PVu-nXqyaEkkf_bY/s320/Be+Mine.jpg" width="240" /> </a> <b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Happy Valentines Day!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As your baby grow's so does his or her's desire for food, tastes and textures. Julia will be 13 months tomorrow and she is going through this "I want to feed myself stage" not with a spoon but her fingers sooo I decided it was time to make that baby oatmeal in a muffin so she can eat the chucks with her fingers and it was a success she was in love with her 1st muffins. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">It also seems that at this stage she is wanting more "flavours" she is in love with baby's 1st Red Sauce and Tornato Tomato Barely Risotto (coming soon) and last night for dinner she had curried green lentils with peas and carrots she couldn't eat it fast enough. So if it has lots of flavour or she can eat it with her fingers she is all over it. Which brings me to "finger foods" there are many things that are perfectly suitable for finger foods top two in our household right now, lightly steamed carrot sticks and peas (which are a close tie with rasions) tomorrow we are going to try edamame... and later this week we will post a list of baby's favorite finger foods and when is it appropriate to introduce finger foods and the age baby's develop that pincer grip to feed themselves.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This is what I sent to daycare with Julia to share with the other babies...</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Alright enough chit chat. Here we have Baby's 1st Vegan Muffins note these are <u><b>wheat free, dairy free and egg free </b></u>which are all important for many different children due to sensitivities and allergies, as well whole eggs are not recommended until after 12 months of age due to the high risk of allergy. These muffins are also free of any 'bad' fats keeping them <i>simple pure and wonderful </i>for baby's 1st muffin.</span><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></u></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1/2c large flake oatmeal<br />
2/3 cup oatmeal flour (or flour of choice) - may be able to use 1/3c infant cereal I have not tried that yet ;)<br />
1/2 tsp baking powder<br />
1/2 tsp baking soda<br />
1/2 tsp vanilla<br />
1/2 tsp cinnamon (optional)<br />
1 egg replacer (1T ground flax + 3T water) or you may use an egg<br />
2T olive oil<br />
1/4 c maple syrup (may substitute 1/4c unsweetened apple sauce) <br />
3T brown sugar<br />
1/2 cup blueberries <br />
1 ripe banana<br />
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Preheat oven 350F</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
1) Mix oatmeal, flour, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl, in a separate bowl mix oil, egg replacer (1st mix flax and water in a bowl and allow it to 'gel' up), vanilla, syrup and banana.<br />
2) Fold wet into dry stir until combined (don't over stir batter will become sticky) fold in blueberries and put into muffin papers<br />
3) Fill mini muffin papers 3/4 full bake 10-12 min (until toothpick comes out clean), cool on a wire rack store in a sealed container or may freeze. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Variations:</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Substitute raspberries for blueberries, substituting spelt or whole wheat flour for oatmeal flour. If texture is an issue put batter into food processor and puree to desired texture. I am going to continue to experiment with this recipe I would like to add bran and wheat germ (to increase fibre) everyone could use a little extra fibre in there diet. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwdCJFgjH0IpFaSFnCy5ejK4c741Ubjy7kfrHNLnFovYAQ9c1VCgox8iescNf3AUHrKzJ5mty93Jh2x6a7JMPXdlUO8zuJ2HM55CaNA0pFj8STS7F1fWxDKo_UG3ZD5v0FnrUKM03nhk/s1600/Food+Pics+Feb+9%252C+2011+074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpwdCJFgjH0IpFaSFnCy5ejK4c741Ubjy7kfrHNLnFovYAQ9c1VCgox8iescNf3AUHrKzJ5mty93Jh2x6a7JMPXdlUO8zuJ2HM55CaNA0pFj8STS7F1fWxDKo_UG3ZD5v0FnrUKM03nhk/s320/Food+Pics+Feb+9%252C+2011+074.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So why eat <u><i>blueberries</i></u>? Not only are they yummy they make a perfect finger food and 1 serving of blueberries has as many disease fighting antioxidants as 5 servings of broccoli, apples, carrots and squash - so the question becomes why wouldn't you eat blueberries?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Have you made muffins for your baby? Have you cooked with oat or spelt flour before? What is your flour of choice for baking? What are your favorite muffins? Do you have any recipes that you can "babyize"? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Finger foods and Baby's 1st pancakes to come later this week (along with a schedule of baby's first foods month by month and easy to follow :)... and we are still in the midst of "pesto" experimentation full post to come on that later this month after we "babyize" the recipe this week<b>... </b>this is a preview of the <i>Roasted Garlic + Kale Pesto w White Beans</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Momma J </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-60284332299263240742011-02-13T13:56:00.002-05:002011-02-13T21:08:11.446-05:00Two Bite Double Down Dark Chocolate BrowniesMommy and daddy need a Valentines treat too! <br />
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I had posted this recipe a few weeks back as a "Valentine's Day Preview" recently it won <a href="http://ohsheglows.com/2011/02/12/two-bite-double-down-dark-chocolate-brownies/%20">Oh She Glows</a> Valentines Recipe contest AND I have decided that warrants a repost it so here it is...<br />
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VEGAN Two Bite Double Down Dark Chocolate Coconut Oatmeal Brownies <br />
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The sweet chocolate flavour of a brownie (but not too sweet) with the goodness of whole wheat, oats and the antioxidant powers of dark chocolate, these make a perfect high fibre well balanced dessert. Serve on a plate of homemade raspberry jam for a <i>black forest cake affair</i>, perfect for a lushes valentines dessert!<br />
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2 cups large flake oatmeal<br />
1 2/3 cup whole wheat flour<br />
2/3 cup cocoa powder<br />
3/4 cup brown sugar (notice this is decreased from the 1st version)<br />
2 T ground flax<br />
½ tsp baking powder<br />
½ tsp baking soda<br />
½ tsp salt (optional)<br />
2/3 cup nondairy milk (I used almond milk)<br />
2/3 cup olive oil<br />
1 ½ tsp vanilla<br />
½ cup unsweetened shredded coconut<br />
½ cup dark chocolate, cut into chunks (may use dark chocolate chips)<br />
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1) Preheat oven to 350F<br />
2) In a medium bowl sift dry ingredients together (oats, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt), set aside.<br />
3) In a large bowl whisk together sugar, ground flax, non dairy milk, oil and vanilla, fold into dry ingredients, once mixed stir in dry ingredients add coconut and dark chocolate and voila!!<br />
4) Use a tablespoon amount of batter roll into a ball and flatten w a fork place onto non-stick cookie sheet, cook for 10-12 min, then transfer onto wire rack for cooling<br />
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For a sweeter modification you may view <a href="http://ohsheglows.com/2011/02/12/two-bite-double-down-dark-chocolate-brownies/">Oh She Glows</a> OR simply add 2T maple syrup or other liquid sweetener. Serve them up as you like this is what we did last night...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Tomorrow I will be posting Baby's 1st Muffin's... I am going to send some with Julia to share with the babies at daycare, the recipe is all rolled up and ready to go :-)<br />
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This was Julia a few hours ago enjoying a playdate with her little friends it was an <a href="http://www.busybeesplay.ca/">indoor playground</a> for babies how fun!!<br />
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That's it for now! Enjoy your Sunday, I am not going to ask any questions today will save those for tomorrow ;-)Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-45085067125138657432011-02-12T22:39:00.002-05:002011-02-13T20:44:30.366-05:00DIY Baby Food PART 1 of 2<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I just sat down to polish up my post for today and was just making my rounds on the computer first and much to my surprise my recipe <a href="http://ohsheglows.com/2011/02/12/two-bite-double-down-dark-chocolate-brownies/">Two Bite Double Down Dark Chocolate Brownies</a> WON a Valentines Day Contest from <a href="http://ohsheglows.com/">Oh She Glows </a>how exciting!! And motivating to get this posted so I can bring on my Valentines post... I made a special Valentines dinner tonight <i>Roasted Garlic and Kale Pesto with White Beans</i> over whole wheat bow tie pasta topped with oven roasted red peppers and crimini mushrooms it was DELISH!! Quite possibly one of the best things we have ever had and oddly enough we had the Two Bite Brownies for dessert tonight topped with fresh strawberries.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ok back on track DYI Baby food...</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So you have decided that maybe you would like to make your own baby food… but just don’t know where to start this guide will help. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The choices that you make now regarding your baby's food will have life long effects. Not only are a tonne of nutrients lost from commercially jarred baby food (due to the high temperatures of canning them) but they have a shelf life of ‘years’ doesn’t that seem a little strange that a jar of canned baby peas could be good from now till 2014? Not to mention taste… would you want to feed your baby something that you wouldn’t eat? Give it a try buy a jar of baby pea puree try it along side your baby puree and decide for yourself. When you make your own purees they taste delicious just like the actual food making all these baby puree’s has showed me you can make anything into a puree and if you have extra use up the puree in baking (eg. pumpkin puree in muffins) or a soup (squash, carrot, parsnip anything really). There are a multitude of reasons to make your own baby food: taste, cost (will discuss further in part 2), more nutritional and you are able to play with the textures of the food. However, the point of this post is not to convince you to make your own baby food if you are reading this I am sure that you have already decided that. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So lets get started…</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">You don’t need any fancy equipment to make your own baby food but you do need a few essentials: a couple of knifes, cutting boards, spatulas, measuring cups/spoons, ice cube trays, storage containers (or Ziploc freezer bags), a pot and steamer and a blender/food processor. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">There are many different ways to “cook” your babies food: steaming, boiling, roasting, and poaching (used more for meats) and braising (your slow cooker).</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Next step is to select your produce you want to chose local seasonal produce whenever possible (will discuss more on seasonal produce in part 2), you want to chose fruit that has no bruising or cuts, you want it to be firm or ripe (depending on when you will be cooking it) as you can see these bananas are ready to go I actually used those for granola bars not for Julia... oppsie (it is rare that I get bananas that color in out house as we go through a tonne of 'nanners) so... when I buy a bunch of fruit that needs ripening I always put into 1 bowl (usually a big one) so they can spread the love and ripen eachother!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> In this post I am going to an over view of <b><i>simply pure basic purees pears, plums and apples</i></b>. The process for each is very similar. These are all suitable for babies after 6 months of age in part 2 we will discuss what to introduce when and what to avoid. Under 1 year of age it is recommended that all fruits are lightly steamed to help babies break down the sugars.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvr4eQEmB9G2Gn1Y6ssiKM-MWMTE9IVMfdnRVxq6GMGKURO994AyBDsub8IkUN9MWuRXoFPL1G3L3GdfRopBFR3nwe84flM6xkL1JUDs25bA-12w-B0xer4Lf6z8pohBWG5gNa536XSY/s1600/Simple+Pure+Basic+Puree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvvr4eQEmB9G2Gn1Y6ssiKM-MWMTE9IVMfdnRVxq6GMGKURO994AyBDsub8IkUN9MWuRXoFPL1G3L3GdfRopBFR3nwe84flM6xkL1JUDs25bA-12w-B0xer4Lf6z8pohBWG5gNa536XSY/s320/Simple+Pure+Basic+Puree.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjndPR-GuY7Ly6_IiwbhyphenhyphenO3x3djnwfn2mBYD_9zWAQriYVr0vnAkHEt7a35b-OtoewfW3gYu0Fsbc36cG80O6J8Qe2IzWCYL2K3eHULDtLHZBGjHv_znmympQzmoBdmtmi4dG_YSIskR9I/s1600/Food+Pics+Feb+9%252C+2011+069.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Here we go:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure Pears</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> (of your choice, bartlett, bosc, d’anjou)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wash the fruit thoroughly</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Peel the fruit (optional, I peeled everything while Julia was <12 months)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cut pear in ½ and core it out with paring knife or a melon baller (to decrease waste and maximize yield)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure Plums </span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(red or black)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">We have fine tuned this procedure over time we used to cut them in 1/2 , fight with the pit, steam them then fight with the skin… no longer…</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wash the fruit thoroughly, remove any steams, preheat oven to 350F</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cut and “X” through the plum right to the pit and all the way from top to bottom, cut out and marks in the skin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiZ5-VZt01okFO1I9C7mcA7xpHCluO7TpjihimEMJDzfppZn5C-4UpsV2FszAyAiTsfIcmGZdxGAYXKu0i9ENN_2c9I_fn39uuhHPaOK8pJKU1_OQQJUidSHvZhcAt3ac1GdIMZ2cxkg/s1600/Food+Pics+Feb+9%252C+2011+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBiZ5-VZt01okFO1I9C7mcA7xpHCluO7TpjihimEMJDzfppZn5C-4UpsV2FszAyAiTsfIcmGZdxGAYXKu0i9ENN_2c9I_fn39uuhHPaOK8pJKU1_OQQJUidSHvZhcAt3ac1GdIMZ2cxkg/s320/Food+Pics+Feb+9%252C+2011+009.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure Apples</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> (gala, macintosh, honey crisp, granny smith, fuji, red prince… lots of variety have fun try new one’s, you can even mix and match for example try a sour granny smith with a honey crisp) </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Repeat process from pears – although may need to steam 7-10 min as apples tend to be a little harder the pears</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add a sprinkle of cinnamon if you like, it is good to mix up flavours on your baby getting her used to a variety (discussion of spices and babies to come)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQgzZLdvPmktpLxY8c_Sl2EMuJ3p3fpLLz5NMF3gHpolrwn42teAU1gn0fPczAd8Iehtf3zHreXcuoBthpuUCFDIztYQTcfjJ-Onl2bpCRgKm2ETBET7tguaavA4qWSuy8Nm-id93e54/s1600/Food+Pics+Feb+9%252C+2011+066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoQgzZLdvPmktpLxY8c_Sl2EMuJ3p3fpLLz5NMF3gHpolrwn42teAU1gn0fPczAd8Iehtf3zHreXcuoBthpuUCFDIztYQTcfjJ-Onl2bpCRgKm2ETBET7tguaavA4qWSuy8Nm-id93e54/s320/Food+Pics+Feb+9%252C+2011+066.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">*I usually make really big batches of everything more time consuming up front but then you are not making your basic purees all the time and you will always have some stock in the freeze it always amazes me how we are always running low on something. Having your partner help is also an asset especially when it comes to peeling pears, my husband is a pro haha!</span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">When first introducing foods to baby you may choice to strain your fruits removing any larger fragments and fibres I remember the first time I did this to peaches I could not believe how much was stuck in the strainer. You can do this until your baby starts to get used to textures and then straining is no longer required.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Well how simple is that? There you have it, the process for Simply Pure’s three basic fruit purees, veggie purees to follow with DIY Baby Food Part 2.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Are you making your own baby food? What tips or tricks do you have? </span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Upcoming DIY Baby Food Part 2:</span></u></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply Pure's basic veggie purees </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cost analysis of buying commercial baby food versus making your own baby food</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Why buy seasonal produce? What is in season when?</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">What to introduce when? And what to avoid?</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Spices and babies </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Stay tuned... we have perfected <i>Baby’s 1<sup>st</sup> Muffins</i> it passed our taste test and more importantly Julia’s (& one of her little friends) it is wheat free, dairy free and egg free... recipe to be posted next!</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><b>Have you planned a special Valentine's Dinner? or made a special Valentine's treat? </b></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Well I am trying to make my blog more user friendly as I am building it up I want to keep recipes organized for ease of access… so you will note my tabs along the top (I think I may become a computer technician in another life haha).<span> </span>So there are lots of “coming soon” as an attempt to get myself organized.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ok happy Tuesday hope everyone is having a good week Valentines Day is less than a week away and we have Family Day stat coming up how exciting!<span> </span>I have these really cute Valentine’s Day mini-muffin papers so I am thinking Julia and I are going to create a Valentine’s treat for daddy (maybe it will even be baby proof…)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So I have been a mom for almost 13 months now and I will tell you it is by far the most amazing job that I have ever had… it is also the most challenging as you learn something new every day and you are constantly trying to figure out what your little one’s wants or needs.<span> </span>We have done some sign language with Julia to help her communicate, she knows some basic signs such as: more, all done, water, milk, ball, bath we are working on more it is amazing when you see your little baby (I am not going to call her a toddler till 18 months haha) signing back at you makes all the persistence pay off (cause for months you are signing to them with no response).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Fatigue is an oh to common thing amongst new moms, seasoned moms I guess we could say all moms as there is never enough time in a day to do what we gotta do.<span> </span>One of my energizers is my morning workout it doesn’t matter how tired I feel, how many times I was up last night, what time I went to bed bottom line I have a morning workout (I have a whole regime that I will get into at a later date “getting your body back after baby”).<span> </span>After my workout I always refuel with a smoothie of some sort, I found/find with breasfeeding especially mid-end of workout is an energy crash so refuelling is key.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I was recently inspired by <a href="http://greenmonstermovement.com/?cat=3">oh she glows “green monster movement”</a> and decided to create and submit my own “<b>Double Down Green Monster (GM)”.<span> </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">As a new mom to a nearly 13 month old precious baby girl I need to pack in all the nutrients I can to increase energy compensating for sleepless nights.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
So here is what I have done:<br />
2 cups fat free vanilla soy milk (you could substitute any milk)<br />
3 cups of spinach (uncooked)<br />
3 kiwi<br />
2 bananas<br />
1 cup frozen pineapple core (whenever we cut fresh pineapple we freeze the core as it enhances flavor, nutrients and texture of any smoothie)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I have named this “double down” for two reasons: firstly it’s a double batch as a new mom I don’t have time to make a fresh smoothie every morning so I simply freeze half take it out the next am put in some warm water and voila thawed and fresh as the day before in no time; secondly double punch of green,<i> kiwi</i> are often a forgotten about fruit loaded with vitamin C and many other nutrients.<span> </span>I am going to get myself some matcha (finely ground green tea) to add in a future batch it is suppose to give a nice punch of energy, has anyone ever tried it?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I make these on a regular basis and rotate them with my regular smoothies (I will have to do a post on that in the near future I have many favourite combinations), I will never forget the 1<sup>st</sup> time I handed my husband his 1<sup>st</sup> green smoothie it was a look of “now what did my wife make” haha and now he too is hooked on the energizing GM.<span> </span>So naturally with all this goodness and antioxidants I had to “babyize” this recipe for Julia so here is what I did:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Triple Down Baby Monster </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">(offer after 12 month of age as kiwi can be allergenic and thus recommended after 1y of age unless you have a strong family history of allergies you should wait longer)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">6 ripe kiwi</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 ripe banana </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">12 green grapes</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1c of spinach </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Toss it all in the blender puree to desired consistency, the juice from the grapes give this puree enough juice to mix up, if needed you could add more grapes.<span> </span>Spoon into ice cube trays and all that green goodness is ready to go in your freezer.<span> </span>I always try to take Julia’s food out the night before to limit microwave use but of course you could take it out defrost and serve!<span> </span>Depending on your diet and the age of your baby you could add milk of your choice +/- yogurt to add some calcium it is really a perfect combination for people of all ages. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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</div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-45734891194322991042011-02-06T19:43:00.000-05:002011-02-06T19:43:45.584-05:00Baby’s 1st Crackers<div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">You may be thinking why on earth would I make my own crackers? Well… when you start reading labels on cracker boxes you will quickly realize the ingredients are not so <i>pure</i> the majority of crackers are full of sugar (you need to be careful when label reading because sugar can be disguised as different names I will post on this at a later date but one of the killers is “organic liquid cane juice” well that sounds ok doesn’t it? Think again that is “liquid sugar”).<span> </span>The 2 purest crackers that I have came across and the only 2 in our house (for back-up when we run out of home made ones) are triscuits and ryvita (Julia has tried both problem is they are a bit thin and hard for a 1<sup>st</sup> cracker creating a wee bit of a choking hazard).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DICF3e1ADv7j3Qfcpz0BxoHzrkf0R5p_J_tiGMdyuqqKAM2spcm6aIUXnsFsJnQkfmF2PhxVE54Q73c-1n1ciKnqdHLtD7LEAZEzQ-l4GNq9VpYrKrpYh422GZo3_Wpjhk_yE8zObUU/s1600/Feb+2011+-+Food+Pix+041.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DICF3e1ADv7j3Qfcpz0BxoHzrkf0R5p_J_tiGMdyuqqKAM2spcm6aIUXnsFsJnQkfmF2PhxVE54Q73c-1n1ciKnqdHLtD7LEAZEzQ-l4GNq9VpYrKrpYh422GZo3_Wpjhk_yE8zObUU/s320/Feb+2011+-+Food+Pix+041.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> I must also mention there are a variety of infant “teething biscuits” as well… where to start for starters our daughter doesn’t eat rice (as it worsens constipation) so she has never had the famous baby <a href="http://www.mummums.com/baby-mum-mum/baby-food-nutrition/">mum mum</a> everyone talks about.<span> </span>Let’s think about this it is basically like “stale air” no nutritional value, contains both sugar and salt… yet everyone feeds them to their baby... well not us, babies consume such small amounts of food wouldn’t you want them to have something “nutritious” sure for the first year of life “solid” food is merely for practice and their main source of nutrition is breastmilk or formula but still why not have them get a taste for something that has some nutritional value… sure there is also the “wheat” debate no wheat before 1 year of age – so when Julia was 7ish months and I thought she would like a teething biscuit I made these crackers with her cereal and powerhouse quinoa (one of the only grains that is a complete protein, no worries I will be doing and entire post on grains and what is what there are so many different ones' and eating variety is so important for adults and children).</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Baby's 1st Crackers</span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></b></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">2 cup flour </span><b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt;">*</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> (1 cup dark rye and 1 cup whole wheat) – (see note below may also use infant cereal) + additional flour for counter and rolling out dough</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">¼ cup of olive oil</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">½ cup of warm water + a few table spoons if needed</span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Preheat oven to 425 </span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><span>2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Put flour in a mixing bowl, pour in oil, add in warm water and stir it takes a little bit of stirring to get it all mixed up you can use your hands if you wish, the dough will be very thick, let dough sit about 5 min (it seems to roll out better if it sits for a few min)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Sq3Aaha54vg9nDWx0xYOVyWOoCDSHRbb5_n_xxpSsqptNuNxneveYL_wWKjlGXMtZD9Ot5xrm5EBiS9pSATGYGD9BLUIBNHve8siwNDUTuA-6t-tDJbsCHiVkstkDMU1fK_1_79B8Jk/s1600/Feb+2011+-+Food+Pix+047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Sq3Aaha54vg9nDWx0xYOVyWOoCDSHRbb5_n_xxpSsqptNuNxneveYL_wWKjlGXMtZD9Ot5xrm5EBiS9pSATGYGD9BLUIBNHve8siwNDUTuA-6t-tDJbsCHiVkstkDMU1fK_1_79B8Jk/s320/Feb+2011+-+Food+Pix+047.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"><span>3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lightly flour your surface, place ball of dough on counter and begin rolling for baby’s 1<sup>st</sup> crackers keep about 1/8-1/4” thickness (if you go too thin they will break off in pieces creating a choking hazard), once dough is rolled out cut into 1 ½” x 2 ½” rectangles (or other desired shape I just find this shape is easiest for baby to hold and eat) 1 batch will usually fit on 1 cookie sheet as you can place them close together (they don’t “grow” in the oven) </span></div><div class="ecxMsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">My husband and I are constantly fielding questions about what is a vegan diet? When we started looking for day care for our daughter oh my goodness… it was kinda shocking to us how so many people truly had no idea what a vegetarian diet was let alone a vegan diet (that aside it was also shocking to see the processed fast foods that daycares serve). I toured all the large centres in our area and ekk!! A sample lunch sausage and cheesy potatoes and a cookie are you kidding me?! For a baby?! Toddler? Nearly every meal and snack contained cheese. So I asked to see a vegetarian menu and to my surprise a few places had one… none had anything remotely vegan the vegetarian menu was full of cheese and eggs so that answered that question for us. We ended up finding a perfect little home setting, the lady is very sensitive to Julia’s dietary needs and better yet I pack all her food every day and would have it no other way.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So the intention of this post is to demystify “our” vegan diet. Everyone is going to have food they like or dislike things they will or will not eat some logical others may only make sense to the person themselves. There are so many different “diets” in this era and you truly have to do what makes you glow.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Before we get to into this to deep… so for the past years our diet consisted of NO dairy except gelatin-free pro biotic yogurt, my husband and I drink a variety of milk soy and almond are by far on top of our list. NO pork or beef, chicken maybe once every 2 months only free-range organic, salmon rarely as it is so hard to find wild salmon and white fish well once I read about fisheries we were done with that as well unless my husband was to catch a fresh fish (and he ain’t a fisherman so that won’t be happening anytime soon haha). If you have never read about fisheries it is worth reading about I can do a post on it in the future if there is some interest? I was actually nauseated when I was reading about them. I am by no means trying to convince anyone not to eat fish or animal products I am simply explaining some of our rational.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So if we were asked to label our diet we call it “<i>vegan +</i>” or “<i>modified vegan diet</i>”. We strive to keep some moderation in our diet by doing so eating a very wide variety. I feel like I am somehow trying to justify our diet and I quite frequently feel that way but you know what that is absurd… we never question anyone else’s diet and we are grown adults and therefore able to chose our diet and this is it in a nut shell. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">You will notice that I added a “+” to my title and that is because we will be giving Julia homoginized milk closer to 18 month or 2 years there is no other way to ensure adequate fat and calories for more info see my post “the milky way”, small amounts of gelatin-free probiotic yogurt (for a calcium boost) and if the opportunity arises we may give her free range organic chicken and wild salmon (if we can find it) these will all be in moderation the majority of her diet will be vegan as we strongly feel that is what is best for her.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I am going to start posting more of my recipes… as they have been piling up for awhile haha nearly all the baby recipe books I have reviewed are full of cheese and butter and so many other ingredients that make me "krinch" and that we don’t feel are pure so majority of all my recipes will be vegan. Upcoming this weekend “Faux-Tofsalmon” we actually made it last weekend we used the tofu and did it up the same as we used to salmon with a side of steamed veggies and red quinoa. I should also mention that although my site is simply pure vegan + baby I will also be sharing many other recipes as I do lots of cooking for us also and I will discuss how to “babyize” them where appropriate</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">. </span></div><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">How would you explain your diet? What influences the things that you eat? Or the things that you feed your family?</span></b><br />
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So yesterday I was looking in the fridge at the things that had to be used up I had cooked wheat berries (that we had made for Julia to pick up and eat with her fingers... she really loves feeding herself finger foods these days), black beans that we boiled up the other night for bean burgers (that recipe to come and when ever we make beans we always make extra cause I will always create them into something) and we had start array of fresh veggies so here you have it:</span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 cups red wheat berries (cook as instructed on pkg - take about 2h to cook)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 cups black beans (I am sure you could substitute another bean)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 large (28oz)can diced tomatos</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 can (690ml) pure plain tomato sauce</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 can tomato paste</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">6 cups of chopped veggies of your choice (I used zucchini, mushrooms, 2 large carrots and sugar snap peas)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1 large onion, chopped</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4 cloves of garlic, sliced</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 T olive oil</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 tsp dried oregano</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2 tsp dried basil</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Salt and pepper to taste (I only added after I removed the baby portion)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Works best to prepare wheat berries and beans ahead of time. In large sauce pan heat oil, sauté onion and garlic until soft, stir in oregano and basil until fragrant add in veggies and stir well put lid on and gently steam veggies on med-high heat about 5min stirring a couple times</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>2)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Add in tomatoes, tomatoes sauce and paste, simmer with lid off 12-15min until veggies are soft and some liquid will evaporate, stir in red wheat and black beans simmer until warm, at this point I removed ½ for my daughter and added a little salt to remaining to help enhance flavours and volia a complete meal in one bowl - my husband and I instantly fell in love with this dish</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>3)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Puree the reserved portion, put into ice cube trays and you have at least 10 meals in the freezer for your little one</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This is the reserved portion for Julia before puree...</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The rest in an ice cube tray for perfectly baby portioned meals...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QgnBmYQRFJh5miKGh6p4is_RitLEmVNQmZTUTEhLr2bftwCZQR7pfUXmkOtWRSRDyuXG1q5yFfssn91K38Sbfbji3d21oV_XahvfboEhsFi3Bcu19Fa5Ylo0zY3YOTrKxagrgPGEd08/s1600/Julia+12.5+Months+Feb+2011+018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9QgnBmYQRFJh5miKGh6p4is_RitLEmVNQmZTUTEhLr2bftwCZQR7pfUXmkOtWRSRDyuXG1q5yFfssn91K38Sbfbji3d21oV_XahvfboEhsFi3Bcu19Fa5Ylo0zY3YOTrKxagrgPGEd08/s320/Julia+12.5+Months+Feb+2011+018.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Which reminds me the picture of my over stuffed freezer... luckily I have a deep freeze for all the "extras" I need to come up with a better way of organizing baby food in my freezer... I have some what of a system fruit to the right, veggies to the left - organized by color, finger foods top right and beans and tofu in upper left... it makes sense to me anyway haha - now I see beets to the right maybe I don't have a system after all... do you make your own baby food? How do you organize it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Why Red Wheat Berries? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">They are considered to be one of the highest quality of wheats, high in protein, fibre and 34% RDA of iron all important for babies, children and adults especially those on a vegan regime.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So there you have it Baby's 1st "Red" sauce. Due to the high acidic content of tomato’s it is recommended to wait until after one year to introduce tomatoes to babies. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Baby's first crackers coming up next... </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div>Before I go earlier this week Mark was home with Julia a little daddy daycare and I guess Julia was missing our little yoga routine and started her own see for yourself... too cute!! <br />
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</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><b><u>Soy Milk:</u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Made from ground soybeans, rich in iron and calcium (some brands are further fortified with calcium and vitamin D – these are the ones that you want to look for)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Comes sweetened or unsweetened in a variety of flavours (plain, vanilla, chocolate, strawberry) – you want to avoid flavours with babies as they may also be sweetened with sugar</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Contains about the same amount of protein as cow’s milk, but is substantially lower in fat</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Coagulated protein from soy milk can be made into tofu, in a similar way milk is made into cheese <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese" title="Cheese"><span style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"></span></a></span></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><b><u>Rice Milk:</u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Made from fermented rice alone or in combo with soy milk or other grain milks</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Sweeter flavour then soy milk, lower in calories then cow’s milk making it a poor substitute for a babies and children as they need fat for growth and development</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Comes sweetened or unsweetened, and aside from a non-dairy alternative to milk it has no real health benefits </span></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><b><u>Almond Milk:</u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A “milky” drink made from ground almonds, it is lactose and cholesterol free, has less saturated fats then regular cow’s milk (more important for us adults but babies and children <i>need</i> the fat)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Most commercial products are plain or flavoured with vanilla or chocolate, sweetened or unsweetened </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Most are fortified with calcium (this is something that you want to ensure)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Can be used as a milk substitute in any recipe, suitable for vegetarians and vegans </span></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"> <b><u>Hemp Milk:</u></b></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Made from hemp seeds, “nutty” flavour, a vegan alternative to other “plant” milks, whether there are trace amounts of THC in the milk is debatable </div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt;"></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><b><u>Grain “Plant” Milk:</u></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Milk substitute made from fermented grain or flour such as quinoa,</span> barley, spelt, rye or wheat<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Looks similar to cow’s milk but is lower in protein, high in carbohydrates, lower in fat, typically unfortified as they are made at home; thus lacking calcium </span></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><b><u>Seed Milk:</u></b></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Uncommon, rich in nutrients dependant on the type of seeds that you are using, may be highly allergenic therefore not suitable for babies and young children</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><b><u>Coconut Milk:</u></b></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Often debated as a seed or fruit, milk is a sweet white liquid from the “meat” of the coconut, the rich taste of coconut milk is due to its high oil content and sugars </div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>May be used as a supplement to cow’s milk in tea or coffee, but its main uses are in many different tropical cuisines </div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><b><u>Cow’s Milk:</u></b></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Made for baby cows, whole cow’s milk is recommended for infants after the age of 1 although some would argue that closer to the age of 2 is recommended so the child’s digestive system is more mature to break down the proteins in cow’s milk</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>The fat in cow’s milk is important for brain development and growth in babies and children, rich in calcium, iron and b vitamins <i>1 cup of whole cow’s milk has 8g of fat, 8g protein and nearly 200 calories from which ½ are from fat</i>... so is what other type of milk can you get that nutritional profile? </div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>This is where we crumble... and feel that we would be self-fish to not offer cow’s milk to our daughter this is when I toy with “simply pure vegan baby +” . There are many different opinions out there on “safety” of raising a vegan baby/child some say vegan babies suffer from nutritional deficiencies, failure to thrive and vitamin b deficiency others say that when carefully monitored a baby/child can thrive on a vegan diet... I am not suggesting one way or the other merely presenting both sides to be continued...</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>There is also goat’s milk and other mammal milk that human’s will consume for different purposes</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><b><u>Breastmilk:</u></b></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>Save the best for last, does breastmilk need an explanation?... I would need to create an entirely new blog to discuss the benefits and reasons that infants should be breastfed for a minimum of 1 year, did you know that the world average of breastfeeding is 4 years? Breastfeeding toddlers has more recently became more common even amongst working mothers</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>I can’t possibly do service to discuss breastmilk in this post will follow up with a post dedicated to breastfeeding and breastmilk </div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span>My daughter was exclusively breastfed for 1 year of life (she never even had a bottle she went straight to a sippy cup) and now I continue to breastfeed in the morning and evening the perfect start (even at 4:45am haha) and end to our day</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing">Sorry for another loooooooooooooong post I guess one could say nothing is simple anymore... who would have thought there were so many different types of milk? </div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><b>What is your favourite type of milk? What type of milk to you feed your baby or child(ren)? Have you ever “made” any milks at home? </b></div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing">My personal favourite right now is vanilla almond milk and chocolate soy milk my husband would concur. As for our daughter she is in love with the PC Organic Soy Formula and breastmilk... although I think she was asking for quinoa milk today I guess that will be one of my next adventures in the kitchen, I feel that offering a variety is key a little splash of quinoa milk mixed Julia’s dinner is a perfect little nutritional boost (quinoa is a little power house... we had red quinoa last night – it was fun having the red but if my eyes’s were closed I couldn’t have been able to tell the difference... recipes to come...) </div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing">I am going to do a follow-up to this post in the upcoming weeks to further dive into the controversies surrounding introduction of cow’s milk in infants... </div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing">Coming up next... recipe for this tasty tomato red wheat melody that I whipped up tonight, pictures of my over stuffed freezer and step by step guide to making the easiest tastiest crackers/teething biscuits ever!! Forget the baby mum-mum’s... these are baby yum-yum’s...</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing">Two more things before I retire for the night first I have added a spot where you can subscribe with your email and secondly I am committing myself to posting at least twice a week if there is something that you would like me to discuss please comment below. </div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing">Have a warm glass of milk of your choice <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">;-)</span> and sleep tight!</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing"><br />
</div><div class="ecxmsonospacing">~ Mama J</div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-17108259063459663632011-01-31T20:01:00.000-05:002011-01-31T20:01:21.427-05:00"The" Inspiration for Simply Pure Vegan Baby<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_l4tPy97oFHfzSLTyzmSVh4Zt1jLrp-B-oEskK-VHYSopGVlK3KBdEPsGZUZZlvefMTce707GBoSiuQYGqx1e8zfh_4bFzyil_lEt2l9LCBdsFD6KRM36MGd4AdQRPOBMTLfkFRY6-4/s1600/img_3807-2%2528rev+0%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_l4tPy97oFHfzSLTyzmSVh4Zt1jLrp-B-oEskK-VHYSopGVlK3KBdEPsGZUZZlvefMTce707GBoSiuQYGqx1e8zfh_4bFzyil_lEt2l9LCBdsFD6KRM36MGd4AdQRPOBMTLfkFRY6-4/s320/img_3807-2%2528rev+0%2529.jpg" width="320" />I </a></div>I was not going to post today as it is Monday and I am back to work and Julia started daycare, but I was going through some pictures trying to organize my blog a bit better as me and blogging are still in our infancy and I had to post my inspiration for this blog "Julia" she is 8.5months old in this picture... coming up next a thorough overview of different types of milk any guesses how many types of milk I will be discussing? How many different types of milk are there? More then 10? Or less then 10? Post your comments below. Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-12638653271534359372011-01-30T09:38:00.001-05:002011-02-14T06:41:04.468-05:00Introduction of Solids and Julia’s Favorite Puree’s<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> When to start solids for your baby is sometimes an issue of debate (everyone has their own opinion like anything I suppose), not for us we went by the book on this one and started the day Julia turned 6 months. For the first year of life breastmilk or formula is the baby’s sole source of nutrition, the addition of solid foods is solely for practice. Some parents will say they started earlier so their child would sleep through the night and so forth these are more along the lines of a myth it is actually not recommended to be putting cereal in a baby’s bottle so they will sleep longer nor is it recommended to start solids before 6 months of age.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Most people will start their baby on rice cereal, STOP and think about that for a minuet rice cereal? Like white rice cereal? Why? Ok so there is one company <a href="http://www.myorganicbaby.ca/products.php?id=cerealA">My Organic Baby</a> that makes a whole grain brown rice cereal none the less why not start on something nutritious after all they are only going to be taking small amounts so why not make it count? Starting with an infant barley or oatmeal cereal? Or avocado or squash? We started with My Organic Baby oatmeal cereal – when selecting a cereal for your baby you need to read labels carefully as many contain many different ingredients, preservatives, skim milk powder I mean does it get any more refined then that?? Not to mention that doesn’t mesh with a vegan diet or a baby with a milk allergy or intolerance (what is the difference? we will discuss this in a later post). This is the first food that you are putting in your baby’s mouth wouldn’t you want it to be simply pure…?</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">When Julia was around 4 months I started preparing baby food, nothing could have prepared me for this incredible experience and the excitement of possibilities continues to bubble inside me. I was reading and typing list after list trying to figure out what food to give her first, how much, how often, how I was going to make it steam it or bake it? Peel it before or after? So the experimenting began…</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">After weeks of researching options we decided to start Julia on My Organic Baby Oatmeal cereal, mixed with breastmilk. When first starting solids you want them to be a soup like consistency, first your baby needs to be receptive to the spoon and then they need to figure out how to get that food to the back of their mouth to swallow. These first attempts we are talking a couple teaspoons of cereal (if that) you start slow and gradually increase. We intensely toyed with the idea of making our own baby cereal; however, our concern remained in the fortification process, infant cereal is fortified with iron and that was something that we couldn’t do at home (or could we, has anyone ever done that?). Given that iron is very crucial in this time of development (7-9 months) we wanted to ensure Julia was getting enough, to compound this factor raising a vegan baby iron becomes all the more important as they are not getting that heme source of iron from meat products (will discuss iron more in a later post).</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Knowing that Julia was more prone to constipation her second food was prunes, now try finding sulphite-free prunes this took a bit of sourcing as well, once we found ‘em we needed to get them into a puree form that our 6 month old daughter could consume so we pureed them in the food processor with water until they were smooth, in the early days we decided to freeze them (to find out prunes actually don’t freeze solid they are more of a gel like substance) so from there on we have made a fresh batch of prunes every 3 days and Julia LOVES them. It was funny I remember taking her to the pediatrician and she was puzzled when we said we were making our own prunes, to me this was the only way to do it. We have prepared every single thing our daughter has consumed and all these recipes, tips and tricks will come over the next few months. My most recent creations are a baby friendly salt-free veggie stock, and delicious crackers so far I have only made wheat and rye but I have kamut, spelt and barley flour all calling my name in the kitchen so I will be making some fun cracker creations in the next few weeks and will share all these recipes. </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">This post was suppose to list Julia’s favourite puree’s but I guess I couldn’t do that without first giving you a low down on the initiation of solid foods. We have discovered you can puree almost anything into baby food, while savouring the nutrients that are lost in the canning process of commercial baby food. This made me think of the word “organic” please do not be fooled by this word “organic” it doesn’t mean <i><u>better or more nutritious,</u></i> jarred “organic” baby food went through the same canning process as it’s shelving neighbor thus losing many nutrients. So buying a jar of organic baby food has lost the same nutritional value as the non-organic one by being heated to high temperatures to be canned and preserved for a couple of years.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Ok finally Julia’s Fav’s...</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Single purees</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> that have been a huge hit: prunes, pears, peaches, red or black plums, peas, beets and zucchini (aka summer squash). We will discuss the controversy between fruits and veggies which one’s first? in the upcoming weeks.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mixed purees </span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> (we are only getting started now that she is a bit older and has tried many single<br />
things we can start creating mixed dishes, spices and the possibilities are endless and I am excited). Here are a few samples:</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Tornado Tomato Mushroom Barley Risotto</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mini Munchkin Green Goulash</span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span></b></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Wild Mango Berry </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Triple Green Baby Monster </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Popeye’s Smoothy </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Powerhouse Peas (this might be the #1 hit of the household right now)</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Rainbow Couscous</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">** All of these recipes will be posted shortly if you are wanting one sooner please send me a message or comment below</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Textures</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> are the other thing that really come into play now as baby’s learn how to “chew” or gum their food, things don’t have to be pureed as fine as they once were, hate to say it but more to come on this in an upcoming post.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I also intend to discuss the process of sourcing and making your own baby food in the upcoming weeks, I will also show you how we store all this food in a picture of my over stuffed freezer (ekk!). Since Julia was about 4 months old (8 and ½ months ago I have made an average of at least 1 new thing daily) – to keep things “Simply Pure” for our little princess we have committed ourselves to making everything for her from the simplest purest form.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I know that I have mentioned the scarce resources on raising a vegan baby, so in turn I have been reviewing many baby cookbooks and I am absolutely appalled how “cheese” and “salt” are added to almost everything two comments on this will suffice for now and we will revisit this in the future 1) are babies getting a taste for broccoli or cheese when mixed together?; 2) sure salt will enhance flavours and is essential for cooking and baking and so forth but why start a taste for salt at 6 months old? 6y ok we can talk about that in ummm… 2017?! </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">I feel like I keep saying in “future” post and I guess that is because I should have started this blog months earlier but give it sometime and these pieces will all fall together and I will hope to link “future” posts to the references that I have made. I have always had a passion for nutrition but having a daughter to feed has made me more passionate then I could imagine leaving me compelled to share so I have so much to say… but will stop here for today... sorry for super long post next one will discuss non-dairy alternatives to milk. Enjoy your chilly Sunday!! </span></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-36827626976083150322011-01-29T14:34:00.000-05:002011-01-29T14:34:45.865-05:00The Vegan Debate – Is it Selfish to Raise a Vegan Baby/Child?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-CA</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So I have been doing a lot of reading and researching about nutrition.<span> </span>At this age (12.5 months) our daughter is already forming eating habits and tastes that will influence her future.<span> </span>To start this post we must ask ourselves is it selfish to raise a vegan baby? </span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Babies are like sponges they soak up everything that we put in front of them, we as parents decide what they will eat, how it is prepared where it is purchased from but the baby will decide how much she will eat if at all.<span> </span>So to never offer homo milk, salmon or chicken (I mention only these as we would never serve pork or beef, merely typing those words makes me squeamish and these were never in my diet) she will never know the difference.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But if there is no way to replace homo milk, she is not allergic or intolerant to it (that we know of) would we be doing more harm than good to not offer it?<span> </span>Our situation is complicated by the fact that our daughter struggles with constipation and had a minor surgery at 12 days old so we have been advised no dairy products at this time as it only worsens constipation in little ones (which we are fine with as my husband and I don’t consume dairy anyway).<span> </span>So at this time I have started a transition back to work part-time I have weaned my little Julia from breast during the day so she gets 2 sippy cups of soy formula (which she loves) and I continue to breastfeed in the morning and evening and will continue to as long as it works for us.<span> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">So back to the milk debate.<span> </span>There are many different types of milk that can be supplemented: soy, rice (to be avoided in children with constipation) also when buying rice milk you must be careful to ensure that it is fortified with calcium as not all are, almond (as well as other types of nut milks), hemp, coconut (can you imagine drinking a cup of coconut milk, let alone serving it to your baby as a sole source of nutrition?) and oat.<span> </span>I am going to do a post later this week discussing different types of milk.</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In some of my thoughts I wonder if it would be more reasonable to rename this blog “Simply Pure Vegan Baby in Moderation?” Or “Simply Pure Veggie Baby +” this leads me to self reflect further on my own eating one thing is for sure dairy products make my stomach curdle just thinking about them and for myself and my husband we can get adequate calcium and nutrients from a variety of sources so we stand firm.<span> </span>Salmon and chicken used to be our two weaknesses? However, given the lack of access to pure wild salmon it makes the decision easier in that we could have pure salmon 1 or 2 times as year as we could find it.<span> </span>As for chicken take it or leave it…</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span> </span>So these decisions are nothing that have to be made over night, but it gives you (and us) something to think about.<span> </span>In the meantime I will continue to educate myself regarding veganism and babies and children, although resources are scarce most baby food books will have a small section on eating vegetarian an even smaller one on vegan (if at all).<span> </span>Leaving me feeling compelled to find the pieces and put this puzzle together…</span></div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Do you think that it is selfish to raise a vegan baby?<span> </span>Are you or someone you know raising a vegan baby/child? Love to hear your thoughts.</span></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-79695442181400791092011-01-24T18:01:00.000-05:002011-01-24T18:01:42.590-05:00Valentine's Day PreviewSo I recently submitted a recipe to a valentines day contest so I wanted to share with you. I wouldn't say this is baby friendly as chocolate is not on my little one's menu, but mommy and daddy need a treat too.<br />
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Well our little girl has turned one and it was the best 1<sup>st</sup> Birthday Party!! Despite the snow storm that dumped 10-15cm of snow the majority of people were able to get through it, although a few close friends were unable to make it and they were missed!!</div>
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When planning our daughters 1<sup>st</sup> birthday we wanted to keep it simple we had a few healthy snacks (black bean dip (will post recipe) with whole wheat nachos and hummus with bread sticks and veggie sticks) and then the cupcake/cake display everyone was in love with these healthy tasty vegan cupcakes that were baby friendly although we tried to get Julia to eat one she through it off her high chair tray and decided that her puffed wheat was better that’s out girl!! Ha ha </div>
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So the Spiced Pumpkin Carrot Cupcakes with Maple Glaze here is the recipe, I have included a few options if you are like me your are always experimenting and tweaking things are you cook/bake: </div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Spiced Maple Glaze Buttercream <span> </span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><span>1)<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Mix butter, MS and cinnamon in a medium sized bowl, sift in icing sugar
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the note of decorating this my first time ever decorating and near the
end I started getting more creative and my icing seemed to hold its
shape better, at first I had this idealistic idea that I was going to be
a natural at it but it truly is an art, getting the consistency of
icing was challenging as well, after this experience I am looking
forward to my next opportunity to make and decorate some cupcakes!!</span><span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">**EVOO = extra virgin olive oil</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">*MS = 100% maple syrup</span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<br /></div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-80748605459011782082011-01-14T08:17:00.000-05:002011-01-14T08:17:55.059-05:00One more sleep and princess turns ONE!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Standing on my own!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307862100971539437.post-50347735716496339462011-01-14T08:09:00.000-05:002011-01-14T08:09:01.754-05:00Reflecting 2010<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-CA</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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<div class="MsoNormal">I had started preparing this post a few weeks ago but after a bout of the flu saw through our household and the birth of my first nephew " Teagan Sage" we have started 2011 with a bang!! Therefore, I have been delayed in posting this and I have made a commitment to myself not to rush to post something that I hadn't polished first so here it is. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Happy New Year!! The start of a new year is always a great time for self reflection of the past year realizing how much has changed or what you wish would change. For us this past year had been one of the most amazing years we have ever had as we watched our daughter grow from a new born to and infant and now nearly a toddler. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In the first year of life there are more changes then at any other time in your life truly an amazing experience, and one of continual transition. As we start this new year we are hit with yet again much transition, Julia has been exclusively breastfed and when I say that I mean exclusively she has never had a bottle. At 6 months we started her with water in a sippy cup she took to this instantly and loves water out her sippy cup so we intend on doing the same with her milk. This is the first thing that we are going to tackle as this new year begins along with that comes many decisions as to what we are replacing her breastmilk with as homo milk is what is recommended at age one however, with a vegan diet that is not something that we wish to give her, at present we have started a soy based formula in her cereal to allow her to become familiar with the taste. So stage one of the transition is from breastmilk to soy based formula.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span></span>The problem with switching to solely soy milk as it does not have the fat and calories that homo milk does and that babies need to grow, you can use a variety of milk: almond milk, rice milk, hemp milk, coconut milk and so on but the issue remains not enough fat... so this is something we intend to learn more about in next few months to see how we can ensure our daughter is getting all the nutrients that she needs.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Over the holidays we had many discussions with family and great friends about diet and lifestyle and we are really struggling with the right choices for our daughter. I will end with baby's need healthy fats to grow and for their brain to develop homo milk is the perfect recipe but it is for baby cows?! So why is there alternative for babies? So for now we ween the breastmilk add in soy based formula.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Any thoughts on how to supplement homogenized cow's milk for a baby? </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We are busy putting the final touches on Julia's 1st Birthday Party (tomorrow) pictures and recipes to come soon.</div>Jessica Delaneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05177111295340504404noreply@blogger.com0