Here is a breakdown of the evening's events:
*Drinks and Appetizers
*Presentation: Making Baby Food & Supplementing with Healthy Purees: Cook all veggies and fruit until 8 months of age. Be sure to select organic fruits and veggies that are ripe. Once the item is cooked, puree and freeze in ice cube trays. Pop the frozen purees out the next day and place in zip-lock freezer bags. Label each puree with a name and date. Generally, purees are good for 2-3 months in the freezer. You can use the purees for baby food or for supplementing your diet. For example, you can add a sweet potato puree to pancake batter.
*A few members made some wonderfully sneaky dishes for out meeting. Thank you to Kelly for making rice crispie treats with white beans, Amy for making brownies with spinach, Maria for making Mac & Cheese with cauliflower and Christina for making spice cake with pumpkin. Ohhh and how could we forget Crystal!!!! Crystal made pudding shots with baileys and vodka! :)
*Amisha and Kelly were so nice to volunteer for the taste testing. Kelly and Amisha were blind folded and asked to taste three different types of baby food. 1) Organic jarred baby food, 2) Jarred baby food, and 3) Homemade organic baby food. Both taste testers agreed that the homemade baby food was by far the most flavorful!
*Member Suggestions/Recommendations:
-Amisha recommend straining green bean purees to get a smoother consistency
-Kelly suggested reading the book "The Sneaky Chef"
-Jen recommended filling the purees the the top of the tray to avoid bacteria growth
-Sunita recommended the book "The Toddler Cafe"
-Jodi and Rachel recommended freezing organic yogurt for summertime popsicles
-Shilpa recommended supplementing with flaxseed oil
-Olivia highly recommend NOT freezing bananas
*A big thank-you to Nicole for sharing her knowledge and baby-food making skills with the group!
*Also, our very own Maria published her first children's book!
WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU MARIA!!!!!!!!!!!
Check out www.mariadismondy.com for more information.
*Books presented at the meeting:
*Recommended websites: http://www.wholesomebabyfood.com/ & http://www.freshbabyfood.com/
The favorite recipe of the evening: Stephanie's trifle dish!
(Steph, please submit your recipe so we can post it on the blog!)
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Crystal's Pudding Shots:
1 small pkg. INSTANT choc. pudding
3/4 C. milk
1/4 C. Vodka
1/2 C. Irish Cream
8 oz. Extra Creamy Cool Whip
Mix pudding and milk for a couple of minutes with an electric mixer, then add alcohol, mix well. Mix in Cool Whip.
4 comments:
My toddler doesn't eat much meat--any suggestions beyond eggs, cheese, and nuts for protein? we do hummus but never tofu--not sure how best to prepare it? And other oddball protein foods I might not have thought of?
Kelly,
My daughter is the same way. I can sometimes get her to eat chicken, but she does not seem to like red meat. I think it may be a texture thing. She does love eggs and cheese, but can't have those every meal :)
I would also like some suggestions?
As far as tofu, you can put a little olive oil in a pan, cut the tofu in chunks and lightly brown it. It is really good if you add in veggies, like zucchini or broccoli.
What about black beans? The Annie's Mac and cheese has a lot of protein. Also, Kashi waffels and oatmeal has a good amount of protein.
Jod, that tofu dish sounds yummy!
-Danielle
Oh, we just ate Amy's Burrito with organic beans and rice (they have other varities too). The whole burrito has 9g protein, but Kara only ate half. But she LOVED it! I did let her dip in sour cream, she loves anything she can dip!
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