All posts filed under: 1 year+

Meaty Intro: Veal Cutlet Stew

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If your family eats meat, it won’t be long before your child should do the same.   And for whatever reason, I found introducing meat a bit of  a tricky one.  First of all, it just feels like it would be tough to chew.  I mean, am I the only adult that has trouble with meat sometimes? Secondly, I think we can all agree that there is literally nothing more disgusting than pureed beef.  Try the ‘baby food’ beef in the little pots- grey, flavorless and just YUCK. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t need a crystal ball to tell you that there will be months where the blender will be your new bestie and the beef is it’s number one victim. It will happen but it shouldn’t happen for long.  You, my friend, have options.  As soon as you stop pureeing EVERYTHING, as soon as you start to introduce more solid textures like rice and you can offer food that were merely mashed using back of a spoon, as soon as all that starts to happen, …

Baby Salmon Teriyaki

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Posting this recipe, I have to remind myself to be brave.  Jeff Tweedy, Wilco front man once said at a concert that I attended, that he has become more and more insightful talking to the ‘ibis’.  In this case, he was talking about the audience of darkness.  He knew we were all out there but he couldn’t see us. It helped him work through a few things I guess.  Blogging can be much the same. I am worried that ‘you’ my dark audience aren’t going to like this recipe. Certainly, I am delivering on delicious and nutritious.  However, there are a few points to this recipe that may be a pain point for some.  Specifically, Baby Teriyaki involves soya sauce and a little brown sugar. Silence. I am/am not afraid of brown sugar.  I am sure that one of these days I’ll do the proper research to know the types of sugar that are best to use for household health.  I’m not totally convinced by brown sugar but I am still too afraid to use honey …