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Raw Zucchini Pasta

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Anyone familiar with the RAW movement?  These are people who believe that food is really only nutritious when it isn’t cooked.   Raw is just one of those things that involves a heavy duty commitment and because I can’t commit to watering my plants, I doubt it is for me.   Me, in my 1950’s style ignorance-is-bliss attitude towards food is starting to hear the whispers from the Raw people and not every whisper is totally nonsense.  Some of it is actually good common sense. Yikes. What I am mostly reacting to is a note I saw about how 51% of any diet should be raw. Anyone see that too? And here is the Uh-Oh moment I had- my little chalice of snuggles and giggles hardly ever eats raw food.  I mean she gets the grapes and cucumber finger foods like anyone else but that is pretty much it.  Most things I feed her are cooked, steamed and baked.  Perhaps I need to take it down a notch. So I went hunting for some raw …

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, …

French Toast- Goo Goo Style

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French toast is a smart food because it offers the trio of family health: fats, carbs and protein. To get the early morning smiles I crave, I mix in banana, orange juice and a touch of cream.  I have yet to see any baby, child or adult turn these delicious morsels down. Ingredients: 2 Eggs, Beaten 1/4 cup, Orange Juice 2 tbs half and half cream 1/2 tbs all purpose flour 1 mashed ripe banana 1 tbs (or less or none at all ) brown sugar 1/4 tsp cinnamon 1-2 tbs butter 2-3 Slices Whole Wheat Bread Preparation: Step 1-Whip the eggs until they begin to froth. Add the flour, orange juice, cream, mashed banana, brown sugar and cinnamon and mix well. If you find the flour became a little clumpy, mix the batter harder or just go with the flow.  It doesn’t need to be a very smooth batter to taste great in the end. Step 2-De-crust the bread and slice into small squares.   I find a matrix of 3×2 or 6 squares in total to …