All posts tagged: baby basics

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 …

Baby Weaning Basics: An Introduction

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You are probably a sophisticated eater. Doubtful? Let’s take this mini-quiz I just made up on the spot. It’s based on what I see most of my friends have in their pantry. You can mark yourself according to how many you have but let’s just say that if you have any of these ingredients or if even know what they are, you are probably falling in the sophisticated territory.  Do you have: Dried spices Chilies: fresh, frozen or pastie Hot sauce Any vinegar that isn’t white (red wine, white wine, balsamic) Any grain that isn’t rice (quinoa, bulgar, couscous) See where I am going with this? I bet it was pretty hard to scale back when it came time to weaning your baby and family cooking?  In our house, the idea that spice was not going to be front and center was something we all mourned for awhile.  I love things hot and so does my husband.  It has certainly been an adjustment.  I prefer to think of this change as an adjustment.  Taking spice out …