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Pumpkin-Apple-Smash Purees & Pancakes: Recipes & Giveaway

by Jill September 30, 2011
written by Jill

It’s finally feeling like fall not like August in Texas, and it inspired me to whip up some fall-inspired purees. I call this one Pumpkin-Apple-Smash. I’m super creative like that.

We use purees around here for a few things. Leyna still eats them (she actually prefers them to solid food at this point) and I like to throw them into things like bread and pancakes. This puree is what I like to call semi-homemade babyfood (a nod to the drunk cook Sandra Lee there). It’s ridiculously easy to make, and there’s no cutting or steaming involved.

I start with:

1 can pureed pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling)
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

(If you want to go the really homemade route, you can always make your own applesauce, and I like the Pioneer Woman’s method for pureeing your own pumpkin.)

Combine them all and you’ll get a fragrant, lightly sweet, perfectly fall-ish puree. Leyna gobbles this stuff up.

I’ve teamed it up here with some Greek yogurt, mixed with baby oatmeal in her Dandelion natural tableware (stay tuned for a giveaway for these dishes made of corn at the bottom of this post).

While Leyna eats mostly purees at this point, she is slowly transitioning to table food, and the rest of the family loves pancakes, so we all get to enjoy this next part.

Turn your Pumpkin-Apple-Smash into Pumpkin-Apple-Pancakes by mixing together the following:

2 cups of your favorite pancake mix
1 cup of Pumpkin-Apple-Smash
1/2 cup of milk
2 eggs

Cook them as you usually would your pancakes. I like to make them small and refrigerate them for snacks (though they rarely last longer than a day).

There you have it! A handful of super-simple ingredients makes every member of our family something delicious to get into the fall spirit. (The house smells amazing right now, by the way.)

As I mentioned earlier, Leyna’s food is in her Dandelion natural tableware. It’s an awesome alternative to traditional plastic bowls, plates, and utensils for babies and toddlers because it’s all made from corn (meaning it’s BPA, phthalate and PVC free). We’ve been using these for a couple months now, and have enjoyed them. I don’t ever put them in the microwave, but I have put them in the dishwasher a few times (though Dandelion advises you not to). The dishwasher warped one plate just a little bit, but it’s not a big isssue. I hand wash them most of the time now.

Dandelion wants to give the winner of this giveaway their choice of 3 natural tableware products. The winner needs to have a US mailing address. All you have to do to enter is:

1. Comment below telling me what your favorite “fall” food is.

For extra entries, you can do any or all of the following:

2. Follow @DandelionEFGoods on Twitter
3. Follow @BabyRabies on Twitter

Please leave a separate comment for each thing you do, and allow time for moderation. I’ll use Random.org to draw a winner Friday, October 7th.

Entries are closed. Congrats to Jennifer @ Also Known As The Wife, commenter #39, as chosen by Random.org.

September 30, 2011 82 comments
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Pin Of The Week- Homemade Teething Biscuits & Baby Led Weaning?

by Jill July 8, 2011
written by Jill

Now that the boob machine is 6 months old, it’s time to start feeding her “real” food, I guess. Not that I’m excited to jump into that. It’s a mess, the diapers are a mess, the dishes are a mess. It’s all way more work than I’m looking forward to. But, I suppose the girl can not grow up on breastmilk alone. Not to mention, she needs something else to teeth on. My nipples are getting sore.

I cooked up some homemade teething biscuits this week, I had no idea they were so easy to make! I actually didn’t follow any of the recipes very closely. Instead, I took the general idea and worked with what I had. I wound up with this:

1 cup baby oatmeal
1 cup brown rice flour
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup molasses

Mix together, roll out into 1/4 inch thick sheet, cut into squares. Cook at 425 for 15 minutes.

They should dry out and be pretty hardy a few minutes out of the oven. They’re a little messy after some time in a slobbery mouth, but I don’t think they’re nearly as bad as anything we’ve purchased from the store. Best of all, since I didn’t have to buy anything to make them, they’re CHEAP! And I know exactly what’s in them.

As for the rest of the baby food experience, so far we’ve just done coursely mashed bananas and avocados. I’ll probably add sweet potatoes sometime this weekend.

I’m also researching a little more into baby led weaning after so many Twitter followers raved about it last night. I’ll admit, though, the idea of giving my baby a whole hunk of food makes me have a bit of a panic attack. So, please do chime in with your baby led weaning stories. If you’ve tried it, do you love it or does it scare you, too? I think we tried it, to a degree, with Kendall, but I just couldn’t get on board last time around.

Kendall is 3 years 2 months and Leyna is 6 months old

As for Pinterest, I think I fell behind on some invites the last couple weeks because I’m still fighting off the plague (or probably just an ear infection that I need to see the Dr for). If you would like an invite, leave your email below. If you’re still waiting on one from me, I’m so sorry! I’ll try to keep up with them in this post, so please repost here. Thanks!

 

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