Category: Herbs & Spices

Roasted Garlic – Babies don’t need bland and boring food! When Can Babies Have Garlic
[ 0 ] October 25, 2011

Roasted Garlic – Babies don’t need bland and boring food! When Can Babies Have Garlic

Of all the advice given about feeding babies and introducing them to the amazing world of solid, “real” food, the advice that you must feed them bland (boring!) foods is really irksome.  Now granted, you don’t want to jump right in and offer your little one a hot curry or a spicy jalapeno pasta dish, [...]

Foods for Baby: Solid Foods in the Fall – Don’t forget the Spices!
[ 0 ] September 30, 2011

Foods for Baby: Solid Foods in the Fall – Don’t forget the Spices!

Fall is a great time of year for introducing solid foods and for introducing new spices and herbs to your little one!   If your baby is just starting out on solid foods, Pumpkin, Apple,  Butternut and other Winter Squash and Pears are just a few of the super delightful and tasty foods that come out [...]

Spicy Sunday – Ginger
[ 3 ] July 11, 2010

Spicy Sunday – Ginger

When you think of ginger, you might immediately think of gingerbread cookies or cakes.  Ginger however has a myriad of other culinary uses and ginger nicely spices up many dishes that you can share with your baby. Ginger is thought to help ease a variety of digestive upsets and conditions such as nausea, diarrhea and [...]

Basil – You say “Bay-sul” I say Baaz-ul”  Spicy Sunday
[ 1 ] June 28, 2010

Basil – You say “Bay-sul” I say Baaz-ul” Spicy Sunday

My sweet basil is growing so nice and bushy in the garden now.  I’m so happy to see all my herbs doing well but my basil…  I just love sweet basil!  Sweet Basil is a great herb to incorporate into baby’s foods for a variety of reasons.  Sweet Basil is so versatile that can make [...]

Spicy Sunday – The “little dragon”: Tarragon
[ 0 ] June 20, 2010

Spicy Sunday – The “little dragon”: Tarragon

  While tarragon is not technically a spice, I thought “Herby Sunday” sounded a bit odd so henceforth all herbs will continue to appear in the “Spicy Sunday” posts. Now you’re wondering about the “little dragon” bit aren’t you; did you know that the word tarragon is derived from a French word meaning little dragon?    And [...]

Spicy Sunday – Cardamom, a sweet and savory spice
[ 0 ] May 23, 2010

Spicy Sunday – Cardamom, a sweet and savory spice

Cardamom – what a lovely spice and using a little goes a long way!  Cardamom has such a wide variety of uses that you should keep some on hand, like you would keep ground pepper on hand.  A bit sweet yet a bit savory, this spice smells wonderful and is nice in baked goods, with [...]

Spicy Sunday – Garlic, keep vampires away while keeping your heart healthy!
[ 0 ] May 16, 2010

Spicy Sunday – Garlic, keep vampires away while keeping your heart healthy!

Garlic is really a wonderous super food; but is it an herb, a spice or a veggie?  The answer to this is, it depends.  Garlic is related to the leek, the onion and to chives.  Now to many folks, chives are considered an herb or a spice but leeks are considered veggies.  I consider garlic a [...]

Spices for Baby Food – Spicy Sunday, Include the Dill-licious taste of Dill in Baby Food
[ 0 ] May 10, 2010

Spices for Baby Food – Spicy Sunday, Include the Dill-licious taste of Dill in Baby Food

Yes, I know it’s Monday but yesterday I was spending a wonderful Mother’s day doing sweet  family nothings   On with the post already….. Feathery and fragrant, dill is a great herb to add to baby’s foods.  Dill is said to help calm hiccups, colic and digestive upsets.  It’s an herb that is said to [...]

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