February 21, 2012
So, it’s the Official Release Day for my new book The Wholesome Baby Food Guide. Kindle, Nook and IBook copies should be appearing now if you have pre-ordered a copy. I hope you will love the book! I’m posting the Acknowledgement page from the book. After running the WBF website for almost 9 years [...]
December 21, 2011
I have almost gone through all of the baked/pureed pumpkin that I had frozen over the last 2 months. I have about 4 cups left which is just enough for bread, pumpkin-ricotta wontons and tiny cheesecakes. Last week I thawed out a container full and have been mixing it into yogurt. Yesterday I made myself [...]
August 23, 2009
We received 2 emails during the week asking about grinding rice for homemade baby cereal. I thought I’d clean the coffee grinder and post some images in response. Below I am using Basmati rice because that is what’s for dinner and that’s what I have to use up before I can move onto the brown [...]
August 18, 2009
Did you know that Quinoa is a grain that is considered a complete protein? Quinoa contains all 9 essential amino acids and this is what makes it a complete protein. Quinoa is actually a seed however it is cooked and used like a grain. One wonderful thing about Quinoa is that it is not considered [...]
May 5, 2009
One of our visitors asked us when her little one can begin to eat grains that have not been ground for baby cereals. This may be a question that others have so we thought we’d post our answer here. Your baby may eat any type of grain that is not “powdered” as soon as you [...]
March 18, 2008
Natalie wrote asking about grinding grains for baby cereals. She was having issues with rice and barley. Natalie, your email address was invalid Unfortunately there is not a trick to grinding rice, barley or other grains for that matter. Oatmeal is the easiest of course and typically, 1 whiz in the food processor and it’s [...]
March 18, 2008
Quinoa is a very tasty and nutritious grain for babies and adults alike. We have a page devoted to Quinoa and just recently posted another recipe for yummy Quinoa croquettes. On our quinoa page we note that a few of us (myself included) have had trouble when cooking Quinoa in a stock. That is, cooking [...]
March 16, 2008
Here are 2 yummy not boring rice dishes that you might like to try for your older baby. Ingredients like raisins, ginger and lemon make these recipes delicious. Serve alone as a breakfast or add meats for a hearty “meal” for baby. My DH found these on Yahoo Food – he hates rice now and if he has [...]
March 15, 2008
2 cup potatoes (cooked and mashed – try this with sweet potatoes!) 2 cup quinoa, cooked (basic recipe) 2 eggs, beaten or 4 egg yolks beaten 1/2 cup onion, chopped 1/4 cup parsley, chopped 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp cumin (if using sweet potatoes, try cinnamon or nutmeg instead!) 1/2 tsp oregano combine all [...]