October 25, 2011
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, [...]
September 30, 2011
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 [...]
July 11, 2010
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 [...]
July 8, 2010
I just couldn’t wait for my little zucchini plants to bear fruit so I scooped some up at our new in-town Farmer’s Market. Yesterday was the first day of the Market and I arrived 1 hour after it opened. Almost everything, yes everything was gone! There were 2 fresh egg vendors there and both sold [...]
June 28, 2010
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 [...]
June 20, 2010
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 [...]
January 26, 2009
When you make homemade baby food, a great benefit is that you are able to incorporate herbs and spices into baby’s meals. Using herbs and spices that are common in the family’s meals helps get your baby ready to transition to “table foods” and eating foods the family eats during mealtime. Jolianne had asked if [...]