FoodieTots @ the Farmers Market Week continues with some background on why we love the market for teaching healthy habits. This post was originally a guest contribution at Food with Kid Appeal ~ visit Jenna’s blog for more tips to inspire healthy eating with your kids. This weekend, my son rediscovered his toy shopping cart […]
Healthy Habits take Root at the Market
May 5th, 2009 · 6 Comments
Tags: at market · healthy eating · vegetables
Recycled Recipes, Asparagus-Chive Quiche
April 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Asparagus may be a few weeks away still here in the DC/NoVA area, but Diane’s new “Friday Foodie Fix” event with the secret ingredient eggs seemed like the perfect reason to pull this recipe out of the archives. Perfect for a spring Sunday morning… Recipe: Spring Asparagus-Chive Quiche Ingredients: 1 9-inch pie crust 4 eggs […]
Baked Macaroni and Cheese
March 31st, 2009 · 12 Comments
Between our home-delivered farm-fresh milk and the cheese addiction my toddler shares, we consume a lot of (hormone-free) dairy products in our house. A favorite way to use up the assorted bits and ends of cheeses in our cheese drawer is my baked macaroni and cheese, with roasted red peppers. I don’t believe in hiding […]
Tags: dairy · pasta · recipes · sustainable family supper
Shellfish on Friday
February 27th, 2009 · 13 Comments
Now that Lent is here, I have even more incentive to try new seafood recipes to incorporate more sustainable seafood into our diet. This was actually our Shrove Tuesday pancake meal, but we will definitely be making it again. Shellfish is loaded with nutrients (scallops with vitamin B12) and while my son isn’t yet slurping […]
Tags: fish · recipes · seafood
Banana Mini Cupcakes with Chocolate Hazelnut Frosting
February 6th, 2009 · 6 Comments
We were invited to a toddler pre-game playdate on Super Bowl Sunday and brought these mini cupcakes. The bananas added enough sweetness that I was able to reduce the sugar in the recipe by half; the frosting of course more than compensates for the not-too-sweet cake. I called it Nutella frosting, but I actually used […]
Tags: cooking with toddlers · dessert · recipes · sweets