When toddlers won’t eat
If you have a toddler, you’ll probably agree that it can be hard to get him/her to eat a well balanced meal.
You can easily get stuck in a boring food routine where you feed your little one the same food every day (at least it seems that way) because you’re just happy your toddler will eat the food - any food!
Why come up with a creative meal, when chances are your toddler won’t it eat anyway?
Baby girl has been going through this lately.
She doesn’t want me to feed her with a spoon, but she’s still learning how to use it herself, so she doesn’t quite get all her food in her mouth. When I take her out of the highchair, I end up cleaning what seems like half her food off her bottom and from the chair.
I try to mostly feed her finger foods so that it will be easier for her to eat. But, how much chicken, corn, bread, cheese, etc can the poor girl take?
If you’re like me and are in need of some new ideas, maybe you can try these soup recipes I found…
Hearty Homemade Soups for Babies and Toddlers
By Rachel Paxton
Hearty homemade soups make great meals for babies and toddlers. These soups combine meat and vegetables into one easy meal, they are inexpensive to make, and they freeze well for later meals. My twin boys love this split pea soup recipe!
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Posted in Motherhood, Parenting, Recipes, The Monkey on April 4th, 2007 by ModernMami | | 1 Comments
Puerto Rican Coquito & other fine Navidad traditions
Before I sign off for the holidays, I couldn’t leave without sharing the recipe for coquito (let’s call it a Puerto Rican version of eggnog - but better! lol).
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Coquito - from http://www.elboricua.com/coquito.html
30 ounces coconut milk
14 ounces condensed milk
1 cup Bacardi rum
½ cup water
pinch of salt
½ tsp. cinnamon
Mix all ingredients in the blender. Taste and [add] more rum if you like it stronger. You need to add the water because it will get thicker later in the fridge. Pour into a bottle and refrigerate well. Make ahead for richer flavor. Serve in small glassware.
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You can also read up on the traditions of a Puerto Rican Christmas and another great dish - pasteles.
My baby girl had her first pastel earlier this month when we had the all day cooking fest.
I’m not sure if she liked it, but she ate some of it, actually, most of it got on her clothes, but such is toddler feeding.
Anyway, FELIZ NAVIDAD!
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Posted in Puerto Rico, Recipes on December 21st, 2006 by ModernMami | | 5 Comments
Hawaiian Luau Recipes - HELP!
So we’re having a luau here at work. I’ve never been to a luau. I don’t know what hawaiian dishes entail. Anyone have any tips? I need to come up with a hawaiian(ish) dish to bring to this luau. HELP!
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Posted in Recipes, Work on November 13th, 2006 by ModernMami | | 3 Comments
