This weekend I had some overripe fruit to use up, so I experimented. Luckily, both recipes were a success! My parents and older daughter visited Florida recently, and brought home some fresh Georgia peaches (YUM). I had taken one to work for lunch last week, but it was forgotten in my lunch bag. How did [...]

Now that Sophie is a year old and eating table food, obviously her diet has changed drastically. I still puree fruits because she loves them mixed in her oatmeal and yogurt (and will NOT eat cottage cheese plain) but that is it. I even buy applesauce now, since I was able to find a brand [...]

Sophie loves peaches As a result, we run out of peaches often. I have been buying frozen sliced peaches for her, and they are so easy to work with. Instead of steaming, the past two times I’ve made them I simmered them in a little water with a splash of vanilla. It smells so good, [...]

Sophie really loves blueberries. Since the first taste with cottage cheese she’s had blueberries and pears mixed with oatmeal, blueberries in  yogurt, and I made a blueberry and apple recipe from NurtureBaby.com. I used more blueberries than the recipe calls for, though – a full cup instead of half a cup. The cook time was [...]

Twelve years ago, when Big Sis was a baby, we had a bowl for her with a suction cup base that would stick to her high chair tray. It is long gone, of course, and I’ve been looking for a new one since Sophie started eating solid food. Yesterday I finally found one, at Babies [...]