Hey hey! It was a good week around these parts. I got some time to hang with girlfriends, I took P to the library and the zoo, and I even fit in several workouts. Happy dance. 🙂
Here are some photos I took throughout.
Beet, carrots, apple, ginger juice + an article from my dad about the range of GI/immune responses to oats. Gluten is one tricky beast.
Hilarious pose. This kid kills me.
Do you have a textual relationship with your sushi provider? Guilty!
I looked over and…this. Standing is now his fave. Ok, thumb sucking is still his actual fave, but sometimes he does both at once. Yes really.
Tired on the way home from swim lessons.
I feel like I have tried every sippy cup on the shelves at Target (that’s an exaggeration, I couldn’t afford that, there are about 5 million brands). I may have found the winner? Maybe?
[Question: Why do they sell sippy cups in 2 packs that aren’t available to buy as a single cup? I don’t want to waste double the amount if it won’t work. Food for thought.]
First time with chicken. Big hit. Huge.
The first time he tried it, he was chowing down like a champ, loving it, getting his grub on…and then suddenly he had a complete melt down.
I’m still not sure what triggered his freak out, but at some point he rubbed his eyes and then started getting upset. I tried not to worry, but since he did a complete 180 from foodie heaven in a split second, I naturally feared the worst. Eye and ear rubbing are triggers for me when watching him for allergic reactions, so yeah, I was concerned. Once I got him cleaned up I took him out in the backyard to (a) distract him with various things and (b) check for rashes in better lighting. His face is perpetually chapped right now so I’m having the darndest time determining what’s a real rash and what’s simply the result of winter weather. I’m trying to wipe his face and nose less, but it’s a catch 22 because then I worry about allergens he’s exposed to that go from his hands to his face.
Whoa tangent.
It ended up being nothing. He didn’t nap that afternoon so he was probably just cranky. That combined with some excessive face rub downs were the only issues.
But because Kyle came home from work and asked about his red face – thereby reinforcing my concern – I did call and talk to a Whole Foods food preparation member about how they make their organic roasted chicken. Probably should have thought of that beforehand, but it’s stuff like this that only crosses my mind after the fact. I wound up learning that there’s nothing added to the plain rotisserie chickens (no oil, no seasonings, no nada), but the salt and pepper and BBQ ones do have rubs. The ingredients for those are all be listed on the price-tag / label. And now I know!
I’m making other people’s (delicious!) food creations a lot lately because when it comes to our family diet, I’m learning as I go. That’s why it’s radio silence on the recipe front. I highly recommend this broccoli salad.
The mayo dressing is great and the combo of raisins and sunflower seeds is awesome. I added quinoa to make it more of a side dish.
I’m usually not a leftovers person, but I was all about it for lunch the next day.
He’s definitely onto us with the video monitor! Hahaha. So the camera is now wall mounted. He’s too smart.
Mexican was clearly a theme since I made both tortilla soup and nachos this week. Basically I like chips. And salt.
Zoooooooo. Giraffe intrigue. His eyes were glued to them the entire time.
These two. <3
P. is sooooo cute;)))))
I do not know how whole foods roast their chickens but be careful. Many places roast chickens on a rotisserie and cross contamination can be a problem .
thanks for the heads up. forgive my ignorance but what would they be using in the rubs that I should be looking out for the cross contamination risk? gluten? nuts?
🙂
thanks
Maybe mustard and gluten? Mustard powder is often used in bbq.
Every time I see a new mom trying to keep her kid’s diet interesting I am truly envious!!! I tried… I really did… to give my son a varied diet. It didn’t work. I’m thinking happy thoughts for you!! At 12-years-old, mine just won’t eat anything. Won’t try anything new. just.won’t.eat.
Ugh… I’m wishing you all the best and I’ll be watching with great interest to see if I can pick up any tricks to fool my pre-teen!!
Monitor pics = AWESOME.
P is so stinking cute. I want to hug him and kiss him. Glad chicken isn’t a problem! It’s one of A’s favorites, too…don’t know how we’d do dinner without it over here.
I cannot get over how adorable P is! And he’s getting so big. Where does time go?! Those baby-monitor pictures are absolutely priceless.
I’m constantly sending positive thoughts to you and Kyle on the food front…I can’t imagine how stressful it must be! Like I mentioned before, my sister grew out of most of her intolerances after a year or two so hopefully P will have the same luck! xoxo
He’s too cute!!
Hi Sweetie – P is just so cute! Does he look like you as a baby? You’re such a good mommy. 🙂
I actually wrote a full post a while ago on whether oats are gluten free which explains it in a bit of an easier way (here it is if you’re interested: http://www.southerninlaw.com/2013/06/are-oats-gluten-free-where-to-buy-gluten-free-oats-in-australia.html).
Whilst I’m allergic to just about EVERYTHING that tastes good, luckily, I can eat oats!
How crazy that you can order your sushi via text haha.
Love how our parents still clip out newspaper articles for us to read. This practice will probably die with our generation, but glad to see I’m not the only one left getting clippings ha xoxo P is adorbs
I can’t imagine the stress you must feel when feeding P and worrying about possible allergies. My old nannys son has really bad food allergies and I know it has caused her a lot of worrying. P is lucky his mom is so attentive and patient trying to get the family on a similar eating pattern.
That I do not know. I just know they stack the chickens on the spit and the juices drain down on the chicken below. I’ve seen several different chickens cooking at one time. Whole Foods might be different.. but I would check.
We are not vegetarian, but the price of quality meat is enough to move me to that column sometimes. Not sure what WF is asking for a rotisserie chicken, but here’s a trick I use. I buy a regular whole chicken and put it in the over on 275, roast for about 2.5-3 hours or until the meat therm reads properly. I usually do it plain because I use the meat for other stuff during the week like stir-frys, tacos, or salads. The slow-roast gets that same “falling off the bone” effect of the rotisserie. My go-to food for outings when my kids were toddlers was little pieces of chicken and whatever finger veggies I had on hand.
(But if you are buying the rotisserie to avoiding handling raw meat at your house, I totally understand and disregard this unhelpful comment…)
This is really good advice, actually. Being vegan, I hate handling raw chicken in particular, but my husband (and my cat!) live on chicken all week. It is, like you say, a great go-to food for them. I’ve been buying rotisserie chicken just because it’s easier, but seeing how easy your slow cook method is, I might be able to get my husband to do it!
I do like to make stock from the carcass, though, also a nice thing to freeze in amounts to make a quick pot of soup.
i agree – thanks karen. I’m still working up to the handling and preparing of raw poultry – for some reason it’s more difficult for me than beef even though I grew up never eating red meat at all. weird. But yes, you were right on with why I purchased the rotisserie chicken this time…but I’m doing lots of research and educating myself because in the future I think your method (as well as yours Lisa) will be what I’d like to try and do. The crock pot will be a hugely helpful tool – especially as I plan to make stock from the carcass so as not to waste anything.
hahaha. parents. so funny. i wonder if forwarding website links will be as obnoxious to our kids…
thanks for the link kristy! glad you tolerate oats!!
tiff!!! where have you been?? whats up!?! hope your 2014 is going amazing 🙂
you are so sweet emily. thanks so much 🙂