Tag Archive: baby

Lunches for week 2

Back at it! You guys really seem to want these posts so I will try to keep them up on hhh, but for more frequent bento ideas, I started a highlights tab in my IG (@elisehippie) so you can go there to see them as well. Prep for this week includes: roasting chickpeas, hard boiling eggs, chopping veg, and popping popcorn Feel free to use any leftovers (from dinner or weekend festivities) in place of the mains. Grocery list: dried pineapple raisins dried apples/pears popcorn kernels chickpeas pitas or bagels eggs sun butter or nut… Read more >

The first week of school lunches

Time to pack school lunches! Is this the worst task of parenthood ever?? I have a love/hate relationship with grocery shopping, but making and packing lunches is something I actually really really enjoy 🙂 Perhaps that puts me in the minority, but it’s the truth. That being said, if you are in the opposite camp – and are burned out by the very idea of filling bento boxes before September has even hit – then mayyyybe I can help you out a little bit? A girl can dream right? I’m not expecting you to adore… Read more >

Toddler plates

I just found a bunch of old pics and I couldn’t help but share…meal ideas for little fingers? Home-made dehydrated crackers with home-made nectarine jam + edamame Gwyneth’s baked tofu + black beans + avo and quinoa bowl Sun butter waffles + pear Rice + chicken and green beans Lettuce cups with pulled pork + rice bowl Mashed potatoes + gravy Times two Pot roast + potatoes + carrots Pumpkin + rice bowl Bread + jam + pepitas + veggies Chickpeas + corn + potatoes + avo Fried zucchini Eggs + blueberries + zucchini Bacon + mushrooms… Read more >

Early Learning Kits

[Warning: This post is kid related and may not be of interest to anyone else] Our library is pretty awesome, although I only have a few others to which to compare it.  But the kids section is like my second home in the winter months…so I’ve spent a lot of time there. They have boxes called “Early Learning Kits” that you can check out.  Each has a particular theme (this one is “owls”) and comes with books and an interactive/craft type thing relating to the theme. The books were a huge hit and for some… Read more >

What I Ate (12 month old edition)

I’m starting this post with an 11 month old but I have no faith in my timeliness so I’m titling it as if she’s 1.  It’s soon! 6 am: wake up and nurse 8 am: breakfast This is a smallish meal for her since she has usually just nursed and will nurse again after her morning nap. fruit (right now it’s alllll about blueberries but bananas, melon, and apples work too) home-made puree (#1) of some kind 930-1000: wake up from first nap and nurse 1130-1200: lunch I try to make this mostly finger food that she… Read more >