I am very proud and excited to announce that I am a writer for the amazing new website Wholesome.I will be doing about two posts a month about fertility and pregnancy. Here is my first post, about my happy experiment with Lemon Water. It has become my go to cure all for first trimester yuckiness. …Continue Reading »
10 Healthy Foods My Toddler Will Eat
November 9, 2011 By 25 Comments
Penelope is a mildly picky eater. She wont eat everything that is put in front of her like she did when she was a baby (we did baby led weaning), but there are still plenty of healthy and nutritious things she will eat. Here are her Top 10: 1. Eggs. Scrambled, fried, hard boiled, …Continue Reading »
Gluten Free, Grain-Free Chicken Nuggets
May 26, 2011 By 5 Comments
As long as you are using good quality ingredients (organic grass fed butter, humanely treated chickens, etc), I think chicken nuggets are damn good and healthy meal. You can use bread crumbs if you want, but if you are finding out that you have a hard time digesting grains, even ones that are sprouted and …Continue Reading »
Toddler Smoothie Recipe
February 7, 2011 By 21 Comments
I started making fruit smoothies for Penelope when she was about 8 months, maybe even a little younger, I can’t remember. Note to self for next baby: write shit like that down!! My love for smoothies has just gotten deeper over time. They are a powerhouse and workhorse in my arsenal for making sure Penelope …Continue Reading »
Raw Egg Yolk for Babies?
January 31, 2011 By 29 Comments
So this was supposed to be a post about toddler smoothies, but as I started typing, it digressed into a post about raw eggs. So here you go: a post about why raw eggs are very important to your young child’s diet. Last night my husband and I got into an all out brawl, because …Continue Reading »
Fermented Lemonade
December 27, 2010 By 5 Comments
After Penelope’s first birthday, I had a dozen organic lemons left over, that I had used as decoration. I planned to make regular lemonade from scratch and then happened to find this post about how to make fermented lemonade and I was so happy to give it a try! Fermenting adds enzymes and probiotics to …Continue Reading »
Gonna Eat My Placenta
December 6, 2010 By 21 Comments
Yup. I am. I realize this officially makes me a Radical Mama. I am using the word radical instead of weird, because I honestly don’t consider myself weird. Different yes, but not weird. I love me some Pottery Barn and Banana Republic, I am a conservative Catholic (except for a few things, like gay marriage, …Continue Reading »
Penelope’s Birthday Cake
December 2, 2010 By 4 Comments
It came out a little lopsided, but as Peter says “it’s ok, it just looks homemade!” And it was, well semi-homemade I guess, to be exact. I used an organic cake mix box and tweaked to make it healthier and tastier. Again, the credit is due to my friend Tara for the recipe. Thanks Tara! …Continue Reading »
Sausage-Sweet Potato Soup
November 29, 2010 By 5 Comments
Ok, so its not exactly the consistency of soup but its really freaking good! 4 to 5 sweet potatoes 1 cup of lentils ( I got the French Black Lentils from New Leaf in the bulk section) 1 pd sausage (I bought Thompson Farms Hot Sausage from New Leaf) 1 pd collard greens 1 onion …Continue Reading »
Cranberry Pork Roast
November 1, 2010 By 9 Comments
This is a such a yummy way to do a pork roast in the slow cooker. And such an easy freezer meal. Here is a picture of the final product all lined up, labeled and ready to go in freezer! Here is the recipe I modified. I went the fresh cranberries route and made some other …Continue Reading »
Cornais Spinach Pie
October 11, 2010 By 6 Comments
The picture does not do this pie justice. It is SO YUMMY! Its so yummy it makes the ridiculous amount of work involved to make the pie worth it. Part of the reason it is so time consuming is because I used fresh spinach. 5 pounds of fresh spinach. 5 pounds of washing, steaming, draining …Continue Reading »
