Food Inventory

Everyone who's ever read a parenting book knows that it's good to offer kids choices because it makes them feel empowered and yada, yada, yada. Thanks to poor planning on my part, snack and lunch choices dwindled down to a critical level this week

Me: "Do you want... uh... these three crackers and some of this orange I was eating... or... um... hey, I think there's a banana in the bottom of the fruit bowl... maybe?"

To avoid any (more) middle-of-the-week shortages, I've created a food inventory to aid with making the weekly grocery list. This is the go-to stuff that my kids eat day in and day out. It's going to become a fixture in my household management binder. If you don't have a binder, my next choice would be to laminate it and stick it on the fridge.

Pantry Foods
Peanut Butter Crackers
O Cereal
Whole Grain Crackers
Graham Crackers or Animal Crackers
Peanut Butter
Raisins
Bananas
Sweet Potatoes
Infant Cereal
Snapea Crisps
Whole Wheat Bread
Fridge Foods
Hummus
Kiwi
Pears
Avocados
Almond Milk
Applesauce

Freezer Foods
Vegetable Pancakes
Spinach Patties
Peas
Mixed Vegetables
Mini Lentil Loaves
Baked Beans
Brown Rice With Diced Vegetables (an Annabel Karmel recipe)
Blueberry Flax Cereal Mix-In
Peach Cereal Mix-In

Infant Cereal Mix-Ins: Cozy Peach

Nutrition guides recommend feeding fortified infant cereal well into toddlerhood, but for the toddler foodie whose palette has expanded beyond baby mush, cereal can seemboring . Solution: cereal mix-ins. My cereal mix-ins are simple additions to jazz up your little one's cereal that can be stored in your freezer and/or use pantry staples you almost surely already have on hand. Idea #1: Cozy Peach Cereal Mix-In.

You'll need:

2 Bags frozen peaches
1/4 c water
Ice cube trays
Vanilla extract
Milk or non-dairy milk (I use almond)
Infant Cereal (We do best with oatmeal)

The Do-Ahead Part:
Boil the peaches and water for about fifteen minutes, or until peaches have softened. Mash with a potato masher and spoon into ice cube trays (makes about 14 cubes). When the peaches have frozen, pop them out of the trays, and store the cubes in a freezer bag.

At Breakfast:
1. Place one peach cube per child into a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for about 30 seconds, or until peaches can be broken up and stirred.
2. Add an appropriate amount of infant cereal (We use about 1/3 c per child).
3. Stir in enough milk to achieve desired consistency.
4. Add a couple of drops of vanilla extract.
5. Microwave for approximately 45 seconds, or until cereal is pleasantly warm.

Mmmm. Don't cooked peaches always make you think of cobbler?

Finger Foods By Aisle: The Middle

I've pretty much covered the perimeter of the grocery store already, so in this installment of the Finger Foods By Aisle series, I'm tackling the aisles in the middle. There may be one more post in this series, but I'm close to wrapping it up. Here are the top ten middle-of-the-store finger foods on my mind:

• Nut butters (for spreading on crackers or making sandwiches)
• Raisins
• Dried cranberries
• Animal crackers (possibly the junkiest/sweetest food on any of my lists)
• Peanut butter crackers
• Freeze-dried strawberries
• Freeze-dried mangoes
• Whole-grain crackers
• Snapea crisps (a chip-like snack made from peas)
• Baked beans

As for the baked beans, I don't advocate eating canned foods all that often due to the BPA that leaches out of the lining of cans, but when you're fresh out of time, sometimes compromises have to be made.

Spinach As Finger Food



Spinach Thingies (shown cut into quarters)

 This recipe is based on Dr. Praeger's Spinach Littles, of which we're big fans. No fun shapes, but the toddler-friendly texture and flavor are similar. Any fun ideas on what to call these?

16 oz. frozen spinach, thawed and excess moisture squeezed out
1 clove garlic
1 Tbsp canola oil
4 medium potatoes
1 red onion, cut into chunks
2 egg whites*
1 Tbsp arrowroot**
1 Tbsp water
1 tsp salt

1. Peel and slice potatoes into small chunks. Boil potatoes until tender.
2. In the meantime, place onion in food processor and pulse for a few seconds. Add spinach and pulse again for a few seconds.
3. Whip potatoes until smooth in a stand mixer or with hand mixer.
4. Make a slurry by mixing the arrowroot and water in a small bowl. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
5. In a saucepan, heat the canola oil and garlic until the garlic "speaks" (makes sizzling sound). Add the spinach/onion mixture. Then add the whipped potatoes.
6. Be sure that the bottom of the saucepan is covered with the mixture and add the egg whites (You want to avoid cooking the eggs on the bottom of the pot) and the arrowroot slurry. Stir until combined and remove from heat.
7. When the mixture has cooled enough to be handled, create patties (each about the amount that would fill an ice cream scoop) and arrange on a cookie sheet covered with cooking oil spray.
8. Bake the patties for 10 minutes (this will help the arrowroot to set).
9. To freeze, tuck the patties into aluminum foil pockets (to prevent the patties from sticking together). When they have cooled completely, place the foil pockets into a freezer bag and freeze.

On serving day, place the patties on a cookie sheet sprayed with cooking oil spray and broil on each side for approximately 5 minutes. Watch carefully to avoid burning.

*For a vegan version, use egg replacer. I'll update when I've made the recipe again with an egg replacer.
**Arrowroot will likely be in the baking aisle of your grocery store.

Here's Linus enjoying his spinach after the plate idea was abandoned:

Finger Foods By Aisle: The Freezer Section

Did you get a little excited when you saw the word freezer in the post title? The convenience of the freezer is one of my mommy obsessions, so it's with great enthusiasm that I bring you the next installment of Finger Foods By Aisle.

If you're just getting started with this post series, the idea is that I'm making lists of all of the minimal/no preparation finger foods just waiting to be picked up at your favorite grocery store. It would please me so to see any of your favorites that I didn't include in the comments section.

One thing - I didn't list things like fish sticks or chicken nuggets since we're laying off the meat these days. If you'd like share your favorites, though, please feel welcome!


Mangoes
Peaches
Blueberries
Lima Beans
Corn
Mixed Vegetables
Peas
Green Beans
Sweet Potato Fries
Cubed Butternut Squash
Dr. Praeger's Broccoli Littles
Dr. Praeger's Spinach Littles
HappyBaby VeggieTots

**For all freezer veggies, my cooking method is putting them in a microwave-safe bowl with some water and cooking for about 1:30 on high. Butternut squash and sweet potatoes are exceptions. I throw them on a cooking oil-coated piece of aluminum foil (easy clean-up) and bake.

I recently posted a recipe for Curried Vegetable Pancakes that can be stored in the freezer. That recipe came out first try - I only had to make a couple of tweaks to the draft I sketched out beforehand as I cooked. I've been trying to recreate Spinach Littles... that one isn't coming quite as easily. I've got some ideas about what's going wrong, and when I get it perfected, I'll post it. Why not just buy the Dr. Praeger's? Well, Dr. P doesn't use organic spinach, which is important since spinach is on the EW's Dirty Dozen list (most contaminated fruits and veggies). Also, like most prepared foods, it's much cheaper to just make it from scratch yourself.

Toddler Foodie Curried Vegetable Pancakes

I've read on so many message boards that babies don't have the same tastes as older people, that their food needs to be bland. WRONG! Babies love tasty food, and it's actually good that they be introduced to spicy foods fairly early on to develop a palate for healthy foods. What's more, did you know that spices contain high levels of antioxidants? Check out this article that Kiwi ran a few months ago about slipping spices into your baby's diet.

Not only does this freezer-friendly pancake recipe introduce the yummy flavor of curry to your little one, it's also packed with veggies. Linus liked these so much that he did a little jig in his high chair. If your toddler foodie needs a little more motivation, try adding a small dollop of sour cream to the top of these veggie-packed pancakes.

My pitiful attempt at food photography. It's supposed to look like a cat. You can see it, right? Tilt your head to the right... yeah, like that. Now do you see it? 

My
You'll need:

2 Carrots, grated, excess moisture squeezed out
2 Zucchini, grated, excess moisture squeezed out
1/2 Cup frozen corn, thawed
1 Onion, diced - the smaller the dice, the better
2 Eggs
1/2 Cup flour
1 tsp. Salt
2 Tbsp. Curry powder (mild)
2 Cloves Garlic, minced
Olive Oil

Method:
1. Mix all ingredients together except for olive oil.
2. Heat olive oil over medium heat in a skillet or griddle.
3. Drop ice cream scoop-sized dollops of the batter onto the skillet/griddle. Flatten each out to a pancake shape.
4. Turn when first side becomes golden brown.
5. Remove when the second side is golden brown and set on a paper towel-lined plate to soak up any excess oil. Either serve at this point, or continue with freezing in the next step.
6. After the pancakes have cooled, fold them into aluminum foil pockets and put into a freezer bag.

To Serve After Freezing:
1. Heat oven to 450 and bake for about five minutes on each side.

Finger Foods By Aisle: The Dairy Case

This post is the second in a series of posts cataloging the abundance of finger foods at your grocery store that require minimal to no preparation. Again, please feel welcome to leave any other ideas you may have in the comments.

String Cheese
Diced Blocks of Cheese
Cream Cheese (for spreading on bread or crackers - My kids love cream cheese sandwiches)
Goat Cheese (aka Chevre, for spreading on crackers)
Boiled Eggs

Finger Foods By Aisle: Produce

The other day I was talking to a friend about how much easier feeding my little folks is now that they're on (almost) all finger foods all the time. While making purees was a good experience that I'm glad I delved into, I wasn't sorry the last time I put the food processor away. All of the pureeing is a lot of work. With finger foods, so much is readily available and ready to go. In this series of posts I'll construct lists of those ready to go finger foods by grocery store section in hopes that you'll either get some new ideas for your own tot(s) or remember some toddler-friendly foods that had slipped your mind - or maybe a little of both. And I'm ONLY including the stuff that requires minimal preparation. When I say "steamed" something, I mean that I put it in a bowl with a little water and nuke it in the microwave for about a minute and a half.

It's almost easier to pick out what ISN'T finger food-able in the produce section than what is. I'll list what comes to me, and please feel free to make additions in the comments. I'll also add a star* beside our go-to- all-the-time favorites.

By the way, I'm working on a couple of toddler-friendly eat-your-vegetables recipes for your freezer convenience. Stay tuned!

Fruits:
Pears*
Bananas*
Apples
Peaches
Watermelon
Cantaloupe
Honeydew Melon
Strawberries
Blueberries
Avocado*
Clementines
Tangerines
Tangelos
Grapefruit
Kiwi*
Mango
Oranges (with membrane removed for choking hazard purposes - true of all citrus)

Vegetables:
Jicama
Tomatoes*
Baked Sweet Potatoes*
Baked Potatoes
Cucumber*
Steamed Bell Peppers
Steamed Eggplant
Steamed Carrots
Steamed Zucchini*
Steamed Yellow Squash
Baked Butternut Squash
Baked Acorn Squash

As an aside, you know what Veda readily ate off of my plate the other day? Brussel sprouts. I had to fight her for them. Granted, they were prepared in the super yummy way I love my brussel sprouts (sauteed in olive oil, dusted with kosher salt and roasted). She is so my daughter.

Baby Foodie Goes On An Adventure

It's easy to get stuck in a rut with babies when it comes to food. Right now we're deep in a sandwich rut. It takes some planning to fit in two protein sources for my somewhat newly vegetarian kiddies, and lately I've been relying too heavily on hummus and peanut butter sandwiches at lunch. It's so, so important, though, to offer lots of food variety for little guys in order to encourage forming healthy tastes and to discourage picky eating.

How's a mom to get out of a food rut?

A buffet!

On our recent Veda-Mommy Day, my little gal and I hit up the buffet at Earthfare (a Whole Foods-ish store). Take a look at her plate:

You're looking at Greek pasta salad, brown rice, fruit salad, grilled vegetables, and citrus-glazed tofu.

Veda's enthusiasm for the pasta salad gave me inspiration to create my own Greek-style pasta salad, but I'll add my own tweaks, like adding more vegetables and beans, using whole wheat pasta, and eliminating the cheese. It was also fun to see that Veda would eat olives, which I wouldn't have known otherwise since neither my husband nor I are olive eaters. 

I'll also be serving up fruit salad with pineapple, a fruit that the babies had previously rejected. The Earthfare buffet ain't cheap, but it's still more cost-effective than buying a whole unit of something they might just throw on the floor. Pineapple may not be the best example, but you get the picture.

Inspiration for Mommy and exploration for Baby - what's not to like?  

Dining Out Toddler-Style

     Like so many of us, I worked for a time during college and graduate school in the restaurant industry. As is the case with most wait staff, I wasn’t thrilled when a family with young children was seated in my section because such patrons tend to leave both a huge mess and a meager tip. I remember in particular one family who left a mess that took me a good thirty minutes to clean up at the end of the night - we’re talking papers shredded and thrown everywhere, goo mashed into the carpet, and condiments smeared on the walls - and about a $2.50 tip. Thank you so freakin’ much.
     It’s those memories that make me so anxious about taking my own children out to a restaurant. I don’t want to be those people. I will go to places that don’t meet these criteria, but these days I prefer my restaurants to have tile floors, be noisy, and be self-serve (i.e., order at the counter, etc.). Then I don’t feel so weird about hunching down under the table to pick up the chunks that have migrated to the floor.

     Is it just me that does this??? Seriously, I'm thinking about getting one of those little crumb sweeper things for the diaper bag.

     Since most kid's menus consist of junk food, I bring my own unless I'm going somewhere where I feel comfortable ordering something off the menu for the babies. Maybe that makes me a jerk, but I don't really care. I'm not about to ruin all of the good work I've done on developing their healthy eating habits for the sake of a stranger's feelings.

     It is after much experimentation that I feel ready to tell you what I believe to be the best meal to pack for a toddler. I have selected it both for its clean-upability and lack of refrigeration requirement. Are you ready?... Wait for it...

Peanut Butter Sandwich and Box of Raisins

It's simple, and there are no vegetables, but that can be taken care of with the meal at home. But you know what? I'm still thinking about the mess we're making the entire time we're eating. Come on, am I the only mommy who worries about this?

This Week's Meal Plan 1/24-1/30/11

Age: 12 Months

Day	Wake	Breakfast	SNAck	Lunch	snack	dinner	bed
Monday	BF	Apple Spice Cereal	BF	Peanut Butter Sandwich, Squash, Kiwi	Raisins, Crackers	Black Beans, Brown Rice, Mixed Vegetables	BF
Tuesday	BF	Yogurt, O cereal, Banana	BF	Pasta and Veggie Salad w/Lemon Juice, Apple Slices	Freeze-Dried Peaches, Crackers	Vegetable Soup, Cornbread	BF
Wednesday	BF	Scrambled Egg, O Cereal, Pear	BF	Hummus Sandwich, Thawed Frozen Mango, Zucchini	Cherry Tomatoes, Crackers	Vegetable Stir fry, Brown Rice	BF
Thursday	BF	Yogurt, O Cereal, Pear	BF	Pasta and Veggie Salad w/Lemon Juice, Black Beans	Raisins, Crackers	Spinach, Roasted Sweet Potato, String Cheese	BF
Friday	BF	Apple Spice Cereal	BF	Peanut Butter Sandwich, Clementine, Green Pepper	String Cheese, Crackers	Fish Sticks, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans	BF
Saturday	BF	Scrambled Egg, O Cereal, Banana	BF	Cream Cheese Sandwich, Orange, Cucumber	Raisins, Crackers	Veggie Tots, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Green Beans	BF
Sunday	BF	Baby Foodie French Toast, Thawed Frozen Blueberries	BF	Hummus Sandwich, Cucumber, Pear Slices	Freeze-Dried Peaches, Crackers	Black Bean Patty, Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Spinach	BF

　
BF - Breastfeed

Greek Gods and Cow's Milk

    Teaching The Odyssey was fun. Teaching it to ninth graders was hilarious. After background lessons about Greek mythology, some baby-faced kid would usually ask, "Did this stuff really happen?". If this question was asked in front of the rest of the class, you can imagine the response of the other kids. Partly to help the first kid save face and partly because it's true, I'd remind them that one day people will think some of our beliefs and practices were quaint and outlandish. The toddler sippy perpetually filled with cow's milk will be among those practices heaped in the odd pile.

   I told you in my January challenge post that I'm transitioning to veganism and am in the research stage of making a dietary decision for the babies. In the pro-vegan corner is my desire to save them from the ill-effects of animal protein. Even though there's no history of Type-1 diabetes in our family, I'm still afraid of them consuming the casein in cow's milk, which is linked to the onset of Type-1. In the pro-vegetarian corner was every pediatric dietary recommendation I've been handed at the doctor's office about the 16-24 oz. of cow's milk toddlers are supposed to be slurping down on a daily basis.

    But how does that work with extended breastfeeding? Was I supposed to be cutting feedings to make room for cow's milk? What did my breastmilk lack that they needed from cow's milk? How many times a day should I be nursing them, anyway? Turns out this information isn't as easy to find as you might think.

    Here's what I found out: There's absolutely NOTHING that cow's milk provides (except for added Vitamin D) that human breastmilk doesn't. In fact, human breastmilk is still the best choice for human toddlers. It's species-specific and is richer in the brain growth-friendly fats that humans need.

    So to break this down for you, our culture encourages:

1. Weaning babies from human milk, the best nutritional choice for human babies and toddlers
2. Replacing an ideal, species-specific nutrition source with one designed for baby cows

   This brings me back to a fun fact about human gestation. Why are human babies are born at 40 weeks? It's because our giant-brained heads get too big. Think about it. What's the hardest part to push out? The big 'ol head. Humans are kinda special like that. We also have such a long juvenile period because our brains are so complex that they need all of that extra time to develop.

    But we replace a nutrition source designed for advancing brain development in favor of one tailored to fast-tracking the growth of a four-legged critter to several hundred pounds within a matter of months. Huh. How... quaint.


 

Baby Foodie First Birthday Cupcakes

For their first birthday, I want the babies to have a treat, but I'm also not ready to turn them loose on the sugar. Given our family's history of diabetes (my great grandmother had her foot amputated!) and my own insulin resistance, I want to withhold the really sugary stuff for as long as possible. Here's my solution. The cake part gets much of its flavor and sweetness from bananas, a familiar flavor for most babies. The frosting is made of cream cheese. Not to toot my own horn, but these are goooood - not too sweet, but with a rich flavor.

Baby Foodie First Birthday Cupcakes

Makes 12 cupcakes

Frosting
1 block of cream cheese
1/4 c cane sugar
1/8 tsp vanilla extract

Dry Ingredients
1 1/2 c whole wheat flour
2/3 c cane sugar
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt

Wet Ingredients
3 large, ripe bananas
2 eggs
3/4 c milk
2 tsp vanilla extract

1. Take cream cheese out of the fridge to soften and preheat oven to 350..
2. Combine the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl.
3. Mash the bananas in another mixing bowl.
4. Add the eggs, milk, and vanilla, and whisk until combined.
5. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together until a batter is formed.
6. Fill muffin tins about 3/4 full (ETA: Don't forget the cupcake papers!).
7. Bake at 350 for 20ish minutes, depending on your oven's particular type of crazy.
8. When cream cheese has softened, mix with the sugar and vanilla.
9. Frost when cupcakes have cooled.
10. Ta da!

This Week's Meal Plan 11/29/2011

Day	Wake	Breakfast	SNAck	Lunch	snack	dinner	bed
Monday	BF	Pumpkin Spice Cereal	BF	Yogurt, pureed peas, O cereal	BF	Hummus Sandwich, chopped fruit, yogurt melts	BF
Tuesday	BF	Baby Foodie French Toast	BF	Pasta Risotto* (pasta, chopped veggies, cheese, butter), chopped fruit	BF	Salmon Stix, string cheese, chopped veggies **	BF
Wednesday	BF	Pumpkin Spice Cereal	BF	Yogurt, Veggie Bites	BF	Baby Bolognese, chopped fruit	BF
Thursday	BF	Baby Foodie French Toast, pureed peaches	BF	Pasta Risotto*, chopped fruit	BF	Baby Bolognese, pureed zucchini	BF
Friday	BF	Pumpkin Spice Cereal	BF	Yogurt, veggie bites	BF	Salmon Stix, applesauce, chopped veggies	BF
Saturday	BF	Pumpkin Spice Cereal	BF	Hummus sandwich, chopped fruit	BF	Chicken Bites*, chopped veggies	BF
Sunday	BF	Baby Foodie French Toast, stewed apples and blueberries	BF	Hummus sandwich, chopped veggies, yogurt melts	BF	Chicken Bites*, pureed peaches, O cereal	BF

BF - Breastfeed
* - Recipe from Superfoods for Babies and Children by Annabel Karmel
**- The chopped veggies are a mix I prep at the beginning of the week. This week I’ll dice up zucchini, eggplant, and a red bell pepper and keep them in a bag I can dip into for meal-sized portions that can quick-steam in the microwave.
Salmon Stix and Veggie Bites are HappyBaby products that can be found in the freezer section.

Baby Foodie French Toast

Baby Foodie French Toast



We all have priorities. Ironing isn't one of mine.



For babies 9 months and up

I use a full slice of bread and give half to each baby. It will work just as well with half a slice for one baby.

1 slice whole wheat bread

1 egg

2 teaspoons breast milk or formula

A couple of drops of vanilla extract

A couple of dashes or cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice

Butter

1. In a small bowl, whisk the egg. Add the milk, vanilla, and cinnamon. Whisk to mix.

2. Dredge the bread slice in the egg mixture.

3. Melt a small pat of butter in a skillet (I prefer cast iron due to its nonstick quality) over medium heat.

4. Cook bread on each side until golden brown.

5. Slice into fingers and serve.

For the curious: The fruit in the picture in a mixture of stewed apples and blueberries.

This Week's Meal Plan 10/23/2010

**Note: The title originally contained a typo: "Mean Plan". Love it.

Age: 9 Months

Day	Wake	Breakfast	Snack	Lunch	Snack	Dinner	Bed
Monday	BF	Cereal w/ pumpkin puree, breast milk, and cinnamon	BF	Cheesy Mushroom and Tomato Sauce with Pasta Stars*, stewed plums	BF	Chicken Bites*, mango chunks, butternut squash/sweet potato puree	BF
Tuesday	BF	Cereal w/ pumpkin puree, breast milk, and cinnamon	BF	Baby Bolognese*, zucchini puree	BF	Yogurt, peach puree, puffs	BF
Wednesday	BF	Cereal w/ pumpkin puree, breast milk, and cinnamon	BF	Cream cheese sandwich, peas	BF	Chicken Bites*, stewed plums, zucchini puree	BF
Thursday	BF	Scrambled egg yolk, toast fingers, apple puree	BF	Cheesy Mushroom and Tomato Sauce with Pasta Stars*, peach puree	BF	Yogurt, Mum-Mum, butternut squash puree	BF
Friday	BF	Cereal w/ pumpkin puree, breast milk, and cinnamon	BF	Salmon sticks, apple puree, cheese bites	BF	Yogurt, Mum-Mum, green bean puree	BF
Saturday	BF	Scrambled egg yolk, toast fingers, plum puree	BF	Yogurt, Mum-Mum, pea puree	BF	Chicken bites*, butternut squash puree, puffs	BF
Sunday	BF	Cereal w/ pumpkin puree, breast milk, and cinnamon	BF	Yogurt, Mum-Mum, zucchini puree, puffs	BF	Salmon sticks, butternut squash puree, peach puree	BF

　
BF - Breastfeed
* - Recipe from Superfoods for Babies and Children by Annabel Karmel

This Week's Meal Plan 10/18/2010

Age: 9 months

Day	Wake	Breakfast	SNAck	Lunch	snack	dinner	bed
Monday	BF	Cereal w/ pumpkin puree, breast milk, and cinnamon	BF	Cream cheese sandwiches, apple and blueberry puree, zucchini puree	BF	Baby Bolognese*, peach puree	BF
Tuesday	BF	Scrambled egg yolk, toast fingers, apple puree	BF	Yogurt, mango chunks, green beans puree	BF	Chicken Bites*, puffs, butternut squash puree	BF
Wednesday	BF	Scrambled egg yolk, toast fingers, apple puree	BF	Cheesy Mushroom and Tomato Sauce with Pasta Stars*, peach puree	BF	Baby Bolognese*, butternut squash puree	BF
Thursday	BF	Cereal w/ pumpkin puree, breast milk, and cinnamon	BF	Mango chunks, cheese bites, zucchini puree, puffs	BF	Salmon sticks, sweet potato puree, plum puree	BF
Friday	BF	Cereal w/ peaches, breastmilk	BF	Cheesy Mushroom and Tomato Sauce with Pasta Stars*, apple and blueberry puree	BF	Salmon sticks, yogurt, butternut squash puree	BF
Saturday	BF	Scrambled egg yolk, toast fingers, apple puree	BF	Yogurt, zucchini puree, puffs	BF	Chicken bites*, sweet potato puree, mango chunks	BF
Sunday	BF	Cereal w/ pumpkin puree, breast milk, and cinnamon	BF	Cream cheese sandwiches, Apple and blueberry puree	BF	Chicken bites*, yogurt, green bean puree	BF

　
BF - Breastfeed
Superfoods for Babies and Children by Annabel Karmel