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Eating

Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

My very strong opinions about nursing bras

February 8, 2012

There are many choices of bras with little hooking flaps. How does a rookie mom decide? Allow me to help. With my 30+ months of breastfeeding experience and access to a dozen different kinds of bras, I have a few strong opinions for you. At a bare minimum, you need three nursing bras. One to [...]

Use scissors to get kids cooking

February 1, 2012

Reprinted from the wayback machine cuz I’m super busy today. Holden and I used to cook together a lot. Before his little brother Milo joined our family, Holden would stand by my side at the kitchen sink and crack eggs, stir with a whisk, or rip greens for a salad. Unfortunately, I must confess, I [...]

Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

Makin’ it: Easiest salmon ever

January 23, 2012

I am constantly on the lookout for shortcuts in the kitchen. Delicious in two minutes with three ingredients? Now you’re talking. This easiest salmon in the world “recipe” is about 20 minutes from fridge to table; it is simple, hands-off, and delicious. I served it with pride to my picky (foodie) book club and routinely [...]

Do you do anything weird with your appliances?

January 20, 2012

Today Heather and I (and Sawyer) are headed for Chicago where we will be attending a Blogger Summit hosted by Kenmore. As my husband and I are actually in the market for a new range/oven/stove/whatever you want to call, you know, that big device that cooks food in the kitchen, I am extra interested in [...]

Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

What’s dinnertime like in your house? (Giveaway!)

November 29, 2011

Omigod, once again I am totally serious and unsmiley in this Ragu video clip. What is my problem? I really am proud that I’m giving my kids the dinner experience I dreamed of as a kid. I am happy! I should be smiling when I describe it! Instead, I look like I’m discussing foreign policy. [...]

Stuffing Challenge, part 2

November 20, 2011

I accepted the great stuffing challenge of 2011 because I love me some stuffing. I spent hours this weekend reading recipe websites and perfecting my stuffing recipe to use on the big day this Thursday. NOT. I do love stuffing, but who has time for hours in the kitchen in preparation for hours in the [...]

Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

What’s in your stuffing?

November 16, 2011

I am a stuffing fiend. Turkey, meh. There, I said it. Everything else (food, family, football etc.) ties for second place. Stuffing is the true star of the November holiday meal from where I sit. I eat several helpings of it at Thanksgiving dinner and hoard enough leftovers to eat huge scoops at lunch for [...]

What are your EASIEST dinners? Go!

November 3, 2011

Help me, friends. I have a screamy baby. And two other hungry children. Dinnertime is the worst. For all of us. Last week, when I found myself breastfeeding while trying to remove a 450 degree frittata from the oven, I knew I needed help. All my go-to dinners are suddenly too hard with a needy [...]

Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

Activity #507: Order dough at a restaurant

November 2, 2011

By the time you have a toddler, you probably know the best way to keep a small child occupied is to show them something they’ve never seen before (no, not TV). And how about something that they can smoosh, squeeze, or secretly taste a tiny nibble of? Even better! In our not-so-recent blog blast, SusieJ [...]

Try a half-sleepover

October 24, 2011

When our kids were younger, Heather was a little bit obsessed with putting them to bed at each other’s houses in order to allow us to have nighttime plans with each other. We pulled this off quite a bit when we were rookie moms. With two kids each now, it’s not really worth the hassle; [...]

Ideas for feeding your baby and yourself… these should be obvious, natural, easy… but they’re not always

Try a dream feed and sleep better

October 22, 2011

Whitney passed along this mama tip to me and now I’m telling you; if your baby is starting to skip that 10pm feeding and you want to stretch those sleeping hours to ones that are more convenient, try the dream feed. She says it didn’t work for them, but we used the dream feed technique [...]

My kids are cool with leftovers

October 20, 2011

In the Ragu-sponsored video we are sharing this week, I chat with my blogging buddies Kim Tracy Prince and Renee Ross about leftovers. Since I make two separate dinners for my family (adults vs kids), I don’t personally struggle with convincing my kids to eat leftovers. The kids are not eating what Ryan and I [...]

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