Happy Tuesday to you. This morning I made some baby food. It was pretty simple and only took maybe 10 minutes at max. I did it between flipping pancakes and Emma gave her taste approval.
I blended 1/4 cup of Strawberry Yogurt and 2 Banana’s up. Easy as pie. I wish I could have done 1/8 cup yogurt and used fresh strawberries but I didn’t have any. That is what I would really recommened. I made about 2 large baby food jars and enough left over for breakfast as well. Mind you, don’t over blend cause it ends up more like a smoothie.

I also made some Gluten Free Pumpkin Pancakes.
Recipe for GF Pancakes
1 cup of boiling water
1/2 cup of cornmeal
Stir constantly;
Add 3/4 cup of milk (we like fresh goats milk
)
Stir until smooth.
Stir in;
1/2 cup cooked pumpkin (or blended and cooked butternut squash)
1 TBSP honey or sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1 TBSP oil
mix in:
1 cup of Rice Flour (or whole wheat flour if you are not GF)
2 tsp. Baking powder
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
Stir until ingrediants are combined. Cook.
Voila, a lovely and easy breakfast. I managed to get this on the table by 7am and I was up at 6:15am

Since I am in the sharing mood, My sister Braelyn took some Family photo’s over the weekend. This was a snapshot of one of them. Isn’t she good? 17 yr old girl. Love her too!

Hubby and I have been looking at the idea of doing vegetarian meals. We have NOTHING against meat and rather enjoy it but think that the more “green” approach is something to look into, health wise. It has been a interesting research study. We also have to stay GF. That is more important. So that leaves us with a lot of rice and potatoes. So I have been trying to expan my horizons. I would like to stay away from Soy as well. I have been given some VERY helpful advice and I am looking into a few things. This will not be a overnight decision and application. It may be more 1 day all vegetarian dishes for 1 week. Then moving to 2. Until we reach the point where we know what we need to eat to get the right calories and protien til where we are satisfied. It would be so much easier if we lived where we could have crops all year long. A greenhouse would be lovely but we have no room for one. Such decisions take massive amounts of planning, researching and putting into practice.
For those that read this blog and are vegetarians, any information is useful and appreciated. Thank you.
Now to end the day, Emma is learning about tomatoes;


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June 17, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Norma
I’d like to get back to vegetarian too, but we have cut back on meat.
I have several books I’d recommend.
They are:
The China Study by Colin Campbell
Eat to Live by Dr Joel Fuhrman (he also has one called Disease Proof Your Child)
Also anything by Dr. John McDougall.
I will say that these Dr’s are both more vegan but still have lots of good info in their books as well as on their sites. You don’t have to go 100% “their” way.
http://www.drfuhrman.com
http://www.diseaseproof.com (really like this one, check list of topics on left!
http://drmcdougall.com
Now, keep in mind these are secular sites and most likely believers in global warming.
June 17, 2008 at 4:40 pm
plantainpatch
Those pictures are so good!!!
http://lentilsandrice.blogspot.com/ is a blog that has lots of bean and rice variations that are vegetarian.
June 17, 2008 at 10:05 pm
Norma
Check out this website for recipes. There are ZILLIONS!
http://www.fatfreevegan.com
By the way, the fam photo is beautiful!
June 18, 2008 at 2:45 am
Beth
I’m not vegetarian, but our 12 yr old daughter has over time eliminated meat out of her diet. She says she simply doesn’t like it. The only exception would be the breaded flounder that I fry up in olive oil. THAT, she likes. I have tried baking it in the oven but she says it gets too soggy.
She isn’t into beans, so getting her protein has been tricky for us.
Are you avoiding soy for a particular reason? Personally, I take soy tablets for my perimenopausal symptoms. They seem to help a lot.
Baby girl looks so much like you.
June 18, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Chas
BEAUTIFUL picture!!
What a sweet family!
Love,
Chas
June 23, 2008 at 2:39 am
Christy
I recognize that rooster! Glad you’re enjoying using it!!