SCAIFE baby

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Happy Birthday Landon!!!

On June 11, my baby celebrated his 1st birthday!!!

I can't believe he is now 1!!

Happy Birthday Landon James Thien Scaife, you are such a blessing to me! I love you more and more each day!

Monday, June 10, 2013

Toddler meals: grilled sweet potatoes & zucchini

Do you have a George Forman grill hidden in your pantry??

Well take it out, dust it off... And get ready... I'm about to blow your mind!!!

I've temporarily retired my baby breeza and now I'm having an affair with my George Forman Grill. I've used it everyday for the last few weeks!

Today on the list: grilled sweet potatoes and zucchini.

Peel & Slice veggies

Brush a thin layer of coconut oil on each side, season veggies with salt, pepper and/or Italian seasoning.

Place veggies on the grill & press for 6-8 minutes:

The zucchini cooks for about 5 minutes.

Served with sliced string cheese & cut blue berries!

*hint: I offer his veggies first... And then cheese... Fruit is last!

Toddler meals: spinach & summer squash fettuccine

I'm getting pretty creative with Landon!

Today on the menu:

Spinach fettuccine with summer "squash" noodles in a zucchini purée...

With a cheddar cheese stick

Cherries (pitted)

Grapes (cut in 1/4)

I realized that most kids love noodles & pasta.. So now I make my own by grating a squash.. Carrot... Zucchini.. To make spaghetti noodles for my baby. Any vegetable that I can utilize my handy dandy cheese grater.. I'll make spaghetti out of it! Lol

So today for lunch, we used ready made gluten free spinach fettuccine pasta. Cooked as directed..

Grate 1/2 a summer squash

Stir into the fettuccine pot and cook for 2 minutes

Drain

Add a little zucchini purée

Top with Parmesan cheese and serve!

bon appétit!!

Oh I forgot to add my lunch! We get these cilantro & lime kabobs from whole foods... And it tasts Delicious! We grilled up 2 kabobs and I ate it with a serving of fettuccini pasta sautéed with garlic and pesto sauce... It was SOOooOo good!

Friday, June 7, 2013

National Donut Day

Hell to the YESssss!

This little amazing place is called "Britts" In Carolina beach, NC.. They make their donuts fresh when you order...

We've had one everyday since we arrived. So amazing!

We let Landon have 1 then scream "Sugar Sugar SUGARrrRRrr!!!"

My in-laws think my husband and I are kale eating health freaks who deprive our son of the world of delicious GMO artificial goodness... So when he's around them we eat a lot of pizza, cakes, cookies, Cheetos and donuts...

And I'm in heaven because that's the stuff I LOVE! Lol. We let them spoil him and everyone is happy!

Hope you all got your donut fix today!

Toddler Meals: Sweet Potato+ Qunioa wrapped Seaweed

My baby is suddenly a toddler.. Eating big boy meals!!!

We've been transitioning from purées & baby food to real human grown up meals.. It's a steady process but we've been very successful with baby led weaning.

So far, Landon's eating habits are very adventurous. I know that he's pretty picky with veggies. He can eat a whole pear I'm 1 sitting, but getting him to "want" veggies has been a bit of a challenge. He won't even pick it up... But I continue to offer veggies and have also gotten very creative with our meals!