More importantly, my beautiful husband gave me a new camera for Christmas. And the sun came out this morning! Lucky me!
Sit-down Snacks from Ellen Satter. Well-managed meal and snack-times can be a helpful tool in the beleaguered parent’s arsenal.
I wish I put my children off until a pre-designated snack or meal time. More often than not, they snack on-demand or when I realize it has been a few hours since they’ve eaten. How do you handle it?
Afternoon Snack: Yogurt Swirled with Peanut Butter, Honey, and Graham Crackers from The Kitchn. I haven’t tested this one, but how could it not be yummy? This morning I made myself some oatmeal with almond butter, nutella, raisins and slivered almonds. Also yum.
Pickled Red Beet Eggs recipe from ChowMama. I think my kids would flip inside out over these. I am also intrigued by these Tea Eggs from Cook Play Explore.
2 New Year’s Resolutions to Create Kids who Eat Right from It’s Not About Nutrition.
Good idea: Snacking Table from Apartment Therapy’s Ohdeedoh. The stylish kid-sized chairs are a bonus, but the real genius is finding a nook in the kitchen for a small coffee table where the little ones can pull up a chair and graze.
Shaking off a Sweet Addiction from Little Stomaks.
It’s fun to click back in time and see which recipes, in my eyes, are the standouts. These are the recipes that blew my mind and that have made repeat appearances at my house, which is saying a lot since I’m constantly trying new things in order to have some new material for this lovely blog.
In no particular order:
Wishing you all a brilliant new year! -Cindy
Have you ever tried to create your own muffin recipe ? Let me tell you that the ol’ ratio of 1 teaspoon of baking powder to 1 cup of flour has never worked for me.
I have gotten lucky when buttermilk is in the mix, for instance with my Banana Chocolate Chip Muffin recipe. All you have to do there is figure out how much baking soda to use to balance out the acidity of the buttermilk. Easy (sort of).
For this recipe I finally broke down and looked up a recipe on the glorious Interweb. In swooped the Pioneer Woman with a Cheese Muffin recipe. I found these muffins to be perfectly leavened, but greasier than what I was going for. So I made some changes and here you go:
Recently, my three-year-old grew tired of clementines (gasp!). She is a great lover of novelty. Here are a few ways I’ve found to rekindle the magic:
1. Drizzle with pomegranate molasses.
2. Drizzle with warmed (or not) honey. Warm 1 tablespoon of honey in a very small dish in the microwave for 5 – 10 seconds. This is enough honey for two whole peeled and segmented clementines (not just two segments as pictured above).
3. Drizzle with chocolate sauce or chocolate syrup.
4. Serve with Honey Vanilla Yogurt.
1/2 cup plain yogurt
2 teaspoons agave nectar or honey
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
Tiny dash of cardamom (optional)
Mix yogurt, agave, vanilla, and cardamom (if desired) in a small bowl. Serve topped with chopped clementine.
Yield: 1/2 cup
Prep time: 5 minutes
You are more than welcome to add your suggestions in the comments. Thanks!
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Watch out Teddy Bear Pancake, your days are numbered. Make way for The Pancake Project.
The 6 Weirdest, Scariest Processed Foods from Alternet. “Once upon a time, some brave scientists had a noble dream of ridding our food of the plague of nutrients.”
Fast-food standards for meat top those for school lunches from USA Today via Food News Journal. Sigh.
2/3 cup cooked brown rice
1 ripe banana, peeled
1 tablespoon unsalted nut butter (such as almond or peanut)
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnnamon
1 teaspoon honey (optional)
Small pinch salt
Butter for pan
Chocolate sauce or chocolate syrup
Place the rice, banana, nut butter, cinnamon, honey (if desired), cinnamon, and salt in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until smooth (about 1 minute), scraping down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula once or twice.
Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Melt butter in skillet coating the bottom. Spoon generous tablespoon-sized portions of the banana mixture into the pan spacing at least an inch apart. Cook the cakes for a couple minutes on each side. Allow to cool before serving (how long depends on your child). Serve drizzled with chocolate sauce or chocolate syrup.
Yield: 12 cakes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
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I’d like to send a shout out to some folks who have been kind enough to write some very nice things about Fix Me A Snack.
Most importantly, all of these blogs are ones I read and admire. As I am still wet behind the ears, it all means a ton. Thank you kindly one and all!
My oldest, who will pretty much eat anything, does not like nut butter of any kind (at the moment). It’s bizarre, but I let it slide since she is an open-minded eater (and, honestly, what choice do I have?). In this recipe, chocolate saves the day and makes the nut butter palatable.
I made some chocolate sauce based on a recipe from The Fannie Farmer Cookbook
1/3 cup unsalted nut butter (such as almond or peanut)
3 tablespoons chocolate sauce or chocolate syrup
Small pinch salt
Sliced apples for dipping
In a small mixing bowl, stir the nut butter, chocolate sauce, and salt together until the color is uniform. Serve with apples.
Yield: scant 1/2 cup
Prep time: 5 minutes
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