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Leftovers!

February 23, 2019February 24, 2019Leave a comment

Last night was my husband's birthday, so we ate carnitas tacos with all the fixins. Today was Saturday, so nobody felt like doing anything productive. Enter the world's easiest meal: leftovers! I baked up some canned biscuits (they're great, don't @ me), just to make the meal feel new. Then I microwaved some leftover pulled … Continue reading Leftovers!

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Today I fed my kids breakfast! This is from a book I checked out years ago from the library and took pictures of. It was called Mug Meals, I think. Because I didn’t want to hand the Bean a hot mug, I microwaved his in a bowl, but swipe to see it in a mug for Fitz. This is blueberry French toast with strawberry jam and was super easy but it solidified pretty firmly in the bowl and was hard for Fitz to get bites out with a spoon. They liked it though!

Today I woke up early, had a cup of tea and quiet time alone, and made this gloriously risen Dutch baby before the kids were up. And they ate almost none of it. I put real maple syrup on it. Nope. I cut it up into bites even for my five year old. No interest. Each of them barely ate one piece. But they seem normal and I know they’ll eat again when they’re hungry so I’m not worried about it. Today I fed my kids.. and today my kids didn’t eat!

Today I fed my kids lunch. It’s a pretty self-explanatory plate: French toast sticks, strawberries, and soft-boiled eggs. I personally love the little ceremony of a soft boiled egg in a little egg cup with a teeny-tiny spoon. My older son loves the idea of it but is in a “no eggs” phase, so I’m serving them pre-peeled and cut open for the Bean’s convenience and so that Fitz will eat it easily. When I was 5 or so, I too went through an anti-egg stage, so I’m not worried. Someday he will be ready to resume the ceremony. And maybe by then the Bean will have the necessary coordination to enjoy it as well. • • • • • • • #todayifedmykids #tifmk #feedingkids #feedinglittles #teammom #momlife #lunch #kidslunch #kidlunch #food #foodgram #softboiled #egg #softboiledegg #strawberries #frenchtoast #frenchtoaststicks #eggceremony #eating

Today I fed my kids fish sticks, clementines, and cottage cheese. They cleaned their plates. And begged for yogurt. Success.

Today I fed my family grilled chicken, grilled onions, corn and bread. The bread is homemade but day-old. We had a couple days without much wind so in spite of the cold, I lit the grill. The secret to grilling is to grill twice as much food as you need so you have delicious food later that reminds you of summer without having to go outside and grill again. I started grilling onions (my husband’s favorite food) after our first visit to Istanbul. On our very first evening there, his köfte came with a slap of onion with grill marks but barely cooked. He was ecstatic. I never grill without throwing on an onion now. It’s pretty inexpensive happiness. • • • • • • • #grill #grilledfood #grilledchicken #todayifedmykids #tifmk #feedingkids #feedingafamily #food #foodgram #momlife

Today is an “I can’t even” day. But Today I Fed My Kids. Here’s the peanut butter and jelly, cottage cheese, and clementines they ate. • • • • • • #tiredmom #tired #canteven #momneedsanap #feedingkids #feedinglittes #food #foodstagram #tifmk #todayifedmykids

Today I fed my kids “eggs and soldiers”, which is soft boiled eggs and French toast sticks. This is obviously my plate because I was vain and wanted a slightly more photogenic picture, but swipe through to see their plates too. They look the same only without the egg partially eaten. The French toast custard was just eggs and a little milk so that they would go well dipped into the egg yolk or topped with cinnamon sugar. My kids tried both ways but (surprise!) preferred the cinnamon sugar.

Today I fed my kids eggs and ketchup. It was a terrible mess and this is how much I served Fitz as well as how much was left after 20 minutes. He’s not a fan of eggs but they’re cheap protein and I’m not done serving them. The Bean ate his thoroughly and someday maybe Fitz will eat his again. I know I had to sit through meals of hated scrambled eggs as a kid and got over it eventually without starving.

Don’t you love that feeling of putting a plate of food in front of your kids knowing they’ll eat well? Or at least one of them will? Today I fed my kids carrots and guacamole, bananas, the very last blueberries left over from breakfast, and a cheese stick because protein. The Bean cleared his plate so quickly that I didn’t actually see him eat - I was in the kitchen eating carrots and the rest of the guacamole - and Fitz took slightly longer but still ate it all. As a treat, they each got a flourless chocolate cookie afterward. No picture or recipe for those because they’re ugly and the recipe didn’t work very well so I won’t be making them again. But they do taste like an intense hit of chocolate. My guacamole here is pretty loosely guacamole. There’s no minced onions or tomatoes. It’s just mushed avocado, one of the very first foods my boys got as babies, with salt, pepper, chipotle powder, garlic, and finely chopped cilantro. It tastes like sunshine, tacos, and standing by the beach at a little taqueria. At least that’s how I feel about it.

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