Today I noticed how much of a trooper the mini foodie is. It always hits me when we travel. Somehow inspite of car journeys, the rigmarole that is airport security, delays, taxis with new car seats, traffic, getting home past bedtime, makeshift ‘the fridge is bare’ tea, somehow through all this she stays cool. There… Continue reading Coconut water teething ice lollies
I had to take a break from cake baking…mainly because it’s been too hot to turn the oven on. We have had some serious heat in Munich, the kind that seems so welcome & beautiful when you wake up, but soon has you wondering if you can wear a bikini in public (the answer is… Continue reading Ice cream baby
Is this the third baby cake in the series? We have had chocolate cake, carrot cake and now this, lemon polenta cake.I feel like I have been baking a lot lately which is so lovely. The mini foodie has started nursery a few mornings a week and somehow all the stars and moons and fairies… Continue reading Baby lemon polenta cake
So there has been a definite shift in the mini foodie over the last couple of weeks. Spoon fed anything is out (it has always been a struggle) and self feeding is in. She has always been happy to feed herself but now that her pincer grip is even better (mini mum boast) she is… Continue reading Pea, spinach and mint baby ravioli
In a world of mumsnet arguments and bitchy trolls, it would be easy to imagine that mums are all set to be pitted against each other. That somehow we are a set of tribes governed by the choices that we make on raising our babies. The media would have you believe that these choices are… Continue reading Homemade salmon fishfingers
The mini foodie has four teeth. How did this happen so quickly? One minute she was a tiny toothless wonder and the next she is content to gnaw on a chicken drumstick. She has certainly been flexing her chomping muscles this week, on me, on carrots, on the dogs ears. All in all I think… Continue reading Baby banana ice-cream
At first I wasn’t sure about writing about carrot puree, and then I tried to make it.You wouldn’t think it was possible to not be able to make carrot puree, but I managed to not be able to. Firstly I tried to steam them and they just would not get soft enough to puree properly… Continue reading Cumin carrot puree
This is the second in my little ‘baby’s first cake’ series. First up was chocolate cake and now we have carrot cake. This cake is super…well…moist. I know, its the worst word but there really is no suitable substitute. It is a really lovely, easy to bake cake and this week I have been letting… Continue reading Baby carrot cake
Im writing about pears today to convince my beautiful friend to make these for her baby son who started eating solids yesterday. Her son also happens to be my uber handsome godson (I am not biased, its simply a fact of life). Its so exciting when you start introducing solids. On the one hand you… Continue reading Roasted pear puree
It has been a week of self doubt. Its funny how becoming a mum has made me doubt myself. During my pregnancy I was so sure of the mum that I would be, of the rules that I would have and the life we would live. I would have boundaries and adult time and all… Continue reading Baby’s first birthday cake
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