Toddler Teething Biscuits Using Left Over Rice Cereal

Homemade Teething Biscuits

One of my favorite hobbies is to look for and create the recipes that I find.  I especially enjoy recipes with pictures. Therefore, I am especially fond of Pintrest.com.  Whoever invented that site is a true genius.

Like thousands of other Pintrest.com fans I find myself constantly perusing the site for craft, recipe and household ideas.  I have tried many of the recipes I find on my family.  My husband used to roll his eyes every time he saw me on the site. However, so many have turned out well he seems not mind anymore. The other day I came across one that offered a suggestion as to what to do with your left over baby rice and oatmeal cereals once your children have out grown them.  I have a surplus of both and thought this recipe should be tested.

The recipe was beyond easy, which I loved.  I also had everything on hand.  There are loads of variations possible so you can actually use up your surplus of cereals and baby food in one recipe.  I used rice cereal and banana for this batch.

Personally, I thought they were super bland.  I did not even try and force my picky husband to eat one. They smelled nice and cinnamon-y but the flavor was just not there.  Will (my 16 month old) thought they were great.  They were chewer than I expected but I read a few reviews and that seemed normal.  I have given them to Will several times now and he really likes them.  They take very few ingredients, are fun to make because of the ability to use cookie cutters and my little one liked them.  So I am thrilled!

Recipe: Homemade Teething Biscuits [ImprintALish.blogspot.co.uk]

Recipe result: Parents enjoyed them - FAIL! Toddler enjoyed them - SUCCESS!

Toddlers and Parents Love Cheesy Chicken and Rice

Cheesy Chicken and Rice

I am so excited I could pee my pants!  After finishing my midterm, I found a crock pot recipe on Pintrest.com and decided to give it a whirl.  I normally don't do a lot of crockpot cooking becasue I am just not organized enough to know what I want to make hours in advance.  However, I was giddy with my success at turning in my test and thought, why not? As far as recipes go, it was so easy!  It had everything a dinner would want; chicken, cheese, rice, corn.  The best part, my family loved it!  Both my husband who is super picky and my 16 month old gobbled it up.  My toddler enjoyed trying to use his spoon but ultimately used his hands more to scoop up the bits that kept falling off.  My toddler even wanted seconds.  He then ate it for lunch the next day and wanted seconds again too.  I was shocked!  This is definitely going in my regular recipe rotation for ease of making it, the items are always on hand and everybody loved it.

Recipe: Cheesy Chicken and Rice [southernplate.com]

Recipe result: Parents enjoyed them - SUCCESS! Toddler enjoyed them - SUCCESS!

Toddler Recipe Posting Delay

My Apologies, I had originally planned to have at least one recipe post a week.  However, I had a midterm last week and was all consumed with it.  Sadly, I had not even realized I had a midterm to do until it arrived.  It was ten questions that required research and several paragraph answers.  Therefore, I didn't get anything other than it and my regular house, work and mom stuff done.

But this week will be better.  (Cackles with insane glee)

Sweet Potato Cakes

Sweet Potato Cakes

After going through the Weelicios.com site I decided that there are many recipes that my family and I needed to try.  Tonight with dinner I attempted the Sweet Potato Cakes. The recipe was simple though it takes a long time to make.  The first step is to roast a sweet potato in the oven for an hour.  This is a large chunk of time to have to account for when you get home from work and have lots of things to do.  However, I decided it was worth it if I could find another vegetable recipe my family would like.  So, I through the potato in the oven and took my little man for a walk.  When I got back my house had the weird roasted sweet potato smell.  Maybe I am just not used to it but to me it smelled weird.  I took the skin off and through everything in the Kitchen Aid to save time and effort.  To make the pattys you have to get your hands pretty gross.  Though the mix is very moist it does work out just fine with the bread crumbs and works well on the pan as a patty.  They didn't crisp up as much as I expected and I had to substitute plain breadcumbs with Italian seasoned but in the end the whole thing looked and tasted just fine.  But the big question, did the family eat it?  My son had one bite eagerly and then proceeded to disasemble the rest without eatting them.  My husband and I ate every scrap of ours.

Recipe result: Parents enjoyed them - SUCCESS! Toddler enjoyed them - FAIL! 

Weelicious.com

In my research to find new and exciting ways to incorporate healthy meals for my son and family I stumbled upon a great new site.  I found weelicious.com!  I think I am love.  This site is exactly what I hope to become someday. It has great recipes for the entire family, tutorials videos, contests, it is fun and dynamic.

This great site has lot of age ranged recipes for me to try and experiment with.  This week, I plan to try the Cottage Chees Pancakes.  I will write back soon with how the preparation went and whether my little picky eater and big picky eater aka: Daddy liked them. Stay tuned.