Comments on: 15 months http://pipandsqueak.com/blog/2007/05/22/15-months/ A journal of our life, mostly our daughter Tue, 22 May 2012 05:37:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Christy http://pipandsqueak.com/blog/2007/05/22/15-months/#comment-570 Fri, 25 May 2007 05:10:21 +0000 http://pipandsqueak.com/blog/2007/05/22/15-months/#comment-570 I have had a few people request my "casserole recipe". It sure makes it sound like I have Katherine's eating a lot more under control than I feel I do. I have a few cookbooks for babies and toddlers. The one I got this recipe out of is called Superfoods for babies and toddlers by Annabel Karmel. I bought it at Babies R Us. Fron reading through the recipes, it seems that meat is often paired with veggies like butternut squash, carrots or sweet potatoes and those veggies cover the tastes of the meat. I have found you can really cook any combination of foods until tender and then puree in a food processor. We have the magic bullet. Then I put them into containers freezing some and putting about 2 days worth in the fridge. Here are a few of the recipes. Fruity Chicken with Butternut Squash. 1Tb vegetable oil 1/2 cup choppedonion 5 ounces chicken breast ( I just used one breast) 1 medium butternut squash, peeled, seeded and chopped or 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and chopped. 1 1/2 cups chicken stock ( I only had beef on hand and used it) 1 small apple, peeled, cored, and chopped. I added ground flax seed for extra protein. heat oil in saucepan and saute teh onion. Add chicken breast and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add squash or sweet potato, pour in stock, cover, bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 min. Add apple and cook until the chicken is cooked through and squash is tender, about 10 minutes. Puree to desired consistency. Chicken, Sweet Potato and Pea Puree 1 TB vegetable oil 1/2 small onion chopped 4 ounces chicken 1 large sweeto potatoe, peeledand diced 1mediumcarrot,peeled and sliced. 1 1/4 cup chicken stock 1cup frozen peas Saute onion invegetable oil for 2-3minutes. Add the chicken and saute until sealed. Add the sweet potato and carrot and pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a boil , then cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the frozen peas and continue to cook an additional 5 minutes. Puree. Braised beef with carrot, parsnip and sweet potato. 1 tb olive oil 1 small red onion,m chopped 1 clove garlic 4.5 ounces lean beef cut into pieces 2 tb all purpose flour 2 medium carrots, peeled and sliced 1 small parsnip, peeled and sliced 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and chopped 1 bay leaf 1 tb chopped fresh parsley 1 1/2 cups unsalted chicken broth Heat olive oil in a saucepan. Saute onion and garlic for 3-4 minutes. Toss the pieces of beef in the flour and saute until sealed. Add the carrots, parsnip, sweet potato, bay leaf and parsley to the pan and pour in the stock. Bring to a poil then simmer for about 1 hour 45 minutes or until the meat is tender. Blend, adding as much of the cooking liquid as necessary. Other combos we have tried and liked Potato, leek, carrot and peas with chicken or veggie stock. Butternut squash and pear Sweet potato and broccoli onion, 2 TB red lentils, 3 carrots, 2 tomatoes, cheddar cheese I have had a few people request my “casserole recipe”. It sure makes it sound like I have Katherine’s eating a lot more under control than I feel I do.
I have a few cookbooks for babies and toddlers. The one I got this recipe out of is called Superfoods for babies and toddlers by Annabel Karmel. I bought it at Babies R Us. Fron reading through the recipes, it seems that meat is often paired with veggies like butternut squash, carrots or sweet potatoes and those veggies cover the tastes of the meat.
I have found you can really cook any combination of foods until tender and then puree in a food processor. We have the magic bullet. Then I put them into containers freezing some and putting about 2 days worth in the fridge.
Here are a few of the recipes.

Fruity Chicken with Butternut Squash.
1Tb vegetable oil
1/2 cup choppedonion
5 ounces chicken breast ( I just used one breast)
1 medium butternut squash, peeled, seeded and chopped or 1 medium sweet potato, peeled and chopped.
1 1/2 cups chicken stock ( I only had beef on hand and used it)
1 small apple, peeled, cored, and chopped.
I added ground flax seed for extra protein.
heat oil in saucepan and saute teh onion. Add chicken breast and saute for 3-4 minutes. Add squash or sweet potato, pour in stock, cover, bring to a boil, and simmer for 10 min. Add apple and cook until the chicken is cooked through and squash is tender, about 10 minutes. Puree to desired consistency.

Chicken, Sweet Potato and Pea Puree
1 TB vegetable oil
1/2 small onion chopped
4 ounces chicken
1 large sweeto potatoe, peeledand diced
1mediumcarrot,peeled and sliced.
1 1/4 cup chicken stock
1cup frozen peas

Saute onion invegetable oil for 2-3minutes. Add the chicken and saute until sealed. Add the sweet potato and carrot and pour in the chicken stock. Bring to a boil , then cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Add the frozen peas and continue to cook an additional 5 minutes. Puree.

Braised beef with carrot, parsnip and sweet potato.
1 tb olive oil
1 small red onion,m chopped
1 clove garlic
4.5 ounces lean beef cut into pieces
2 tb all purpose flour
2 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
1 small parsnip, peeled and sliced
1 medium sweet potato, peeled and chopped
1 bay leaf
1 tb chopped fresh parsley
1 1/2 cups unsalted chicken broth
Heat olive oil in a saucepan. Saute onion and garlic for 3-4 minutes. Toss the pieces of beef in the flour and saute until sealed. Add the carrots, parsnip, sweet potato, bay leaf and parsley to the pan and pour in the stock. Bring to a poil then simmer for about 1 hour 45 minutes or until the meat is tender. Blend, adding as much of the cooking liquid as necessary.

Other combos we have tried and liked
Potato, leek, carrot and peas with chicken or veggie stock.
Butternut squash and pear
Sweet potato and broccoli
onion, 2 TB red lentils, 3 carrots, 2 tomatoes, cheddar cheese

]]> by: courtney http://pipandsqueak.com/blog/2007/05/22/15-months/#comment-567 Thu, 24 May 2007 15:37:58 +0000 http://pipandsqueak.com/blog/2007/05/22/15-months/#comment-567 Could I get that casserole recipe from you??...sounds good and Mia is also being a finicky eater! Have you seen pics of my new neice, Sophie(Brian and Aly's baby)? She is a doll! Could I get that casserole recipe from you??…sounds good and Mia is also being a finicky eater! Have you seen pics of my new neice, Sophie(Brian and Aly’s baby)? She is a doll!

]]> by: Madi http://pipandsqueak.com/blog/2007/05/22/15-months/#comment-560 Wed, 23 May 2007 15:09:15 +0000 http://pipandsqueak.com/blog/2007/05/22/15-months/#comment-560 Wow! Ben made it on Katherine's blog - I am so proud! Your blogging thing is really great, I only wish I had the time . . . She looks great and I am impressed to hear of all that she is eating these days - keep up the good work Christi! Wow! Ben made it on Katherine’s blog - I am so proud! Your blogging thing is really great, I only wish I had the time . . .
She looks great and I am impressed to hear of all that she is eating these days - keep up the good work Christi!

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