Even though our family is busy pretty much all year round, for some reason I always feel busier during the summer – which means that meals and cooking kind of take a back seat some nights! Honestly, I love a good quick and easy meal no matter what the season, but there is just something […]
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Even though it’s messy, takes longer and sometimes results in slightly imperfect results, one of my favorite ways to spend time on the weekends with my almost-two-year-old is baking! Since he turned one, we’ve made egg-free chocolate cake (eat that batter, little guy!), dozens of chocolate chip cookies and cut-out sugar cookies. That last item […]
As I mentioned before, I love having the kids in the kitchen and Lion loves to help cook. Here are a few tools that we’ve found particularly helpful for cooking with a toddler. 1) Learning tower: A learning tower is an absolute must for a toddler! It lets Lion see all the action and stay relatively […]
Like many kids, our two boys have always enjoyed the kitchen. Panda is only five months, so we’ll put him in his high chair so he can see all the action. I will hand him a rubber spatula or rubber spoons for him to gnaw on while I cook and he’s pretty happy. Lion is […]
Fostering independence is really important in Montessori. “Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed” is a famous quote by Maria Montessori. I find teaching my child or allowing my child to be independent increases their sense of self, their self confidence and improves their skill level. Most often […]
I bake all our family’s bread for a bunch of reasons – it’s quick and easy, delicious, cheap, organic, and has no additives or sugar. But I bake with my children for other reasons. My minis are five, three and a half, and two years old. They all go to pre-school and in the afternoons, that […]
Today I want to tell you all about one of my most frequently used kitchen essentials. What is an “instant pot”? It is essentially an electric pressure cooker, but it is so much more than that too because it can also act as a rice cooker, yogurt-maker, steamer, and slow cooker. (source) I have the 7-in-1 6 quart […]
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