Easy Beans & Applesauce

My baby, Alex, does not like meat--- unless it is pureed beyond recognition. We are also on a budget, so meat is not served every meal.

We often have organic refried bean burritoes-

Per 1 whole wheat burrito
-3 tablespoons organic refried beans
-1 generous pinch of sharp cheddar or 'mex' type cheese
-chopped tomatoes (get the tastiest ones possible, or go with organic diced tomatoes)
-crisp lettuce (romaine is our preference, but you can use iceberg or even frozen spinach)
-salsa to taste

corn on the cob side

Alex does not like these even diced very small... he only eats protein in disguise...

so for him, we:

-dice tortillas microwaved with cheese
-mix 1 tablespoon of beans and mix with 1 tablespoon of applesauce
-corn off the cobb side dish (or to play with/eat while parents are eating)
(we gave it this to Alex on the cob when his teeth were ready--he had 4 well sprouted)

If I can't eat it, I don't feed it to my baby

Jarred baby food: Gagggggg!!! I can almost tell what the original food was. Perhaps if I had been there at the start of production, when the sweet potatoes still had their gnarly skin. But I've tasted dabs of this and glops of that. In that mire, whatever happened removed whatever taste was supposed to be there.

Also, I don't have a lot of time. Next month, I return part time to my postdoc as an environmental geochemist. I write and rewrite science articles during my baby's naptimes.

AND NOW this blog: There is a lack of resources for people who want to eat healthy and feed their babies good meals at the same time.

Meals described here will be:

1) core ingredients for baby meals will be based on what the adults are eating

2) organic- no pesticides. Our children cannot afford to be exposed to them, environmental pollutants stick around for a while. Why willingly put them in our bodies;

3) easy/fast to prepare

4) ingredients may be substituted (to improve meal cost/ or work with seasonal ingredients, or help those that live in the boonies far, far, away from city shopping)

My next post will be a recipe.