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Toddler Recipes
Broccoli Pasta with Cashews cream
A friend of mine asked me if I liked the “Alfredo” sauce (aka butter + heavy cream + cheese + garlic sauce) and I replied with a smile that I never tried or made it, even if I’m Italian and even if I’ve been living in the States for more ...
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Easy Checkerboard Apple Cake – breakfast fun
Apple sauce, apple pie, apple tart, apple crumble, apple strudel...what about checkerboard apple cake? Super easy to prepare. Perfect for a bake together activity with your toddler. Few basic ingredients that I know you already have in your pantry and 4-5 juicy apples. My kids particularly like the aesthetic of ...
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Fun & Quick Beet Mini Pancakes – Dairy Free, Iron Boosting
Yes, beets can be messy, they can stain your table, clothes and even change your baby poop’s color 🙂 but they are an awesome baby food! Beets provide needed minerals (zinc, iron, copper, potassium) and are a good source of folate, vitamin B and C. They also contain an excellent ...
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Easy Cous Cous Anchovies Bites – Brain Booster for Little Ones
You will love this recipe. It's a great meal for little ones, flavorful and with a great load of Omega 3 fatty acids, essential for your baby's brain development. But it's also an awesome adult snack or appetizer. Anchovies are the key ingredient. Tiny small fishes classified as "low mercury" ...
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Family Recipes
Lentil Broccoli Soup Recipe +10M
Nourishing and comforting, that's why I like this soup 🙂 High iron, protein and fiber content. It's one of my kids favorite so far. Little one like it very creamy (the immersion blender does its part) and big one more chunky. I like it either ways 🙂 The soup is ...
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Chickpeas Potato Curry Soup +9M Vegan – Baby Food & Spices
Such a nourishing soup for little ones and grown ups. You will love the mild spice background flavor that comes from the curry powder and the garam masala. You can adjust the spiciness pending your little one's age and your family's taste. The suggested quantities will offer you a mild ...
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Quinoa Zucchini Chickpea Gluten Free Salad +9M
A lovely summer salad that your toddler can enjoy with the rest of the family. All the nutritional components are there: protein + fiber + good fats and tons of flavor. Zucchini are at the top of the season, delicately sweet and easy to find locally at a very low ...
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Meatless Quinoa and Vegetable Burgers. Full of flavors +9M
My kids love hamburgers: juicy, meaty, loaded with flavors. I like the homemade version, where I can be sure of the origin of all the ingredients, meat mainly, but I also love to offer the kids meatless options to alternate.
The quinoa veggie burgers are juicy and cheesy, they received ...
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Baby Led Weaning Ideas
Spinach Almond Waffles – Gluten and Grain Free +6M
Breakfast. One of the most important meal of the day from a nutritional point of view. Our kids need an healthy boost of energy to start their day full of activities and fun. Coming from an Italian background I like sweet flavors at breakfast, that's how I was raised. Every ...
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Easy Cous Cous Anchovies Bites – Brain Booster for Little Ones
You will love this recipe. It's a great meal for little ones, flavorful and with a great load of Omega 3 fatty acids, essential for your baby's brain development. But it's also an awesome adult snack or appetizer. Anchovies are the key ingredient. Tiny small fishes classified as "low mercury" ...
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Healthy & Easy Chickpeas Zucchini Pesto Pasta – One family, one recipe.
One family, one recipe. I'm always thrilled when I can share with you an healthy, easy and tasty recipe that will allow you to feed the WHOLE family at the same time. Today's recipe is one of those! The chickpeas pasta serves as baby puree, baby led weaning recipe, toddler ...
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Super Easy Pineapple Coconut Banana Popsicle. Summer kids snack!
Summer = popsicles. Easy equation. Refreshing, hydrating, fun, tasty. Popsicles are a summer must. Forget the store bought ones, they are usually loaded with added sugars and artificial colors. You can prepare sweet healthy popsicles at home in few minutes and be in full control of what’s inside. Today I ...
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