Mother Hen and Chick

I have been making soap for a little over three years now. This is the first year I decided to try holiday scented soap. I learned from previous fails that success depends on brands of fragrance oil you use. Fragrance oil, in my experience, is more temperamental than essential oils. The soap can set up fast and only a light scent. Be sure to verify oil is for use in cold process soap. I've had the best luck with Bramble Berry for my cold process soap. https://www.brambleberry.com/Cinnamon-Sticks-Fragrance-Oil-P6306.aspx?Options=9629,0,0,0,0,0,0,0     http://www.bulkapothecary.com/kraft-brown-soap-boxes-with-oval-window/ Avery design online and print yourself labels are wonderful for personalizing a small number of products. I love the scent "Cinnamon Sticks". It has a nice cinnamon scent but mixed with baked cookie. It isnt too strong or too sweet. Wonderful scent for the holidays. Hopefully these little men run off the shelves at...

One of my gal's favorite dishes is beef & noodles. Beef & Noodles: 1 Cube Beef (Pureed or Chopped) 1 Cube Zucchini (Pureed or Chopped) 2-3 Tablespoons Elbow Macaroni Boil water for macaroni. Pour in noodles once water reaches a boil. While noodles are cooking, warm the beef and zucchini. Once the noodles are done remove them from the liquid and chop them into a safe size for your child. Mix all ingredients. Yum.

Broccoli Dish 1 Cube Pureed Chicken 1 Cube Pureed Broccoli 1 Cube Pureed Zucchini 1-3 Tablespoons Cooked Rice Shredded Cheese Start cooking rice. While rice is cooking warm the chicken, broccoli, & zucchini together. Mix. Add rice and cheese.

At some point all the awesome baby purees you have been making are adding up into a nice freezer stash. You have built a nice selection and it is hard to remember how many times this week you have fed sweet potatoes. My awesome mother in law worked out a menu for our little gal. The menu is still valid when you move from purees to diced items. The meats are always mixed with a fruit, squash, noodle, or combo due to my daughter not liking the texture of meat. Breakfast: Cereals Blueberry in Cereal Yogurt Eggs Toast Oatmeal Cereal, Zucchini, and Blueberry Pancake Monday: Pears Green Beans Chicken Apple Pineapple Cauliflower Tuesday: Peaches Broccoli Yellow Squash Chicken  Noodles Wednesday: Apples Plums Butternut Squash Salmon Pineapple Thursday: Avocado Banana Zucchini Sweet Potato Beef Noodles Friday: Peaches Peas Noodles Carrots Salmon Pineapple Saturday: Pears Pumpkin Chicken Broccoli Zucchini Sunday: Avocado Sweet Po...

With a year of homemade baby food under my family's belt I feel like we have been surprisingly successful. My little gal loves her veggies and hopefully that will not change tomorrow. Here are a few things I found vital to our mission. Baby Bullet The manual is the best for advising when to introduce your baby to certain foods. I would buy the manual even if I didnt intend to buy the whole system. The storage system is very handy. The freezer trays with lids freeze your food in great portion sizes and can easily be thawed in the same sized containers. I recommend buying another freezer tray or two. https://www.amazon.com/Magic-Bullet-Baby-Care-System/dp/B004V5BTUA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476897658&sr=8-1&keywords=baby+bullet Larger Freezer Trays: Im pro lids on freezer containers. These trays with larger portions are great for squashes & sweet potatoes. We freeze butternut squash, yellow squash, pumpkin, and sweet potatoes in thi...