Life, Family, and Home - Simplified & Sweetened
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Today Thaxton and I are happy to share our thoughts on Welch’s Fruit Snacks!
I am pretty particular about the kinds of foods and snacks my son eats. (I’m definitely a new, first kid mom!) Don’t get me wrong. I love snacks, and I don’t mind him having treats, as long as they don’t have too much sugar. And believe me, our son definitely doesn’t feel deprived! [Read more…]
When you have a one year old, mealtime is an adventure, and it definitely takes a little planning, if you want to give your toddler the most nutritious meals as possible. Breakfast has become fairly easy for me. I generally make everything ahead of time. In the morning I just have to throw things on a plate and heat as needed. Thaxton really likes muffins, so we have those quite often. I’ve been making them from scratch in order to pack them full of nutritious ingredients. After baking a batch I then put what we will need for the week in a container in the fridge and I freeze the rest for later. (Currently I have 4 types of muffins in the freezer.)
My favorite muffin is banana, so I just had to make it the first muffin Thaxton would try. As I searched for a healthy recipe, I wanted something with oatmeal and applesauce. Oatmeal has so many great health benefits, and applesauce definitely helps make a moist muffin; plus you have health benefits there too! I also added spinach to the recipe; this is an ingredient you can leave out if it is a turn-off for you, but I assure you that it doesn’t take away from the taste, and it definitely adds more nutrients to your muffins! Hope you’ll try and enjoy these Banana Oatmeal Applesauce Muffins! [Read more…]
Thaxton is now 14 months old! How time flies! He eats a variety of food, including a lot of vegetables! Our biggest eating challenge has been getting him to eat chunky foods and different textures. As a result, he still eats a lot of purees. For his non-pureed foods, I try to give him things that are as healthy as possible. One thing that he is very good at eating is breads and anything else from the grain group, so I started looking for healthy muffin recipes.
Today I’m sharing a recipe for Apple Carrot Spinach Muffins. Don’t let the spinach throw you! If you didn’t see the specks of green in the muffin, you’d never know they had spinach in them! I put spinach in Thaxton’s scrambled eggs, all of our muffins, and smoothies! It’s a great way to get some extra greens, which is something I struggle with myself!
I did take one shortcut with these muffins. I used applesauce instead of chopping up fresh apples. Thaxton enjoys applesauce, so we keep that in the fridge, and I like the idea of using what I have, rather than going out and buying more ingredients.
Apart from being very wholesome, these muffins are delicious and very moist! Hope you enjoy! [Read more…]
