Lemon Cranberry Chicken

I made a basic meal of meat, potatoes, and salad. I did something a little different with my chicken. I marinated it with lemon juice, dried cranberries, olive oil, black pepper, and salt. Dinner did not disappoint.

Random Wrapping Paper Fun!

baby's 1st selfie (she loves phones, tablets, computers!)

Cinnamon Raisin Pancakes

I was going to make pecan date pancakes again, but decided to make "PA Dutch sticky-bun" inspired pancakes instead so I could save the dates for another recipe I wanted to make in the near future. I made Aunt Jemima's wholewheat pancake batter. Then I sprinkled raisins, pecans, and cinnamon on top of our pancakes as I cooked them. When I sampled them, they didn't really taste like sticky bun flavored pancakes. My pancakes had more of a hearty cinnamon raisin flavor you would get from a bagel.

 

mommy/ baby fashion statement

nerdy "windows" beanie for mommy, girly digitized army beanie for baby

"going for a walk"

Shastya Baby Foodie: Baby Banana Nutmeg Cereal

Baby Shastya loves spices. Daddy started her on them awhile back. He put cinnamon in her cereal. That's how we got her to eat cereal. I don't think babies are supposed to have too much spice, so we are careful. My original recipe for Baby Banana Nutmeg Cereal was a real baby appeaser when it came to feeding baby Shastya. She ate every tiny bite I could scrape out of the jar!

Banana Nutmeg Cereal:

1/4 Piece of Banana Mashed

1/2 TB Powdered Baby Formula

1 oz. Warm Water

1 TB Rice Crispies (offbrand)

2 Dashes of Nutmeg

 

pizza & granola bars

I found a new recipe for granola bars: the Kitchn's Hazelnut-Cocoa Granola Bars With Dried Figs. I just about completely changed the recipe to use only items I had on hand in my cabinets. I also tried not to add too many ingredients from the cupboards. I was selective. They turned out great.

PBJ Granola Bars:

3/4 Cups Raw Peanuts

2 Cups Quick Oats

1/2 Cup Dried Cranberries

1/2 Cup Maple Syrup

1/2 Peanut Butter

1/2 Tsp Cinnamon

1/4 Tsp Salt

 

 

 

Papaya With Multi-Grain Cereal

Papayas are huge. I had almost half of one left in my fridge. I did not want it to go bad. I remembered reading somewhere that cutting up fresh papaya and putting it over breakfast cereal was a great way to eat the fruit. That is precisely what I did. My breakfast cereal with milk and fresh papaya was truly delightful.

lentils w/ cilantro

I found out this evening that Anthony doesn't like cilantro. Just before dinner was served he hurriedly asked me if I could scrape the cilantro off the top of our lentils and rice. I was like, "sure, no problem."

Playtime For Baby Shastya