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How can I not take advantage of local organic aspa

How can I not take advantage of local organic asparagus at the height of the season?

Well I almost didn’t because eating whole asparagus right now is a total turn off. One of my weird food aversions and it was the same thing with Sarelle’s pregnancy. I don’t know what it is but I can only tolerate asparagus puréed into this delicious savoury soup.

Bonus is that it was super simple to make.

2 bunches of asparagus
2 tbsp avocado oil
2 cloves minced garlic
1 yellow onion
1 tsp sea salt
5 cup chicken bone broth
Juice of half a lemon

•Wash the asparagus and chop in half.

•In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat.

•Add garlic and onion and sauté until soft, about 2 minutes.

•Add asparagus, salt, and cook stirring for 5 minutes.

•Pour in bone broth, cover, and let it come to a simmer.

•Turn down the heat to medium low and simmer for 15 minutes until the asparagus is cooked through and soft.

•Use an immersion blender to blender the contents until smooth. Or use a blender.

•Stir in lemon juice.

Enjoy! 🥣

#asparagusrecipes #asparagusseason #local #organic #pregnancyaversions #springsoup #realfood #homemade

Foraging for wild mulberries is one of our favouri

Foraging for wild mulberries is one of our favourite summer activities and now little miss sunshine got to join in on the fun this year.

Teaching Sarelle how to carefully harvest and enjoy every juicy berry that we pluck is all part of the fun. She had no problem with eating them. They are sooooo good! 🍇

They make quite the mess, hence why her white shirt is not on 🤣

#summer #foraging #wildmulberries #inseason #fruit #berries #bellesarelle #familyfruitpicking

Some days I’m not that hungry at meal time. My a

Some days I’m not that hungry at meal time. My appetite has kind of been all over the place during the first trimester. I will share in more detail in another post.
But today, this morning I wanted a monster stack of pancakes with all the fixings. I ate every bite and I even had one extra pancake on top of these 😌

It’s all about honouring my body and my hunger cues and where they are at. Sometimes I’m taken by surprise how little and how much I can eat. Little #tubtwo is running the show now 😌

#hungrymama #pregnantmama #firsttrimester #pancakestack #breakfast #goodfood #realfood #paleomama #nourishthatbaby

This is 16 months!! If she is this nurturing now w

This is 16 months!!
If she is this nurturing now with baby animals, I’m hopeful she will be the same with her new baby brother or sister.

And yay for farm microbes 🦠

#babygirl #16months #june11 #farmgirl #nature #nurture #lamblove #localchick #bigsister #getdirty #microbiome

I know, another ball recipe this week. But this on

I know, another ball recipe this week. But this one is savoury!
These are an old classic from my cooking classes. Spinach almond balls 🟢

So simple, so clean and so good. Great for everyone but definitely pregnant and postpartum mamas and even your littles. I can’t wait for Sarelle to try one tonight. I hope they go over well 🙏🏼

So what’s in them you ask?

4 cups spinach (make sure it’s not wet)
1 white onion
1 cup almond flour
1/2 cup coconut flour
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp coconut aminos
Sea salt

Put oven to 350

Place the onion and spinach in the food processor and blend until a paste. Add in remain ingredients until a doughy consistency is formed.
Place some almond flour on a plate for rolling,
Use a tablespoon to scoop out amount into your hands and roll into a small ball and then dab in almond flour and place on baking tray.

Bake for 30 minutes. Remove and let them cool.

They taste amazing on a salad, sandwich or wrap or just dipped into some tahini or other sauce of choice.

Get your greens and your calcium on in one yummy bite 💚

#savoury #paleo #spinachballs #revampedrecipe #pregnancysnacks #realfood #homemade

It’s true...there’s a #tubtwo growing in there

It’s true...there’s a #tubtwo growing in there 💗💙
Family of 4 soon to be 5 in December 2021.

#twoundertwo #winterbaby #bigsister #pregnant #firsttrimester #growingfamily #babycomingsoon #theultimatebabytwo

Let’s talk snacks!! I feel like all the sudden

Let’s talk snacks!!

I feel like all the sudden we went from a few tbsp of food a day, to three meals, to snacks all day long.

My 16 month old girl loves to snack pretty much on anything. Although she has her faves and preferences and some days it’s one thing and the next day another. Her current fave is hummus on @simplemills crackers which she calls “cack -ers”. Also a big fan of apples, raspberries, goat cheese & dried Turkish apricots.

But I’m on the hunt for new ideas all the time and that’s why I asked you in my stories to share your faves and I will save them in my highlights for your reference.

Today I wanted to come up with a homemade version of a bar that she’s tried before when we were on the go. These energy balls turned out amazing, now I just need my lil taste tester to sample them after daycare.

I still may have to modify the recipe a bit but here they are sunshine ☀️ bites.

1 cup rolled oats
1/2 cup chopped dates
1/2 cup sunflower seed butter
2 tbsp ground flax seeds
2 tbsp coconut flakes
1 tbsp coconut oil
Pinch of cinnamon
Pinch of sea salt

Place in food processor and blend until it’s a doughy consistency. Place in the fridge in a large bowl for 10-20 minutes.
Put some coconut oil on your hands and roll into 12-15 bite size balls.

#bitesize #toddlersnacks #sunflowerseedbutter #energyballs #glutenfree #allergyfree #nutfree #tasty #homemade

Cooler than her mama...always 😎 #summer #sunsh

Cooler than her mama...always 😎

#summer #sunshine #letsplay #mamasgirl

Just because she loves blueberries today, doesn’

Just because she loves blueberries today, doesn’t mean she will love them tomorrow or next week!

I am learning very quickly that food has phases and it keeps changing. ALL THE TIME!!

We were convinced that she would never stop liking blueberries. Well the time has come. Now she just looks at them, squishes them or tosses them on the floor.
We over did it.

I knew better. But when your kiddo loves something, its seems so easy and natural to have it available for them to eat especially if you are in a rut. Or just to have on hand for ease.

Well…they get sick of things just like we do (I’m learning).

It’s so important to change things up and keep offering different foods, at different times. Give it a break for a while and then reintroduce and pray that they will eat/like them again.

So far eggs, blueberries and sometimes even avocado are on the “nay” list. All good, I just gotta keep more things on rotation.

The challenge also is that she is not always willing to try new things like she did at 6-10 months. It’s like we are in a whole new phase. For instance I offered a peach the other day and she said “no” without even trying it. More than not liking the food, I think it’s just her having fun with shaking her head and saying “nah”. Her way to express free will and independence.

Oh the food journey with little ones is so amazing and fun, but also so challenging at times.

What has your experience feeding your toddler been?

P.S. this photo was taken at 1 year...when she loved blueberries 🫐

#foodjourney #toddlerlife #independance #foodpreferences #yay #nay #nottoday #fussyeaters #pickyeating #motherhood #feedingtoddlers

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How can I not take advantage of local organic aspa

How can I not take advantage of local organic asparagus at the height of the season?

Well I almost didn’t because eating whole asparagus right now is a total turn off. One of my weird food aversions and it was the same thing with Sarelle’s pregnancy. I don’t know what it is but I can only tolerate asparagus puréed into this delicious savoury soup.

Bonus is that it was super simple to make.

2 bunches of asparagus
2 tbsp avocado oil
2 cloves minced garlic
1 yellow onion
1 tsp sea salt
5 cup chicken bone broth
Juice of half a lemon

•Wash the asparagus and chop in half.

•In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat.

•Add garlic and onion and sauté until soft, about 2 minutes.

•Add asparagus, salt, and cook stirring for 5 minutes.

•Pour in bone broth, cover, and let it come to a simmer.

•Turn down the heat to medium low and simmer for 15 minutes until the asparagus is cooked through and soft.

•Use an immersion blender to blender the contents until smooth. Or use a blender.

•Stir in lemon juice.

Enjoy! 🥣

#asparagusrecipes #asparagusseason #local #organic #pregnancyaversions #springsoup #realfood #homemade

Foraging for wild mulberries is one of our favouri

Foraging for wild mulberries is one of our favourite summer activities and now little miss sunshine got to join in on the fun this year.

Teaching Sarelle how to carefully harvest and enjoy every juicy berry that we pluck is all part of the fun. She had no problem with eating them. They are sooooo good! 🍇

They make quite the mess, hence why her white shirt is not on 🤣

#summer #foraging #wildmulberries #inseason #fruit #berries #bellesarelle #familyfruitpicking

Some days I’m not that hungry at meal time. My a

Some days I’m not that hungry at meal time. My appetite has kind of been all over the place during the first trimester. I will share in more detail in another post.
But today, this morning I wanted a monster stack of pancakes with all the fixings. I ate every bite and I even had one extra pancake on top of these 😌

It’s all about honouring my body and my hunger cues and where they are at. Sometimes I’m taken by surprise how little and how much I can eat. Little #tubtwo is running the show now 😌

#hungrymama #pregnantmama #firsttrimester #pancakestack #breakfast #goodfood #realfood #paleomama #nourishthatbaby

This is 16 months!! If she is this nurturing now w

This is 16 months!!
If she is this nurturing now with baby animals, I’m hopeful she will be the same with her new baby brother or sister.

And yay for farm microbes 🦠

#babygirl #16months #june11 #farmgirl #nature #nurture #lamblove #localchick #bigsister #getdirty #microbiome

I know, another ball recipe this week. But this on

I know, another ball recipe this week. But this one is savoury!
These are an old classic from my cooking classes. Spinach almond balls 🟢

So simple, so clean and so good. Great for everyone but definitely pregnant and postpartum mamas and even your littles. I can’t wait for Sarelle to try one tonight. I hope they go over well 🙏🏼

So what’s in them you ask?

4 cups spinach (make sure it’s not wet)
1 white onion
1 cup almond flour
1/2 cup coconut flour
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp coconut aminos
Sea salt

Put oven to 350

Place the onion and spinach in the food processor and blend until a paste. Add in remain ingredients until a doughy consistency is formed.
Place some almond flour on a plate for rolling,
Use a tablespoon to scoop out amount into your hands and roll into a small ball and then dab in almond flour and place on baking tray.

Bake for 30 minutes. Remove and let them cool.

They taste amazing on a salad, sandwich or wrap or just dipped into some tahini or other sauce of choice.

Get your greens and your calcium on in one yummy bite 💚

#savoury #paleo #spinachballs #revampedrecipe #pregnancysnacks #realfood #homemade

It’s true...there’s a #tubtwo growing in there

It’s true...there’s a #tubtwo growing in there 💗💙
Family of 4 soon to be 5 in December 2021.

#twoundertwo #winterbaby #bigsister #pregnant #firsttrimester #growingfamily #babycomingsoon #theultimatebabytwo

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