It has definitely been a while since our last post and a lot has happened since then. Our sweet little ones arrived in December- Dawsey and Eloise were born just before Christmas and have epitomized the essence of eating local…mostly from mom. Now that they’re old enough, we’ve been introducing them to some solid foods which they’ve been eating with reckless abandon! Now that fruits and vegetables have been coming into season, we’ve been moving from frozen, store bought fare to things that are a little more local…so we thought that this would be the perfect time to revive the blog and get some posts out in regards to what we’ve been able to do with two seven month old infants in the mix. This past weekend we were able to spend some time at the Goddard Park Farmer’s Market on Friday and the Providence Farmer’s Market on Saturday…luckily, we found some of Daws’ and Ella’s favorite vegetables- carrots!
Carrots ready for prep.
All the veggies get cooked up and blended into a puree, then frozen in ice cube trays for single serving sizes. So far D+E have enjoyed applesauce, peaches, pears, green beans, bananas, peas, acorn squash, winter squash, avocado, potato and sweet potato. As summer progresses and their palates expand, we’ll add to their variety depending on what’s available at the markets.
As for us, we found some great peaches, plums and nectarines to snack on:
…as for this blog, we’ll strive to post once a week or so on our food adventures both adult and baby!
-Josh, Ingrid, Dawsey and Eloise (JEDI)
Along with the tomatoes, we’ve interspersed some marigolds, basil and an eggplant which is also doing well.
We picked these four little guys the other day to cook down and puree for Daws and Ella…their first food from the backyard!
