After searching high and low for a “healthy” cookie that didn’t contain any gluten or added sugar, I’ve come to realize they are few and far between. And when you do find some, they taste like cardboard or cost you a fortune. So what’s a mom to do? Put on your fanciest apron and start baking!!!
This is a photo of my family taken in June of this year by the incredible Rita Kravchuk. If there is one piece of advice I can give to new parents, its take lots and lots of pictures and videos of your children & family. Time passes in the blink of an eye and if you don’t capture the moments they are gone forever and you can’t go back in time.
Being gluten & dairy free certainly makes life A LOT more difficult when it comes to meal time. If you aren’t prepared or don’t have a lot of time on your hands meal planning can be really stressful. When you are a busy parent, its hard to find the time to look up new recipes that actually taste good and aren’t complicated and time consuming. Here’s a fairly quick family friendly meal that kids and parents will love. You can add any veggies you like. Next time, I might also add carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and baby spinach and will update the post it it turns out.
My 2 year old son Liam is NUTS for these oat pancakes. He literally asks me for ‘Pan – Take’s every day. I find it easiest to make the pancakes on a griddle if you have one, that way you can make 6-8 all at once versus smaller batches in a frying pan. This recipe calls for blueberries but in a pinch raspberries can be a equally yummy substitute! Oh, and I usually make a double batch so that I have extras in the fridge/freezer for snacks throughout the week too.
Ever since my son Luke A.K.A. “Dukie” started solids at 6 months he has been constipated and he is 10 months now. We have literally tried everything (probiotics, giving him water, watering down all his food, straight puréed prunes, rubbing castor oil on his abdomen and lower back, stomach massages, foot massages etc.) As a last ditch attempt, we tried this mix of fruit and halleluiah it worked!!!
Now whenever Luke goes a day or two without a bowel movement we feed this to him for breakfast, lunch and dinner and it works like a charm (poops every day 1-2 times/day). If you want to be extra sure this works, we would also give a sippy cup with organic prune juice and water for when he’s über constipated.