Now that our son has begun to eat solid foods, I’d like to start making baby food for him myself. Not only is it more nutritious to make your own baby foods at home – especially with fresh, in season and organic produce– but it can also be less expensive. In our neighborhood grocery store, [...]
Tags: applesauce, baby food, do it yourself, How to, make baby food, Nutrition, organic
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It seems the classic fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty, who ate a poisonous apple, is closer to reality than we may have realized. Apples ranked second, right behind peaches, on the Environmental Working Group’s updated “Dirty Dozen,” the list of 12 foods shown to contain the highest amounts of pesticides.
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Tags: baby food, budget, Dirty Dozen, Environmental Working Group, fruits, grocery shopping, money saving, organic produce, pesticides, produce, veggies
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It was a mixed blessing when our daughter started eating solid foods. On the one hand, it was a joy to see her move on to the next level and share a jar of food with her that we might actually eat too! (Apple sauce, yes! Sweet potatoes and chicken, no thanks.) On the [...]
Tags: baby food, constipation, solid food, stool
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It’s still winter here but it’s sunny somewhere, in the last few weeks summer fruits have been appearing in my local supermarket. Seeing mangos in Minnesota always makes me smile!
Mangos taste great, and are full of vitamins and anti-oxidants. They are a particularly good source of vitamin C, which is often hard to get into [...]
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At a scientific conference on Wednesday in Boston, government officials relayed it is possible for mothers with the virus to infect their children by feeding them pre-chewed food.
In most of the cases, the mothers who pre-chewed the food had bleeding sores or gums, so officials believe the virus was spread by the blood, not the [...]
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