We started off the day with an early morning trip to Einstein's Bagels down the street from our house. Mom and Dad had bagels and drinks and Audrey had the whole store wrapped around her finger.
After a very short nap, our next adventure was a family outing up to Snowbird ski resort. Since that is normally a good summer location to escape the heat in the valley, I just wanted to see how much snow was still up there. Answer: a lot. The tram was still open and people were still dawning their ski gear, even though it was definitely t-shirt weather up there.
Next came a very respectable 1.5 hour nap, and then a trip to the park a few blocks over. Audrey has already spent a little time in the swing while I have been away at work, but today was the first time I was able to partake. It took a little strong-arming the baby swing hogs to get Audrey a turn, and she was grateful of our efforts. Even though she barely fits in the thing, she definitely loves it.
We capped off her birthday with her biggest culinary adventure to date. For the last month all of her recipes involved: a) peeling/chopping a fruit/vegetable, b) steaming/boiling/baking said vegetable, c) mashing/blending/food milling the cooked vegetable, d) possibly adding some cooking liquid, e) freezing, f) thawing, and g) eating. Aside from occasionally mixing a little of her rice cereal with her veg, everything has been single ingredients.
Tonight's dinner, however, was "Chicken with Sweet Potato and Apple." Here's the Reader's Digest version of the recipe:
1 Tbsp unsalted butter
1/4 C chopped onion
1/4 lb chicken breast, chopped
1 sweet potato, peeled, chopped
1/2 apple, peeled, cored, chopped
1 C chicken stock
Heat butter in pan, saute onion until soft. Add chicken and cook until opaque. Add remaining ingredients, bring to boil, cover, simmer for 15 minutes, blend, serve.
...and we even made home made chicken stock (add carrots, onion, celery, parsley, pepper, and more chicken to the ingredient list). So, yes, Audrey is eating a lot better than us now. We even tasted it - aside from the whole pureed quality, it was quite delicious!
Next up, "Sweet Potato with Spinach and Peas", followed by "Potato, carrot, and corn". The first is already made and in the freezer.
Happy birthday Audrey!
Geez, you make me feel guilty for feeding O out of a jar!
ReplyDeleteBut did she like it?
ReplyDeleteHey, Schlaura...you were the one who bought us the recipe book!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, she seemed to like it. Not as much as she likes peaches or pears, but much more than carrots.
Sounds interesting, but when I mentioned to Aunt Jean about the sweet potato, spinach and pea mixture I believe her exact quote was "Now that's just wrong!" I think you lost her with the peas, she still doesn't eat them today. I'll be anxious to hear how she does with that combination.
ReplyDeleteHappy 7th month birthday Audrey!
Can we order dinners from you?
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday beautiful girl! Your cousin Emma would like to Skype sometime - maybe when Grammy and Papa are in for a visit would be a good time?
Quick update: Today was day 2 of the chicken. I don't think we've seen her eat anything else so fast!
ReplyDeleteSarah - we'd love to video chat. We always tend to forget that you are 2 hours ahead and that someone (Brian, if I'm not mistaken?) goes to bed around 7pm. So, you might have to be on the ball to remind us.