Veggie Popsicles!

Ok, so when Isaiah finished eating baby food, I ended up with a large amount of leftover baby food. Which left me trying to find ways to use it. It wasn't too hard once I got going. All it is is veggie or fruit puree and water. I discovered that it is actually a great product to keep in the pantry. I used it in smoothies, soups, spaghetti sauce, salsa, and popsicles!! It is a great easy way to slip extra veggies into just about anything! Especially the carrot or squash. Their flavors blend into anything! One of my favorite things to do is hide veggies in everything I cook!! You'll learn that as you continue to read my blog.

So, on to the popsicles....

This is roughly what you start with. Its pretty variable though...This time I used one diced apple, half a leftover banana, 2 jars of carrot baby food, one jar of banana baby food, one container of yo baby  yogurt and some applesauce.

mash the banana and mix in all other ingredients.

Aren't these little guys cute? Isaiah's Grams got them for him! You can use popsicle molds or ice cube tray with tooth picks. I've even washed out pop ice tubes and poured it in with a funnel. 

Anything goes!!

Looks like a regular old popsicle right?

This little boys loves his popsicles!! And he would never know he's eating his veggies too!!

Veggie Pop Recipe:
1/2 cup applesauce
1 cup of diced fruit or berries(fresh, frozen, or canned!)
1/2 cup yogurt(unsweetened is the best, there is plenty of sugar in the fruit!)
2 jars of carrot baby food(or 1/2 cup of carrot puree)
1-2 jars of fruit baby food(or you could just use more applesauce.)
1 mashed banana
Mix, freeze and enjoy!

New Blog Theme: healthy living on a budget

So, my friends keep telling me I should write a cookbook or blog about the things that I make. I don't really think that the things I make are anything spectacular, but I think I'm going to start sharing my cooking adventures in addition to other things that seem share worthy. Hopefully I can give you some good, healthy and cheap ideas to use on your family!
I was raised with parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles who were all for the most part health nuts(in a good way.) Being around gardeners, vegetarians, vegans, juicers and Richard Simmons videos growing up apparently instilled in me the desire to eat healthy and live a healthy lifestyle. Who would have thought!? This blog is now going to be about my journey to pass this on to my little family and do it in the least expensive way possible!

This is my little one eating a popsicle at 8:30am. Not just any popsicle though, It has diced fruit, yogurt, squash puree and applesauce! He asked for it and and I said ehh, why not. He's getting some veggies in him in the process!

I hope you'll follow my blog and keep track of this adventure!