New York New York

So were here! We have moved to New York City. we arrived on THE coldest day in history?? (sure, thats what i was told so i'm going with it). It was a whopping 3 degrees. jude and i flew by our lonesomes and when i walked out of the airport door {at 5 something am} i thought someone knocked me in the stomach. it took my breath away it was so dang bitter cold and i wanted to run straight back to sunny southern california. well, anyway, the weather is much much improved as noted by the photographs below. so life is looking up:) someday soon i will hopefully update the logo. once i realize i am not going back. ha! J/k. but sometimes i dream about the beach and my dear friends.

ok so since we have been here, among other things that I have had to go without while been here in the city {car, aka my personal storage area, last min grocery shopping, my flip-flops} another important thing is pre made baby pouches! I feel like i could find them a lot more affordable in california. or maybe now i just don't want to carry home that extra bag holding the squeezies ha! therefore, jude gets hungry so i have had to become more creative with my baby making food. So here are our latest favorites.  Judes favorite and mine. mixtures like this can go great as a side dish with any meat or over spaghetti squash!

                                                      

                                                             Rainbow baby food

                              
 ORANGE 

                            1 Butternut squash {sliced in half} 

                            1 jar of TJ's Organic unsweetened applesauce 

                            3 sweet potatoes {ends cut off} 


                          *Place sweet potatoes and squash on parchment paper. {Place butternut 

                           squash cut side down} Roast @ 450 degrees for approx 45 min or until soft. 

                          Remove from skins and place in blender. Add jar of applesauce. Squeeze into 

                          desired jars/ice cube trays/containers. 


                              LIGHT ORANGE

                          *I saved half of my squash/sweet potato/applesauce mixture and added 1/2 

                          container of full fat organic cottage cheese. Adds a little extra protein. 


                              GREEN

                           1 bag Organic spinach 

                           1/2 bag Organic kale 

                           1 bag organic pears, {washed, unpeeled  and roughly chopped}


                        *Add pears to saucepan, cover and let simmer stirring occasionally. Once soft 

                        and mushy, add spinach and kale. Saute until bright green.  blentec it. voila!

                 
                                    

kids who eat hard, play hard, and then fall asleep on their own ha.




                                                                          "the little things. 

                                                                           there's nothing bigger...

                                                                           is there?"

                                                                              -david aemes         


          

 i am excited to be back in the blogger world and to share a bit of our lives with you! And to share the amazing food that we eat. {pictures of my food and my baby are constantly fighting for first}. Since I can't really update since the last time i posted...here are some of my favs from our year. as you can plainly tell, a star player is the small child pictured in every shot.

for our family and friends who we do not see often---we hope you enjoy!