The D household had a very busy (but fun) weekend. Here's some of the highlights:
Trucks, Trucks, Trucks
M.D. is clearly turning into his father's son. While Steven was off drooling over new vehicles we will not be owning at the auto show, M.D. was discovering his own love of vehicles. Grandma Barb purchased some pull-back trucks and M.D. loved playing with them on Saturday. He loved watching them drive around, and just holding on them in general. They all received a good carwash (with drool) as well. He wasn't super into sharing them, but that's okay (for now...). So, of course, I had to pick up some for our house. I found a set of 4. I decided to let him have 2 right now, so he has some trucks at home...the other 2 will be headed for that Easter basket.
Carrots...gross.
Sunday morning Steven & I made M.D. some delicious homemade carrot baby food. Okay, maybe not delicious. but homemade and baby food were accurate. Again, another EASY peasy set of instructions for throwing these babies together.
I found this pack of carrots on sale at Target over the weekend. $0.79/pack. So I bought the last 3 packs.
I found this pack of carrots on sale at Target over the weekend. $0.79/pack. So I bought the last 3 packs.
We washed and peeled all of the carrots and then, obviously, cut off the nasty ends.
I cut them all in half and then we threw them into our veggie steamer (also a rice cooker). *Thanks Grandpa John E.* This will definitely be coming in handy for all of the veggies that require steaming versus baking. They took about 20 mins in the steamer to get nice and soft.
Finally, we threw them all in our prized Ninja blender and added a little bit of hot water to help get them nice and mushy. Once M.D. has a couple teeth we will allow the mixtures to be a little chunkier but for now we want it good and sloppy.
So how did THIS recipe add up (as far as cost-savings)?
Well I paid exactly $2.37 for the carrots (which was the only ingredient in the recipe.
I ended up with about 20 servings of carrot baby food.
That's a cost of $0.12 per "jar" of food. I dare you to find something healthier & cheaper.
*Side note: M.D. apparently HATES carrots. We'll keep working on it though :) The good news is that the carrots I put in the freezer will last 4 months so he has plenty of time to warm up to the idea.
So how did THIS recipe add up (as far as cost-savings)?
Well I paid exactly $2.37 for the carrots (which was the only ingredient in the recipe.
I ended up with about 20 servings of carrot baby food.
That's a cost of $0.12 per "jar" of food. I dare you to find something healthier & cheaper.
*Side note: M.D. apparently HATES carrots. We'll keep working on it though :) The good news is that the carrots I put in the freezer will last 4 months so he has plenty of time to warm up to the idea.
LOLing
Sunday afternoon the D household was filled with lots of laughter, squealing, and smiles. All coming from a one Mister M.D. Apparently he was having a stellar day. I was not complaining. It was stinking adorable. Here's some of the (slightly blurry) photos I captured of him LOLing all day long....I also have a video that you have to check out. It's on M.D.'s Youtube page (you can find the link under "links" at the top of this webpage).
Here's a link to the Youtube video as well :)