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Our homemade tater tots are easy to make! We use leftover mashed potatoes to turn them into mashed potato tater tots!

Homemade Mashed Potato Tater Tots can be baked, fried or even air fried in our case.  Nothing beats a homemade fresh tater tot!  I boiled up one red potato for my daughter and turned it into a bite size fun toddler lunch for her.  She thinks it’s the ultimate toddler snack and I think it’s a great mommy snack too!  Toddlers can easily pick these up and make no messed – they’re fun and delicious.

Kay has really taken a liking to potato lately.  She’s pretty obsessed with baked potatoes right now too.  She loves when I make Air Fryer Baked Potato with dinner!  They’re the best baked potatoes in our opinion.  It has a salty, garlicky seasoned crust and the inside is perfection.   Nowwww on tot the tater tots!  I hate buying something I can make at home and if I can make it at home for a fraction of the cost, even better!  Long gone are the days picking up already made items in the freezer section.  I remember living off half that stuff growing up.. WHAT were my parents thinking?  

Lately I’ve been trying to eat a lot more oatmeal to increase my breastmilk supply.  However Kay cannot eat oatmeal due to her FPIES food allergy.  She kept asking for my oatmeal instead of her cereal and it broke my heart.  The fix?  Quinoa!  Yesterday morning we made Oat Free Quinoa Oatmeal Breakfast and we […]

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #CollectiveBias Growing up I loved when my mom would make fresh waffles or pancakes.  We loved when she’d add toppings like strawberries, blueberries or even chocolate chips!  One thing we didn’t like is when she’d give us freezer burnt […]

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Potato, Eggs, and Ham Pancakes, bits of potato, ham, and a delicious alternative to the traditional sweet breakfast pancakes.

Kay is super picky.  Kay has FPIES.  Those two things make cooking for her extremely difficult.  Of course she loves sweets, so there’s no problem there!  I’m extremely grateful that she’ll eat regular eggs for breakfast.  She especially loves them with a little basil and caramelized onions.  My issue is getting other foods into her.  I love creating kid-friendly recipes that I know she will devour.  Like Potato, Egg and Ham Pancakes!  It was a winner as soon as I said pancake.  Growing up  my mother would make me potato latkes.  They’re delicious fried potato pancakes with a little egg, lots of potato, matzo meal and oil for frying.  I figured if I made that she’d love it, however I wanted to make it a little better!

I’m thrilled at the opportunity to create a Kid-Approved Recipe for Eggland’s Best.  We enjoy their organic eggs and the recipe we created uses a half dozen eggs!  She gobbled up her pancakes and asked for more right away.  It’s loaded with protein to give your child a great start to their day.  By making pancakes loaded with eggs I can ensure Kay is having nutrients that will keep her energized and give her the strength and focus she needs throughout the day.

You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.  You make me happy, when skies are grey.  <— That song would make me cry tears up until just last year.  It’s the song my mother would sing to me every night before she would put me to bed.  I never thought I would be able to smile while singing it again until I had Sweet Baby.  She is in every word my saving grace.  My 2014 New Year’s Resolution is to plow through FPIES trials and create more fun and delicious recipes for her to enjoy.

In the past week we’ve come up with some fun smoothie recipes, a biscuit recipe, and even a brownie recipe during the Christmas holiday.  I feel so blessed to have these sweet moments and recipes to enjoy with her.  The best part is that she’s doing it all with me right by my side.  She truly loves to be in the kitchen, just like her mommy!