Steak for baby

 We made a well done flank steak as pictured for Grandson C when they were visiting.  The thing is we had tried a piece of rib steak days earlier and he seemed to like that more but it seemed to break off more easily which is not good for babies.  Well done flank is generally quite tough. It was not a success.

Kale Smoothie

 I made a bunch of kale smoothies for the family using my trusty recipe.  My friend S had given me a lot of kale and it lasts a long time. Here's my recipe:

1 cup of shredded kale

1 banana

1/4c milk

1/2 c flavoured yogurt

4 cubes of ice

blend into a smoothie.  

Sunday Smiles - The Congo River

 Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

In yesterday's post on unsalted baby food I should have mentioned my own kids got baby food from jars as I was a busy working mother. Iris' comment triggered that memory.  

Pureed unsalted baby food

 

I was making a ground beef dish (with onions, garlic, celery, carrots, tomatoes) a few weeks ago when daughter L spent some time here with Grandson C.  I decided to not add any salt or salty sauces to the dish and when it was done, we set a cup of it aside for C.  Then I finished off our portion by adding salt, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce.  Then we pureed C's portion in a blender and daughter L froze portions for  him in an ice tray as pictured above.  He was able to enjoy his ground beef puree for several dinners.

The next day I roasted some trout and set one fillet aside which I made with no added salt.  Then we pureed and froze C's portion. We also did roasted cauliflower.

C's food tasted fine, it made us think maybe we don't need salt in our own dishes all the time.

Friday Art - Pink Dahlia

 Welcome to Friday Art!  I am showing a Pink Dahlia Face (ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") outlined with a finepoint marker, coloured in with watercolour pencils.  A photo of it showed up on my screensaver.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - 'Hanging Out'' art theme and Sardine Pate

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date's 'Hanging Out' theme! Here is my ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolour pencil outlined with an acrylic marker.

 

For the Dinner Date, I made 2 different sardine pates.  The pink one is a Portuguese pate using a can of tomato sardines and the other uses sardines in olive oil.  I will be making these again these pates are nutritious and delicious!

Portuguese Sardine Pate

1 tin sardines in tomato sauce

2 tbs olive oil

1/2 small onion diced

1/2 tsp dried parsley

2 tbs lemon juice

salt, pepper to taste

3 tbs butter

Blend all ingredients together, serve with crackers.

Sardine Pate

1 tin sardines in olive oil (you can use sardines in water and add 2 tbs olive oil instead)

3 tbs butter

2 tbs olive oil (if your sardines were packed in water)

1 boiled egg

1/2 small onion

1 tsp olives, pickles or capers

1/2 tsp dried parsley

1 tsp mustard

salt and pepper to taste

1 tbs lemon juice

Blend all ingredients together, serve with crackers.

 

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