Click here to open coupon in a new window and print

This coupon expires 12/21/08 and is limited to one box per family.

7 Delicious flavors to choose from:

- Yes Peas & Thank You Carrots
- Smarter Squash & Wiser Apple
- Grrreat Greens & Easy-Being-Green Beans
- Chick Chick
- Baby Dhal & Mama Grain
- Super Salmon & Regular Prunes
- Gobble Gobble & Paradise Puree

ShareThis

Here is my recipe for yummy chicken & dumplings that both your toddler and the rest of the family will love!

Homemade Chicken & Dumplings

Ingredients:

1 Whole Chicken (cooked)

Baby Carrots - cut up

1 Refrigerated can of biscuits

Salt & Pepper (to taste)

Directions:

I use the leftovers of 1 large rotisserie chicken. We eat some of the chicken the night before, then I remove the chicken from the bones and refrigerate, keeping the bones.

The next day I boil the chicken bones with some cut up baby carrots and a little salt and pepper.

I boil for about 30 minutes until I have my chicken stock. Remove and throw away bones.

Add leftover chicken (shredded) into pot.

Take 1 can of refrigerated biscuits (I use the small can of 10) and separate biscuit dough into pieces, 3-4 per biscuit. Gently drop 1 by 1 into the pot.

The biscuits will become your dumplings and will puff up, and then go back down. Put burner on a simmer and stir every so often.

Within about 20 minutes your broth will begin to thicken. Add a teaspoon or 2 of wheat flour if you like your sauce a little thicker.

Cut up chicken and dumplings to bite size pieces for your toddler.

Serve & Enjoy!

ShareThis

Breakfast is the easiest meal of the day to prepare, and usually a toddlers favorite.

Take a look and some of these easy toddler breakfast ideas that you can mix and match to make more than 2 weeks worth of breakfasts.

Toddler Breakfast Ideas

Pancakes - Make ahead and freeze extra, mini pancakes are a favorite

Waffles - same as above, we LOVE this new Mickey mini waffle maker

Scrambled eggs - easy to make toddler favorite, add veggies when you can

Oatmeal - instant or regular

Grits

Toast - cut into fin shapes with cookie cutters & top with butter, jelly, or peanut butter

Cereal with Milk - Cheerios, Chex, Rice Krispies, Kix, Puffed Rice, Flakes just to name a few

Cottage cheese and fruit

Fruit and yogurt - We love bananas and strawberries

French toast - cut into sticks (strips), dip in applesauce

Mini bagels and cream cheese

Muffins - Make ahead and freeze, banana, zucchini, blueberry, apple

Yogurt and cereal - top yogurt with crushed cereal

Biscuits with jelly

Breakfast burrito - endless possibilities, stuff tortillas with eggs, cheese and veggies

English muffins

Cereal Bars - Nutri Grain, Gerber Gradulates Fruit & Cereal

ShareThis

This 20 Page Halloween Fun guide features:  19 Halloween Recipes, 7 Family Activities, and 5 Halloween Party Games.

This free eBook is brought to you by Meal Planning Central.

CLICK HERE to download your free eBook!

ShareThis

Green Jello Worm Cups

Ingredients:

4 serving package green jello

4 plastic clear plastic cups

8 Gummy Worms

-Prepare jello according to package instructions and leave to cool in refrigerator for approximately 1 hour.  You need the jello to slightly thicken so “worms” don’t sink but not fully set.  Insert 2 gummy worms into each jello cup and place back in refrigerator to finish setting.

Haunted Graveyard

Ingredients:

1 package instant pudding (vanilla or banana) and/or vanilla ice cream

1 pack of oreo cookies (crushed)

Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies (or any other “tombstone” shaped cookie)

Assortment of Halloween candies

-Prepare pudding according to package instructions and place in serving bowl.  Alternatively you can use vanilla ice cream, or a mixture of pudding and vanilla ice cream.  Place crushed Oreo or other chocolate cookies over pudding/ice cream and insert Milano (or any other “tombstone” shaped) cookies and candies to make a spooky graveyard.  Your toddler will have fun making and eating this really easy tasty treat.

Spooky Carrot Eyes

Ingredients:

Carrots

Cream Cheese

Raisins

-Wash and peel carrots.  Cut into rounds for eyes.  Place a little cream cheese in the center of each carrot and top with a raisin.  Super easy and healthy.

Visit Toddler Halloween Fun for more Halloween Activies you can do with your toddler.

ShareThis

There are numerous studies that show that frequent meal times together have the following benefits:

* Important in the development of vocabulary of young children.
* Reduce likelihood of children smoking, drinking and using drugs.
* Reduces depressive symptoms.
* Better grades for children between 11-18 years old.
* Reduced risk of eating disorders in adolescent girls.

One of the hardest parts of spending meal time together is actually getting the meal together. Meal Planning can save you time, money, and help reduce stress around dinner time.

Dine Without Whine is perfect for busy families, picky eaters, and families on a budget.

The Benefits include:

* Members can use every day ingredients, easily found in the cupboard, fridge or grocery store.
* Save money by planning ahead and using basic ingredients.
* Save time by having all the planning done and all means take an hour or less to prepare.
* Recipes that are kid-approved. The whole family will love these dishes.

Each week you will receive:

* Daily main dish recipes.
* Suggested side dish recipes.
* Brunch ideas for Saturday and Sunday.
* 2 dessert recipes
* Categorized grocery list

Try is for a week for only 1 cent - yeah, thats a penny!

ShareThis

You can make your pizza one of two ways, using a pre-made frozen pizza or build one yourself.

If using a pre-made frozen pizza like we did, you will need:

1. Frozen pizza with pepperonis (other toppings optional, we also had sausage on ours)

2. 1 small can sliced black olives

If you are building your own pizza you, you will need:

1. 1 (12 inch) fully baked pizza crust

2. 1/2 cup pizza sauce

3. 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese

4. 1 small package pepperoni slices OR 8 mini meatballs cut in half

5. 1 small can sliced black olives

-If using a frozen pizza have your little one place 2 black olive slices on each piece of pepperoni.

-If making your own pizza, have your toddler assemble the pizza by spreading pizza sauce and cheese over crust. If using pepperoni place 2 black olive slices on each piece. If using meatballs, slice meatballs in half and place 1 sliced black olive on to each one and arrange in pairs to resemble eyes.

Bake and enjoy your creation together!

For more Toddler Halloween fun visit www.TipsforToddlers.com/halloween

ShareThis

This little plastic holder fits popsicles sticks in one end, and ice cream cones in the other. This allows any “drips” to land in the surrounding container instead of all over your little ones hands or on the floor.

You can WIN a 2 pack of Dripstiks by leaving a comment on either (or both) of these posts. Contest ends October 31st.

http://www.tipsfortoddlers.com/win-it-dripstik-2-pack/

http://tipsfortoddlers.com/reviews/dripstik-review/

Good Luck!

ShareThis

Good Bites Crustless Sandwich Cutters

Its seems like every child wants the crusts removed from his or her sandwich. Every child also finds a way to smear jelly on every household surface, and to argue that someone else got a bigger piece. These clever cutters speed up the process of removing the crust, cut sandwiches into even portions and even seal the edges so the jelly, cheese or mustard won’t seep out the sides (and down the child’s leg and onto the carpet…).

I originally bought one that cut the sandwich diagonally, but yesterday I
found one that cuts into quarters. There is even a heart-shaped one! Clean-up is
easy, too - I just wipe it down or pop it into the top-rack of the dishwasher. A
great time saving gadget that was invented by a mom.

ShareThis

Mini Meatloaf is prepared the same way as regular meatloaf except instead of putting the mixture in a meatloaf pan, you place it in a foil cups in a cupcake/muffin pan.

I like to use the larger 6 cup muffin pan.

You can use any meatloaf recipe, but here is one of our favorites. Makes 6 cups.

INGREDIENTS

• 1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons ketchup

• 1 tablespoon and 1-1/2 teaspoons brown sugar

• 3/4 teaspoon prepared mustard

• 2-1/4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

• 3/4 teaspoon salt

• 1 teaspoon onion powder

• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder

• 1 egg

• 2-1/4 teaspoons milk

• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

• 1 cup and 2 tablespoons bread crumbs or crackers

• 1-1/4 pounds ground beef

DIRECTIONS

1. In a large bowl, combine the ketchup, brown sugar and mustard and mix well. Remove 3 tablespoons of this mixture and reserve for later for the tops of the meatloaf. To the mixture in the bowl, add the Worcestershire sauce, salt, onion, garlic, egg, milk and ground black pepper and mix together well.
2. Stir in the bread crumbs and let stand for 5 minutes. Add the ground beef, mixing well. Spoon the mixture into the cupcake pan.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes. Brush on reserved ketchup mixture and bake for 10 more minutes.

Mix it up a bit with this cute Heart Shaped Silicone Muffin Pan.

ShareThis