Posts Tagged ‘recipe’
You’re a mom, you buy bananas, they turn brown or become breeding grounds for fruit flies. They don’t always get eaten. Don’t toss them, slice them up and freeze them for smoothies! Throw them in the blender with some plain yogurt and homemade chocolate syrup and I swear the kids will love it. Or make banana bread!
I got a hold on a good recipe in 1997 that I fiddled with and made even better. My kids ask for it often and so do their friends.I try and use organic ingredients where I can. This is a good recipe for class treats if you leave out the chocolate chips, cupcakes aren’t allowed anymore at my children’s schools. Just make sure no one has any issues with gluten.
A few key things when it comes to baking -
- Get an oven thermometer - they are about $5 at Bed Bath & Beyond. Makes all the difference! Took me many years to figure out why my baked goods just weren’t turning out. That was the #1 reason.
- Get a food scale – I inherited one from a family member cleaning out her kitchen. You think you are scooping out a cup of flour? Nope, you could be getting anywhere from 5-6 ounces of flour that way. A cup of flour is 4 ounces. Not 8 ounces. Set your cup measure on the scale, zero it out, then start scooping. They aren’t expensive.
- Buy a roll of parchment paper – makes a HUGE difference in baking. (Especially cookies. Trust me on this). It helps distribute heat more evenly, keeps baked goods from sticking to pans and prevents burnt, hard undersides. They sell more eco-friendly, less chemically treated brands at Whole Foods. A roll lasts a long time.
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I’ve had quite a few companies reaching out to me lately to try and review a product on Live Green Mom. More often than not, I would rather just give the product away to a reader. Most companies are amenable to that, so… let’s give something away!
I love olive oil, use it for everything! I try and buy organic when I can, there is usually a good deal at Trader Joe’s on it or a decent coupon floating around. I like Carapelli organic olive oil, it has a smooth yet robust flavor that goes well with anything I pair it with.
I was making a beautiful salad the other days of freshly washed organic kale, spinach, sprouts, tomatoes, cucumbers, chives, dried cherries, flax seeds, almonds – the whole nine yards. I love a good salad, but was a bit tired of my same old olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing. Variety! I needed variety!
If you know me, you know that feeding my kids is one of the biggest challenges for me as a parent. My kids get along for the most part. They could use some lessons in table manners, sure. But feeding them? Don’t get me started! It is expensive enough to buy organic meats, cheeses, milk, etc, but when they outright reject what I serve? I lose my sh*t. My 6 year old boy takes one look at the dish in front of him, and instead of fighting me on it (“If I don’t see you at least eating some of what is on your plate, you can go straight to bed, mister! I will not listen to you cry & moan over this meal!”) he will say “OK, I’m going to bed. Good night.” And he will head upstairs, brush his teeth, and go to bed. I am not exaggerating. This has happened more than once. Of course, then he is up at 5 am, hungry.
