I make these recipes for Colin, but grown up people might like them too! Colin was never big into baby food purees. I fed him one jar of food back when he first started eating solids, mostly so that I could have the cute mini jar to use for lotion. I think those "complete meals in a jar" are kind of creepy. Chicken dinner puree? No, thanks. For the most part he has eaten fruits and vegetables, either raw, steamed, roasted or sauteed. A few things have been big hits and I use them as staples: broccoli and roasted sweet potatoes. He's big in picking things up himself. We can get into ruts, however, one of which resulted in his eating an entire roasted butternut squash over a two week period. He likes to help in the kitchen, which means he wants to see everything that's going on and touch it. Cooking with one hand while holding him with the other can be a bit of a challenge. Sometimes I can convince him that the view from his c...
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