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Farm Kitchen:  Easy snack ideas for La Leche League Meetings  |
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
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Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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 Posted - Mar 15 2011 : 2:42:26 PM
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Hey girls, I have a 4 year old, a 1 year old preemie and am pregnant again. Along with going through a financial slump.
I know the simple answers are fresh fruit, and veggies, which is easy enough. But, once in a while I would like to take a healthy, yet tasty, easy to make and inexpensive baked good. Yeah, asking a lot. But, healthy is really important to nursing and pregnant mothers, and tasty well who likes to eat anything not tasty!? lol And well inexpensive and easy are just a given right now! haha
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Nanniekim
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
Arizona
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Posted - Mar 16 2011 : 1:30:48 PM
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Just plain, old homemade whole wheat bread is a real treat especially for those who don't make it often. Served with a nut butter or jam would be healthy and delicious!
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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highlandviewpantry
True Blue Farmgirl
214 Posts
WV
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2011 : 07:29:21 AM
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What about a healthy mini-muffin? Something with berries would be good for Spring. This isn't a baked good but you could make yogurt parfaits. For my kid's birthday snacks at school I used to use clear plastic cups and layer vanilla yogurt with frozen berries and top with homemade granola. The Barefoot Contessa has a really good yogurt parfait recipe that my sister-in-law serves.
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
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natesgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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angela
martinsville
indiana
USA
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Posted - Mar 18 2011 : 7:18:52 PM
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You could always make your own baked chips from tortillas and almost anything is good for a dip. You can make your own salsa, blend sour cream with onion soup mix, or go sweeter and blend sour cream with jello mix for a sweeter fruity dip. I have even pureed beans and added garlic and onion powder for a non-spicy bean dip.
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
2817 Posts |
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MagnoliaWhisper
True Blue Farmgirl
2817 Posts
Heather
Haysville
Kansas
USA
2817 Posts |
Posted - Mar 18 2011 : 11:27:41 PM
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oh and ps I've just been so nauseated and tired from being pregnant and nursing right now at the same time. I really liked your idea of fresh bread Kim. So I kept trying to think of how I could do that, and if I had a really good recipe for said bread. And then today on the way home we passed Great Harvest Bread company. They are a bit on the expensive side, but no more expensive then say buying fresh fruit, and other snacks, and probably with all the healthy things they add in (and yes their bread is 100 percent whole wheat and baked fresh daily too) like pumpkin seeds, currents etc, would probably add up really to about the same for me to make counting I have to buy all the ingredients retail. And theirs is super delicious! I mean mmmm. So I decided I will for sure buy a loaf this week for the group. Good thing I doubled checked their website so I could make sure when my favorite flavor is made. It's on Tuesday, and my meeting is on Thursday. However, I've often had the bread more then 1 or 2 days old from there (I mean we can't eat a whole loaf in a day! by ourselves! lol) And it's always good even a few days later. So I will buy it on Tuesday for sure! I wish they made my favorite daily though like they do some of the other flavors! But, my favorite has a LOT of nuts and seeds added. So far not any of the adults there are allergic to nuts, some of the babies don't do well with mommy eating nuts, but those mom's are pretty limited to almost nothing to eat at this point. So...not that I don't want to accommodated them as well, but right now most of them don't even know what to eat, let alone to tell us what to bring them to eat, cause they are still guessing and alliminating themselves. I noticed others are still bringing baked good with nuts and it's all eaten up, so I'm not going to worry about the nuts/seeds unless some one says something to the contrary. So far so good though. And I love nuts/seeds and this bread!
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