Tag: cooking

  • Ways to involve your toddler in the kitchen

    Ways to involve your toddler in the kitchen

    If your 1-year-old is like mine, they LOVE to be involved with cooking (or anything you are doing in the kitchen)! My Chunky Monkey loves to sweep too.  These are aspects that Montessori calls “Practical Life” lessons.  When a child has ways that they can be involved in the daily activities (cooking and cleaning), they…

  • DIY baby squeeze packs for a 1-year-old

    DIY baby squeeze packs for a 1-year-old

    I know some people roll their eyes at the thought of how much time you must have in order to “waste” some making baby food.  However, I have found it to be the total opposite.  If I take about 2 hours, I can make enough food to last me a month! Now that Chunky Monkey…

  • Life Hack: How to prep chicken without a mess

    Life Hack: How to prep chicken without a mess

    I just learned this trick from my mother-in-law over the Christmas break and it has changed my life! (Sorry.  That might seem a bit dramatic, but I swear I mean it genuinely).  Why? 1. It is a “green” solution because it involves reusing something that would otherwise be thrown away. 2. It makes NO MESS…