I don't show my groceries on here anymore because I'm usually trying to juggle a cranky baby, get the perishables into the fridge and I end up leaving the rest to put away during nap-time or after Lyric goes to bed. Instead of a full grocery post, here are a few new-to-me products that I've tried lately:
Snyder's York Peppermint Pretzel Sandwiches
These pretzels are
amazing. I thought regular chocolate covered pretzels were addicting but put some peppermint cream inside?? YUM. This bag lasted less than 24 hours in my house.
Coconut Oil
I originally bought this to use as a moisturizer for Lyric. She has some dry patches on her face and in her eyebrows so I figured this would help. It does help, but it reacts funny with her skin chemistry and she ends up smelling like rotten milk. Ick.
I'm going to buy either some grapeseed or apricot oil for baby girl but now I'm stuck with a whole jar of ($$) coconut oil. How should I use it?? I know I can cook with it but is it only up to certain temperatures? Can I bake with it? I don't like the flavor of coconut at all so I'm apprehensive. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Blueberry Muffin Larabar
I wanted to try the Cappuccino flavor as well but I couldn't track it down. This one is pretty good - but Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough still wins out for now.
Squeezable Pizza Sauce
Since we are
old fogies parents now, we are home every Friday night so I have officially dubbed it "Pizza Night". I used to buy the cans of pizza sauce but they always went bad or smelled/tasted like "fridge" but this squeezable bottle is so handy! Brush your dough with a little olive oil, spread some sauce on and top with a crushed garlic clove and add toppings. Yum.
In other news, we went to the doctor for Lyric's 4-month appointment yesterday. She is in the 20th percentile for weight, 40th percentile for height and her head is in the 25th percentile. My little peanut!
We were also given the go-ahead to start her on rice cereal whenever she seemed "ready" but after doing some research and getting advice with a few
experienced moms I think we might skip that step and jump right into
baby-led weaning as soon as Lyric seems ready for solids. I'm excited to introduce this little munchkin to some good, healthy food!
You can substitute it for butter in baking recipes; just make sure you melt it before mixing with other ingredients. It's a good oil to saute things in, too. I like to mix it with cocoa powder and agave and refrigerate it into chocolate.
ReplyDeleteCoconut oil is great for anything where you have high temperature cooking (stir-fry, frying). Because of the higher saturated fat (the good kind)content of the oil, it maintains its integrity and bond structure longer than oils that remain liquid at room temperature. Hope this helps!
ReplyDeletei've always wanted those little socks for when I have a daughter...they look like lil shoes!!! And i love pics of lyric...too bad it's making me GULP want one of my own!! Anyways why do you have to show me those damn pretzel things? It's my weakness! ps I can't leave comment from my wordpress acct and that's why i've been using gmail on your blog!
ReplyDeleteAww sweet little girl. We have the same little best with the eats but in a different pattern. And about 300 pairs of those cute little ballet socks.
ReplyDeleteI just ran across this article. http://healthimpactnews.com/2011/80-uses-for-coconut-oil/
ReplyDeletethose pretzels look amazing! luckily, i haven't seen them at my grocery store yet.
ReplyDeleteLove the squeezy pizza sauce. It's amazing how the little things make your life that much easier! I use coconut oil in place of olive oil. Just a teaspoon or so and let it melt in the pan kind of like butter. It doesn't taste coconutty. Ohh! I just read Evan's comment and I am totally doing the baking with coconut oil thing. Awesome :)
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