Easy toddler breakfast

My almost 1 year old LOVES sweet potatoes so when I saw sweet potato pancakes on sale at the local health food store I had to try them out.  They were great!  They come in a frozen pack, easy to heat up and she absolutely gobbled them up.  The problem is that there were only about 6 in the pack and they didn't last very long.  The next time I went to the store I saw this box of mix and decided to give it a try.  I'm all about meal planning lately, it just makes life a little easier all around.

 

In the future I would like to try and make them from scratch but for now the box mix worked beautifully. 

 

 

 

Just add water and mix.  I used the whole box that way I can freeze the rest and just heat them up as needed.

 

I scooped out 1/4 cup for each pancake.  Cook a bit longer than regular pancakes.  Just remember to watch for the bubbles, when it's bubbling it's time to flip.  I left a few out to put in the fridge and then put the rest in freezer bags for later.  It made 22 pancakes. 

 

 

As you can see the Peanut loves them.  She literally shovels them in her mouth.

What are some easy meals you make for your little ones? 

Freezer breakfast burritos

 I have recently discovered that I love breakfast burritos.  I mean who doesn't love a delicious breakfast rolled up and perfect for on the go?  It's a genius idea! I follow Mindovermunch on Instagram and she posted this recipe for breakfast burritos so I tried it and WHOOAAA so good!

Here's my picture step by step.

You can use any veggies you want to and could use ground beef or sausage. 

I used:

1 package of ground turkey

1 packet of taco seasoning

1 cup of mushrooms

1/4 cup of red onions

1 cup spinach

1 cup cherry tomatoes

5 eggs

1 cup of egg whites

2 cups of Mexican blend shredded cheese

2 packages of tortillas of your choice.  (8 come in a pack and I was able to make 9 with this recipe)

 

 Veggies:

                                 

                         

                         

                         

 

Ground turkey cooked with taco seasoning

                                                                                     Whisk eggs and egg whites together

(I took the ground turkey out of the pan and cooked the eggs in the same pan)

                                                 

              Add in veggies             

                                                

                                        

                               Add in the ground turkey                                        

                                                

After the veggies, eggs and turkey are all combined scoop out some and place it in the middle of a tortilla and top it with cheese. 

                                                  

Fold it up and wrap it in plastic wrap

                                                  

                                

                                          

Ta-Da!  There's your breakfast for the week or more.  Well in may case it was breakfast for a few days considering my husband, myself and our Spanish exchange student all eat them in the morning.  The next batch I made double the recipe so it lasted longer.

 

You can pop these in the freezer and they should last 4-6 weeks.  If frozen then microwave them for 1 minute, rotate and microwave 1 more minute.  If not frozen microwave 45 seconds and enjoy :-)

                                      

DIY laundry detergent



I've been wanting to make my own laundry detergent for a while and have seen tons of recipes floating around so I finally decided to do it.  Let me tell you, it's super easy, cheap and I probably won't ever buy premade detergent again!
First I had to find a recipe that will work on my daughters cloth diapers as well as my husbands stinking, sweaty clothes.  In order to do that I searched the wide world of pinterest and asked some of my CD (cloth diaper) using mom friends.  Through all that I decided on this concoction:

1 cup of Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda (which I could only find at Wal-Mart, not Target)

1 cup of Borax (Wal-Mart but I'm pretty sure Target and Publix have it also)

1 cup of Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap (found at the local health food store, I got 1 Tea Tree Oil bar and one Citrus Orange bar because they were on sale.  I really wanted the lavender one but they were sold out. I love Dr. Bronner's because it's made with all organic oils and is really mild on skin)



You will need a container to hold the detergent.  I got this at Wal-Mart.  It came with 3 other smaller containers.



                               

 

You can either use a food processor or if you don't have one (like me) just use a cheese grater. 

Grate the bar of soap over a container in order to get 1 cup. 

 

                         

 

Here's what it looks like once grated. 

                                

 

Then add one cup of Broax and one cup of the Washing Soda. 

 

Shake up the container to mix it and enjoy nice and clean laundry and a fraction of the price. 

                                   

 

When washing clothes I use 2 tablespoons and when washing my cloth diapers I use only 1 tablespoon.  When I grated up the soap the bar came out to be more than 1 cup so for this batch I'm leaving it this way but the next batch I'll add the whole bar.  So far the detergent seems perfectly fine on the cloth diapers.  I'll be sure to let you know if I notice leaking issues or smell issues on the diapers.