Attempt #1: Tapioca flour does not behave like wheat flour. Goop was inedible.

Attempt #2: Got caught up talking to my neighbor out front. Oops. Running out of pots. Luckily still have lots of butter.

Attempt #3: Woo-hoo! Good roux. And I managed to add milk, cheese and spices without burning it. Now I just have to convince Nadia to eat more than she chucks overboard.

Is it just me or does Nadia look like these pancakes!?!

I used Bob’s Red Mill Gluten-Free Pancake Mix. Instead of a whole egg I used two egg yolks (Nadia’s still not one yet) and sliced in some blueberries. She devoured them (well, the one’s I hadn’t eaten yet!!!).

I always thought cottage cheese was gross, except in lasagna.

So it was with serious trepidation when my friend Rebecca (who owns Oregon Surf Adventures) offered me a bite of her fruit and cottage cheese. I took it, because I didn’t want to be rude. And probably more because I didn’t want to be a wuss.

It was good. Really good.

Here’s what she did: She scooped in some non-fat cottage cheese, ground in some pepper, a splash (very little) of balsamic vinegar and cut up fruit. We’ve done fresh Oregon strawberries and peaches.

It’s now become a summer favorite.

My friend often asks what I’m feeding Nadia – looking for inspiration for her own babe. So. I’m going to post Nadia’s Menu more regularly. Hoping too, that you’ll share your latest baby meals. (And the food you’re eating too….one of my favorite things to do when I’m traveling is going to a grocery store to check out what they have. I also love shopping with friends. You get new ideas for meals based on what’s in their cart.)

Breakfast

Homemade granola – whole oats, coconut flakes, sesame, pumpkin + sunflower seeds, walnuts + almonds (which I remove from her portion), coconut oil + honey (or brown rice syrup if babe’s under 1)

Mix fresh fruit (strawberries or bananas or blueberries) with whole yogurt and add a bit of the granola. If you let it sit 30 minutes or so, the granola gets mushier (though I don’t always wait). Also good, is adding baby food to plain whole yogurt. I like bananas. Of course you can always just mush up a ripe banana.

Lunch

Rice pasta in fun shapes. She’s still at the finger foods stage (just starting to play with a spoon) and so the pasta is easy for her little fingers to grab. Cut up bananas and strawberries.

Dinner

Rice crackers and hummus (today I actually made my own, but I also love the mediterranean hummus from Trader Joe’s) and loads of asparagus. (I cut it up into bite size.)

Today we did quinoa. And this time smooshed in avocado. She loved it so much she decided to feed herself with the spoon…a first!

(Oh yeah – there were also peas.)

I’ve been really into pureeing these days – since Nadia only has two eensy teeth.

So far, my baby menu includes:

• pearpple – pear and apple
• yammers I yam what I yam
• say peas …ooo…my friend came up with: pretty peas
• bunny spears – blanched carrot spears
• gwawk – mushed avocado 
• squish it, squash it – squash blend

Nadia already shows signs of sharing my food obsession: