Paleo Fruit Pizza

Kellan's FAVORITE dessert of all time is fruit pizza, but I don't like him to have a lot of sugar, so for his third birthday, I put together a paleo version!

Toddler Paleo Lunch Ideas

I am not a photographer. I am especially not a food photographer. I'm just a paleo mama trying to find quick & easy lunch ideas for my kiddos outside of the pbj & juice box norms. My oldest son is almost 3 and my youngest is 6 months. Here are some of our ideas! Hoping to continue to add to this list as we think of more things!

This is a picnic lunch we took to the park. Celery with nutbutter (sunbutter this time), cucumber and celery sticks, roasted sweet potatoes, and a hard boiled egg.

Summery ”Stir Fry”

 

1 large sweet potato, cubed

1 large yellow onion, diced

1 zucchini, quartered

1 yellow squash, quartered  

1/2 head of garlic, smashed/sliced

1 tbsp Italian herb seasoning

1 package Trader Joe's Spicy Italian Chicken Sausage, sliced thin

Extra-virgin olive oil or coconut oil

Salt & pepper, if needed

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toss sweet potato in a little olive oil, spread on baking sheet, and bake for 20 minutes.

While potato is baking, drizzle oil in pan and heat on medium. Add chicken and brown. Then add onion. When onion starts to cook through, add squash and zucchini. Add potatoes when they come out of the oven and toss with the herb seasoning and garlic. Cook til everything is cooked through.

While potato is baking,

Roasted Kielbasa and Veggies

1 summer squash, sliced
1 zucchini, sliced
1 turkey kielbasa, sliced
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 large sweet potato, diced
1/2 red bell pepper, cut in chunks
Toss all with extra virgin olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in oven at 400 for 40 min.

I am not a photographer, clearly.

Paleo Coconut Veggie Curry

• 1/2 red bell pepper, sliced thin
• 1/2 green bell pepper, sliced thin
• 3 cloves minced garlic
• 2 baby bok choy, sliced thin
• 2 c baby spinach
• 3 tbsp curry powder
• 2 cans coconut milk
• 1 c vegetable stock
• 1 carrot, shaved with peeler
• 2 green onions, sliced thin longways
• 1 sweet potato, cubed
• 2 tbsp coconut oil
• 1 tbsp ginger
• 1/2 bag pearl onions
• Salt & pepper
• 1tbsp palm sugar/coconut sugar

Toss sweet potato cubes in a little olive oil and bake at 400 for 15 min.

Sautee onions, garlic, and coconut oil on medium heat in wok until onions start to carmelize. Then add peppers, bok choy, and carrots, and ginger. Once those veggies soften a bit, add vegetable stock, coconut milk, and curry powder, mixing well. Add palm or coconut sugar, sweet potatoes, and baby spinach. Cook until spinach is wilted and add salt and pepper to taste. OR you can pour over sweet potato chunks when serving. We added curried chicken strips, but any meat would be good with this!

Spicy Poblano Stir-Fry

1pkg Trader Joes Jalapeno Chicken Sausage
1 medium sweet onion, sliced thin
2 poblano peppers, sliced thin
1 red bell pepper, sliced thin
2 cloves garlic, minced
1-2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
4 green onions, sliced thin
1 med zucchini, sliced thin
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
Salt & pepper

Heat oil in skillet on medium
Add onions, saute until fragrant 1-2 min
Add sausage, brown
Add peppers, zucchini, garlic, and spices
Saute until tender, mixing spices in well

Applegasm

Yes, it's that good! No, the crappy pics don't do it justice. I was in too big a hurry to eat it to stop and take a decent picture. This has been my latest guilty paleo pleasure.

1/2 red delicious apple
1/4c raw almonds
1 tbsp Enjoy Life mini chocolate chips
1 tbsp caramelized coconut chips
Drizzle honey (about a teaspoon)

You can thank me later.

Remedying Reflux with Paleo?

Reflux, reflux, reflux.... The bane of my existence right now. We've been dealing with some pretty intense tummy issues for the little guy ever since he was born. Spitting up (well, more like copious amounts of vom), arching his back until he was practically in a back bend, hiccups, gurgling, not sleeping any longer than 15 minutes at a time, and the crying... Oh dear lord god, the crying. It never ever ends. It's pretty constant, all day, every day, except for the few fleeting moments of smiles and laughs and happy quiet time. But the crying would always start again and it's not like any baby crying I have ever seen. It's shrieking. For hours and hours.

At first the pediatrician tried to tell me he just has colic. I wasn't buying it. First of all, I'm not much of a believer in "colic" even though I've been told my baby has it. I don't believe babies cry for no reason. There is always a reason. And my baby is telling me something is wrong. My gut was telling me this was not okay and it was not normal. Granted, I was spoiled as a first-time mom because my first son was the world's easiest baby who rarely cried. But I knew that even if A was a fussy baby, this was not okay.