The Amateur Chef

My husband is the chef in our house. He absolutely loves to create delicious food. He can simply look in the fridge, pantry or freezer and make whatever he finds into a fabulous meal. He does tend to get a bit "gourmet" and loves to make sauces especially white wine sauces with everything. The past couple of weeks I have tried my "amateur" hand at cooking meals for our family. I'm a pro at making homemade baby food for baby Cash... but that doesn't really take much creativity.

I have discovered the secret for me to create in the kitchen!! I am a visual learner. Maybe this is why I love to paint and create art. So I've discovered a few great places to go that are visually stimulating, mouthwatering and to so simple to follow... step by step!

The past few weeks I've made this which my husband stated "the best dang lasagna I've every had"! I've also made yummy banana peanut butter cake, chicken broccoli rice casserole, tuna melt sandwiches, and turkey meatloaf (with the help of my husband) he made the sauce topper :)!

I also made this yummmmmmmmmmy!

I snapped this photo to document my endeavor! So you guys would actually believe me!And this shot of my "gourmet husband" eating my zucchini cake creation!!!

I've discovered that cooking is just like art! There aren't any rules... of course recipes give you guidelines, but I've discovered what my husband already knows..... you can sub ingredients, and add your own little flare to the dish!!

I also made a nutritious fruit salad with fresh and frozen fruit!! Cut up fresh apples, bananas, plums, peaches & oranges, toss in frozen blueberries, mangoes add a half a cup of vanilla yogurt and this is what you get!

I've been stocking up on frozen peaches, mangos and blueberries for my "small fry" Baby Cash! They are great for him to eat while he's teething...

I simply put the frozen fruit inside this

and this is what it get!

I recommend these self feeding feeders to anyone who has a little one who is learning to eat solids and also teething.

Cash first learned how to use it with ice cubes!

Share your yummy recipes with me!

Currently I am learning the art of the yogurt based smoothie... instead of ice cream! I've discovered a splash of vanilla & honey may be the key!!

These are a Few of My Favorite Things

CASH LOVES

#1:His "froggy" jump a roo boy can he jump!!!

#2: Making fish lips and balloons....

#3: Being a Brunkenhoefer

Paw Paw Brunkenhoefer ... Great Uncle "Ocho" Robert Brunkenhoefer & Great Uncle "funny man" Kenneth Brunkenhoefer

& Baby Brunkenhoefer

#4: His maternal Grandparents Ron & Chita

#5: Swimming with GRAM & sissy Madeline

#5: Bath time & making elephant sounds

#6: Sticking out his tongue

#7: Breakfast... lunch ... & dinner

#8: Jack's Big Music Show

on Noggin... he loves this sing*along show as well as

moose & zeee...

#9: Playing in a box inside the pack & play

#9: Da da & clapping

#10: Animals: Pooger Pie & Cider...

Aunt Wednesday & Uncle Eric's pups

he loves aunt wednesday & uncle eric too

#10: Creating Masterpieces (aka Art)

(ok... maybe it's mommy who likes to create art)

These are a few of Mommy's favorite things:

1. Cash sleeps through the night (since 4 1/2 months)

2. No teeth yet... since he still gets mommy's milk

3. The "Hall of Crawl"

4. Falls asleep in the car... loves to be in the stroller

5. Doesn't suck thumb or pacifer...

6. Happy BABY!!!

7. Has a routine... not a schedule

8. Drinks from a sippy cup

9. Loves to read with mommy

10. Mommy also loves the Jump a roo & Jack's big music show = (shower time for mom)hehe

Fish Lips!!

FISH LIPS!

Beach Babes!

Mommy & Cash at Sunrise!

The above photo was taken before the big wipe out! I put Cash down in on the beach and daddy snapped this shot. Then Eric went to take off his flipflops and a wave came and knocked Cash over... and he was rolling in the surf. The following photo shows an after shot... i felt so bad i didn't grab him fast enough.... but then i wish Eric had the camera to catch it on film, because his expression was priceless... needless to say... Cash did not want me to let go of him the rest of the day....

After the big wipe out!



Checking out the surf and seagulls with Dad!

Take Me out to the Ball Game

Cash went to his first baseball game this week! Actually we had the opportunity to go twice. Cash had so much fun! Daddy caught a ball for him and Cash also posed on the big screen. This was a fun family event.
The next game we saw the game from the box seats with Gram & Paw Paw!! Gram & Cash hang out inside eating Daddy's Birthday Cake. Cash is just playing with the water bottle, it's empty... but he has mastered the sippy cup! He's such a big boy!!

Yum Yum!!

Baby Cash has started eating solids. I waited until a week before he was 6 months old. He loves it! Everyone told me to be prepared... for the spitting it out.... but that didn't happen. He loves sweet potatos (like mom) and bananas! He also enjoys eating apples, carrots, squash, rice cereal and oatmeal cereal. I have been making homemade baby food! It's quite easy, less expensive and can be frozen!

New Mommy? Forget about blogging!

So my "small fry" is 6 months old! Time has flown by!


Check out my sweet baby!






















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