So I have nothing against chocolate. In fact, Ive got nothing but lurrrv for chocolate. However, I am against the sugar frenzy that face our kids everyday, in this very commercial world we live in. Yes, my kids do get to indulge in treats now and again – Im no sugar-nazi. It is part of the world, so no ducking it. But when I do get a chance to eliminate/reduce it, I grab at that chance. Like say, at Easter…Yes, at Easter!Just hear me out… Continue reading
Category Archives: Baking
Chocolate Cookie pops that make a cute little handmade Valentine’s Day gift…
…Or a just because :cookies!
So Im off to a bit of a late start with our Valentine’s Day Spread the Love mission – but rushing off from meetings to spend the afternoon with your kiddy in the ER will do that to you! So with a little anaesthetic and a few stitches later, my beasty was ready to help me ( and small beast) whip up a batch of Valentines Day goodies again.
Last Valentines, we went with a delicious Almond Cookie recipe, but this year, I found this cool Continue reading
Homemade Christmas cookies:always a winner as handmade gifts or even for a Christmas kiddy activity
A small batch of the Christmasy crunchiness I’m handing out this year.
I loved it. I always thought it was so charming, so much so, Continue reading
Lactation Cookie recipe to increase Milk supply: The results are in!
My delicious milk supply saving grace :Lactation Cookies
[UPDATE: The link to my galactogogue experience is now incuded below]
So Im a leaky boob kinda girl. As in, when I feed my baby girl, its best I hold a cup under the other boob, so that I can catch all the milk that my rather overactive/multiple let-down(s) were pumping out. However, with the obvious drop in supply that I was going through, it was so low I was no longer even leaking. In fact, my let down wasn’t much to speak of any more. And took forever to even show itself – a lovely frustration for my little nursling who had come to enjoy the sudden gush of milk.
And come pump time, my glorious days of pumping out 200ml in less than 10min were long gone. I was only managing about 40ml in total. (which was even less than what I would collect in that cup from just leaking.) And dont talk about the mastitis-ruined boob, which was then only contributing about 15 of those 40ml.
But then, if you recall from my previous post, I found a recipe for lactation cookies, and I immediately got cracking in the kitchen. After just an Continue reading
Want to increase milk supply?Eat this cookie!!
[UPDATE: To see just how well these cookies worked for me, go check out my results post here.]
Milk supply dwindling? Fear not, my breastfeeding mamas, cookies to the rescue!!
Say what?
Eat yummy cookies to help boost my milk supply? As if I needed another reason to have a cookie!
Hell to the yeah, pass me another one. In fact, just leave the cookie jar here with me!
But before you get ahead yourself, we’re not talking about any old cookie. So put down the double stuffed oreos (or not), and have a look-see here Continue reading
Getting crafty: Valentines Day cookies with the kids
Ok, so this might not be a craft strictly speaking. I suppose it belongs more under the bake section. But none the less, your kids will still have loadsa fun messing in the flour and butter goop, and cookie cutting. (all whilst still stimulating their tactile senses)
Kids entertained AND stimulated?? Double WIN!
Its a plain and simple vanilla almond cookie, decorated in honour of Valentines Day. Perfect little gift for Continue reading