http://www.smallbitesonline.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:57:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many of you who know me know that I am a huge advocate for introducing new foods to kids, not just by offering them the actual food, but through books, games, movies, play, etc. My daughter received a great game for Christmas that definitely qualifies as a unique way to expose ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=325 Image by Kozumel It's so simple, I can't believe I don't do it more often. I'm sure I say this about a lot of things, especially when it comes to cooking. But it really is true about making popcorn. This past weekend I was at the grocery store, about to buy some ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=315 A couple of weeks ago I went to an event for Earth's Best baby food. The event was meant to highlight some of the company's new products and so some bloggers and other press people were invited to come and see what was new in the hopes that they would ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=311 Image by Muffet The other night I had a craving for cauliflower, which I love, and decided to make it pureed. It was one of the first chilly evenings of the new fall season, so I planned a menu of a whole, roasted chicken, pureed cauliflower and broccoli. The chicken was done ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=301 Image by Miskan About two months ago, as we were driving along the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, my almost-six-year-old daughter, Lucie, while looking out the window, declared, "I want to eat at that restaurant with the big 'M'." To which I replied, "Why?" She then said, "Because it looks really good." Cut to two ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=269   Image by VirtualErn My husband was not home for dinner last night and so I wanted to make something quick and easy. Lucie asked for pasta and meatballs, which I did not feel like having, so I settled on pasta and sausage instead. There is a dish I make fairly regularly that ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=267 Image by Another Pint Please On Sunday night, my husband grilled a T-bone steak we had recently bought on sale at Fairway. I had some broccoli rabe in the fridge that I had bought a couple of days earlier and I decided to get some corn on the cob since my ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=265 My good friend Jennifer Perillo at The Mama Chronicles gave me a sample of Home Free cookies to try a while back. Home Free makes a line of allergen-free cookies and cakes so that kids with food allergies won't feel left out at snack time. I have to admit I was ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=263 Photo by Princessrica Yesterday morning I asked Lucie, my five-and-a-half year old daughter, what she wanted for dinner. Her reply: "spaghetti with a little sauce on the top and two meatballs on the side." Okay so, spaghetti and meatballs. I was fine with that since it was chilly and rainy ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=261 A list of some online food-related contests for you to check out...Good luck! Mom in the City is giving away $100 worth of Uncle Ben's products. Click here to enter the contest by May 31, 2009. Your Mama Reviews is giving away a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker. Click here to enter the ... http://www.smallbitesonline.com/?p=260