penelope has been gobbling up solid foods lately - ENTIRELY different than atticus at this age. she cries when people have food and she's not being fed, and she acts like she's totally starving. emotional eating - that's my girl.
anyway, i was watching the duggars one night (yes i watch the duggars and yes i wish i was one of them because they love the lord and they shop at aldi) and michelle (or 'chelle, as i call her when i fantasize that we're besties) was feeding one of her babies. she laid her on her back on the couch with a towel under her and fed her that way. and gosh darnit if that's not the best idea ever. the food stays in their mouth as though that's where it's meant to be - no need for bibs, etc. plus, i've noticed it helps penelope keep from spitting up as much afterwards.
not that i get the chance to do this very often - she likes being able to sit up and see everything. but it really does work when i can get her to figure out that i'm trying to help her, not trying to force her into acting like a five-month-old baby when she's clearly a big girl.
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kitchen tip. you're welcome.
the other day i really wanted popcorn but this is what our pantry looks like at the moment:
i ran out of lard, coconut oil, and bacon grease. i don't keep vegetable oils in the house. butter burns before it gets hot enough to pop popcorn, and olive oil would just taste gross, i think. i also don't have an airpopper.
what's a hungry girl to do?
i just stuck a bunch of kernels in a paper sack and stuck it in the microwave. voila. homemade popcorn without any fancy machinery (other than a microwave i guess) and without oil. just throw on some salt and butter. you're welcome.
and also, does this picture not make your mouth turn into a faucet of saliva?
* thank you jeska for the loan of the word. it seemed appropriate.
**a tip within a tip: as long as butter is salted, you can leave it at room temperature pretty much indefinitely. so no need to buy those fancy spreadable butters (or worse, margarine). don't try this with unsalted butter, though. again, you're welcome.
you can see a 10 lb bag of whole wheat spagetti there on the left ($4 at the amish store- whuuuut.*), a jar of blue popcorn, a jar of oat flour; then on the bottom we have a can of water chestnuts, some sardines in hot pepper sauce (leftover from when i was pregnant), a can of mandarin oranges and a jar of peanut butter. that little blue crock is full of butter that i keep at room temperature.** yes, the fixings of a delicious meal, i know, but nothing that would help me pop my popcorn.
i ran out of lard, coconut oil, and bacon grease. i don't keep vegetable oils in the house. butter burns before it gets hot enough to pop popcorn, and olive oil would just taste gross, i think. i also don't have an airpopper.
what's a hungry girl to do?
i just stuck a bunch of kernels in a paper sack and stuck it in the microwave. voila. homemade popcorn without any fancy machinery (other than a microwave i guess) and without oil. just throw on some salt and butter. you're welcome.
and also, does this picture not make your mouth turn into a faucet of saliva?
* thank you jeska for the loan of the word. it seemed appropriate.
**a tip within a tip: as long as butter is salted, you can leave it at room temperature pretty much indefinitely. so no need to buy those fancy spreadable butters (or worse, margarine). don't try this with unsalted butter, though. again, you're welcome.
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