Sneaky Veggies Spaghetti Recipe for Picky Eaters

Thanks to Plum Organics for sponsoring my post about tips for baby feeding magic. What if you let baby choose what’s for dinner? Check out their cute “Quest for Yum!” video and see what happens!
Recently Ruari has decided she’s too cool for veggies. Not even kidding. She sees something green in her food she’ll either: pick every green thing out of the dish…. or she’ll just skip eating all together. There’s many ways we’ve been sneaking in veggies into her diet (including those Plum Organics pouches). We’ve made smoothies, blend veggies into food until they’re invisible, and trying to blend carrots with applesauce. But the best way we’ve found to trick her into eating those veggies: sneaking them into spaghetti. We cut carrots and zucchini into strips, and finely chop spinach and mix it into the sauce. And: Ruari just loves it. So much.
It’s very simple. We usually make a large batch and then freeze/refrigerate the extra for later. It’s nice having the extra (especially since I’m not a fan of cooking). Here’s the recipe:
Sneaky Veggies Spaghetti Recipe
by, The Paper Papa
ingredients:
– 2 cups favorite spaghetti sauce (we used organic Trader Joe’s jar sauce)
– 1/2 bag of whole wheat spaghetti
– 1 carrot
– 1 zucchini
– 1 cup of baby spinach (finely chopped)
– 2 cloves of garlic
– 1 tsp. olive oil
– Parmesan cheese
Directions:
Boil water for the pasta. Use mandolin to cut carrot and zucchini into thin spaghetti like strips. When pasta is al dente, throw in carrots and zucchini into boiling water with the pasta. Let boil for 2-3 minutes. Drain pasta mixture.
In the same pot saute garlic, spinach, and oil over medium high heat for about a minute. Add the pasta sauce and a half cup of water, then bring to simmer. Add the pasta mixture into the sauce and stir to combine. Put lid on the pot, turn off the heat and let sit for 10 minutes. It’s ready! Sprinkle some Parmesan over the top if you’d like. ๐Ÿ™‚
Basically: Ruari LOVED it. She always loves it. She ate it all… then, asked for more!

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50 DIY Days: Your Christmas card photo!

1: Vintage style
2: Play with your camera!
3: Catch a special moment
4: A view from above!
5: Play with props
6: Dress up a dog! That’s pretty much ALWAYS a win in my book. ;D
7: Set up your camera and just let your kids be themselves
8: Dress up a sleepy baby. ๐Ÿ˜€
9: Get silly. I love this one.
10: Put a sweater on. Your dog! ;D
11: Silly kid!
12: Set your kid up with some props… and, let them go… snap away!
13: Re-imagine an old image….
14: Create a scene with figurines… This one cracks me up!
15: Just take a photo of your kids. They are pretty darn awesome the way they are. ๐Ÿ™‚

My hubs and I have already planned our Christmas card for this year…. I will share it in a couple of weeks… ๐Ÿ™‚ BUT, for now I hope the photos above have inspired you to create your Christmas card this year! Start planning now! Before you know it… Christmas will be here! I generally like to have my Christmas card all ready to be printed the first week in November! That way I don’t have to rush and worry about it later. ๐Ÿ™‚

Do you have any plans for your Christmas card photo this year? Be sure to come back at the end of November for the Holiday Photo Challenge! Lots of prizes. ๐Ÿ™‚

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These girls.

These girls are AWESOME!!!!!!!! I met a ton of awesome ladies (and two guys) last week at BlogHer11… But, these videos…. just make me miss it… awe… These are flipbooks we made at the first party… the Clever Girls!

AND: Thank you AGAIN to the lovely Clever Girls Collective for helping sponsor my trip to BlogHer 11!!! Thank you! The party was awesome and YOU ladies are awesome!

โ™ก Chelsey

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Blog Anniversary GIVEAWAY: A Custom Photo Painting from AB Press {CLOSED}

 Hey guys! Yup… it’s been a year since I started my Paper Mama blog! I’ve been blogging since 2008… but, my other blog never meant as much to me as this one does… this blog is my little bloggy home. Wow! I’ve really loved every moment of blogging as The Paper Mama and can’t wait to see where this next year takes me! So, for celebration I have a few awesome giveaways for you all this week! Yes! Here’s giveaway number 1….

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Hello! I would like to introduce all of you to Ali from AB Press! Ali just recently finished design school (yay! Congrats!) and is crazy talented. With one of your photos she can create a pretty awesome handmade portrait!

Before: 

In addition to the portraits she has some other pretty artwork… here are a couple of my faves:

SO… What can you win?
A lovely custom Photo Painting from AB Press!!

How do you win? Please follow these steps… AND make sure I have a way to contact you through e-mail. If I don’t… I’ll have to delete the entry… ๐Ÿ™

Mandatory entry:
1) Just answer this question: If you win… will your custom photo painting be a photo of me? Or, someone else? Ha ha! ;D {1 entry}
 
Optional entries (Please leave a separate comment for each entry so it counts. Thanks!):
1) Follow me (see sidebar) {1 entry}
2) Like my Facebook page for The Paper Mama {1 entry}
3) Follow me on Twitter: @thepapermama {1 entry}
4) Follow them on Twitter: @abpress {1 entry}
5) Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway. You are welcome to copy and paste this tweet:
” Win an awesome Custom Handmade Photo Painting! Blog anniversary! http://alturl.com/o4t7c @thepapermama  “{1 entry}
6) Blog about this giveaway… linking back to my blog (please post blog post link in comment). {1 entry}

If you have a moment, I’d LOVE to get 
a couple votes from you!
Vote For Us @ TopBaby Blogs! The Best Baby Blog Directory

Last day to enter giveaway is April 30th, 2011 at 11:59PM Pacific time.

โค Chelsey

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BlogHer 2011!

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Photo Challenging…

Scavenger Hunt Sunday:

High Key

Bedroom

Something Tiny

Off in the Distance

Stripes

Steppin’ Out:

My friend Roxana and I stepped out on Friday night for First Friday! On First Friday many of the local businesses stay open till 9 and serve treats and wine. I love First Friday’s. ๐Ÿ™‚ Oh… and no: I didn’t wear those heels while walking around the neighborhood… ๐Ÿ™‚ Just for the photos.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

A vote for our blog this lovely day? Just a couple more votes and I move up a bit! Yay! Only takes a couple of clicks if you’d like to vote.
Vote For Us @ TopBaby Blogs! The Best Baby Blog Directory


โค Chelsey

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BlogHer 2011!

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March Giveaway Winners!

The winner of the Twenty Five Designs headband is:
{Honestly, Rachel Marie}

The winner of the Scissors Paper Rock 2 prints is:
{Sweet Butter Bliss}

The winner of the Sissy Little $50 coupon is:
{Best of Our Love}
The winner of the Sadie Ryan Keepsake Tile is:
{Our Journey}

Congrats! So much fun! Thanks so much for entering and don’t forget to watch for more fantastic giveaways from my sponsors!

โค Chelsey

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