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At 5 ½ months Shae decided that Paisley was ready to start solid food. (I was personally not ready for the solid poo’s – but that’s another story.) So we whipped up some home-made rice cereal, mixed it with a bit of moms milk, outfitted baby with bib and spooned up some slop…

Paisley loved it! She would reach for the spoon then suck down the white mush. It was surprising to us that she didn’t make a huge mess. We expected her to spit out the first few bites I guess she is just a natural and takes after her father.

Again we had not gone grocery shopping and I hadn’t sat down yet to plan the weeks meals. I am going to use the baby as an excuse this time. After breakfast I scrambled to find foods for lunch.

We generally eat leftovers for lunch but no leftovers today…

After looking blankly at what was left in the pantry I pulled out a can of tomato paste then looked up our Easy Tomato Basil Soup Recipe.

Darn!
I don’t have Diced Tomatoes, onions or garlic.

With the arrival of baby Paisley personal meal planning in our household took a backseat. While this is a bit ironic the fact remains that without a plan you spend more and eat less - nutritious and satisfying meals.

The first 2 weeks after coming home from the hospital we were spoiled with family and friends bringing us food. We were brought: large trays of pasta and veggies, a large pot of beans for burritos, homemade veggie burgers and the constant treating to take-out. All this following several days of picking up the phone and ordering room service ruined our meal planning discipline.

To get back into the meal planning game we had to turn to a few of our go-to staple meals. Here are a few super-easy Vegetarian Meal Ideas that were in our post-partum meal plan:

I recently got a new kitchen tool – an Immersion Blender. This tool has been on my to-get-list for some time. The immersion blender allows you to blend in any container without the hassle of filling up the specific blender container. This is especially handy for some soups and the primary reason I wanted one.

I am a sucker for kitchen gear! Some time ago I came across a Mandoline slicer at a local discount department store and now shaping spuds into perfect homemade french fries is a snap!