"Baby-tax"

It is a beautiful thing to see a young child enjoying their food. We have our ups and downs when it comes to our Monkey's enthusiasm for eating. I blame it partially on teething, because surely it couldn't possibly be our cooking ;) So it's always a pleasure to see that little mouth open wide, that noodle being sucked in, those hands shove a stray piece of veg back in.

What give us little giggles is seeing our son speed-crawl across the room when he sees us eat something. He is coming to claim his baby-tax. Nowadays there is no chance of us eating anything without paying the baby-tax. Sometimes it is just a small bite size tax. Sometimes it's a hefty 50% claim we have to satisfy. But we don't mind, we like to share.

Left over pasta, eating standing up in the kitchen (it didn't go unnoticed!)

On the downside it means we have to be careful what, when and how we eat. Grabbing a quick bite while standing up, before we pop out...what message will that send? - that food is a quick fast commodity? What about a sneaky piece of chocolate? - admittedly we're actually rather good when it comes to chocolate (or other sweets) and rarely have them in the house. Either way, it goes to show that we can't get away with bad eating habits and that we need to fix them now. After all we need to lead by example and I would like food to be special and meal times to be a family affair (without TV but rather talking about our days and listening to each other).

Bon appetit!

Farmer's market

A morning's trip to the farmer's market... got to stock up for the veggie baby!

Lovely produce at the farmers market: fresh, local and mostly organic.

Zingy lemon, bright orange, vibrant red....

This is us, baby!

Hi and welcome to 'Veggie baby, baby!'

We are two vegetarians (10+ years) in our mid-thirties who, 8 months ago, had a baby boy. As soon as the weaning stage began we were faced with the challenge of providing nutritious food for our baby that contains all he needs for growing into a strong and healthy child. Not an easy task it seems...


What about that all important B12? Those omega oils? Iron? Didn't we read something about Zinc? A balanced veggie baby diet would require dedication, study and planning ahead.

This blog then is our (largely photographic) veggie baby journey journal, documenting what we cook, how it goes down, the meal plans we follow and what we learn along the way.

So, here we go baby!