Tag: Toddler

Garden Starts

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It may be the middle of winter, but gardeners have to think a season or two ahead. January is the time to start seeds indoors for long growing, heat loving veggies such as tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant.

Lil Turnip is helping me scoop potting mix into my starter containers. Gardening with a two year old is fun, but requires a lot of guidance to make sure everything eds up where it’s supposed to.

We planted six varieties of tomatoes, two kinds of peppers, and one giant Iraqi eggplant. I was tired of having to pick 10 eggplants to make a meal. I wanted something hefty where one eggplant is big enough to really make something out of.

And now they are just starting to come up! Sprouts are so exciting! Another month or so and they will be in the ground!

Arts And Craps

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Time for some Hanukkah crafts with my two year old! We made potato prints of a star of David and a dreidel.

Lil Turnip, the two year old in the house, had a good time dipping them in the pain and stamping them on the paper.

Honestly, she has a pretty short attention span, but it was great while it lasted. We made little gift bags to fill with Gelt cookies. Post to come!

Baking Challah

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Shabbat shalom! I love making challah and have been doing it for years. My go-to recipe is the Mark Bittman no knead bread recipe because it makes the best easiest bread I’ve ever eaten. It’s not traditional, but I figure as long as I separate the dough and say the blessing it works. But now that I have a toddler who wants to be involved in the process I’m trying to change it up because the no knead bread is too wet and soft to braid.

After a web search for “making challah with a toddler” I ended up trying a recipe for easy challah in a bag. It turned out better than expected and I’m making it a second time today.

Challah in a Bag

It’s really fun that Lil Turnip is really getting to an age where I can involve her in these kinds of projects. Even if all she wants to do is eat the raw dough.