Valentine for a Hero

Those that live at my house know that this Cupid isn’t a fan of baking sugar cookies.  The rolling.  The cutting out.  It seems to take all day. So coming home to hot from the oven Valentine Day cookies was recognized as a labor of love.  The cookies devoured in a heartbeat. Because of Parker’s… [Continue Reading]

What I feed my g-tube enhanced kid.

My g-tube enhanced Brave Hero has done so well on the blenderized diet I prepare for him daily. He lost a significant amount of weight from being sick so many times this season, but we are back up 2 pounds…..two more to go before we are back to his baseline! I use this for Parker’s… [Continue Reading]

Weight Gain and the Child with Special Needs

Parker was almost up to 37 pounds. So very close. The weight gain happy dancing was in full force. Then he got sick. Pneumonia. Pseudomonas. That damn Adenovirus that came with a 12 days of diarreha and zofran just to keep the meds down. Before we we knew it Parker had lost down to skin… [Continue Reading]

Quick and Easy Ravioli Lasagna: A Recipe

We’re working out the nursing issues.  New ones are orienting.  Nights are covered.  But during the day it’s just me and the Hero, and lemme tell ya, this kid is a full time job.  There isn’t time for anything but keeping this kid going. Dinners around here have been of the quick and easy variety. … [Continue Reading]

Dehydrated Fruit for a Blenderized Diet

I love creating a blenderized diet each morning for Parker.  I try to go organic as much as I can, using as high quality foods as possible. It can be a challenge to do this on a modest food budget. But it can be done. One strategy I use is gleaning.  Gleaning is basically letting… [Continue Reading]

Home Canned Apple Pie Filling: A Recipe

  With a bumper crop of apples sitting all over my house I’ve been canning up a storm.  The luxury of having homemade apple pie filling sitting on my pantry shelf for a quick dessert is worth all the sweating and hard work done before hand.     This stuff makes awesome pies, crumbles and… [Continue Reading]

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