Sustainable Baby

When I was pregnant I had this illusion of being an organic, cloth diapering, breastfeeding, sustainable mama. Well, reality hit and although the breastfeeding thing worked out the cloth diapering never kicked in and the few diapers I bought are now used for burp cloths. I try not to beat myself up about this one, I mean I work and take care of Nolan full time, try to keep a clean house, keep my social life somewhat in tact and every so often sleep...I have a lot on my plate! I have pretty much given up on this cloth diapering fantasy...maybe when we get closer to potty training?
But when it came time for Nolan to eat solid foods I knew I really wanted to make his food organically, locally and in season. We have one of the only farmers markets in the entire city of Seattle that goes year round practically in our backyard so there are no excuses. Plus I'm surrounded by fruit trees which means not only local, organic and in season plums, pears and apples but its also FREE!
As you can see below, Nolan's first food was from a can, i did buy a few jars of organic baby food just in case my homemade experiment didn't work out and for emergencies. So today to escape the heat we wandered down to the Sunday market to check out this week's selection.
You've got to love summer, there were piles of beautiful produce everywhere. I knew I wanted peas so I immediately picked up a huge bag of shelled peas. I thought I was so smart buying them already shelled until i saw at a stand as I was leaving that shelled peas were a 1/3 of the price...oh well good to know for next time! Then I saw piles of carrots and grabbed a big bunch of those. Then there was this beautiful summer squash that were so bright I couldn't pass them up. Here is Nolan admiring our bounty. I decided to make the peas first since that seemed to be the simplest. They came out beautifully, they were this great neon green color and the perfect consistency. I even tried a little bit and it was delicious, like some kind of pea sauce you would find smeared artfully on the side of some fancy entree. I'm far from a chef so this achievement was pretty big for me. By this time, Nolan was done waiting and decided dinner time was now. I was a little nervous he wouldn't like it or the consistency since he liked the sweet potatoes so much.Nope, loved them! I couldn't shovel it in fast enough! I don't think eating will be a problem for this guy. Luckily for me, homemade baby food is soooooo easy! I think I'll be able to stick to this one...let's just hope he likes root vegetables or this will be a long winter.