Kids Eating Butter Straight

 

Man, do these kids love butter straight up.  They like to take the whole stick (or chunk) and unwrap it, then take bites out of it.

Thanks, Weston Price, for making me feel like this is OK!

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Anniversary Cake from Lovely Little Cakes in Walnut Creek

 

After all my blubbering about cakes and the sugar in them, I commissioned my husband a replica of our cake top (with elements from the second layer) for our wedding anniversary.  I got it from a friend's company, Lovely Little Cakes in Walnut Creek (she delivers), who at least makes them gluten free and refined sugar free.  My husband even said it was delicious!

Here is our wedding cake:

It was such a fun gift and a gorgeous cake.

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Watermelon Cake (GF SF - ha) - and Birthday Party Activity Idea

On our eternal quest to make a birthday cake that won't give the kids diabetes (here and here and here and here and the banana with a candle in it I didn't blog about), I have stumbled upon the watermelon cake.  I saw a photo of it on Facebook, and we decided to make a few sample cakes before the little guy's second birthday next month.

The base of the cake - we made two. 

 

We did it as a "make your own" challenge- as if every kid at the party would have their own base and a pile of fruit and toothpicks and decorate as they desire.

This is what my older son came up with as his cake. 

Here is my cake.

Yum! He was so proud of his work.

And they were as fun to eat as they were to make!  What kid doesn't love eating off a toothpick?

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Goumi Fruit - Nitrogen Fixer is delicious Permaculture

We bought a bunch of fruit trees from One Green World two winters ago.  This year, we are getting our first crop of Red Gem Goumis.

Goumi are little fruits, and have a pit on the inside. They are slightly astringent if you eat them too early (like persimmon), but the kids really love them (far more than my husband and I like them).

Plus, goumi act as a nitrogen fixer, meaning their roots add nitrogen to the soil and fertilize the plants around them without you having to add nitrogen to the soil.  Delicious permaculture!

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Ultra Low Carb Flax Buns

 

These are from Caveman Keto and they are delicious. I took out the Splenda, too.  PLUS- the kids love them!

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DIY Scooter Treasure Basket

This is a large strawberry basket zip-tied onto the handlebars.

 

 It could (obviously) hold much more, but we were harvesting the strawberries at the time...

 

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Kids' Flour Concoction

It all started innocently enough.  I was making macaroons with my older son across the kitchen. We looked over and the little guy had a container of flour poised.




So we got him a bowl.

Then he kept "cooking," adding a bit more of each kind of flour, plus an egg, and some water.  Soon enough, my older son thought his brother's cooking was more fun than his mom's, so I lost my helper.  They added yeast, and used the mixer to get the right consistency.

They spent over an hour at this project.

We baked it, and they took a bite, then gave it to the chickens.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying this is a great activity. It wastes a bit of food (I took out the expensive flours early on- whew), and took ages to clean up (they helped with this, too).  But it did keep them occupied and self-directed, and out of the hot sun for a bit.  They even measured and got to imitate Mama cooking.

Though perhaps next time I will encourage them to use Play Doh instead...

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Meatza - Grain Free, Primal, Ultra Low Carb "Pizza" - Kids Food

This was inspired by Well Fed and Caveman Keto.  There was pizza night at school, and my son didn't want to go out, but liked the idea of making Meatza at home.

Meatza is basically meat instead of a bread crust, and the rest is the same as traditional pizza.  

While I was working on the meat crusts, my 4.5 year old made appetizers (not ultra low carb, FYI, but delicious). He took goat cheese and put it and shredded carrots on a plate.

Then I made two kinds of Meatza.  One  Meatza was made on defrosted chicken thighs.

The other was made on flattened ground beef, prebaked at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.

I topped them with chopped leftover veggies (asparagus, cauliflower, and broccoli), sliced salami, olives, leftover cooked bacon, and shredded cheddar cheese.

The boys said they were delicious.  My older son actually said he liked the chicken thigh one a bit better.

I even found sauce in his ear later!

 

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Make Your Own Birdfeeder (or Squirrel Feeder)

Hanging from that tree is a pine cone with birdseed and peanut butter (unsalted) on it.  We mixed the birdseed and peanut butter, then slathered it onto the pine cone and wrapped the twine onto it.

We did a similar activity a couple of weeks ago.

The birds and squirrels came and feasted, and it was cleaned off within a couple of days.

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Ultra Low Carb Treat: Chocolate Fudge

 

This is our regular coconut fudge recipe, edited to add a little protein and remove some cocoa.  The protein should, theoretically, make you want to eat less and make it more of a complete snack.

Chocolate Fudge

3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 cup almond flour
1 cup coconut oil
1 T vanilla
1 t sea salt
2 scoops protein powder (I use Vital Whey)

Mix in food processor. Refrigerate as desired.  Makes 4 servings.

(note: view my inspiration here)

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