Baby Food Pancakes


So I had some left over baby food and infant cereal that I had already opened, so I searched online and found a recipe that I thought sounded good:




Baby Cereal Pancakes Recipe

1 cup whole wheat flour (this will make a dense pancake; you can use 1 1/2 cups of all purpose flour if you prefer)
1/2 cup uncooked commercial baby barley cereal from the box (or rice commercial baby cereal)
1/2 cup uncooked commercial baby oatmeal cereal from the box - did not have just used more rice baby cereal
1 cup formula (or another liquid such as milk) - used WHOLE milk
1/2 cup mashed banana (or fruit of your choice) - used left over baby food - applesauce
1 tbsp melted margarine or butter (unsalted type)
3 egg yolks
apple juice (about 1/2 cup) or use water if you prefer - used apple juice

Add cinnamon, nutmeg, dash of vanilla or other flavorings if you wish. - used vanilla

Mix all ingredients together and add enough juice to make pancake consistency. Cook on your cook top in a frying pan as you would with "regular" pancakes. Cooking these baby cereal pancakes on a griddle will work better as you will have more control over the temperature and will be better able to keep the temp. at a constant heat.

Baby Food Pancakes

They were very yummy! Even my hubby liked them. Be aware that it makes a LOT and if you are going to freeze it, then freeze the batter not the pancake. I suggest freezing it in separate increments in small Ziploc freezer baggies. I hope this helps!





Baby Coupon Giveaway!

Checked the mail today, as some of you may know my daughter no longer eats baby food. In fact I tried to make baby food pancakes and that was a disaster so I ended up selling them to a local consignment shop. Any who, I received some pretty awesome Beech-Nut coupons!

Here's what they include:
2 $1 off ANY Beech-Nut cereal (exp 12/31/11)
Save $1 on any 6 Beech-Nut Stage 3 jars (exp 3/31/12)
Buy 3 Get 1 Free Beech-Nut Stage 1 jars (exp 3/31/12)
Save $1 on any 10 Beech-Nut Stage 2 jars (exp 3/31/12)
Save $1 on any 8 Beech-Nut items (exp 3/31/12)

So here's what I want you to do:

1. Go 'like' Diana's Deals
2. Then leave a comment saying you would like to enter the giveaway!

That's it! I will pick someone at random on Sunday at 5 pm and post a status on my page letting you know who won! :)

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Publix and Walgreens Trip 11/10/11 - 65% Savings!



Publix

6 Ore-Ida Tater Tots - $3.55 - 2 store B2G1, 2 Manu B2G1 (thank you IHeartPublix.com for the coupons!)

1 Gallon Milk - $3.19 (it's ridiculous that this is a good price for milk!)

2 Edge Shaving gel - 2/$4 - no coupons but needed

2 Skintimate Shaving gel - 2/$4 - no coupons but needed

4 Texas Bread Sticks - 50% off ($1.29 each) - 4 $0.40 off doubled

3 Stouffers Family Size Lasgna - $3.99 (normally almost $8!) - 3 $1 off coupon

3 Brawny paper towels - Rain check to make them $1.50 (down from $1.99) - 3 $.050 off coupons doubled

2 Philadelphia cooking cream - 2 $1 target (competitior) and 2 $1 off manu

5 Idahoan Instant Potatoes BOGO $1.33 - 1 free, 1 $1 off, 1 $0.75/3

2 Ricola cough drops - BOGO $1.79 - 2 $1 off

2 Tennessee Pride 12 ct sausage biscuits - $4.99 (terrbile price and I had a terrible coupon - $1/2 - but my husband wanted them and they are so he can bring his breakfast to work instead of buying it so it makes money in the long run. And of course when I got home there was a $0.75 off one and $1 off the Dairy department from Kroger. O well.)

$5 off $50 Kroger (competitor) coupon

$3 off $30 Publix coupon

OOP: $34.70

Total Saved: $64.60




Walgreens

4 216 count Huggies baby wipes - $4.99 - Used $2 off Store coupon (Infant Care booklet - Thank you to the Momma who sent it to me!), took off $8, then 4 $0.40 off manu. made them $0.01 per wipe or $0.75 per pack. GREAT DEAL! Plus I picked up my FREE photos! :D



Pretty proud of this trip even if I did buy things I didn't have coupons for and didn't plan on buying. Plus I got a LOT of stuff that we have had to go without that we use to buy because we couldn't afford (i.e. the stouffers lasagnas and tater tots). How many of you have gone without because it wasn't on a good deal/didn't have good coupons for an item you really like? My family will always have food on their plate, a roof over their heads, and clothes on their backs but sometimes will go without the extras. That's called survival.

SouthernSavers.com, IHeartPublix.com, and TheKrazyCouponLady.com helped me plan this trip! :D

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Planning a 1st Birthday: Winter ONEderland

I have never planned a birthday party before in my life! I tried to plan Hubby's 25th birthday party but it was an EPIC FAIL! I do not want my daughter's birthday to be remembered as such. It's hers first and although I know she won't remember it, I want the pictures to show that it was beautiful and fun.
{This post has been updated to help others. ENJOY!}

Place:
My House
{Choose a place your child is familiar with. You don't want to over stimulate them!}

Time:
Probably around lunch time.
{We did 1 p.m., I suggest working around YOUR child's naps and not let others influence the needs of your child.}

Date:
Sunday; December 11, 2011
(Her original EDD :D But her birthday is actually the 9th)

Theme:
Winter ONEderland




Food:
Cake Ideas:
(Hopefully my mother-in-law's friend will make it *wink,wink*) ;)
{But don't forget about a smash cake! ;]}




Images found through Google search.

Other Food Ideas:

Hot Cocoa bar, smores, etc.
I have a TON pinned HERE. ;)

Decorations:
I've been looking around now for things. But I've also been looking online at stuff that maybe I could make.
{My Monthly Snowflakes - I had a little tree with white lights already so I made these to hang from it. There was a picture from each month including birth.}
I used the snowflake template found HERE.



View all my other pinned ideas HERE.

Invitations:
I sent out a Save the Date on Facebook to see a rough estimate of how many are coming. But I ordered formal invitations through Shutterfly with my Pampers GTG points.




I put this all on Pinterest, Follow my Winter ONEderland board:

:)