Homemade Fruit & Veggie Pouches

If your child is anything like mine, they LOVE fruit pouches. We go through several a day as a snack or part of a meal. Unfortunately, these can get kind of pricey. Also, even though I get "organic" ones...I'm sure they contain preservatives. As a thrifty mom, I got online to see if I could find a way to make my own. In my search, I found these beauties on my beloved Amazon.

Mommy Yummy Reusable Pouches

Seriously, for under $9, I got 6 of these gems with 7 reusable caps. *SCORE!* So on to this incredibly easy recipe. Because, I like easy.."Easy like Sunday morning"...haha..ok..here goes..

I made my Fruit & Veggie mixture in the Instant Pot (best gift from my husband ever!) But this could easily be switched to a crock pot recipe as well. 

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Homemade Fruit & Veggie Pouches

by Snappin Momma February-5-2017

Amazingly easy and tasty fruit & veggie mixture perfect for pouches.

Ingredients

• 3 cups Frozen Tropical Mixed Fruit-Peach, Mango, Strawberries, Pineapple
• 1 cup Fresh or Frozen Strawberries
• 1 cup Fresh or Frozen Blueberries
• 1 cup Fresh Carrots
• 1/4 cup Water
• 1 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
• 3 small Peeled & Sliced Apples

Instructions

Throw all ingredients in Instant Pot. Cook on Manual for 5 minutes. Allow a 10 minute natural release. Remove lid, turn off instant pot and unplug. Use an immersion blender to blend. If filling reusable pouches, allow to completely cool and then add to pouches.

Details

Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 15 hour Total time: 20 hour Yield: 6

Ok..so this recipe tastes EXACTLY like a strawberry fruit roll up and I may have eaten a large portion of it myself...not even gonna lie...haha...I have found that its easiest to fill the pouches over a bowl or sink. Also, don't fill them too much or you won't be able to close them. Once finished using these, rinse and you can toss them in the dishwasher. Easy Peasy Squeezie!

The best part about these is I can fill them with yogurt or any kind of mixture and I don't have to worry about a huge mess with a bowl and spoon. #mommywin!

Nutella Stuffed Heart Shaped Hand Pies

After a rough start to this to 2017...lots of crazy stuff..numerous trips to the hospital and my son hitting the 18 month sleep regression (woo-hoo!) its been super quiet around here..which is lame because I just started this blog...but I will say I have been taking so many photos of our daily activities and new recipes and old recipes that I love and cannot wait to share.

Today, I decided I wanted to get everyone into the Valentine's spirit...it is February now after all...My little guy and I wanted to make a Valentine's treat that was Easy..as in easy enough for him to help me a bit and super tasty! I had a sleeve of leftover pie dough from a pot pie I made last week and a jar of nutella....I thought, how bad can these taste? and OMG....these turned out GOOD! like Holy cow good! Seriously this was the easiest thing ever and would be perfect for a Valentine's day play date or even a little treat for a dinner at home. I'll be making them again with the help of my sleep hating little boy (haha...*waahhhh its true!).

 I definitely wanted to make this recipe, toddler friendly..so I picked a pack of plastic cookie cutters at the Dollar Tree..it included a star, circle, heart and flower....super awesome deal for $1 and the plastic cutters are perfect for toddler hands.

 Just cut them out of the roll out pie dough..butter a pan and lay them down...scoop 1 tbsp of Nutella in the center then use a drop of water around the heart edge..this will help seal down the second heart you lay on top of the first.

 I took a fork and smashed down the edges to seal them..then I used a butter knife to cut 2 small slits in the center. Bake @ 425 for 7-8 minutes. Enjoy.  These are so so good!

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Heart Shaped Nutella Stuffed Hand Pies

by Snappin' Momma February-4-2017

So easy and so good. A perfect Valentines treat.

Ingredients

• 1 Roll Out Pie Crust
• 4 tbsp. Nutella
• 1 tsp. Water
• enough to coat bottom of pan Butter

Instructions

Heat oven to 425 degrees. Roll out dough onto wax paper. Cut out pie crust with favorite cookie cutter. Butter pan. Fill each "pie" with 1 tbsp. nutella. Run water over edge of each "pie". Cover with second pie crust cut out. smash edges down with fork. Cut 2 slits in center with butter knife.

Details

Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 8 mins Total time: 18 mins Yield: 4 servings

First Post + Toddler Painting

    Ok, first post..I don't have anything too epic to post, simply because I don't have photos of some of my recent DIY's on my computer...that'll be coming soon. I just wanted to finally get a post up since I've been sitting on this web address for months. I am Kelly. I'm in my early 30's. I have been married for some time..and I have a 1 1/2 year old son & 2 Scottish terriers. *Are you feeling like this is a first date?....haha... I was a hair dresser for nearly 10 years at an amazing salon in the Indianapolis area until my son was born and life totally changed. A month into my maternity leave my husband and I started discussing how it was going to be when I went back to work...I literally couldn't even bear the thought of it...I couldn't handle it. I had wanted this child for years and had, had a loss before I got pregnant with him....I wanted to find a way that I could stay home with him and enjoy this precious time. Luckily, I had been doing a bit of photography for several years before I had him...My husband agreed that it would work out and I dove whole heartedly into solely being a stay at home momma and photographer. I have spent the past year and a half taking every photography class and workshop that I could and I feel like I have grown a lot...I have SO SO SO much more to learn but I'm so happy that I took this leap of faith. I had another blog for a couple of years, "Sequins and Scissors". It was so fun to do and I had a bit of success with it..I was even featured on www.today.com...(which was a huge deal to me!) but I was working a ton and never felt like I had time to really make blogging a priority. Plus, I don't wear a lot of "Sequins" anymore..and even though I still do hair..."Scissors" enter my hands a lot less nowadays. The name just didn't fit me or my life anymore. This blog is my new adventure..I seriously cannot wait to share my DIY projects, home decor, recipes and activities I do with my son because life is so much more fun as a momma. 

Toddler Finger Painting-

This was the first time my son has painted anything completely on his own...I taped down some wax paper, and then used painters tape to tape down the paper. At first I only gave him red paint because I wanted to make a Valentines themed art project for him...Do you see that toilet paper roll I have shaped like a heart stamper?..Yea, that lasted 5 seconds...I also quickly realized it looked like he was painting with only red blood *yikes* so I added more colors to the palette. Sometimes these projects turn into something completely different tham originally planned and that is ok. I got this finger paint- 4 colors for $1 at the Dollar Tree (I haven't mentioned this, but the Dollar Tree is my jam!) I don't like to spend a lot of money on our activities since we do a lot of different ones every week...most of the time they cost nothing or just a few dollars. This paint was easy to get off little, squirmy fingers and I didn't have to worry when he tried to eat it *gasp*..its non-toxic. I know this isn't ground breaking or anything but maybe it'll encourage mommas with young toddlers to let them have fun with some paint.

      

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