Comments on: Feeding The Bonzai Baby: Vegan Baby Breakfast

By: Sayward Rebhal

Sayward Rebhal — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 04:03:00 +0000

I take 1 tablespoon per day.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:34:00 +0000

How much molasses do you take in daily? Thanks! :)

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By: Nursie '13

Nursie '13 — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:49:00 +0000

I’ve held a brain in anatomy and physiology class and it is definately NOT a big ole lump of lard. In fact, the fat content of the brain is roughly 10%. Just FYI…

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:56:00 +0000

I had not heard of people eating molassses straight, instead it was always in something yummy. What a great idea for any iron deficiencies though.

By: Monika {windycityvegan}

Monika {windycityvegan} — Mon, 16 May 2011 18:54:46 +0000

@sara thomas: There are myriad coconut milk recipes out on there on the web, many of which actually refer to one on Tropical Traditions. So, here is the link for TT’s recipe: http://www.freecoconutrecipes.com/recipe_HomemadeCoconutMilk.htm

I make so many alt milks nowadays at home that I rarely measure anything – I’m sort of a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants cook. Hope this recipe works for you – it’s ridiculously easy!

By: sara thomas

sara thomas — Mon, 16 May 2011 00:56:00 +0000

thanks so much sayward!

a couple weeks ago simon was acting super interested in eating so i thought i’d give it a try. he did good for a week & then didn’t want anything to do with it so we took a week off. it’s better again this week but i am going about it differently. before i felt like i was supposed to be making him eat all this food (rice cereal, etc.) to make him drop a feeding. but i can tell he’s not ready for that yet. he totally still favors the boob so i guess i kind of feel like right now it’s more about letting him try some foods so hopefully we can set the stage for good eating habits later. of course i wait at least 4 days before introducing a new food, and he’s tried really random things (i just go with whatever i can get organic at the time & that is safe for his age) but im just not going to stress about trying to feed him all these solids. he’s only 6 months! we have lots of time and breast feeding is still what’s best for him anyway. but man, nothing made me happier than seeing his gummy little smile smeared with avocado! =)

thanks again for this wonderful blog! it just makes me so happy to have such a great resource & sweet, supportive people who feel as passionately about natural living as i do. you are a rock star! =)

By: Sayward

Sayward — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:18:19 +0000

Great little conversation here, I love it! Just to answer a few questions, I started Waits on the coconut yogurt around 10-11 months I think. Right around when we really starting trying with the solids (he was pretty disinterested for a long time). I do use the coconut milk with the guar gum because I havn’t been able to find any full fat without it. We have no allergy history in either of our families and it didn’t worry me. I do usually just feed him the cream off the top, because it’s so nice and easy for him to eat. The runny stuff underneath goes into my (our) smoothie. =)

By: sara thomas

sara thomas — Fri, 13 May 2011 23:01:41 +0000

@monika i am having a real hard time finding a good coconut milk =( we dont leave near a whole foods, or trader joes, or anything close to them unfortunately. i even looked online to see if i could order some and everything i have found has guar gum. i am also worried about making sure there is no bpa in the can as well. how hard is it to make coconut milk using your method with the dried/organic/sweetened flakes? is this something you’d be willing to share with me?

@sayward- when you give the coconut yogurt to waits, do you just have him eat the fat off the top? or do you mix the fat in by stirring the yogurt and then feed it to him?

thanks!!

By: Monika {windycityvegan}

Monika {windycityvegan} — Fri, 13 May 2011 12:47:02 +0000

@sara thomas: Yes, you can absolutely get it without any stabilizers/additives! The only private label I remember seeing that does not have any added ingredients is Trader Joe’s. I can’t remember the brand names I’ve seen that contain just coconut and water, but they’re available at my co-op and Whole Foods.

Pretty much anyone I know who drinks coconut milk buys the So Delicious brand – but no one in my family drinks coconut milk (unless it’s in a smoothie), so I just buy cans of the full fat stuff that I use mostly in recipes. Sometimes if I get on a roll making alt milks, I’ll make my own coconut milk from filtered water and dried/organic/unsweetened coconut flakes.