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It’s been a crazy few weeks full of teething toddlers, illness, and more teething. OH MAN, the teething. When I was pregnant, I used to have weird dreams about Little Pea being born with a full set of adult teeth and I’d wake up feeling creeped out, but now I’m kind of wishing that had actually happened. Would it be unsettling? YES. Would it be worth it? YES.

Back to the topic at hand: Banapple Bread. I have a vegan banana bread template that I make when we have overripe bananas on hand, with different tweaks and add-ins—usually blueberries or chocolate chips, sometimes chai spices. I’ve never made it with apples, but since we’ve got a crisper drawer full of them from apple picking, I thought I’d put them to use in our favorite banana bread. And it was good!
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Keeping a stash of healthy breakfast foods in the freezer is my secret to stress-free mornings. I read somewhere that you shouldn’t feed toddlers the same food more than 3 days in a row, with the exception of fruits and vegetables, because that repetition encourages picky eating—I think this totally makes sense, so I try to feed Little Pea something different for breakfast each day of the week. I don’t know how I could do it without relying on freezer cooking!

Every other Sunday, I make a breakfast food that can be frozen for later. Some of our freezer staples are mini pancakes, baked oatmeal squares, healthy breakfast muffins, mini quiches, and these Baked Banana French Toast Sticks. Since I’m constantly replenishing our supply of food in the freezer, we never run out. Because most of these foods are grain-based, I round-out breakfasts with fresh fruit and whole milk yogurt.
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