Food & Drink Archives - Kels in Wonderland

July 27, 2020

How to Make a Smoothie Bowl

Banana Strawberry Orange Pineapple dairy free smoothie bowl

+ Pink Smoothie Bowl Recipe If you have internet, and enjoy food, it’s likely that you’ve seen a beautifully curated smoothie bowl pop up once or twice. As a busy mom of twin toddlers, I make almond beverage based smoothies using Natura dairy-free beverages for the kids pretty much every day – but never thought of trying out a smoothie bowl for them. Smoothies have been a hit and I’ve learned that it’s the only way they will consume most vegetables, for sure anything green. But, for whatever reason, they LOVE a green smoothie. Don’[...]

Food & Drink

May 26, 2020

How to Make a Charcuterie Board

Featuring the Mastro & San Daniele Cooked Charcuterie Trio One of the things I miss most about my pre-quarantine life is being able to connect with my husband and share quality time, one-on-one, or with another couple, over food, drink, and belly laughs. Pre-kids, going out for dinner, drinks, or even just a simple charcuterie board on a random stop while walking through the city was one of our favourite things to do. We never really felt the need to schedule a “Date Night”. Again, we were childless, living in a very trendy part of Toronto with endles[...]

Food & Drink

May 11, 2020

Peanut Butter & Banana Overnight Oats

http://www.kelsinwonderland.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/milk-final-blog-2.movBalanced Breakfast Ideas: Peanut Butter & Banana Overnight Oats If there’s one thing that I know for certain as a parent, it’s that my kids’ eating habits are a total mystery. Their favourite food one day is their arch-nemesis the next, foods they’ve never touched before are suddenly inhaled, anything green will only be consumed in smoothie form, and favourite meals that we’ve consistently served for weeks on end will one day, out of nowhere, offend my children to the c[...]

Food & Drink, LIFE

May 1, 2020

Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts

Hands up if your sole purpose as a mom seems to be feeding your kids snacks… all day long. Snack time is all the time in our house, and it’s been fun coming up with new ways to feed the twins the same foods day in and day out. When they decide they like a certain food, we milk that for all it’s worth, incorporating the single beloved ingredient into any simple recipe we can muster. We’re on a strawberry kick right now; I love snacking on California strawberries just on their own as part of a balanced snack, as a topping fo[...]

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February 7, 2020

HOW TO MAKE BANANA BREAD OAT PANCAKES

Banana Bread Oat Pancakes Recipe Healthy, Delicious, Toddler-Approved. Next to pizza (mmm, glorious pizza), pancakes are my favourite food. I scour cities and coveted brunch spots to find the best ones. I have a local spot where I legitimately went every Friday when I was pregnant as my “me time” to crush a stack of griddle cakes in a Wi-Fi free space. (I take the twins there now, it’s way more fun, but far less quiet, lol.) For some, pancakes may seem like a special occasion food. Something that requires lots of prep and planning, and time. I’ll be[...]

Food & Drink, Motherhood

November 7, 2019

5 Easy Ways to Involve Helpful Toddlers in the Kitchen

Do you have a “helpful” toddler? In case you missed it: I’ve got two. They love to be of assistance, even if what they think they are helping with is actually not helpful at all, lol. So instead of refusing the help, or politely thanking them and shooing them away, I thought, “Why not put their helpfulness to good use?” Thus began the H2 Cooking School (that’s H squared, btw). Toddlers in the kitchen are not for the faint of heart or for the OCD clean moms. It is messy. Very very messy. It’s also really fun, once you allow yourself to let go of[...]