Yesterday was the first time in awhile I cooked dinner. It was just me and Gianna, matt was working late. I had made tacos for dinner and a chickpea salad which is such an easy side dish or even snack, Im going to give you the recipe I use. Anytime I am in the kitchen by the counter Gianna just knows that I am cooking or there is food up there and she immediately wants it. She screams and screams for me to pick her up so she can see what she’s missing out on. I needed to cook dinner so I made her a quick pb&j sandwich with my new cut-n-seal from pampered chef. This gave me a total of 10-15 mins to prep. I had no idea my daughter was going to be so crazy when it came to food I literally cannot eat or have food out in front of her. Anyone else babies like this?!? It is so exhausting, sad to say but I have hid in the bathroom to eat a snack lol.
I made it through her temper tantrum, I cooked dinner and I was happy. I prepped her plate so that I could also enjoy dinner. I always find it hard for me to actually enjoy my meal because I’m so busy trying to make sure she has enough food, she’s drinking her water, picking up the food she dropped, and the list goes on. Im still trying to figure out ways to make eating our meals easier so if anyone has helpful tips let me know =) Side note- its usually just me and her since my husbands hours are all over the place so thats why its been so difficult for me to work through this.
Clearly loving her food
Chickpea Salad:
- 1-2 cans of chickpeas ( one can is good for 2 people )
- 1 red onion
- 1/2 cup of feta crumbles
- 1/4 cup of cherry tomatoes
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Olive oil or a mixture of mayo & honey dijon with a little bit of sweet relish.
** don’t add too much honey dijon it could be a bit spicy. **
