Last weekend some friends of mine got married. The wedding was gorgeous, but I felt mildly guilty the whole time because I haven’t yet gotten them a gift. I thought about what would be useful to have in my own kitchen, and what I wish I had registered for when I got married. And I gotta say, it’s a serving set. Kind of boring, but way classier than the tongs and mismatched salad servers I’m always cobbling together.
So cute! So useful! I love these.
You may have seen products from The Bambu Company along the aisles of your local Whole Foods recently. I’m a fan of their sustainably grown and harvested, organically grown bamboo. Bambu’s quality crafted products caught my eye with their modern hand crafted designs and clever packaging. Yes, I am a sucker for good design and clever packaging. So much so that I impulsively bought a set of Bambu Baby Utensils at our local Whole Foods. I try to provide BPA-free dishes, cups and utensils during mealtimes. I thought these would be ideal for aesthetic and for health reasons. I thought that my daughter would use the utensils a couple of times, then they would fall apart or splinter and I’d just toss them in the composting bin. To my surprise these utensils have lasted at least six months and have held up perfectly in the top rack of my dishwasher. Kids also love them because they are not cold and hard like stainless steel utensils and they have soft edges which are gentle on the mouth. I can also rest assured that absolutely no bleaches or dyes were used and Bambu’s Bamboo utensils and dinnerware. They are FDA tested and approved. Also Panda lovers take note – this is not the bamboo eaten by the Panda and their food source is not depleted.
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Almost every weekend this past summer our family ate corn on the cob. My toddler daughter loves corn and gets a kick out of eating it typewriter style. I found these adorable Butter Baby Corn Picks that make eating corn easy and fun for little hands. I love that my daughter’s hands don’t get buttery and sticky and that she no longer drops her corn onto the floor. The picks come in sets of four including a pair of yellow, pink, green and blue.
These corn picks also interlock for easy and safe storage and I just put them in the top utensil rack of my Miele dishwasher for easy clean up.
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Eventually, you’ll figure out how to feed yourself and the kid (this took us a good two months); you’ll even be brave enough to go to a restaurant, toting a small canister of baby food. This Boon food dispensing spoon looks like so much fun that I can’t wait for the days of squirt and shovel to arrive.
Using this pre-spattered knife to chop veggies while you’re alone will make you smile; using it in front of others (hello, neighbor from down the street who already thinks my yard is unkempt and my judgment is questionable!) will make you snicker.
