Baby Orzo Pasta that everyone will love...

As most of you know by now, I don't do baby food. Finding table food for William was a challenge though, until I tried this awesome recipe for orzo! Orzo is pasta, but it's small and looks like rice. It's so simple for babies to gum on, chew on, and swallow without choking. This is also something adults can eat too and love, so no need to cook separate meals! All stores sell orzo, even Wal-Mart. I boil my orzo is chicken stock, then I shred zucchini, carrots and white meat chicken and add to the pasta using a box grater, or a zester.

Ingredients

1 box of Orzo

1 box of low sodium chicken stock/broth, or three cups of homemade (Can use veggie stock too)

1 large carrot

1 zucchini

1 boiled or baked, unseasoned, chicken breast (Skin off)

Shred the chicken, zucchini and carrots into a bowl and set aside while the broth/stock comes to a soft boil. Add the orzo and keep stirring! I did this in a medium sized non-stick pot. Keep stirring or it'll cake up and stick. It takes about 9 minutes to boil. Five minutes before it's done, add the shredded meat and veggies. Once the orzo is cooked, turn the heat off and put the lid on and let it sit for a little while. The orzo should suck up all the juice. I don't add any seasoning, the broth has enough.

For a little baby, 6-12 months, add about a tablespoon of luke warm orzo to a bowl and let them eat about 1-2 pieces of orzo at a time.

William loves it, and I must admit, it's really good for adults too.

Goat cheese and steak white pizza

We made it, it twas delicious!

Ingredients

Flank steak

goat cheese

minced garlic

olive oil

red wine vinegar

shredded mozzarella cheese

roma or sun dried tomatoes

Red Pepper Flakes

(Seasonings)

Grated Parmesan cheese

pizza crust

(All ingredients are 'eye-balled', add as much or as little as you like, for the crust I use Bobby Flay's recipe)

Pre-Heat oven to 400 degrees

Make your own pizza crust or purchase a dough ball, the kind you roll out, not that Boboli crap...1 hour before, thinly slice your steak and marinate in red wine vinegar, olive oil, minced garlic, salt, pepper, onion powder, Italian seasoning, *optional red pepper flakes*. In a separate bowl, thinly slice and marinate the tomatoes using the same marinate recipe.

For the sauce of the pizza, combine olive oil, red pepper flakes and grated parm cheese, brush onto the pizza crust. Using a skillet high heat, sear the flank steaks for about 30 seconds on each side. Add the steaks and marinated tomatoes to the pizza. Break off chunks of goat cheese and add to the pizza. Top entire pizza with a handful of shredded mozzarella cheese and bake for 15 minutes. For extra crispy top, broil on high for 1 minute.

Enjoy!