Amelia Bedelia's Baby Food

In case you can't tell how small these cute little hamburgers are, I have placed them on a small saucer. They were a huge hit!

We just finished reading Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish. In the book, Amelia is asked to feed the baby some baby food. Amelia doesn't know what baby food is, so she makes the baby miniature hamburgers and baby potatoes. We thought we would give it a try.

First, the kids cut some baby sized buns out of a regular piece of bread. We used a small round cookie cutter and cut four circles per piece of bread (enough for two mini hamburgers). We also put a small piece of cheese on each bun and one small pickle.

Next, using a pound of thawed ground beef, we pattied up 15 small hamburgers the size of a half dollar and then grilled them for 5-6 minutes on each side.

We happened to have very small potatoes from our garden, since the growing season was so short this year. We scrubbed them, and tossed them with 1/2 cube of melted butter and some garlic powder and parmesan cheese and then baked at 425 degrees for 30 minutes.

And then we broke corn on the cob into small baby sized portions (1/3 of the cob). And we enjoyed our meal. I should have made us all wear a bib and use baby spoons, but the actual baby goes through those too fast for there to be enough clean ones for everyone!