Well being-conscious mother Jennifer Giorgianni spent a lot of the lockdown looking out the web for a pancake combine that will be appropriate for her child to eat and is remembered for being shocked that this didn’t exist.

“I believed, ‘Wow, somebody ought to actually do that,'” mentioned Giorgianni, proprietor of Riley’s Kitchen, a enterprise designed to assist mothers present wholesome meals for his or her infants.

The Riley’s Kitchen’s story began in early 2021 when Giorgianni struggled to feed his 11-month-old daughter stable meals. After doing ‘baby-led weaning’ for a number of months, she began taking a look at pre-packaged choices to make cooking a bit simpler.

“I used to be on the lookout for a pancake combine that was wholesome and did not include any sugar in order that I might give it to my daughter and save myself the trouble of all the time making them from scratch.”

However then Giorgianni realized he could not discover what he needed.

“Basically, all the things made to make cooking a bit simpler accommodates added sugars or salt, that are inappropriate for kids below 12 months.”

That is when Georgianni began to make her personal combine in bulk in order that it could be straightforward for her to make on busy mornings.

“I began to share my combine with mates who shortly turned devoted prospects.”

A couple of months later, Giorgianni’s concept took on a lifetime of its personal and now it’s obtainable in native shops in and round Barrie, together with Serenity Delivery Studio, Oh Beehive Eco Items, Blueberry Moon, Nicholyn Farms, Sobeys, in addition to on-line at rileyskitchen .ca.

Riley’s Kitchen presents pancake combine and muffin combine. Every combine is ​​comprised of natural, plant-based components and is sugar-free and salt-free.

Giorgianni mentioned the general opinions are constructive, and folks appear very pleased to assist an area enterprise.

“I’m all the time excited after I get a message from a brand new buyer saying how a lot they love the product.”

Having labored as a cashier at Sobeys on the age of 14, Giorgianni seems like issues have come full circle to now have a product at markets and at Sobeys particularly.

Giorgianni additionally labored at a farmers’ market stand as a scholar, which is one purpose why he feels very strongly in regards to the environmental impression of the meals we eat.

“I feel Riley’s Kitchen is filling a gap in what’s presently on the market. Individuals are on the lookout for extra whole-food merchandise with easy components to feed their households.”

Wanting again, Giorgianni says the suggestions from her older sister, additionally a mother, performed a big function in her resolution to begin the enterprise.

“I knew she would not maintain again and can be 100 per cent sincere, and she or he can be a little bit of a skeptic. When she gave me the inexperienced gentle and cherished the combo, I felt assured to go ahead with it,” mentioned Giorgianni.

Whereas elevating her daughter, now two years previous, and her nine-month child, Giorgianni seems ahead to the subsequent steps in her enterprise.

“I hope to roll out a cookie combine that’s prepared for retail shops within the subsequent 12 months. I’m additionally hoping to increase into extra shops throughout Ontario.”