Yummilicious
Corn Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cup corn kernel
- ¼ cup finely chopped onions
- ¼ cup finely chopped tomatoes
- ¼ cup finely chopped cucumber
- Fresh coriander leaves
- 1 tablespoons lemon juice
- Salt (to taste)
Recipe:
- Steam the corn kernel till its tender.
- Sauté onions and add tomatoes and steamed corn to it.
- Add cucumber coriander, lemon juice, and salt.
- Place it in a large bowl. Nutritious and delightful corn salad is ready for the toddler.
Fruit Salad
Ingredients
- 1 cup chopped strawberries, apples, bananas, and orange
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Salt (to taste)
Recipe:
- Put all the fruits in a bowl and pour the lemon juice. Add salt and stir it.
- Serve delicious fruit salad snack to the preschooler.
Fruit Toast
Ingredients
- 1 cup sliced apples
- 1 cup blueberries
- 1 cup strawberries
- 3-4 cups of water
- Slices of whole wheat bread
Recipe:
- Boil the apples to soften them.
- Pour water and make thick puree of boiled apples, sliced strawberries, and blueberries in a blender.
- Toast bread slices and apply the fruit puree spread on toasted slice.
- Place the bread slices in a freezer for a couple of hours, and the tasty fruity snack is ready.
Mini Pan Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup finely chopped capsicum
- 1 cup finely chopped carrots
- 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
- 3-4 bread slices
- 1 tablespoon butter
Recipe:
- Put some butter in a pan. Place bread slice with a small amount of tomato ketchup on it.
- Boil the vegetables until they are tender. Place them on the bread.
- Grate mozzarella cheese on the slice. Top it with some more vegetables.
- On low flame cook the bread with a lid till the cheese melts.
- Yummy and nutritious pizza is ready to be served.
Cheesy Vegetable Wrap for picky eaters
Ingredients
- 1 cup corn kernels
- 1 cup cubed potatoes
- 1 cup cubed carrots
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2-3 cheese singles
Recipe:
- Tender boil the corn, potatoes, and carrots.
- Top a cheese single with chopped vegetables.
- Sprinkle some dried basil and roll the cheese single.
- Cheesy Vegetable Wrap is ready for picky eaters.
Dry Fruit Roll
Ingredients
- 2 cups refined wheat flour
- 1 cup cow’s milk
- 1/3 teaspoon baking powder
- 2-3 cups of finely chopped dry fruits
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Recipe:
- Add milk to wheat flour with whole milk and make a dough.
- Add baking soda and knead it further. The dough must be soft and sticky for easy rolling.
- Cut the dough into small, rectangular pieces – about the size of a credit card.
- Place the finely chopped dried fruits at the center of the dough and roll it.
- Preheat the oven to 160°C (320°F). Grease a baking tray with a teaspoon of vegetable oil.
- Place the rolls on the tray and bake for ten to 12 minutes or till the roll has a light, golden crust. The dried fruits melt within thus giving the roll a soft, sweet, and chewy center.
- Remove from the oven, cool, and serve the snack to the toddlers.
Cereal Mix with a twist of dry fruits
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup dry fruits (raisins, dried apricots, chopped dried dates)
- 3/4 cup toddler cereal
Recipe:
- Mix thoroughly finely chopped dry fruits and toddler cereal in a large bowl.
- The easy-to-make snack is ready and can be served with milk or formula.
Strawberry Banana Smoothie
Ingredients
- 2 cups Strawberries
- 1 Banana
- 1 cup Milk
- 1/2 tablespoon Honey
How to:
- Blend all the ingredients in a blender.
- Add milk.
Upma
Ingredients
- ½ cup Rava/Suji
- Onion (1 small)
- Tomato (1 small)
- ¼ cup Mixed Vegetables
- 1 tsp finely chopped ginger
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- ¼ tsp Cumin seeds
- Salt - to taste (not recommended for babies below 1 year)
- 2 tsp Ghee
Recipe:
- Roast suji in a pan with little ghee. Keep it aside when nice aroma comes.
- Heat a pan and add cumin seeds. Sauté finely chop onions & tomatoes in the pan. Add chopped vegetables and steam cook till its tender.
- Add suji and water in the pan and stir continuously.
- On a low flame cook suji for 5 minutes.
Roasted Makhana
Ingredients
- 1 cup Makhana
- 2 tsp Ghee
- Salt (to taste)
Recipe:
- Warm a pan on medium flame and add 2 tsp. ghee
- Add makhana to the pan.
- Roast it on a low flame till its crispy.
- Serve it immediately or store them in an airtight container.
Sago Porridge
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Sabudana/Sago
- 1 cup Water
- ½ cup Milk
- 2 tbsp Sugar
Recipe:
- Soak sabudana in water for few hours.
- Wash the sabudana well in running water and drain the water.
- In a saucepan, add drained sago and water.
- Cook on low flame until sabudana becomes transparent.
- Add sugar and mix well.
- Add boiled milk to the cooked sabudana and cook it on low flame until the milk thickens.
Tomato Rasam
Ingredients
- 2 ripe tomatoes
- ½ tsp Cumin seeds
- 2 cloves of Garlic
- Turmeric powder (a pinch)
- 1 cup Water
- Salt (to taste)
- ½ tsp oil
- Coriander leaves (for garnishing)
Recipe:
- Blanch tomatoes in a saucepan for 5 minutes. Remove the skin once it is cold.
- In a pan add oil, once it is warm add cumin seeds and garlic. Grind it with peeled tomatoes to a smooth paste. Keep it aside.
- In a saucepan add oil and turmeric powder. Add tomato paste and salt. Boil it for 5 minutes on medium-low flame.
- Add 1 cup water and boil it again until frothy.
Dates Kheer
Ingredients
- 6 Dates
- 1 ½ cup Milk
- 1 tbsp finely chopped Cashews
- 1 Cardamom
- 2 tsp Ghee
Recipe:
- Chop dates roughly and grind chopped dates, cashews and half of milk in a blender until smooth. If the dates aren't soft enough, soak it for little time and then grind it.
- On medium flame keep a saucepan and add blended mix. Cook it for 3-5 minutes or until the raw smell of dates leaves.
- On low flame add the remaining milk. Continuously stir and cook until it thickens and creamy consistency is formed.
- Add ghee and Switch off the flame once done. Cool it down.
Coconut Dosa
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rice
- 1 cup grated Coconut
- Salt (to taste)
Recipe:
- Wash and soak rice for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- Add in 1 cup of grated coconut, soaked rice and water in to a blender. Grind it to a smooth paste and add salt.
- Ferment the batter for 6-8 hours.
- The batter consistency should be slightly thin, add water if needed.
- Heat a pan, spread one ladle of dosa batter. Drizzle it from the corners and finishing off in the middle.
- Drizzle oil and Cook it for 3 minutes.
- Once done flip the dosa and cook it for a minute.
Baked Sweet Potato Wedges
Ingredients
- 1 Sweet potato
- 1 ½ tbsp Olive oil
- Oregano
- Salt to taste
Recipe:
- Wash and peel sweet potato. Cut them into wedges.
- Add salt and olive oil in the wedges and mix it.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Grease the baking tray lightly and bake the sweet potato for 40 minutes in a preheated oven.
- After the first 20 minutes, remove the baking tray from oven and turn all the wedges and bake them for another 20 minutes.
- Once done, remove from baking tray. Sprinkle oregano and serve.