Cooking with My Baby

                      One of the most simple and delicious appetisers to be served along with soup or just to be served as snacks is Chilli Cheese toast. Its so simple and easy to make, it can be fixed at last moment even when surprise guest drop in. Just any kind of bread would do, be it brown bread slices or baguette or even lad pav bread cut into two halves..The capsicum isn't fully cooked in this recipe. It still retains some crunch. if you prefer your capsicum completely cooked, I suggest you saute the chopped capsicum with some oil for few min on a skillet and then top on the bread.             It is an open sandwich which is topped with some capcisum, sweet corn, garlic and cheese and popped in oven. This recipe can be a good project to cook along with your toddler, who can help you place all the toppings on the top of bread. They will surly enjoy cooking along with their parents.. Give it a try... Serves 3 Ingredients: 6 thick slices of bread ½ cup b

                        Aluvadi/ stuffed taro leaves are one of the most favourite Maharashtrian delicacies. It is also very popular snack in Gujarat called as Patra... When I came to Bangalore, I realized "Patrode" are also very popular snack in Mangalore Community, wherein the batter is fermented rice batter. Aluvadi is made usually in the monsoon season especially in Shravan and during Ganesh festival.        Aluvadi is of a special importance to me, cos that dish is specifically associated with one and only person. I don't think anyone else in the world can create that taste which my dearest aaji used to make. My mother's mother, my granny was a culinary expert. She was quick and fast with her recipes which used to turn out always great. She was the cute ever smiling strong lady who is an inspiration for me. She was not only good with cooking skills in kitchen, but was very very good with managing relations with everyone. She knew what each of her grandch

      Good Morning ... And yet another weekend has quickly passed by ,, here comes the MONDAY.. We experience very bad MONDAY NEILS (Blues). Neil is not at all happy when his dad cant any longer play with him. So I need to make something special to take him put of his blues.... And what better than a piece of warm just baked chocolate loaf... We dont eat non veg on mondays.. Hence this is the eggless choco banana nutty loaf Neil enjoys this warm loaf on Monday morning.. Its soft and moist cake with little chocolate surprises. the loaf tastes best when its just warm , fresh outta oven. If you are going to consume it later, I suggest to warm it for few seconds in microwave before eating it. It is also a perfect tea time loaf to have with afternoon tea. Serves: 8 pieces Ingredients: 1 ½ cup of all purpose flour ¾ cup brown sugar 2 ripe large bananas ½ cup curd ¼ cup of vegetable oil ½ cup pecans/ walnuts ½ cup semi sweet chocolate chips

                                  PASTA.... We all love pasta, and most importantly Neil loves pasta. He smiles and jumps all around teh house saying " neil pasta khanash... chaan chaan aahe aai". It is the best feeling in th world to see Neil happy about eating food. Nowadays he has become very choosy about food. he needs variety and different tastes and textures. The best part about Neil is that he appreciates food if he likes it and also makes a sad face about the food he doesn't. but when my eyes grow big, he unhappily eats his food... My cute little bunny...                            And he loved this pasta dish which had his favorite Chicken in it. Nowadays I cook same meal for the entire family. So I made chicken version for me n Neil and veggie version with sweet corn for hubby..    Creamy chicken pasta is surly the best Pasta dish I have ever made. It tasted great and we all really loved, So I insist you give it a shot.. Trust me you wont regret it....  I

                 Breastmilk is the BEST food for your baby for first six months of his life. But if the mother are unable to breastfeed your baby, the next best thing is to feed him iron fortified formula milk. If  arent able to gain access to the formula, its best to give him cow's milk and iron supplements.              All the pediatric associations all the over world recommend that the child should be exclusively breastfeed for 6 months. Introduce solids after at 6 months, but also continue to breastfeed till atleast your child is 1 year old.    It is very important for the nursing mom to take a very healthy diet during the period she is breastfeeding. When the mother is nursing, she is making all the food baby needs in the form of breastmilk, So the body uses any and all the available nutrients from the body to make the breastmilk. So if the mother doesn't eat nutritious diet, the body will still give the best possible nutrient combo mix breastmilk to the baby. As the r