Cooking with My Baby

                     Neil my BABY is now almost 4 years old. He has some activity happening every week in school where in parents need to do, make or send something creative. His school celebrated Mother's day and had requested the moms to make and bring along a healthy snack dish for kids.... Here's what I made ....                          Creamy veggie toast is simple way of sneaking in nutrients of vegetables in smooth cheesy milky goodness full of vitamin D served on whole-wheat brown toast. It’s easy to prepare and full packed with nutrition and taste. Serves : 2 Ingredients:   8 slices brown bread   2 slices of cheese slices   250 ml whole milk   2 tbsp. whole-wheat flour   2 tbsp. olive oil   1 tbsp....

Momos ... Steamed healthy dumplings packed with flavor and nutrition..                         In Bangalore, the best place to eat veg and chicken momos is an north eastern indian couple on scooter, who sell amazing momos just outside Garuda Mall. The momos are very economically priced and are full of flavor, wrapped in thin soft shell of white dough. If you are in Bangalore, you gotta try these momos from the smiling happy couple.                My kiddo loves momos, he is ever ready to gulp down a plate of chicken momos. Here I have attempted veg momos and they turned out really well, so sharing my adventure with you. The art of pinching and making half moon shaped momos is still to be mastered by me, all the momos here were shaped by my hubby who did it so well even at his first attempt. If you f...

                       Chocochip cookie is one of the most amazing gift which America has gifted to entire world. Chocochip cookies are available all over India now. But trust me if you havent tasted the warm chocochip cookie baked fresh outta oven, you are missing heaven. This cookie is absolute sin with rich butter, chocolate chips and brown and white sugar. All the ingredients bind together to form rich chewy cookie at the center and crisp at the edges.       And the best part is chocochip cookie is simple to make and is hit with kids, My son absolutely looooves them. Here I have drizzled some melted white chocolate over the cooked to make double chocochip cookies. Its simple equation more chocolate = more better... Makes 12 large cookies or 24 small ones Ingredients: 1 cup + 2 tbsp all purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1...

  Madeleines,,,,,,           I was first introduced to these treats in starbucks cafe where sugar bowl madeleines are sold. I wasn't too keen to taste these cakes, but one bit of these and I became a ife long fan of these french cookie cakes... they just melt in your mouth .. How can I describe them ..... they are light and melt in your mouth bursting with flavours of butter and sugar... Trust me,,, you just gotta taste once and you will fall in love with these beautiful shell shaped french tea cakes...                I was desperately waiting for madeleine pan.. I searched almost every shop in Mumbai n Bangalore for these pan, but could not find them. I was behind my sister's life when she was coming back from USA for good to find metal madeleine pan for me.. but all she found were too big to fit in my oven.. Finally my brother in law managed to get one silicon mold for us which w...

Lightning Mcqueen ..... If you have a boy of any age, you will surly know Lightening Mcqueen.. He is the adorable red car from the movie Cars n Cars 2. Neil had his 2nd birthday just few days back and when I asked him what cake does he want for his birthday, he very quickly answered "LIGHTNING MCQUEEN" So it was decided by Neil Its gonna be Mcqueen for his birthday.. By the way he also asked for few more cakes of Holly shiftwell, Finn Mcmissile, Mater and "Franko loli" ( thats the way he used to call Francesco  Bernoulli ) We made a deal with him, the day you start saying Fran cesco bernoulli properly , he would get the all the racing cars from the movie..  and started practicing the name for a week and now he can say all the 10 names of the racing cars and is a proud owner of all the cars,,, Lets get talking about the cake now... I googled about the cake and came up with many sites and videos on youtube  instructing how to make the car. But finally the ca...

            My pediatrician advised me to breastfeed Neil till he was six months old. I didn't even feed him water till then. Initial breastmilk is watery and satisfies the babies thirst and later the breastmilk gets thicker and satisfies his hunger. So it is advised to let the baby drain out one breast before switching over to the other, else the baby might just get watery breastmilk and wont satiate his hunger. I introduced Neil to solid food when he was six months old, after his first Annaprashna ceremony, wherein he was fed some mashed rice sitting on his mama's lap.  Introducing your baby to solid food is an exciting experience both for the baby as well as parents.    You will know your baby is ready for solids when he or she can: Sit supported with good head and neck control Open his or her mouth when seeing a spoon Remove food from a spoon with lips and tongue Move food from front to back of tongue t...

Salt, There is no need to add salt to your baby's food in her first year. Babies need less than 1g of salt a day until they are 12 months old. Toddlers aged one to three years need less than 2g. Eating more than the recommended amount of salt can damage your baby's kidneys. Baby foods that come in a jar as they have loads of preservatives and why give baby stale food when you can easily make fresh and nutritious baby food at home for your baby Grains – it is best to wait 1-2 years to feed babies grains, as they do not have the enzymes to digest them Spinach, turnips, beets, carrots, collard greens, cabbage and broccoli ie is vegetables that are high in nitrates should not be given uncooked till 9 months. Foods which are too high in nitrates can affect your baby by causing what is known as "Blue Baby Disease". This occurs because babies cannot process high amounts of nitrates and as a result the oxygen level in their blood will diminish greatly. When ...

                                 Apple and Cinnamon is a classic combination which is used to make cupcakes n muffins. The apples taste great spiced up with cinnamon in this delicious light cupcakes. These can be prepared really quick. You just need 10 min to prep them and pop the in the oven for 20 min, while you have your dinner. They are just right hot and ready to be devoured  for post dinner dessert. Oh yes, they are that simple to make.                            Neil is surly enjoying his time in kitchen with me when I cook nowadays. He pushes chair near kitchen top while I am cooking and instructs me how to cook. He will ask me multiple questions as well... why you do this? what is this...