Pumpkin Soup (For Toddler)

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We parents are often confused what to feed when our baby gets sick. Because they will be miserable with stomachache or stuffy nose or sore throat when they are sick. Whatever they have When your baby is sick he won’t eat or drink anything. So they can get dehydrated. But we have to get them hydrated again. What I usually do is offer light and watery food, so we can make sure that they get enough nutrient and water too. My usual choice is soup like vegetable soup or chicken soup. I made this special pumpkin soup for my whole family and everybody loved it so much. I am sharing the recipe with you all.

 I Would like to wish all my readers a very Happy New Year 2016

Ingredients

Pumpkin, small size- ½

Vegetable broth- 1 Cup
Butter- 1/2 Tbsp

Ginger Garlic paste- 1 Tsp

Cinnamon powder- ½ Tsp

Pepper powder- 1/3 Tsp

Almond Cashew powder- 2 Tbsp

Crushed pista- 1 Tsp

Salt, to taste

Method

Step 1: For making Almond  Cashew paste, take 1 Tbsp each almonds and cashews and powder them in a blender. Soak this mixture in water to make a paste.

Step 2: Peel off the pumpkin skin and cut them into cube pieces. Cook them in a pressure cooker (1 whistle) by adding pepper and salt.

Step 3: Blend the cooked pumpkin and keep it aside.

Step 4: Heat a pan over medium heat, melt the butter and saute ginger garlic paste. When it turns brown add cinnamon powder and saute for another 20 seconds.

Step 5: Now it is time to add almond cashew paste and when it starts to boil add vegetable broth and allow it to boil.

Step 6: When this mixture boils well, add pureed pumpkin and mix them very well. Allow it to boil. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Pumpkin Soup is ready to serve. Serve warm and top with crushed pista.

Ingredients: Pumpkin, Vegetable broth, ginger garlic paste, almond cashew paste, cinnamon and pepper

Almond Cashew paste

Cook pumpkin by adding salt and pepper and puree cooked pumpkin

Saute ginger garlic paste and cinnamon

Add almond cashew paste to sauted mixture

Add vegetable broth and allow it to boil

Add pureed pumpkin to the boiling vegetable broth mixture

Check for salt and pepper. Pumpkin soup is ready to serve.

Happy Cooking

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Homemade GoldFish Crackers and Christmas Cheese Crackers (For Toddler)

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I cannot believe where this year has gone? It feels like it has gone by so fast. We had an extremely busy 2015 with few ups and downs. But overall we had a great 2015. We moved to new place, started my blog and I feel like it is different and I really enjoy this. I am writing this blog on December 12 and only 13 days away from Christmas. Yes, Christmas is right around the corner. Our Christmas tree is already up and it is just so beautiful. We had so much fun with our little-one while we were doing the Christmas decorations.

How many of you are looking for a homemade holiday treat for your little-one?. How about having a cooking fun time with your kids?. Try these GoldFish crackers and Christmas shaped cheese crackers recipe. You will have lots of fun during this cooking project. And of course it will be messy and slow, but fun!! My son was so excited to make those shapes especially while he was doing with teddy bear shaped cutter.  My son is a big fan of GoldFish crackers. I usually buy it from stores. I never thought I would make them at home. I got this recipe from Pinterest (food4tots) and I made few modifications and yes this would be perfect for your cracker tray on Christmas or New Year party.

Merry Christmas to all my readers!!

Ingredients

All-purpose flour- 1 Cup

Extra sharp Cheddar Cheese- 5 OZ

Unsalted butter- 50 Gram

Pepper- 1/3 Tsp

Salt- ½ Tsp

Dry oregano, a pinch

Cookie cutters including a Fish shape cutter

Method

Step 1: Shred or cut butter into small pieces and mix into flour until you get a coarse crumbs.

Step 2: Shred the cheese and mix them with flour mixture by adding salt.

Step 3: By using your hand, knead the mixture until you get medium soft dough.

Step 4: Separate the dough into two sections. To one section, add pepper and oregano and knead again to mix the dough very well with pepper and oregano.

Step 5: Wrap two sections with plastic and keep them in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.  

Step 6: Once the dough chilled, take them out from refrigerator and roll out the two portions. Before you start cutting the rolled dough with shapes, you need to preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 

Now the cutting fun part begins. Do it with your little-ones. It will take more time but will worth once you are done.

Step 7: Using a chopstick you can easily make fish eyeball and use a small spoon to make its curvy lip.

Step 8: Now transfer them on to cookie sheet and bake them for about 12 minutes until the crackers are golden brown in color.

Remove the crackers from the baking sheets and set aside to cool. Serve immediately, or store in an air tight container.

Ingredients: All-purpose flour, Cheddar cheese, butter and shape cutters

Mix flour with butter

Mix grated cheese with flour mixture and make medium soft dough

Roll out dough

Make shapes with cutters

Using a chopstick and spoon make a perfect eyeball and curvy lip of fish

Bake them until they turn golden brown color

HAPPY COOKING!

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