Cream Cheese and Chocolate Sandwiches (For Toddler)

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What I noticed is that whenever you make sandwiches for your toddler, try to get thin bread or you can flatten the bread by rolling and don’t put too much filling. They always like thin, tiny bite size sandwich pieces. When you choose bread, as a healthy option you can choose fiber rich whole-wheat bread. But that did not work with my son; he is not a big fan of any kind of bread. But at least he will give try with white bread. I know, every child is differentJ. About spread, if your toddler likes mayonnaise, choose reduced-fat versions to keep their intake of saturated fat low. I personally prefer cream cheese spread, because it has more protein and calcium, which is definitely need for our little-ones bone building. Today I am sharing few simple sandwich ideas with you all Mommies and Daddies.

Ingredients

Sliced breads

Cream cheese

Chocolate chips

Cookie cutters or sandwich cutters

Method

Step 1: By using the cookie cutters, cut a bear, star or any shape from the bread.

Step 2: Spread cream cheese on one side of the bread and put other slice on top.

Step 3: For making chocolate spread, microwave chocolate chips for about 40 seconds and spread the melted chocolate on top of one slice and top with the other slice bread. I add few sprinkles on top of the chocolate spread for a little crunchy and pretty look. Cut the big slices into tiny bite size pieces. Little sandwiches are ready to serve. Serve with warm milk.

Ingredients: Bread slices, cream cheese, chocolate chips, shapes

Using the cutters to make bread shapes

Spread cream cheese and melted chocolate on top of each slices

Cream cheese and Chocolate Sandwiches are ready to serve

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Oatmeal banana pancake (For age 15 months+)

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Trying new foods for family!! It is a never ending process for me. But I enjoy it always. My husband and my son are my taste testers, yes they are always right, if they don’t like they won’t eat, if they like they will finish it in a minute J. I like that, being honest is always great, so I can be honest with all my readers. Ohhh well I am here to share my new pancake recipe with you all. Very easy, no flour and healthy pancake breakfast.

Ingredients (For 2 servings)

Organic Instant Oatmeal mix- 1 packet, 40 g

Note: Instead of oatmeal mix, you can use plain oats (40 g) and add a pinch of cinnamon powder and 1 Tbsp sugar.

Banana- 1

Egg-1

Process

Step 1: Put all ingredients into blender and puree until smooth (No water or milk).

Step 2: Heat a pan over medium heat and pour a small scoop batter into pan and wait for beautiful bubbles. When it starts to bubble, flip carefully with a spatula and cook until you get brown pancakes.

Serve warm with fresh fruits and cheerios for crunchy bite. You can pour some honey on top of pancake if you want.

Ingredients:Oatmeal mix, banana and egg

Blend all the ingredients until you get smooth batter

Pancake batter

Flip the pancakes when they start to bubble

Cook them until they turn brown


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Blueberry Banana Smoothie (For age 12 months+)

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I began to introduce smoothie to my son when he was around 8 months. His first smoothie was avocado banana smoothie. How he can avoid that smoothie, NO WAY! because avocado is one of his favorite fruits in the world!!. 

Smoothie is a great way to make sure your baby is getting many healthy ingredients which are in a way of easy to digest. What I love about fruit smoothies is that you can squeeze plenty of nutrient-rich fruits into a single serving.

This Blueberry Banana smoothie is a kind of breakfast smoothie but you can give this to your kid any time of the day.

Blueberries are ranked among the healthiest fruits all time, in addition to the vitamins and other nutrients, these little berries are antioxidant rich. So try to include these berries in your family diet.

Banana is an ideal fruit for babies. These are easy to digest, rich with Vitamin B6, Vitamin C and Vitamin B2. One of the most important nutritional components of bananas is fiber.

I am sure this delicious beautiful Blueberry Banana Smoothie will be a favorite for your kids!!

Ingredients (For one serving)

Blueberries- 1/3 cup

Banana- 1/2

Milk- 1/2 cup

Honey- 1 Tsp

Pistachios- 5

Method 

Wash blueberries and blend them with banana, milk, honey and pistachios. Blueberry Banana smoothie is ready to serve.

Ingredients: Blueberries, banana, milk, pistachios and honey

Mix all the ingredients in a blender until you get a smooth smoothie!

Serve fresh!!

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Sweet Shells (For toddler)

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Making your kid’s food in more creative or fun way, make them more willing to try them. My son loves those kind of funny shape things like strawberry flower, airplane sandwich, veggie scooter etc. Few days back while he was not having his breakfast, I made a cheerios tow truck (Check in my Instagram page) and he had all those cheerios by picking up each of them. Sometimes Mommy tricks will winJ.

This time I am sharing a sweet shell snack recipe with you. This is so fun when you make it with your little helper. Of course this will be messy but too fun having them around.

Sweet Shells

Ingredients (For medium size 20 shells)

All-purpose flour- 1/2 cup

Butter, melted- 1/3 Tbsp

Cardamom (optional)- 1/3 Tsp seed, grounded

Salt, a pinch

Powdered sugar, for sprinkle

Oil, for deep frying

Fork, for making shape

Method

Step 1: Mix flour, melted butter and salt into a large size bowl. Make smooth dough by adding warm water and make small size balls with the dough.

Step 2: For making the shell shape, flatten the ball dough and slightly press them over the fork and roll to form the shape of shell and remove from the fork. Repeat it to make shells with rest of the dough balls.

Step 3: Heat the oil in a pan and fry the shells until they turn golden color. Transfer them to a paper towel to drain the oil.

Step 4: Sprinkle powdered sugar just before serving. Serve warm.

Ingredients: All-purpose flour, butter, cardamom, salt, powdered sugar and oil

Make a smooth dough and make tiny balls of dough

Make Shells by using fork

Shells

Deep fry shells in oil and dry them on paper towel.

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Green gram with sweet coconut (For age 12 months+)

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Kids need to eat breakfast to fuel their body for the day ahead after going without food for about 10-12 hours during sleeping. Breakfast helps to kick start their body’s metabolism. Choosing breakfast foods that are rich in fiber and protein is very important. Breakfast with high proteins satisfy a child's appetite longer.There are lots of brainy breakfast menu around us like, scrambled egg, hard-boiled egg, yogurt, whole grain cereal etc. Whatever we give to our kid we need to satisfy that little tummy. 

When I was a kid, my mother used to make a special green gram recipe for us kids. So, this recipe is something very special for me. As you all may know green gram is loaded with healthy nutrients especially with protein and fiber. Also these are easily digestible too, so great for kids. My son is a picky breakfast eater, so I always looking around for the breakfast recipes which he should like. Few days back my mother had suggested me to make this recipe and I was so surprised, “why I did not think about this recipe which was one of my favorite breakfasts”. So I decided to try it on very next day and yes, he liked it. But I had to change the consistency as per my son’s taste. He liked it in a soaky way, so i decided to cook my green grams very well. Probably you may have all the ingredients for this “Green gram with sweet coconut” recipe in your hand. Enjoy this healthy easy breakfast with your little-one. 

Ingredients (For two servings)

Green gram (Green Mung Beans)- 2 OZ

Coconut- 1 OZ

Sugar or Jaggery (grated)- 1 Tsp

Salt, a pinch

Method

Step 1: Soak green gram overnight or at least for 5 hours.

Step 2: Wash soaked green gram and cook it by adding water (4 OZ) and a pinch of salt. I usually use my pressure cooker by giving 1 whistle. Drain off excess water.

Step 3: Add coconut with sugar or grated jaggery to the cooked green gram. Stir well and it is ready to serve. Serve with warm milk.

Ingredient: Green grams

Ingredients: Coconut and sugar

Cook green grams by adding a pinch of salt

Mix cooked green grams with coconut and sugar.

Green gram with sweet coconut is ready to serve.

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Spaghetti Alfredo (For Toddler)

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I know, alfredo sauce in pasta is always rich, is that a healthier choice? Yes, for our kids it is a healthier choice, they need all these fat and protein from Alfredo Sauce which consists of 3 very basic ingredients like parmesan cheese, heavy cream and butter. You can use store bought alfredo sauce, but have you ever tried to make it at home? It is really very easy to make it at home and can be used as an ingredient for kid friendly pasta dinner or toss cooked vegetables or chicken with alfredo sauce. Try this easy Spaghetti Alfredo recipe and enjoy it with your family.

For making Spaghetti Alfredo you need these ingredients,

Spaghetti- 100 Gram

Butter- 1 Tbsp

Garlic- 3 small cloves, minced

Orange zest or lemon zest- ½ Tsp

Heavy cream- 200 mL

Parmesan cheese- 1 Tbsp

Dried parsley flakes, for garnish

Salt and pepper, to taste

Method

Step 1: Cook pasta in boiling water by adding salt according to the packet instruction (I usually give 10 minutes to cook my pasta). Once it is fully cooked, drain pasta and keep is aside.

Step 2: Heat a medium pan and melt butter.

Step 3: Saute garlic in butter until it becomes transparent.

Step 4: To this, add heavy cream and allow it to reduce by boiling for about 2 minutes. Now add orange zest and pepper. Give a stir and reduce heat.

Step 5: Add parmesan cheese to this and mix well. Check for salt and pepper.

Step 6: Add cooked pasta to this creamy alfredo sauce and mix them very well until your pasta is well coated with sauce.

Spaghetti Alfredo is ready to serve. Serve warm with parsley to garnish.

Enjoy! Have a great weekend!

Ingredients: Pasta, cheese, heavy cream, garlic, butter, orange zest, pepper and parsley flakes

Cook pasta in boiling water by adding salt

Spaghetti Alfredo

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