A simple, quick, easy, nutritious recipe of fried bananas for babies and toddlers. Especially if you are looking for weight gain. Bananas are rich in dietary fiber, magnesium, and potassium. Potassium is good for bone development, making this an ideal baby food.
Couple of weeks back my son, Devansh, was suffering from vomiting and loose motions due to teething. Luckily it settled down after a couple of days but he lost his appetite during that time. When children don’t eat properly even for 2-3 days they end up losing considerable weight. Same thing happened with Devansh. Now …
Simple recipe of homemade rice cereal, rice kanji is an ideal dish for babies, toddlers, kids, and sick adults who need to eat easy-to-digest food.
“Ragi is a rich source of calcium, good for development of children’s bones. Try this recipe of kid-friendly ragi khichu for your li’l ones.” Finger millet, that is nachni or ragi as we call it, provides us several health benefits. Ragi is a rich source of calcium which is good for development of children’s bones. …
If you recall in my earlier post, I had mentioned that a mom of one and a half year old girl had asked me to post recipes that will help her daughter gain weight. I said I’ll look up such recipes and I started by searching for kheer recipes. I made carrot poha kheer first. …
Dalia Kheer, A Sweet Cracked Wheat Dessert Recipe Read More »
Make a healthy kheer using poha, carrots and jaggery. This poha carrot kheer is ideal for babies, toddlers and kids. Few days back one of my readers asked if I could post more dalia recipes. This lady has recently adopted a daughter who’s one and a half years old. She said her daughter is underweight …
Poha for Babies, Poha Carrot Kheer for Babies, Toddlers and Kids Read More »
Carrot orange soup (Image courtesy: funwidfud.blogspot.in) After I started this blog, I got some helpful suggestions for recipes from my readers—well mostly friends, relatives, or ex-colleagues. 😉 Also while browsing the Internet I came across quite a few interesting recipes. Some such recipes and suggestions are good for smaller babies. Now that Devansh is almost 21 …
My cousin, Mugdha, asked me to post soup recipes in my blog. I love soups but I must confess I had not made any soup for Devansh till now. I always thought it won’t be filling enough for him. My mother has vegetable soup quite often and she’s fed it to Devansh sometimes. So I …
Vegetable Soup Recipe for Babies, Toddlers, Kids Read More »
Vegetable Upma Recipe, made using suji/rava/semolina. An upma recipe perfect for babies, toddlers and kids.
Tons of baby food-related sites and elders must have already advised you that moong dal is easy for digestion than tuvar dal. I’ll second that. 🙂 However, as your baby grows older you will want to gradually start adding toor dal in his/her food. When your baby’s around nine months old, add a few grains …
Varan Bhaat Recipe, Maharashtrian Varan Bhaat Recipe Read More »
Sweet potatoes are an excellent first food for babies. They are rich in vitamin content, folic acid, and dietary fiber. And, best of all they’re easy to digest as they contain simple carbohydrates or starch. After Devansh turned 6 months old, I started feeding him sweet potatoes almost daily. I would either steam or boil …
Here’s a yummy khajoor ladoo recipe from a fellow mom, Shweta. She says she would feed her son, Shantanu, a small ladoo every evening during winters. Shweta started giving these ladoos to Shantanu after he turned 10 months old. Dates are easy for digestion and provide us instant energy as they contain simple sugars. So …
I must thank my friend Aditi for this mixed dal khichdi recipe. She not only gave me this recipe but patiently explained it to me for something like 4-5 times. Every time we spoke on the phone she would tell me the names of the lentils and their proportion. I would vow to write it …
Awesome Khichdi for Babies Using 4 Different Dals Read More »
When you have a baby who’s recently started eating food, one of the standard questions you’ll get is what are you feeding him. 🙂 And that’s how it was when I was speaking with my doctor aunty’s assistant. After she heard what I was feeding Devansh, she asked me why don’t you give him poha. …
Poha for Babies, How to Make Spinach Poha for Babies, Toddlers Read More »
Quick and easy baby, toddler, and kid-friendly recipe of moong dal, rice made using yellow moong dal, which is easy for digestion.
