Sunday-Funday Treat

Hi mommies and daddies!

Hope the summer vacation is treating you well. And it’s loaded with fun activities, lots of DIYs, outdoor visits to nature, parksto explore and learn, full of new places and experiences, gorging on popsicles, summer refreshing fruits and lots more.

Personally, I love the summer season…I know…I know…it’shot and humid especially in a coastal city like Mumbai but why I really love this season is because it takes me back to my summer vacation – to the time when cousins and I would wait for the vacations to begin so that we could plan our stay-over at each other’s home and chill with absolutely no restrictions. We would enjoy and fight over homemade popsicles, only to reunite and share it with each other! Playing board-games, role-playing forhours…with short snack or drink breaks…OMG I am feeling SO NOSTALGIC!

Can you parents relate to my experiences?

Fast forward to present day, soon my son is going to start his pre-School and we will be pretty much a part of the drill. Also I observe the meaning of vacations has changed and so havetoday’s kids. But I secretly wish my kids could enjoy some part of the 90’s kid’s vacation scenes…too much to wish, right?

In my childhood, most of our indulgences were homemade. My aunt was a champ at this and her ice-creams were drool-worthy! This is something I have carried along and try my best to treat my son with homemade delicacies that will remain with him forever….today as a treat but tomorrow as a delightful memory, just like I have from my childhood.

My son has a sweet tooth and that adds up to my responsibility of choosing ingredients for his treats mindfully. Like delicacies that have maximum nutritional value. Raising a vegetarian baby (no eggs also) makes me choose alternative options to bridge that gap because nourishment is vital.

Talking about bridging the nourishment gap, I also have started considering giving nutritional health drinks to my son since he has turned two this year. But as we are just starting with it I would rather give him these drinks occasionally to understand how is he responding to them.

Next big step was to pick the best that would match up with our idea of providing nutritional food. After some research I came across Abbotts’s PediaSure. The feature that compelled me to try it was that its gluten-free scientifically designed formula with 37vital nutrients, which provides complete nutrition for children 2 years and above. Plus each serving contains 8 grams of Protein (which is great news for non-eggeterians) and 24 essential minerals and vitamins.

At PediaSure’s new Cookies and Cream launch event that was all about summer and #TimeToGrow, I was able to get my hands on a PediaSure pack. I started racking my mom brains for a delicious recipe for my son’s Sunday-funday indulgence. And here’s a delicious recipe to get you started:

Ingredients:

Frozen bananas- 1-2

Pediasure Cookie and cream health supplement- 1 tbsp.

Salt- ½ pinch of salt

Add half a spoon vanilla essence.

Method

Add frozen bananas to the blender and blitz until you get frothy banana cream. Then add Pediasure Cookies and Cream health supplement plus salt. Add half a spoon vanilla essence.

Blend….blitz!

Tadada! Ready… load it up with your sweetheart’s favourite fruits… here I have added fresh blueberries and Chia seeds!

Treat your kids this summer with this wholesome goodness. My LO emptied the bowl in less than few minutes…of course it’s a HIT!

Notes:

*strictly for Children who are two years and above

*no need to add sugar separately as bananas will be naturally sweet and also the health powder contains sugar.

Do give it a try and let me know how quickly your younger one slurped it up!

For more information on PediaSure, do visit: https://pediasure.i

C for Cunning Mama and Carrot-Ajwain( Carom seeds) Paratha

As a Mother, We  want our children to eat a variety of foods for good reason as it will hopefully lead to nutritious eating habits for them and stress-free cooking for us. LOL!And there are variety of vegetables that our children just would  refuse to eat. Okay! forget about children, there are variety of vegetables that we ourselves don’t like to eat. For example: I may know how wonderful it  is to eat carrots but somehow I just don’t the like taste of it and so on….

What to do in that case? 

Adopt recipes that not only has all the desired vegetables you want them to have but also is delicious at the same time.
Remember to Remember, We are Mothers – no less than a Warrior ! We would never give up on anything that we think is good for our babies. No matter if we ourselves can’t eat some of those nutritous veggies BUT BUT we will make sure that our lil ones eat. 😄

So Here I am presenting my version of Carrot- Ajwain Paratha Recipe. 

 Trust me, not only my toddler enjoys these parathas but I too love eating them. Its also one of my favourites as it consumes less time to cook plus it makes a meal for me as well which means no extra cooking😄. All in all its a win win. You must try.

Carrot Ajwain( Carom Seeds) Paratha

Prep time-8 minutes
Cooking time -7 to 8 minutes 

Yields – 3 Parathas

Ingredients

•1 cup – Multigrain Atta (flour)

•3 tbspn – Grated Carrot

•1/4 tspn – Carom seeds ( Ajwain)

•1/2 tbsp – Curd

•Salt to taste

•Ghee for cooking ( Preferably Homemade)

Method
•Combine all the ingredients in a deep bowl, mix well and knead into a soft dough using enough water.

•Divide the dough into 3 equal portions and roll each portion into a desired shape( I generally keep changing the shape like round, triangle or square) using a little whole wheat flour for rolling.
•Heat a non-stick tava (griddle) and cook each paratha, using ½ tsp of ghee, till golden brown spots appear on both the sides.

•Serve with Fresh curd. 

Notes
• You can avoid adding salt if preparing these parathas for younger babies below 12 months.
•Consider steaming carrots until tender for babies below 12 months.

•I prefer using Multigrain flour. However, you can prepare it with whole wheat flour also.

•Suggest to cook the Parathas over medium heat for softer finish.

Food Fact

•Carrots- They are packed full of nutrients such as Vitamin A, Vitamin C and Calcium. Also are easy to digest.

•Carom Seeds – It helps to correct the digestive troubles. It also helps to relieve sinus, cold and congestion.It also helps to increase the appetite in kids.

  

🔴 Remember, always consult with your Paediatrician regarding introducing solid foods or any new food to your baby and specifically discuss any foods that may pose allergy risks for your little bunny.

You must try this recipe and drop in your comments. 

Until  then

Stay tuned

xo

Ankita V