Cauliflower Soup

Growing up I did not like cauliflower! I never understood the reason, the best I can think of as my older wiser self now is that I didn’t like its bumpy textured look. It was a struggle to get me to eat cauliflower considering cauliflower, potato and peas stew was a family favorite. My parents [...]

Avocado Banana Quinoa Mash

    This mash is a great recipe for infants who have moved on beyond eating their first fruits and veggies. I love the fact that this recipe is not pureed so the infant gets to experience different textures of quinoa, banana and avocado. If your infant/child is picky then I would just puree the [...]

Avocados, Avocados, and Avocados

We have been eating about 2 avocados daily so I figured this post should be an ode to avocado. We love avocados in our home. Growing up both in Malawi and India there were no avocados, although I remember briefly seeing avocado on a menu when my family went to visit one of the Animal [...]

Baba Ganoush aka Eggplant Yogurt baby food puree

Try giving your kid eggplant and yogurt puree as a solid food and watch them love it. If they don’t what’s the worse that will happen – they will have a bite or two of it and then refuse? This way you have introduced them to a new flavor/taste and with the left over eggplant [...]

Mashed Sweet Potato

Today’s post is going to be short as I have gone on 4 hours of sleep in the last 36 hours. Today’s post is one of my family’s favorite. It a perfect early solid food for infants and a great side dish.  I love this recipe because it is simple and tastes yummy. You also [...]

Fruit Cocktail Puree

What do you get when you puree not 1, not 2, but 4 fruits?  A delicious fruit cocktail puree that you can use for multiple things: -          Feed an infant who is still on pureed solids. -          Use the mixture instead of syrup on top of French toast/waffles etc.. -          Use the fruit cocktail mixture [...]

Sweet Potato, kale and Ricotta Cheese

The combination itself sounds delicious and I was sooooo excited about giving this new recipe to my kids for lunch yesterday. How did it go?  hmmm..one bite and they both said no in their own ways. My 1 year old with his head swinging from side to side  and my 3 year old saying – [...]

Indianized Mashed Potatoes

I don’t eat potatoes nearly as often as I used to before I got gestational diabetes. Everyone now and then I do love my fries but most of the times I generally do not cook with them, but when my father visits from India my home becomes potato central. He loves potatoes, he uses them [...]

Chicken and Mushroom

We have been sick… hence the silence this past week. After a week of doctor’s appts, medicines, bed rest and lots of hugging and snuggling, we are back – healthy and ready to eat. This is one of my favorite chicken recipes to make for the family in addition to Indian Chicken Curry. It’s simple, [...]

Recipe: Moroccan inspired Carrots

Getting together and eating with friends and family is one of the biggest joys of life. I love the sharing of the stories, the laughter and of course the food. I love how we get the kids to sit together and eat. I am always amazed at how willing kids are to try new food [...]

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