Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from December, 2012

For babies who don't eat vegetables and curries

"If you don't eat your vegetables, how will you grow up into big, strong dinosaurs?", Sid gently reprimands (elephant sized) baby dinos in Ice Age - Dawn of The Dinosaurs. That must be a standard meal time line for every mom. I am no exception. For the first three years of his existence, Rudra depended on tomato rasam with rice or Pappula podi with chapati or dosa for survival. Being a highly self critical mom, I couldn't bear it. Many would agree there am sure. Consequences of nutritional deficiencies looming large on our consciences isn't exactly comfortable. I must have tried curried vegetables, boiled vegetables with sauces mixed into them, boiled, roast and seasoned veggies...but nothing works. After a morsel, they are relegated to the dustbin. Finally, we are now skirting the problem thus. Veggie Rice: - Wash rice of required quantity, soak and keep aside. - Pick a selection of vegetables (leafy greens also can go into this) keeping compatibil