Toddler friendly Recipe

My biggest challenge in life is to make my toddler eat food. If I give him food in bowl/ plate its out right rejected, but if he see anything on the carpet/floor, he immediately picks it up and tastes it 🙂

Carbohydrate, iron, protein – all the tension on one side, and food rejection on the other side!! Some days pudding work, one day fruit puree, one day snacks, and some days nothing works. Oh man, people who are close to me would have heard my musings about the way he is picky with foods. I am sure for many moms like me – learning day by day.

They say “Mom’s instinct is best”, oh ya but at times I think what other moms give their babies? And that question made me to start this Toddler friendly recipe page. Going forward I have decided to post toddler friendly recipes regularly in TMF

Dear Moms,

Do you have a interesting vegetarian recipe (Eggs included) which your toddler loved? It can be a snack/breakfast/lunch/dinner/dessert anything. Request – Pls. send recipes which have not been published anywhere else

Pls. be my guest in Traditionally Modern Food. Mail the recipe along with the recipe picture and few lines introduction about the recipe. You can also send me just the recipe, I will try and post it giving credits to you. Any queries feel free to reach me 🙂

Pls mail me @ traditionallymoderncook@gmail.com with the subject “ToddlerRecipes-TMF”

Share and make a smile in all moms faces:-)

Here are few tried and t(e/a)sted recipes

Snacks 

• Honey glazed Almond (Toddler with Molar can eat it)
• Noddles Ragi Pakoda
• Pumpkin Buns

Mixture

• Puffed Rice Mixture
• Baked Healthy Mixture (Toddler with Molar can eat it)

Balls

• Paneer Kofta
• Baked Quinoa Croquettes
• Crunchy Snacks Balls
• Oats Quinoa Balls

Tikka

• Potato Tikka (Make it less spicy for kids)
• Tofu and Grape tomato tikka ( Remove the skewers before giving them)

Chips

• Microwave Potato Chips
• Butter Crackers
• Potato Wedges
• Potato Smiley

Bread/Bagel

• Cracked Wheat Savory Cake
• Garlic Bread
• Baked Bread Rolls
• Wheats Oats Banana Bread (Eggless)
• Apple Bagel
• Bagel Pizza
• Bread Upma  (Make it less spicy for kids)

Soup

• Sugar Snap Peas Soup
• Creamy Broccoli Soup
• Minestrone Soup
• Black Bean Soup
• Carrot Soup
• Spinach Avocado Soup
• Roasted Tomato Soup

Smoothie

• Cantaloupe Smoothie
• Cacao Banana Power Smoothie
• Oats Banana Smoothie

Breakfast 

Oats Cracked Wheat Spinach Dhokla (Chop the spinach finely or puree it according to the texture you want)

Sandwich

• Guacamole Sandwich
• Black Bean Sandwich

Pancakes

• Bread Savory Pancake
• Eggless Whole Wheat Strawberry Pancake
• Banana Pancakes(Whole Wheat)
• Apple Pancakes
• Eggless Pancake
• Eggless Bread Savory Pancake

 South Indian

• Semiya Bagala Bath
• Aappam – without yeast (Can make Appam with/without baking soda for kids)

Idli

• Cracked Wheat Rava Idli
• Masala Idli (Can stuff any veggies between idli)

Dosai

• Pesarattu Dosa
• Vegetable Waffle Dosai
• Banana Gothumai Dosai

Pongal

• Cracked Wheat Pongal (VenPongal)

Upma/Kichadi

• Bread Upma  (Make it less spicy for kids)
• Aval Upma
• Idli Upma
• Rava Kichadi
• Semiya Kichadi

Kozhukattai

• Cracked Wheat and Oats Kozhukattai
• Aval Pidi Kozhukattai (Can Avoid chilli and coconut to make it kids friendly)

Paniyaram

• Whole Moong Bean Paniyaram
• Masala Paniyaram
• Adai Paniyaram

Adai

• Cracked Wheat and Oats Adai
• Arisi Kurunai Adai (Can Avoid chilli and coconut to make it kids friendly)

Cookies 

• Walnut Butter Cookies (Whole Wheat)
• Oats Banana Cookie
• Custard powder cookies
• Microwave 1 minute Choco chip cookies

Muffins

• Greek Yogurt Banana Muffin
• Omelette Muffin

Lunch/Dinner

• Mixed Veg Paratha
• Avocado Paratha
• Aloo Paratha
• Spinach Roti
• Pesto Pasta
• Vegetable Rice (Give them without whole spices)
• Kashmiri Pulao
• Semiya Bagala Bath
• Bisi Bele Bath
• Cheese Quesadilla
• White Sauce Pasta
• Black bean Quesadilla

Pudding

• Apple Rice Pudding
• Banana Pudding

Rice Accompaniments

• Dal Tadka
• Keerai Pappu
• Channa masala  (Make it less spicy for kids)
• Spinach Corn Masala