By Anitha,
Broccoli is a powerhouse of calcium and vitamins. Even after pureeing it leaves a nice texture that kids love. So here is an interesting recipe which your babies are going to love.
Steam broccoli and carrot pieces in a steamer or you can even boil them in water. Now add it to a blender with grated cheese and make a fine puree.
The yummy cheesy puree is ready!
Hi Mums,
Sorry for the long gap. Im back with some great health tips and recipes.
Nowadays, we find so many new herbs in the market. I have always used these herbs in pastas and pizzas and never dared to use them in Indian cooking. But they work very well with Indian food too and why miss out on all the heath benefits when its so easily available. Just make sure you dont overuse it and too many spices will kill the flavor. Too much raw parsley will smell like betel leaf 
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Here are some benefits:
Recipe of Butter Garlic Parsley Rice
The name says it all. We just need Minced garlic or garlic paste (1tsp), Chopped parsley (1 bunch), 1 cup (uncooked Basmathi rice), Butter, Chilli Powder and salt. You can add peas if you want.
Basmathi rice has very less starch hence Im using it for health benefits.
Procedure:
1- Soak Basmathi rice with water for 10 mins
2- Meanwhile in a pressure cooker, add 1 Tbspn butter and garlic, fry for a very short time as the butter might burn the garlic. Now add chopped parsley and chilli powder and fry till parsley looses all its water.
3- Finally add rice and salt with water (1 and half cups) and cook for 1-2 whistles.
You can also cook the rice separately and follow step 2.
It’s always shocking just how early babies cut their first tooth. One minute they’re tiny babes in arms, and the next they’ve got a good set of gnashers on them and are ready to start exploring solid foods. Whether your child is all gum, has a single tooth, or proudly shows off a complete set of baby teeth, it’s never too early for good oral hygiene – after all, many online authorities offering parenting tips on child development or physical health support an early start with good habits, whether it’s exercise or something as simple as brushing their new teeth. Check out these easy parenting tips for keeping your baby’s teeth looking strong, clean, and healthy!
Sensible Weaning
As a parent, weaning is a very exciting time: it’s such a thrill to see your baby start to experiment with purees and solid finger foods. But this is also a great time to really think about oral hygiene, and how you can reduce the risk of decay. One of the best things you can do for your baby’s oral health is give them healthy foods that won’t damage their teeth.
Many of us think that fruit is better than things like biscuits, and it is, but be careful not to give your baby too much of a good thing. Fruit is filled with sugar, with dried fruits like raisins particularly problematic as they’re quite sticky and can attach to the teeth, allowing the sugars to eat away at the enamel. Try combining fruit with vegetables in sweet and savoury purees, and alternating between fruit and other snacks, like rice cakes, for a treat.
Be Careful With Bottles
Believe it or not, many dentists state that the overuse of bottles can be more harmful to a baby’s teeth than sugary juices and poor weaning choices. You don’t need to worry about this if you’re exclusively breastfeeding, but if you give milk from a bottle be aware of how long your baby is feeding for, and always adapt the bottle as your baby grows.
Bottles with interchangeable teats are excellent choices for your baby, as they allow you to upgrade the teat as your baby gets bigger. Teats intended for newborns can potentially damage the teeth of a 6 month old, for example, by limiting the flow too severely. This will cause your baby to suck harder and perhaps bite the teat to try to get more milk.
Be sure to never give your baby anything other than milk from a bottle. Some parents give a little bit of juice as a treat, but taking juice from a bottle can encourage tooth decay. The angle of the bottle means that juice is directed straight to the teeth, and the sugars can begin to rot the teeth quite quickly. Continue reading
Get Brushing!
Your baby can barely even hold its own head up, never mind operate a toothbrush, so how, and when, should you start getting your child into the habit of teeth brushing? Although it may seem early, you should begin the routine of brushing the teeth as soon as your baby cuts his or her first tooth – basically, as soon as there’s something there to brush.
You might have heard that fluoride – a common ingredient in toothpaste – can be harmful to children, but it’s better to opt for low fluoride toothpaste rather than a fluoride-free one. The Indian Dental Association reports that fluoride can reduce decay by up to 40 percent, so it’s a very important ingredient. When you start brushing your baby’s teeth (or tooth!), don’t be too vigorous. At this stage, simply getting toothpaste onto the teeth is enough to protect against decay.
Build a Routine
As you may have discovered, everything is tricky before you’ve properly established a good routine. Your baby may not be too keen on you trying to brush their teeth at first, but rest assured that – like feedings, bedtimes, and nappy changes – once they become used to the routine, they’ll soon accept it as an everyday part of life. As your baby gets older, they’ll love using the toothbrush themselves and cleaning their own teeth!
By Sijy,
Here is a yummy weightloss recipe which will work with your low carb high protein diet too. The dosa is crisp on the outside and soft inside. Pesarattu will make an ideal breakfast, you can eat it with chutney or sprinkle chutney powder and chopped onion while making the dosa. Its almost like an instant dosa, there is no need of overnight fermentation. Continue reading
Ingredients:
Procedure:
Grind the soaked dals and all above ingredients in a mixer and keep aside for 1-2 hours.
Now make your crispy dosas.
By Anitha,
Here is a simple and easy baby food recipe with the goodness of carrots and potatoes. It has the carbohydrates from the potato, fibers and loads of vitamins and carotene from the carrots. Since potato is filling, it will make a sumptuous lunch for the little tummies. The sweetness of the carrots makes the puree yummy.
You can sprinkle a little salt, cumin or pepper to the mash.
The potato and carrot has been cooked in a pressure cooker and mashed in a blender, you can mash with your hand and pass it through a sieve.
Tip: You can replace potato with sweet potato.
By Aradhana,
The moment you find out that you are a pregnant, it is an amazing time to be overjoyed! Now this is your first pregnancy and you need to know how to be healthy and fit. The first three months of pregnancy are crucial and you should be careful about using drugs, alcohol and other substitutes. This is the phase that your body is adjusting to the changes happening inside the body.
To avoid serious issues and discomfort, you should follow certain precautions for a safe first trimester phase.
Top 5 Precautions During The First Trimester Pregnancy:
Have a glimpse at the top concerns, you should aware of:
Food Habits:
Caffeine:
Walking:
Though walking is a good exercise during first trimester pregnancy, you need to keep certain measures in mind:
Quit Alcohol and Cigarettes:
Herbs and Medications:
These are the top precautions to follow during first trimester pregnancy. They can help you save from a number of pregnancy complications that are common during the initial months.
Have a healthy first trimester! Do not forget to share your experiences with us.
Author Bio:
I am Aradhana. I am a passionate writer and love to write on topics like yoga, wellness, health and lifestyle. I contribute to Natural News, Wiki How, Elephant Journal etc. I believe good health is the key to success and happiness. Through my writings, I want to motivate people to develop healthy habits and adopt natural ways of living to achieve sound health.
By Aradhana,
Certain character traits, including perspective, outlook and judgement skills, make up the personality of an individual. Psychological research and common consensus suggest that personality traits start from infancy; babies as young as six months old show unique characteristics and are often labelled by their parents as “calm”, “cranky” or “bubbly”.
As the child grows, his personality also matures and the time is crucial; as long as his caregiver, usually the parent, monitors and nurtures this budding personality, and make sure that the child develops into a competent and compassionate adult. Below, we present five ways to get your child develop the right personality required in today’s world.
1. Give Mock Judgement Tests
Judgement skills are not inherited or generated. They are formed via exposure to real life situations. Make your child read moral stories, without revealing the climax – and ask him how the story should have ended. You can then list down his answers and justifications; those answers that do not tread on the right vein, can then be explained to him. This is a good chance for children and parents to have a healthy conversation regarding moral and social issues.
2. Encourage a Friendship Journal
Yes, studies do comprise the majority of your child’s attention, but not intuitively – it is only thrust upon them. Friendships, on the other hand, nourish your child’s spirit and make him ready for relationships in the future. Encourage your child to maintain a journal where he can tabulate his interactions with his friends. Expressing emotions through writing is a therapeutic way that helps your child to healthily vent out his anger or frustrations!
3. Make Volunteering a Must
Some over-protective parents never let their children see the less desirable side of the world. However, a child brought up that way will not become an emotionally healthy and spiritually strong adult. If you want your child to be a good human, let him know the plight and state of lesser privileged people. In addition, you must also show him the way to making a difference in their lives can be as simple as spending a couple of hours in an orphanage.
4. Plan A Trip With Your Child
Kids need exposure to not just different foods, but also different places. Rather than gifting clothes or toys, gift a cultural or a nature trip to your child. A picture is worth a thousand words; similarly, a trip is worth a thousand hours of studying. Instilling a sense of travel and adventure in your child will equip him with the skills or tools he would use in the future, when he faces adversities and challenges. Remember – a ship is safe in the harbour, but that is not why it was built for! Here are some amazing places to visit with your child. Continue reading
5. Money Management
Every adult is expected to earn and save money, so parents should introduce their child to money management essentials. Involve your kids in household budgeting discussions and let them know how their life is made easy because of your money management skills. Monitor how your kids spend money and lead way for regular financial discussions. Kids who learn about money at an early age, preferably from their parents, will possess a better understanding of debts, and will a better foundation in managing their financial lives.
Often, adults expect children to act right in any situation. Truth is, children need to be shown and explained what’s right and wrong. In almost all cases, kids look up to their parents and follow the way shown by them, directly or indirectly! So make your own rules so that they also learn to do so from you. All the best!!
Author Bio:
I am Aradhana. I am a passionate writer and love to write on topics like yoga, wellness, health and lifestyle. I contribute to Natural News, Wiki How, Elephant Journal etc. I believe good health is the key to success and happiness. Through my writings, I want to motivate people to develop healthy habits and adopt natural ways of living to achieve sound health.
This is in continuation of my previous recipe which is a stand alone breakfast. Now this is my standalone roti or paratha for lunch and is not a stuffed paratha. Its very easy to make and one of the softest rotis that you would have eaten. Working moms can store the dough it in the fridge. I call these recipes standalone as they can be eaten alone without any accompaniments.
Methi is high in iron and folic acid. Kids will love these rotis and its an easy way to make them eat green leafy veggies.
Ingredients:
Procedure:
Boil potatoes in a cooker or microwave, mash it, and keep aside. In a pan add some oil and fry methi leaves till they are soft and leaves out all its water, to the methi leaves add chilli powder, cumin powder and turn off the flame. Continue reading
Its ok if there is some water around the methi leaves. To this add mashed potatoes, atta and salt and mix well. Now add little water and mix till you get a soft dough. If it gets sticky add more atta.
Now roll small rotis and fry in a pan. Add a lot of powdered atta while rolling so that the rotis dont break.
Tip: You can add oil, methi leaves, cumin powder and chilli powder and put it in the microwave for 2 mins instead of frying in the pan.
There are a lot of working moms out here who have no time to cook nutritious meals for their kids. So I always suggest one pot meals like rice with veggies or pasta. But rice as we know is not our first choice for weightloss, so today ill give you two recipes, one for breakfast and another for lunch which can be eaten alone and is perfect for your kids too as its nutritious.
So let me start with this oats omelet. Oats as we know is high in fiber and low in carbs, it is great for pregnant and lactating mothers too. Use my recipe as a base and add as many or as little veggies to the omelet.
Ingredients:
Procedure:
Soak oats in water while grating all your veggies, remove water and mix all your veggies. You should get a thick batter similar to an omelet batter. Now pour one spoon at a time in a pan. You dont need to add oil if your using a non stick pan. Continue reading
Flip sides and cook till the other side is cooked. Your delicious veg omelet is ready. You can eat it as it is or with tomato ketchup.
Tip: Do not make a runny batter and start with small sizes.
I have been an active online shopper every since my daughter was born. I love to sit at the comfort of my home and shop when she is asleep. To my surprise, I have always been happy and have never been disappointed with the products that we get online. The delivery is quick especially with baby and kids products. Some sites deliver the product the same day or within 1-2 days.Some stuff that I have shopped regularly are baby clothes, diapers, and baby gear. I have even purchased small stuff like socks to expensive prams and toys.
Once I got a hang of online shopping, I used to spend hours looking through every site for discounts, but I would always miss offers by a day or two. I used to get frustrated as I felt that I was a pro in online shopping. So with further research I got to know about sites that offer discount coupons, and updates on all the sales and grabs. Thats how I found zoutons.com.
They have amazing discount coupons for your baby and kids shopping. I have used coupons from Pepperfry.com, Babyoye.com, healthcart.com, jabong.com, snapdeal.com to name a few, and got discounts of upto 60 percent. So this is a Baap of all discount coupons sites. So moms dont just be a wise shopper, also be a smart shopper and look out for discount coupons on zoutons.com.
It is very easy to use, just register and get updates on all the latest offers. Use their coupon codes on all your favorite online shopping sites. They cover almost all our favorite shopping sites. So just an extra minute to copy the code with save you a lot of money. Its especially useful to all of us moms who have very little time to browse through many sites. So happy shopping.
You can feed any vegetable for kids after they turn 1year. But when it comes to baby food you need sort the veggies that goes into their meal. No doubt that they are packed with vitamins, minerals and fiber, but they are also loaded with pesticides. Do see our DIY section for the recipe of homemade vegetable wash before using fruits and veggies.
Infants after 6 months can be given veggies in form of purees, soups or mashed along with their food or khichdi. Continue reading
So here is a list of veggies that can be given to infants:
Broccoli- See our broccoli soup recipes
Beans- pureed, soups or mashed with food
Carrots
Cauliflower
Potato- might turn gassy so sprinkle cumin powder
Sweet potato
Spinach
Squash and pumpkin
Tomato
Beetroot
Turnips
Asparagus
Peas
Please introduce one veggie at a time to check for allergies. you can see some very easy, tried and tested recipes in our baby food section.
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