Healthy Juices for kids (Readymade)

I am not a huge fan of coke, but I don't think there's anything wrong with treating yourself once in a blue moon.

Until recently I used to blame some parents for raising coke addicted kids!

Isn't it up to the parents to teach their children healthy habits?

Yes, But I don't blame them anymore! When my boy was about 1 year old, he saw me open a bottle of coke for our guests and from then on he always had an urge to sip in a mouthful. The black water with bubbles has this undiscovered, invisible gravitational pull for kids.

Too much sugar in these leads to weight issues, dental cavities, and increased problems with insulin resistance.  Furthermore, children who learn to drink sugary beverages are less likely to enjoy the taste of water, which of course, is the ideal thing to drink.  

I always prefer giving my boy Milk, water or homemade fruits/vegetable juice.

Chocolate milk, milk with date syrup, badam milk are good choices.... but occasionally packaged juices grab a spot in my diaper bag. I guess juices are much healthier alternatives than soda, the juices with less sugar of course. They are lifesavers during travel.

I normally stock up

• Trader Joe’s Concord Grape Juice made from fresh pressed organic concord grapes
• Trader Joe’s Certified Organic Apple Juice,
• Trader Joe's White Grape juice, pasteurized
• Minute maid or Caprisun

Veggie/dal Roti

Dinner is served..Hot and steamy rotis and sizzling spicy hot rajma curry for hubby and myself.

Lazy mommy washed away the spicy gravy and served the little wonder boy rajma pieces and roti.

Who am I kidding? Wonder boy has sharp eyes, he can spot out even the minute differences in his and our plates. So there he comes to drown his piece of roti in the red dipping sauce. It did not take more than 10 seconds for him to cry out for joooooose (Juice).

So, the next day I turned off my favorite evening show on TV (I wouldn't miss it, I know its safe with 'On Demand'.. Wink) and geared up for some flavor filled no-dip-needed rotis.

We all love a good savory parata, and in particular the stuffed paratta.. A nice mound of flaky, crispy, chewy roti with a nice veggie/butter flavor. And that is how my carrot/mooli/dal paratta was born. I could not make the stuffed version as the mix always jumped out when i tried to spread it So, I mixed it all up with wheat flour. I still need help from fellow bloggers to learn how to roll out neat parattas.

Grated carrots, grated mooli
1 tbsp cooked and mashed moong dal,
1 tbsp cooked and mashed Rajma
1 tsp ginger-garlic paste
1/2 tsp garam masala
salt to taste,
1 tbsp oil

Saute these till the raw ginger-garlic smell fades and knead this mix with wheat flour.
Make rotis out of it and serve it with butter.

I made very little dough as it was a trial run, But glad to say Omy loved it. His taste buds enjoyed the spiciness from garam masala and veggie flavor. Next time I will try with cauliflower, potatoes or even Beans. No dips..no drama.. just flavor and fun.

First award

I received the first award today, The lovely blog award.

I Thank Reva from the bottom of my heart for sharing with me this wonderful award.
So , here I am sharing it with another 15 of my fellow beautiful bloggers.

1. Aipi http://usmasala.blogspot.com/

2. Sarah Naveen http://www.vazhayila.com/

3. Satya http://www.superyummyrecipes.blogspot.com/

4. Tahemeem http://tahemeemshaik.blogspot.com/

5. Roshan http://roshanscucina.blogspot.com/

6.  Palatable http://treatntrick.blogspot.com/

7.  Saras  http://sarasyummybites.blogspot.com/

8. Raks http://www.rakskitchen.net/

9  Divya    http://edivyaraj.blogspot.com/

10. Suja http://kichencorner.blogspot.com/

11.  Reva    http://www.kaarasaaram.com/

12.  Swathi  http://kitchenswathi.blogspot.com/

13. http://amchi-bong-konnexion.blogspot.com/

14.  Shanthi   http://shanthisthaligai.blogspot.com/

15.  Shanavi http://jellybelly-shanavi.blogspot.com

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1.Accept the award. Post it in your blog with the name of the blogger who has given u this award with a link to his/her blog.
2.Pass it on to 15 other blogger friends.... to keep the ball rolling.
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