menu for one year old baby Archives ⋆ Budgetpantry | Singapore Mummy Blog on Food, Recipe & Baby https://www.budgetpantry.com/tag/menu-for-one-year-old-baby/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:52:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 Baby & family menu: Eggplant tuna bake https://www.budgetpantry.com/baby-family-menu-eggplant-tuna-bake/ Tue, 25 Jul 2017 05:06:05 +0000 https://budgetpantry.com/?p=9787 Are you finding yourself feeding your baby porridge for every meal? I mean, cbb LOVES her porridge, but it’s nice to see her face light up whenever she tries something new, and I was going to make her grin today! I’ve discovered that she loves anything with a tomato sauce base, and she prefers texture over smooth food anytime. That is why I thought this cheesy pasta bake would be perfect for her. This is great as a family dinner too. What I do is prepare everything according to cbb’s needs (that means no extra salt or sugar), and when eating, sprinkle some salt on our portions. I often eat it plain like so too, but Jason needs some added flavour. The core ingredients for this dish: eggplant, capsicums, tuna, canned tomato, your choice of pasta, cheddar and mozzarella cheese. It was so good, even without extra seasoning. When serving it to your baby, you might want to run a pair of scissors through her portion. I recommend this for babies after a year old cos the vegetables can be chunky. But if if you cook it soft enough and cut them to a manageable texture, 9-12 month olds could eat it too. You know your baby better! How to prepare your eggplant: wash and cut into half, then slice each half into 3 slices, like this: Then score with a knife front and back, and arrange on plate and sprinkle salt. Let it sit for half an hour to draw out the moisture and minimise air pockets (so that it doesn’t soak up too much oil), then rinse and pat dry with paper towel. It’s important to get the eggplant melty soft, and I choose to do it over the stove top on extremely low heat and about 15 minutes pan-grilling time. Eggplant tastes amazing when done right. If you’re not a fan of tuna, you can add cooked minced meat or chicken, but then that’s an extra step. Haha. This dish can also be made with most vegetables you have in the fridge. Sometimes I toss in some spinach together with the capsicums, or add some onions. It’s packed with vitamins and goodness, what’s not to love? Baby & family menu: Eggplant tuna bake (budgetpantry.com) Serves 3-4 What you need: 1 can tuna in water, drained 2 medium eggplants, sliced to ~1.5cm thickness and score diagonally front and back 2 capsicums, julienned (I used green and yellow) 3 small handfuls of short pasta (I used spirals. Penna and shells are great too) 1 can chopped tomatoes Sprinkle of dill Sprinkle of garlic powder Sprinkle of salt (optional) Shredded Mozzarella cheese Shredded cheddar cheese Olive oil Steps: Preheat oven to 190C. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan and lay out the eggplant slices. Cook each side for 10-12 minutes under low flame, till soft and melty. Don’t worry if the eggplant absorbs all the oil initially. It will gradually be released as the eggplant cooks. Repeat with the second eggplant. Dish up and set aside. Add some oil in the pan and fry capsicums till tender. You may do this in another pan alongside the eggplant to save time. Set aside. Cook the pasta according to package instructions. Drain and mix with tuna, canned tomatoes (scoop the tomatoes and add some of the juice – you don’t need the entire can), dill, garlic powder and salt (optional). Now we assemble: Depending on the size of your baking dish, lay 4-5 slices of eggplant in a single layer at the bottom. Top with half the pasta and cheddar and mozzarella. Repeat with the eggplant, capsicums and the remaining pasta. Finish with somemore dill, mozzarella and cheddar cheese. Bake at 190C for 10-15 minutes till cheese bubbles. If serving baby, run a pair of scissors through her portion to the texture she can handle. I recommend this for babies after a year old. If you like my posts and updates, or would like to be informed of baby/cooking-related giveaways and promos from time to time….. Like my Facebook page or follow @budgetpantry or @chuabeebee on Instagram! Yes, I just started an Insta account for CBB too!

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Are you finding yourself feeding your baby porridge for every meal? I mean, cbb LOVES her porridge, but it’s nice to see her face light up whenever she tries something new, and I was going to make her grin today!

I’ve discovered that she loves anything with a tomato sauce base, and she prefers texture over smooth food anytime. That is why I thought this cheesy pasta bake would be perfect for her. This is great as a family dinner too. What I do is prepare everything according to cbb’s needs (that means no extra salt or sugar), and when eating, sprinkle some salt on our portions. I often eat it plain like so too, but Jason needs some added flavour.

The core ingredients for this dish: eggplant, capsicums, tuna, canned tomato, your choice of pasta, cheddar and mozzarella cheese. It was so good, even without extra seasoning. When serving it to your baby, you might want to run a pair of scissors through her portion. I recommend this for babies after a year old cos the vegetables can be chunky. But if if you cook it soft enough and cut them to a manageable texture, 9-12 month olds could eat it too. You know your baby better!

How to prepare your eggplant: wash and cut into half, then slice each half into 3 slices, like this:

Then score with a knife front and back, and arrange on plate and sprinkle salt. Let it sit for half an hour to draw out the moisture and minimise air pockets (so that it doesn’t soak up too much oil), then rinse and pat dry with paper towel. It’s important to get the eggplant melty soft, and I choose to do it over the stove top on extremely low heat and about 15 minutes pan-grilling time. Eggplant tastes amazing when done right.

If you’re not a fan of tuna, you can add cooked minced meat or chicken, but then that’s an extra step. Haha. This dish can also be made with most vegetables you have in the fridge. Sometimes I toss in some spinach together with the capsicums, or add some onions. It’s packed with vitamins and goodness, what’s not to love?

Baby & family menu: Eggplant tuna bake (budgetpantry.com)
Serves 3-4
What you need:

1 can tuna in water, drained
2 medium eggplants, sliced to ~1.5cm thickness and score diagonally front and back
2 capsicums, julienned (I used green and yellow)
3 small handfuls of short pasta (I used spirals. Penna and shells are great too)
1 can chopped tomatoes
Sprinkle of dill
Sprinkle of garlic powder
Sprinkle of salt (optional)
Shredded Mozzarella cheese
Shredded cheddar cheese
Olive oil

Steps:

Preheat oven to 190C.

Heat a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan and lay out the eggplant slices. Cook each side for 10-12 minutes under low flame, till soft and melty. Don’t worry if the eggplant absorbs all the oil initially. It will gradually be released as the eggplant cooks. Repeat with the second eggplant. Dish up and set aside.

Add some oil in the pan and fry capsicums till tender. You may do this in another pan alongside the eggplant to save time. Set aside.

Cook the pasta according to package instructions. Drain and mix with tuna, canned tomatoes (scoop the tomatoes and add some of the juice – you don’t need the entire can), dill, garlic powder and salt (optional).

Now we assemble: Depending on the size of your baking dish, lay 4-5 slices of eggplant in a single layer at the bottom. Top with half the pasta and cheddar and mozzarella. Repeat with the eggplant, capsicums and the remaining pasta. Finish with somemore dill, mozzarella and cheddar cheese.

Bake at 190C for 10-15 minutes till cheese bubbles. If serving baby, run a pair of scissors through her portion to the texture she can handle. I recommend this for babies after a year old.

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]]> Baby & family menu: Moroccan-inspired minced meat over rice https://www.budgetpantry.com/moroccan-inspired-minced-meat/ Thu, 18 May 2017 08:22:34 +0000 https://budgetpantry.com/?p=9642 I love cooking this dish because it’s an all-in-one. Cbb can have it for dinner and so can we! The best thing: everything goes in one pan so there’s minimal washing up to do. When preparing food for the family, I increasingly find myself looking for quick-fixes. I mean, you can’t blame me – I’m really pressed for time after work. So it’s best that whatever I cook can be eaten by the whole world, you know. Like if I cook crab or prawns, then it’s damn leh-ceh to feed cbb with so on those days I heat up the frozen food cubes I prepared for her at the start of the week. But it’s nice to cook dishes like this cos cbb gets to eat fresh too. It’s like bolognese! I just start off everything together but hold the seasoning. Onions, meat, garlic, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, cumin, cinnamon… all these cbb can eat so I simmer the meat in these, and when it’s done, I scoop up whatever I need for her and THEN season our portion. Since the vegetables are chunky, I cut them up into smaller pieces for her with food scissors. I like ours with lots of paprika flakes! I think this will taste good with a bit of curry powder actually so next time I will add it and let cbb try. You can use chicken, pork or beef for this so it’s a really versatile dish packed full of nutritious, yummy vegetables too. Try it for your baby… cbb loves this over noodles and pasta! (sorry for the lousy pics. I hate them too) Moroccan-inspired minced meat over rice (budgetpantry.com) Serves 2 adults and 1 baby What you need: 300g minced meat (either chicken, pork or beef) 1 can peeled or diced tomatoes 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 2 teaspoon minced garlic 1 medium carrot, chopped into cubes 1 green pepper, chopped into strips 1 tablespoon light soy sauce Half tablespoon dark soy sauce 1 teaspoon paprika or chilli powder Half teaspoon cumin 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder or 2 cinnamon sticks 1 teaspoon brown sugar 2 tablespoons olive oil Steps: Heat the oil in a pan and add chopped onions. Fry for 3-4 minutes until soft. Add the minced meat and break it up with your spatula. Follow with the garlic. Stir fry for 2 minutes, then add the carrots, green pepper and canned tomatoes (with juice). Mix well and add the cinnamon and cumin. Simmer under medium-low flame until carrots are soft, about 15 minutes. Add some water if necessary. At this point, scoop out what you need for your baby, then proceed to season the rest with light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, brown sugar and paprika. Cook for a few more minutes till reduced. Scoop over rice and serve with a sunny side up. If you like my posts and updates, or would like to be informed of baby/cooking-related giveaways and promos from time to time….. Like my Facebook page or follow @budgetpantry or @chuabeebee on Instagram! Yes, I just started an Insta account for CBB too!

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I love cooking this dish because it’s an all-in-one. Cbb can have it for dinner and so can we! The best thing: everything goes in one pan so there’s minimal washing up to do.

When preparing food for the family, I increasingly find myself looking for quick-fixes. I mean, you can’t blame me – I’m really pressed for time after work. So it’s best that whatever I cook can be eaten by the whole world, you know. Like if I cook crab or prawns, then it’s damn leh-ceh to feed cbb with so on those days I heat up the frozen food cubes I prepared for her at the start of the week.

But it’s nice to cook dishes like this cos cbb gets to eat fresh too. It’s like bolognese! I just start off everything together but hold the seasoning. Onions, meat, garlic, carrots, peppers, tomatoes, cumin, cinnamon… all these cbb can eat so I simmer the meat in these, and when it’s done, I scoop up whatever I need for her and THEN season our portion. Since the vegetables are chunky, I cut them up into smaller pieces for her with food scissors.

I like ours with lots of paprika flakes! I think this will taste good with a bit of curry powder actually so next time I will add it and let cbb try. You can use chicken, pork or beef for this so it’s a really versatile dish packed full of nutritious, yummy vegetables too.

Try it for your baby… cbb loves this over noodles and pasta! (sorry for the lousy pics. I hate them too)

Moroccan-inspired minced meat over rice (budgetpantry.com)
Serves 2 adults and 1 baby What you need:

300g minced meat (either chicken, pork or beef)
1 can peeled or diced tomatoes
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
2 teaspoon minced garlic
1 medium carrot, chopped into cubes
1 green pepper, chopped into strips
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
Half tablespoon dark soy sauce
1 teaspoon paprika or chilli powder
Half teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon cinnamon powder or 2 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

Heat the oil in a pan and add chopped onions. Fry for 3-4 minutes until soft.

Add the minced meat and break it up with your spatula. Follow with the garlic. Stir fry for 2 minutes, then add the carrots, green pepper and canned tomatoes (with juice). Mix well and add the cinnamon and cumin.

Simmer under medium-low flame until carrots are soft, about 15 minutes. Add some water if necessary.

At this point, scoop out what you need for your baby, then proceed to season the rest with light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, brown sugar and paprika.

Cook for a few more minutes till reduced. Scoop over rice and serve with a sunny side up.

If you like my posts and updates, or would like to be informed of baby/cooking-related giveaways and promos from time to time…..
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