Kids recipes

Recipes for Kids lunch box

Corn and Paneer rice:

Ingredients:

1 cup cooked basmati rice

1/4 cup chopped paneer, cut into small cubes

1/4 cup boiled sweet corn

Salt to taste

Oil

1/4 tsp mixed dried herbs

Method:

Heat oil and fry paneer till slightly browned. Add corn and basmatic rice. Mix well and add salt and herbs.

You can serve this rice with tomato ketchup.

Add pepper, if your kid likes spicy food.

Recipe for today:

Cheese and corn sandwich:

Ingredients:

4 whole wheat bread slices
1/4 cup grated cheese
1/4 cup cooked corn
2 tsp cheese spread
2 tsp Butter or ghee

Method:

Add grated cheese and cheese spread to the corn and mix well. Toast bread slices with ghee or butter. Fill one bread slice with the mixture and cover with another. You may cut off the edges of the bread slice before toasting, if required. Serve with ketchup or plain!!!

Vegetable sandwich:

Ingredients:

4 whole wheat bread slices
2 tsp Butter or ghee
1/4 cup boiled carrot and corn
2 boiled potatoes peeled and mashed
1 small capsicum finely chopped
1/2 tsp chaat masala
1/2 tsp juice of lemon
Salt to taste

Method:

Heat ghee or butter and add capsicum, saute till cooked. Add corn, carrot and potatoes and mix well. Add chaat masala and salt. Switch off gas and add lemon juice. Toast bread slices with ghee or butter. Fill one bread slice with the mixture and cover with another. You may cut off the edges of the bread slice before toasting, if required. Serve with green chutney or plain!!!

Easy Cheesy Pasta

Ingredients:

2 tomatoes, chopped finely

2 onions, chopped finely

3 to 5 cloves of garlic, chopped finely

Capsicum (green, yellow and red) – 1 cup, finely chopped

Tomato ketchup – ¼ cup

Pasta – 2 cups uncooked

Olive oil – 2 tsp

Cheese grated – ¼ cup

Method:

Boil 5-6 cups of water and add pasta with a teaspoon of oil and salt. Once it is cooked drain out the water and keep the pasta aside.

Heat olive oil in a non-stick pan. Add onion, garlic and cook till light brown. Add capsicum, tomatoes and salt. Cook for 5- 10 minutes. Add cooked pasta. Add ketchup and simmer for 2 -3 minutes. Switch off gas and add grated cheese.

You may omit the cheese if you are on a diet and the pasta will still taste good.