Quick Chicken Soup

This recipe is real simple and quick. The recipe calls for lots of garlic and turmeric. So it automatically becomes a fix for your itchy throat especially during allergy season. My baby loves this soup especially when she is down with cold and wants just something warm to drink.

Ingredients:

• Swanson Organic Chicken Stalk - 1 carton (32 oz)
• Garlic cloves: 8-10 
• Turmeric - 1 tsp
• Crushed black pepper:1 tsp
• dash of Sea Salt
• Oregano: 1/2 tsp
• Onion  1/2 cup fine chopped
• Organic boneless skinless chicken thighs: 8-10 oz
• Egg - 1 count
• Oil - 2-3 tsp

Method:

• Rinse and chop chicken into bite size pieces and marinate with a pinch of salt, turmeric, oregano and about 1/2 tsp of oil and set aside.
• Heat remaining oil in a vessel and add garlic cloves when oil is hot. Crush the garlic cloves inside the oil using a potato smasher. Stir fry garlic cloves till they turn golden brown.
• Add turmeric, chopped onions and oregano and stir fry till onions become translucent.
• Add marinated chicken pieces and stir  fry till chicken is had cooked.
• Add chicken broth and bring to boil.
• Boil for about 10 minutes or till chicken pieces are fully cooked.
• Beat egg is a bowl and pour it into the boiling soup.Stir continuously so that egg spreads out well in the boiling liquid.
• Add sea salt and black pepper.

To serve:

• Serve hot.
• To add a little extra taste, add a teaspoon of vinegar and Serrano peppers when serving.

Baby food recipe 5: Boiled egg in pasta sauce

Okay I think I mentioned how much shreeya hates eating boiled egg. But we recently found a trick to feed her the boiled egg. This worked like charm. Here it goes:

Baby food recipe 5: Boiled egg in pasta sauce

Ingredients: 

• 1 hard boiled organic egg
• 1 tbsp tomato garlic pasta sauce
• 1/2 tsp olive oil
• Pinch of oregano and parsley
• One Cheese Slice

Method:
In a skillet, add olive oil,add a pinch of oregano and parsley and saute the pasta sauce for about a minute. Add mashed up boiled egg and saute for another minute.

To serve: 
Place the cheese slice in the bowl, add the egg pasta and Serve warm.

Any mom out there is welcome to try these out - of course as always, do keep in mind what your baby might be allergic to and as always, consult the pediatrician before introducing any new food.

Baby food recipe 4: Vegetable - egg omelet

Well, when it comes to eating eggs, Shreeya is not a big fan of eating boiled egg. But you make an omelet and just watch! Out of no where we suddenly get all interested in eating :).

This is a very simple omelet recipe which seems to be her favorite too.

Baby food recipe 4: Vegetable - egg omelet

Ingredients:

• One Organic egg
• Organic baby spinach leaves 2-3
• Tomato 1/2 peeled and diced
• Green bell pepper 1 tsp chopped
• Salt
• Pepper
• Olive oil
• Cheese single

Method:
In a skillet, saute tomatoes, spinach and bell pepper till they are tender. Add beaten egg. Sprinkle salt and pepper. Let the omelet cook till the mixture thickens. Flip the omelet. Cook it for another minute. Make sure the egg is no longer raw. Flip it back and remove it on the serving plate. Place a cheese single immediately on the omelet and let it melt.

To serve: 
Cut the omelet to bite size pieces and serve warm.

Any mom out there is welcome to try these out - of course as always, do keep in mind what your baby might be allergic to and as always, consult the pediatrician before introducing any new food.