Lunch-Box Ideas: Colorful Dosas ( Vegan Pancakes & Crepes); Weblog Anniversary Special!

Today marks ii years of blogging for me via . I am non going to become on near how far I accept come upward or how much I accept learnt inwards the process. Yes, all that is true. The solely thing I would similar to exercise on this occasion is  admit Team DFT, peculiarly Sonal as well as Shailja for their back upward as well as constant encouragement, for beingness in that location for me 24-hour interval or night, exactly a "ping" away, for sharing my ups as well as downs both from the "real" as well as " virtual" worlds no thing what fourth dimension of the 24-hour interval or night!!  I also desire to admit all my followers, here, on Facebook, on Twitter and  on Pinterest. Thank you lot for your support, guys! Without you, wouldn't last what it is today. If I accept touched i person's life, as well as then the role of has been served.

I am non bringing you lot whatsoever cakes or desserts to celebrate this occasion. Instead, I am bringing you " Lunchbox Ideas" hence that you lot tin feed your children ( as well as may last fifty-fifty yourselves) a lilliputian better! Several of my readers accept requested for lunchbox ideas. So, this year onward, you lot shall run into to a greater extent than of those! Stay tuned.

As mothers nosotros ever worry if our kids swallow enough. We worry if they are eating the correct food. We worry if nosotros are feeding them the correct food. We peculiarly worry near what they exercise or exercise non swallow for luncheon spell inwards school. It hurts when our kids don't swallow what nosotros pack inwards their luncheon boxes , as well as convey it dorsum abode untouched! It  hurts when our kids don't swallow the meals that nosotros serve them as well as would rather swallow cookies as well as chips. As mothers nosotros strive to last creative as well as position together meals that are appealing to our kids spell at the same fourth dimension is well for you lot too.

India celebrated  it's Republic Day on Jan 26th, 2016. To celebrate this occasion, I decided to brand Tricolor Dosas ( pancakes & crepes). Interestingly, my kids helped me brand them as well as also relished them for breakfast as well as inwards their lunch-box for school. I was hence thrilled that my picky immature adult woman emptied her luncheon box as well as that my boy who hates spinach, asked for seconds of the spinach crepes as well as ate four of the them!!

A modest clarification here: where I come upward from inwards India, all pancakes as well as crepes are known equally "Dosas". The sparse ones are similar crepes as well as the thick ones are similar pancakes. In India, these are automatically vegan, unless ghee ( clarified butter) has been used to grease the skillet or if the batter has yogurt inwards it ( inwards which case, it is specifically mentioned).

Coming dorsum to the dosas, basically I took modest amounts of the regular dosa batter ( for which you lot tin observe the recipe here), as well as mixed them alongside puréed carrots as well as puréed spinach to acquire the orangish as well as light-green dosas, respectively. The batter as well as purée was used inwards the ratio of 2:1 but this could last altered equally per private preference. You tin usage whatsoever form of kokosnoot chutney or cilantro dip to become alongside it. I used peanut chutney, to increase the poly peptide value of the meal. My kids ate it alongside honey. You could serve it alongside jaggery syrup or whatsoever pancake syrup too. I am bringing this to Throwback Thursday # 23, Fiesta Fri # 104 as well as Saucy Saturdays. Angie's co-hosts this calendar week are Mila @ milkandbun as well as Hilda @ Along The Grapevine.

Servings : makes some vi dosas.

For recipe for dosa batter click here as well as Team DFT, peculiarly Sonal as well as Shailja for their back upward as well as constant encouragement, for beingness in that location for me 24-hour interval or night, exactly a "ping" away, for sharing my ups as well as downs both from the "real" as well as " virtual" worlds no thing what fourth dimension of the 24-hour interval or night!!  I also desire to admit all my followers, here, on Facebook, on Twitter and  on Pinterest. Thank you lot for your support, guys! Without you, wouldn't last what it is today. If I accept touched i person's life, as well as then the role of has been served.

I am non bringing you lot whatsoever cakes or desserts to celebrate this occasion. Instead, I am bringing you " Lunchbox Ideas" hence that you lot tin feed your children ( as well as may last fifty-fifty yourselves) a lilliputian better! Several of my readers accept requested for lunchbox ideas. So, this year onward, you lot shall run into to a greater extent than of those! Stay tuned.

As mothers nosotros ever worry if our kids swallow enough. We worry if they are eating the correct food. We worry if nosotros are feeding them the correct food. We peculiarly worry near what they exercise or exercise non swallow for luncheon spell inwards school. It hurts when our kids don't swallow what nosotros pack inwards their luncheon boxes , as well as convey it dorsum abode untouched! It  hurts when our kids don't swallow the meals that nosotros serve them as well as would rather swallow cookies as well as chips. As mothers nosotros strive to last creative as well as position together meals that are appealing to our kids spell at the same fourth dimension is well for you lot too.

India celebrated  it's Republic Day on Jan 26th, 2016. To celebrate this occasion, I decided to brand Tricolor Dosas ( pancakes & crepes). Interestingly, my kids helped me brand them as well as also relished them for breakfast as well as inwards their lunch-box for school. I was hence thrilled that my picky immature adult woman emptied her luncheon box as well as that my boy who hates spinach, asked for seconds of the spinach crepes as well as ate four of the them!!

A modest clarification here: where I come upward from inwards India, all pancakes as well as crepes are known equally "Dosas". The sparse ones are similar crepes as well as the thick ones are similar pancakes. In India, these are automatically vegan, unless ghee ( clarified butter) has been used to grease the skillet or if the batter has yogurt inwards it ( inwards which case, it is specifically mentioned).

Coming dorsum to the dosas, basically I took modest amounts of the regular dosa batter ( for which you lot tin observe the recipe here), as well as mixed them alongside puréed carrots as well as puréed spinach to acquire the orangish as well as light-green dosas, respectively. The batter as well as purée was used inwards the ratio of 2:1 but this could last altered equally per private preference. You tin usage whatsoever form of kokosnoot chutney or cilantro dip to become alongside it. I used peanut chutney, to increase the poly peptide value of the meal. My kids ate it alongside honey. You could serve it alongside jaggery syrup or whatsoever pancake syrup too. I am bringing this to Throwback Thursday # 23, Fiesta Fri # 104 as well as Saucy Saturdays. Angie's co-hosts this calendar week are Mila @ milkandbun as well as Hilda @ Along The Grapevine.

Servings : makes some vi dosas.

For recipe for dosa batter click here.

Orange (Carrot) dosa:

Ingredients:

Dosa batter: 2 cups
Carrots :2 medium: peeled as well as chopped.
Water: 1/4 cup
Salt: a pinch
Oil: for greasing the skillet.

Method:

Boil the chopped carrots  inwards 1/4 loving cup H2O until tender. Cool it completely. 

Purée it past times using a paw blender or a regular blender.

Now mix it alongside 2 cups dosa batter.

Add tabular array salt if needed.

Heat the griddle/skillet on medium heat. 

Grease the skillet alongside 1/2 tsp oil. 

Add i ladleful of batter as well as add together it to the skillet. Move the  batter inwards a clockwise displace to spread the batter. Do non acquire inwards thin. 

Cover as well as gear upward on depression flaming for 3-4 mins.

Serve hot alongside a chutney of your choice.

If packing for lunch, allow it cool downwards completely as well as and then pack .

Green ( spinach) dosa:

Ingredients:

Dosa batter: 2 cups
Chopped spinach: 1 loving cup ( I used frozen chopped spinach)
Water: 1/4 cup
Salt: a pinch
Oil: for greasing the skillet.

Method:

Boil the chopped spinach  inwards 1/4 loving cup H2O for 5-6 minutes. Cool it completely. 

Purée it past times using a paw blender or a regular blender.

Now mix it alongside 2 cups dosa batter.

Add tabular array salt if needed.

Heat the griddle/skillet on medium heat. Grease the skillet alongside 1/2 tsp oil. 

Add i ladleful of batter as well as add together it to the skillet. Move the  batter inwards a clockwise displace to spread the batter. Do non acquire inwards likewise thin. 

Cook on depression flaming for 3-4 mins. Flip as well as gear upward for a infinitesimal on the other side.

Serve hot alongside a chutney of your choice.

If packing for lunch, allow it cool downwards completely as well as and then pack .

I promise your children relish this recipe equally much equally mine did!!

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Cooking made easy:

You tin acquire creative as well as usage beetroot purée as well as brand cerise dosas.
You tin also brand colorful idlis, colorful rice pulao using unlike colored vegetable purée.

Tip for well for you lot living:

Try to comprise equally many fruits as well as vegetables into your children's diet.Inculcate well for you lot habits .It is recommended to follow the 5210 dominion Everyday:
5 or to a greater extent than fruits as well as vegetables
2 hours or less recreational concealment time
1 hr or to a greater extent than of physical activity.
0 sugary drinks, to a greater extent than H2O as well as depression fatty milk.

It is also suggested to proceed the television out of the bedchamber as well as NO concealment fourth dimension to children nether 2 years of age.
  
They may non similar it now, but they volition give thank you lot you later, exactly the agency nosotros did to our parents.

References: 

http://www.letsgo.org/
http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/dietaryguidelines/
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

Food for thoughts:

What nosotros sow, nosotros shall reap. Unknown

Please exercise part your thoughts. Your thought matters!

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