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Tuesday, 22 May 2012

Toddler kitchen - rainbow meals - Culiflower curry


Following on from our rainbow week and my aim to ensure that as a family we are eating a rainbow of colours and also trying to broaden our horizons, I am trying to have some meals which cover all the colour groups:

Red
Orange and Yellow (similar benefits so often grouped together)
Green
Blue and Purple (similar benefits so often grouped together)White
White

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    Cauliflower and chickpea curry, followed by mixed berries
 
Main dish
Tomato
Yellow pepper
Green pepper
Cauliflower, Onion

Dessert
Blueberries, Blackberries, Purple Grapes 

Luath was a bit unsettled and at one point I had to chop a pepper one handed while I held her for a few minutes.  She then sat in her high chair at the kitchen counter and helped me by holding the different vegetable while they were awaiting to be chopped.  She particularly liked the yellow pepper.  She then enjoyed ripping up the cauliflower outer leaves. 

Recipe
Another recipe from the slow cooker curries book

1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons ground ginger (this is quite a lot if not used to having ginger in your dish)
2 tablespoons curry poser
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 onion
300g cauliflower (was half a medium sized one)
1 400g can chickpeas
mixed peppers
1 300g can tomatoes

Fry the onions and garlic in oil for about 4 mins.  Add the spices, fry for another few minutes (watch they don't burn)/  Add cauliflowers and peppers, fry for a few more minutes.

Put the onion mixture, tomatoes and chickpeas in the slow cooker.  Cook on low for about 6hours.

We had our curry with wholemeal tortilla wraps.
We has another rainbow meal two nights later using the rest of the cauliflower.  Cauliflower, broccoli and sweetcorn cheese (and onions), served with tomatoes.  For dessert summer berries (red blue and purple)
(Luath is 15months)

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