Kids Recipes, Pasta, Soups

HEARTY PASTA SOUP

When you want to eat to your heart’s content,try this Hearty Pasta Soup.Loaded with veggies,this nutritious soup with pasta is a meal in itself.Specially for working women,who come home and find it tiring to make a meal,this recipe will come to the rescue.I came up with this recipe while surfing one day,and made it for dinner some time back.Needless to say Dhivya enjoyed,even Ravi had it without fuss.I have been thinking of posting soup recipes lately and have come up with 2 or more soups with pasta.I also write reviews for Savorit Limited from where I got this spiral variety…

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Soups

ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER SOUP

Soups are always healthy,filling and comforting.I make some soup or the other once in a while and my family enjoys it too.When the weather is cold,this even more awesome.I tried it for the monsoon season and was loved y all.A soup with vibrant colour and simmered to perfection,this will never go wrong to add colour to any dinner menu.Red Bell Pepper has cancer combating lycopene and tastes with a mild sweet flavour. The creamy texture and roasted aroma gives all the more taste to the soup.Red Peppers are a source of Vitamin A,C and folate.It also helps in night vision.They…

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Kids Recipes, Pasta

SPAGHETTI IN TOMATO SAUCE

This Spaghetti is an all time comfort food of my daughter.She can have this any time of the day and will never complain even if I pack it for her lunch.I have made this home made sauce,but you can try the same with store bought one.I know all kinds of pastas are loved by kids and this will be a sure hit at home.Trying this with available ingredients at home is a satisfying affair.The juicy and red tomatoes incorporates a good colour and fresh taste to the spaghetti.I have a Corn Spaghetti in my blog,so tried this variety now.You can…

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Kids Recipes, Pasta, Soups

GARBANZO TOMATO PASTA SOUP

Garbanzo Tomato Pasta Soup is a totally filling soup and a meal in itself owing to the addition of pasta and garbanzo.Garbanzo is nothing but white chick peas which can be either soaked and pressure cooked or store bought in a can.I have soaked and cooked it,you can do it either way.When I first sounded the name of this,I was thinking this might be a tiring job and tough recipe to make.But I was wrong.I made this within 15 minutes and was ready for dinner well before tome.The addition of basil leaves adds an Italian touch and the flavor is…

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Pasta, Salads

PASTA SALAD

My daughter is fond of pasta and I do make a lot of varieties at home with different sauces and vegetables. For a long time I was wanting to post something with pasta which is fresh crunchy and nutritious and above all easy to make.I had this opportunity to contribute for Savorit Foods and I will be posting a few recipes now and then here in my blog.The pasta turned out super delicious and filling too.This particular recipe is a culmination of my idea and a few recipes from the web.It can be a healthy meal option or a small…

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Dinner recipes, Kids Recipes, Pasta, Snacks

WHITE PASTA SAUCE WITH VEGETABLES

Anything is pasta goes well and a thumbs up at my home.It has to be a pasta and that’s it.Among the various pastas i use i like the penne one for no reason.May be it’s shape.Anyway it so happened during last month i had made this,but i had not posted for for long due to my migration of the blog.This is the apt time,since i know many moms would be beating their minds to fill the tummies of their kids during summer holidays.This is a super filling preparation,that never goes wrong to impress your little ones. So try out this…

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Kids Recipes, Pasta

BROCCOLI PASTA/PASTA RECIPES

Broccoli is a cousin of cauliflower which has absolute no taste of its own and so kids hate it.But broccoli has innumerable health benefits and is an excellent source of Vitamin C.It reduces the obesity and decreases the risk of heart disease and has been associated with lowering the rates of colon cancer.So whenever I get a chance,I buy this flower and try to incorporate in the meal.As I was searching for some fancy recipe to attract kiddos and also wanted to make a simple dish I stumbled upon this recipe.It is very easy and the ingredients are very few…

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Pasta, Soups

MINESTRONE SOUP

Minestrone Soup is a thick italian soup with lots of vegetables and pasta.It is a meal in itself due to the addition of lots of veggies and thankfully Dhivya loves soups and I can be rest assured whenever I make soups,it will disappear in no time.People who are fond of pastas can go for this recipe and try in place of any regular soup you would make at home.I was wanting to post this for a long time and could do it last week and the weather was so apt for this piping hot soup.There are a lot of variations…

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International Recipes, Kids Recipes, Pasta

PENNE ARRABIATA/PASTA RECIPES/KIDS RECIPES

Penne Arrabiata is a favourite recipe of my daughter and she will eat this at anytime of the day.I try out various pasta recipes and this one was made long back and was lying in my draft.All kids are fond of pasta and the sauces that they are made with.Pasta sauce is a homemade one with which I have made penne arrabiata.When you have this sauce made this in advance,then things become much easier.I made this for dinner and was enjoyed by all.Here goes the easy and yum yum recipe of Penne Arrabiata.

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Sauces

WHITE PASTA SAUCE/PASTA RECIPES

Who doesn’t love pasta and my family is no exception to it.I make tomato based and white pasta recipes for my daughter for either evening snack or lunch box.She loves white pasta more and so I thought of making this sauce so that I can make it whenever she demands.Making these sauces at home is hygienic and economical.I usually make these sauces on weekends and use it up on week days.I made this sauce last week and thought of posting this as this would be useful for all pasta lovers who want to try out the homemade sauce.I already have…

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Sauces

TOMATO PASTA SAUCE/PASTA RECIPES

I often make pasta of all kinds as Dhivya is fond of them.I normally use store bought sauces both white and tomato ones,but this time I thought of making it at home as I saw a nice recipe of tomato pasta sauce.As I started to make this sauce the whole place was filled with aroma and saucy air could

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