Ginger and Tofu

In the last few months, food has become a very important thing in my life. Cooking has always been a passion, but this isn't about adult food it is about baby food. While grown ups compliment cooking out of courtesy or politeness or may be they really like it, a child's mind works very differently. They are the harshest-kindest critic one may ever see. My baby daughter started testing solids a few months ago. Initially the battle was what can I give her to eat - having no teeth was only a minor factor. The process of cooking made me appreciate the principles of 'mindfulness'. Never before had I thought of sterilizing the utensils, steaming veggies to an exact 6 minutes, pureeing soft boiled fruits. The baby relished pureed pears, lentils and chickpeas. Then came a point when my daughter refused to eat, she would not eat anything i gave her. Well then came the second stage where the young one wanted to try the food herself. It was a challenge to decide what to give one who doesn't have any teeth yet, swallowing isn't her thing yet. Watching her pick those single grains of rice and lentils and feeding herself was a miracle. Her appetite improved and it was relief. These days the food topic is back as our dinner table conversation. Now that A can manage to eat bigger chunks of food, but she sees it more like a game. Some of her favourite recipes include ginger and tofu.


Cut tofu into cubes,
add a teaspoon of grated ginger to a pan with bit of olive oil and butter,
Add tofu
Saute until the tofu skin is light brown in colour.
Add salt to taste
5 minutes and its ready.

2010 - Year in review and Welcome 2011!

A mere 10 post in the last year! Time for a change. This year should see some more posts added to the blog. May be the format will change or just may be it will not change. Some things do carry on as days weeks and months go by.

A month by month review may be very tiring though a few things may be worth mentioning. January was an exciting month where we were getting ready for a month long stay in London. February saw some good old London weather, snow and friends in London town. March we finally settled back in our daily routine. April was a month of celebrating family birthdays. May continued with more birthday celebration. June-July flew by. August was parents visiting us and September was us visiting them. October was a big ONE! November was looking forward to thanksgiving and December was getting spoilt by parents. Somewhere in those months, we visited a few quaint towns, many hikes, trailing through cafes, trying and rating lattes, experiencing a couple of earthquakes, and catching up on some films. We were very glad that an amazing Gelato bar opened near where we are and their Mochas are the finest that I have tasted in a while.

So what does January 2011 bring us - some activities, some playground fun, some music sessions and hopefully a lot more sunshine.