Sprouted green grams stew Ingredients

2 cups (2 fists) of sprouted green grams (or other sprouted legumes), see page 63

1 onion

1 large tomato

2 carrots

1 teaspoon (1 thumb tip) fat or oil

Iodized salt to taste

5 cups (5 fists) clean water

3 Food Groups

Steps

Clean cooking area, cooking bowls, and utensils with soap and clean water. Wash hands with soap and clean, running water. Wash vegetables.

Chop all vegetables into small bite sized pieces

Put the sprouted green grams into a cooking pot and add water.

Cook until the green grams are soft.

Heat the fat or oil in a separate cooking pot; add the onions and cook until they are soft and golden brown.

Add tomatoes, stir, and cook until they are soft.

Add the carrots and iodized salt to the onions and tomatoes. Mix well, cover and cook until you can pierce the carrots with a fork.

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Add the boiled sprouted green grams and mix well.

If you are cooking over gas, kerosene, jiko or fire, lower the heat. Cook until the ingredients are well mixed.

Remove from the heat. Let cool before serving so you do not burn your baby’s mouth.

Wash your hands and your child’s hands with soap and clean water before feeding your child.

The longer the food is kept, the more likely it is that germs will get on it. Some of these germs can cause diarrhea. So I stopped storing my child’s food for an extended period of time and my child rarely gets diarrhea.

Helpful Hints

• At this age, your child should be eating about 1 cup (1 fist) of food at each meal and a snack.

• If you have extra food, you can feed it to other children or store it in a covered container for NO MORE THAN 4 hours. If you store the food, be sure to heat it thoroughly before feeding it again to your baby.

• Continue breastfeeding on demand until your baby is 2 years old or more.

Meat stew

Ingredients

¼ kilogram (1 fist) of meat (beef, chicken, goat, camel)

1 onion

Steps

1 large tomato

1 tablespoon (1 full thumb) fat or oil

Iodized salt to taste

1 cup (1 fist) clean water

Clean cooking area, cooking bowls, and utensils with soap and clean water. Wash hands with soap and clean water. Wash vegetables.

Chop tomatoes and onions into small pieces.

2 Food Groups

Wash the meat with clean water and cut into small pieces.

Put the meat into a cooking pot, add enough clean water to cover the bottom of the pot, and boil until tender. Shred meat using a fork or clean fingers.

Heat the fat or oil in a separate cooking pot; add the onions and cook until they are soft and golden brown.

Add tomatoes to the onions, stir and cook until they are soft.

Add cooked meat to the onions and tomatoes and stir. Add 1 cup (1 fist) of clean water and mix well.

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If you are cooking over gas, kerosene, jiko or fire, lower the heat. Cook until the ingredients are well mixed.

Remove from the heat. Let cool before serving so you do not burn your baby’s mouth.

Wash your hands and your child’s hands with soap and clean water before feeding your child.

I didn’t know that a child’s hands should be washed the same way as an adult’s hands. But now, I wash my child’s hands with soap AND water before she eats and after she goes to the toilet.

Helpful Hints

• At this age, your child should be eating about ¾ cup (3 cupped handfuls) of food at each meal and a snack.

• If you have extra food, you can feed it to other children or store it in a covered container for NO MORE THAN 4 hours. If you store the food, be sure to heat it thoroughly before feeding it again to your baby.

• Continue breastfeeding on demand until your baby is 2 years old or more.