Baby food while travelling

[Guest guest]

Hello Folks,

In this new age sometimes we have to travel with babies, visit places etc.

How do you provide with nutritious grounding food while you are traveling and

living in hotel rooms.

I recently travelled and was able to make lunch and breakfast on a small

heater. I would even boil milk but the milk goes bad by the evening. My son

would eat something of dinner and lunch wherever we eat.

But I needed the relaiability of some kid food just in case we did not catch our

own food in time specially starting after noon.

What are nutritious snacks for a 15 month old.

What would be a good substitute for cow's milk. Is it ok to give microwaved

milk say once in a day when you do not have the facility to boil the milk.

Also is there a recipe for : roasted flour in ghee and mix warm water to it and

have an instant cereal ready when you do not have the time to make anything

better. How would this compare with the cereals available in the market.

 

Also I do not like the packaged juices that we have. But when you are travelling

is it OK.

 

 

-thanks

Sonal

[Guest guest]

Dear Sonal -

 

These are such real situations and questions of course. I too have cooked on

heaters, and when driving often carried a camp stove and one or two pots (there

are now little one-burner both electric and propane cannister units you can

buy), and have done some amazingly good soups and cereals with a little thinking

ahead, in the little coffee makers which will give hot water in every hotel

room. I've used v-8 juice for stock and added minced vegetables and curry

powder, and gratefully carried some poha for the occasion too. There are

packaged kitchadi mixes some Ayurvedic practitioners sell now (though the only

one I tasted was very disappointing). I actually sometimes travel with packets

of miso soup mix with seaweed, but this is not very " ayurvedic " .

 

You are right, mothers have to do the best they can. I like your idea of some

flour for quick cereal, but only if you can boil it. There are quick cooking

cereals which work well with just good hot water, like oats, quinoa and cream of

wheat. Ghee is easy to carry in suitcase or small jar when traveling, I

wouldn't be without it with a little one. So are a little of a few spices, and

this is when I lean on a mild curry powder instead of making my own mix.

 

Remember that traveling increases vata, which means also the risk of

constipation is higher. So the average American solution to easy snacks for

toddlers being crackers and dry cereals has it's major downside. Some little

ghee or nut butter on them will help, dipping in some hot soup or tea too.

 

Some upma cooked firm enough to cut in bars will serve one or two meals. An

oily chapati or tepla with some vegetables grated into it, or besan flour

pancakes seasoned enough to last a couple days sometimes much better than

restaurant or airplane food. Avocado also a mainstay. Banana gives some

grounding energy, and dried fruits are easy to rehydrate or stew. One vaidya

recommended a friend travel across country in their car with a large batch of

kitchari she had made and deyhrated, in their car cooler box, and just warming

it with water in the hotel room! Sounded quite tamasic to me.

 

I consider the bottled or packaged juices, if you choose good ingredients (so

much junk out there/added!) a little like cooked fruits and we just have to be

careful not to overdue it. Cooked fruits or the juices (more tamasic but

refreshing to a child's need to keep the blood sugar up)actually have been shown

to easily put one into blood sugar spikes/swings, so I'd soon give some protein

item. If you are cooking Indian style normally as I remember? Perhaps some

seasoned and fried panir cubes can be brought along for a day.

 

Many hotels have little refrigerators, or you might be able to ask for one?

 

Re cow's milk - I've seen it in one cup boxes like the juices - organic even,

and consider that better than some of the substitutes, though grain or nut milks

can be sometimes purchased in similar size boxes. I would avoid soy milk

totally.

 

The microwave is a tough call - warm is good. I'll nuke my hot water sometimes

in one at a gas station if their hot water spigot isn't working, and try to not

use it for anything else. Donor blood from a hospital was microwaved and proved

deadly. I have an article where Russia is banning microwaves. Is it true? I

don't know. And that plastics are being banned in China. That would be great

and stimulate a lot of needed creativity for needed substitutions! IN the

meantime....we have to decide. And know that though our Nature is easily

compromised, it is also amazingly flexible.

 

I love to travel with a thermous. I have 3 stainless steel ones which will keep

food (soup, milk, kitchadi or just for hot water with which to help warm things

and make tea) VERY hot longer than overnight!

 

I'm sure there are many other good ideas others can share, and hope this helps.

An occasional jar of baby food may be better than other options; later offer

fresh sweet juicy fruits to help restore his prana.

 

Please let us know what you find works best for your family.

 

Warm Regards,

Ysha

 

> Hello Folks,

> In this new age sometimes we have to travel with babies, visit places etc.

How do you provide with nutritious grounding food while you are traveling and

living in hotel rooms.

> I recently travelled and was able to make lunch and breakfast on a small

heater. I would even boil milk but the milk goes bad by the evening. My son

would eat something of dinner and lunch wherever we eat.

> But I needed the relaiability of some kid food just in case we did not catch

our own food in time specially starting after noon.

> What are nutritious snacks for a 15 month old.

> What would be a good substitute for cow's milk. Is it ok to give microwaved

milk say once in a day when you do not have the facility to boil the milk.

> Also is there a recipe for : roasted flour in ghee and mix warm water to it

and have an instant cereal ready when you do not have the time to make anything

better. How would this compare with the cereals available in the market.

>

> Also I do not like the packaged juices that we have. But when you are

travelling is it OK.

>

>

> -thanks

> Sonal

>