Sunday, April 18, 2010

Cooking food for kids:

A school going children definitely needs a well balanced diet to supply the energy to study and to involve in extra curricular activities. Also they should not skip the breakfast, if so the entire day will be good and energetic for them. Packed lunch for them should provide plenty of nutrients. Here are some tips how to cook food for kids at home.1. Toast the bread with egg or peanut butter. It will be a good breakfast for kids.
2. Boil the water; add oatmeal and stir up to the water is absorbed. Then add cinnamon, walnuts and dry grapes, stir it for 5 minutes and serve it for kids.
3. Cook 2-3 green chilies, mint leaves and coriander leaves in little oil and grind it to a fine paste then mix it with steamed rice. Add little more salt if required.
4. Take two bread slices and apply tomato sauce on one slice, place boiled potato slices, some finely sliced green vegetables then cover it with the second bread slice.
5. Add vegetables to burgers and cook oven-baked fries instead of deep fry in oil.
Avoid too many processed foods as they tend to contain few nutrients and too much salt, sugar, additives and saturated fat. Find ways for children to enjoy eating vegetables. Try with different combination; prepare always delicious and nutritious food for them.

Foods that makes the body healthy:

* Oats 5-6 servings for a day.
* An Orange and an apple each one per day.
* Spinach 1 cup (steamed) per day.
* Green tea with lime 1 cup daily.
* Yogurt 2 cups daily.
* 1 tomato per day.








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