Kids' Recipes

The internet is bursting with all kinds of kid recipes right from healthy appetizers to healthy meals, nutritional lunch box etc. But the key question for most parents remain how do I get my child to eat all this stuff?

Today's kids are increasingly aware of the choices that they can have in foods. This is primarily through media awareness i.e. adverts, frequent visits to the super markets, where a host of tinned and packaged food, are found. Every other corner of the street is lined up with a Burger King or McDonald's, Pizza Hut. Encouraging kids to dine on all sorts of junk. This makes them picky for foods.

As a parent the easiest way for us to cultivate good eating habits in our kids, is to first get the child in a learning mode, i.e. make them a part of our daily cooking.

While your child spends time with you in the kitchen, you can educate them about the nutrient values of different foods such as fruits and vegetables, their impact on growth and Health.

Understand your preferences and inclinations of certain ingredients, and then ensure that children are experimenting with their simple recipes to make eating a fun process for them.

Get your child to experiment with recipes easy kid

Delicious Sandwich

Brown bread
½ cup - Mayonnaise
No one - small cucumber rounds
No one - small round tomatoes
Pepper to taste

Apply a layer of mayonnaise onthe bread using a table knife.

Then place some cucumber and tomatoes on it. Sprinkle pepper.

Carefully place the other bread slice on the top.

Macaroni

1½ tbsp - Butter
1 cup - Macaroni sliced
2 No - Garlic clove minced
1 No - Spring white head finely diced
4 tbsp - Cheese
4 tbsp - Milk
2 tbsp - Sweet corns sliced
1 tbsp - Carrots sliced
1 tbsp - Mushrooms sliced
1 tsp - Parsley minced
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste

In a large sauce pot, cook pasta according to the package directions.

In another saucepan heat butter and add onion and garlic. Cook till translucent.

Then add the vegetables and briefly fry.

Add milk, parsley cheese and pasta and combine.

Nacho Bites

Few salted nachos
¼ cup - Pizza sauce or ketchup
1 No - Pepper small diced
4 tbsp - Olives pitted chopped
1 No - White onion small diced
¼ cup - Cheese

Put a dollop of sauce on the nachos.

Then add the vegetables and cheese.

Microwave till cheese melts.

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