Nutrition and Diet Specialist Nilşah Karakurt, expressing the importance of children who have become accustomed to home-cooked meals and nutrition during the summer holidays, to continue a balanced diet at school, shared the important points of preparing a complete lunch box for children.
Underlining that a balanced diet during the day and especially breakfast is the golden meal that affects both health and school success for children, Nutrition and Diet Specialist Nilşah Karakurt gave the following recommendations:
1- Create a Breakfast Habit
Although breakfast is the most important meal of the day, children often eat it early. When they wake up, they have no appetite and this meal is skipped. In this case, to prevent leaving home hungry and skipping breakfast, you can encourage children to drink nuts such as almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, dried fruits such as dried apricots and dates, and a glass of milk. You can also choose a portion of fruit and kefir according to your child's liking. However, when morning habits return to normal, a protein-rich breakfast containing eggs and cheese should be eaten. You can also prepare nutritious hash browns so that your child does not get bored after consuming the same food all the time.
Practical Fried Potato Recipe for Kids
Ingredients
One egg,
One small grated zucchini,
Chopped parsley and dill,
Two spoons of whole wheat flour
Milk by eye
Preparation
Oil the pan with a heated napkin. Pour a tablespoon of the mixture into each pancake and cook it by turning it upside down.
2- Prepare a Lunchbox with Rich Contents
Children in the developmental age need all the nutrients during the day. It is very important to have a balanced diet by consuming the right amount. For this reason, a complete lunch box should definitely include nuts and dried fruits, calcium-containing dairy products such as yoghurt, ayran and kefir. In addition to these basic foods, you can fill your child's lunch box with homemade cakes, whole wheat flour pastries, cheese & purslane or grilled meatballs, which are both satisfying and enjoyable. You can enrich it with various options such as sandwiches, bagels and cheese.
3- Prefer Natural Desserts Instead of Packaged Foods
Most children have a sweet tooth. and is very fond of sugary products. You can create simple and delicious recipes at home to help children move away from packaged foods that do not contain natural ingredients. For example, you can suppress children's sugar cravings with delicacies prepared by adding cocoa or carob molasses into dried cocoa powder or apricots, dark chocolate and warm milk
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