Snack for children: what to feed
Often, moms substitute a full meala biscuit with tea or milk, a sweet bun, a pie. Of course, doing so is undesirable, but if there are no other options, you should take care of the quality of the products. Cookies are best to choose the simplest, oatmeal or lingering. Patties should be baked, not fried.
Afternoon snacks for children should consist of fruits andfermented milk products Photo: Getty The ideal option for snacking will be lactic acid foods and sweet fruits. These dishes do not mix well with other food, causing fermentation in the stomach and gases. That's why they were given a mid-morning snack for their use. It's better to choose low-fat for sipping. Dense and heavy in its properties rather food than drink. It is necessary to learn how to combine a mid-morning snack with dinner. If you offered the baby to overfeed an excessively fatty and high-calorie food, plan for dinner something simple. Go for stewed vegetables, porridge on water or an omelette. Pancakes and fritters, intended for snacks, can be "lightened" by adding oat flakes, grated carrots, apples, pumpkins to the dough. Get a delicious and hearty dish. It is recommended to replace usual wheat flour with more useful oatmeal or buckwheat.
What to give to the child in a mid-morning snack: ideas of dishes
The optimal time for a snack is from 16 to17 hours. It is at this time that the tired body requires rest and positive, a slight shake before dinner. In the evening, calcium is better absorbed from fermented milk products. Examples of snack for toddlers:
- vegetable vinaigrette, poured with olive oil. Prepare it from seasonal products;
- omelet or a pair of hard-boiled eggs;
- fruit salad;
- finely chopped vegetables or fruits mixed with cottage cheese;
- a glass of yogurt or yogurt, an apple.
Schoolchildren are encouraged to supplement the diet with nutsor seeds. Sweets substitute with dried fruits or choose less harmful: marshmallow, marmalade. If the crumb had a very bad lunch, offer him a light vegetable or chicken soup, a broth with halves of eggs. Instead of bread it is better to take crackers. It is not forbidden to feed the baby with soup or the second, left from dinner. Children of any age are always oriented in their nutrition to their parents. If mom and dad use healthy food and observe the regime, the baby will not have to persuade for a long time to have a snack at noon.
