7 interesting healthy recipes for children

Imagine that it is between 3 and 4 in the afternoon, your child has returned from school and the many extracurricular activities and is hungry. While you want to keep them satisfied until dinner, stop and think for a minute before grabbing that conveniently packaged snack from the counter. Do you really want to give your child a snack of artificial food with additives? Certainly not!

Wouldn’t it be great if you could find some quick and interesting recipes to make for your kids, while making sure you’re giving them something they love to eat and yet nutritious?

The simple solution is: add almonds!

Not only are these nuts a great snack option, they are also convenient and provide a host of nutrients like vitamin E, riboflavin, fiber, protein, and many others. In other words, almonds are a healthy alternative to a variety of readily available unhealthy snacks. Plus, since these nuts are tasty and crunchy, they can also satisfy your child’s sensory cravings.

Here are some super delicious yet nutritious recipes you can try for your kids:

badam custard

Custard has always been a favorite of little humans. With the addition of almonds, you can add this to the list of healthy snack recipes for kids!

Serves 2

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 15min

Ingredients

Almonds (roasted) – 200gms

Milk -500ml

Sugar -100gms

Egg yolk – 6th

Vanilla essence – 3ml

Corn flour – 25gms

method

Blanch the almonds and make a smooth paste, set aside. Mix the egg yolk and cornmeal in a bowl, set aside.

Boil sugar and milk. Then add a little warm milk to the egg yolks and whisk, set aside. Keep the milk on a low heat, add the warm yolk mixture and cook for 5 minutes.

Continue stirring and pouring in the almond paste and place in a refrigerator. Serve cold.

Nutrient Analysis

calories

2530

protein

76.8 grams

total fat

174.7 grams

Crowded

28.6 grams

monounsaturated

81.2 grams

Polyunsaturated

29.3 grams

carbohydrates

163 grams

Fiber

21.4g

Cholesterol

1674mg

Sodium

138.2mg

Calcium

1216mg

Magnesium

805.4mg

Potassium

2255mg

Vitamin E

53.1mg

almond cookies

This quick and easy recipe not only gives you delicious cookies, but will leave your kids begging for more.

Serves 2

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 15min

Ingredients

Flour – 1kg

baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Lemon zest -2 tablespoons

Salt – a pinch

Butter (without salt) -700 gms

Powdered sugar – 300 g

Almonds (finely crushed) – 200gms

method

Mix the cream, butter and icing sugar well. Add all the dry ingredients.

Form balls and roll in crushed almonds.

On a greased baking sheet, bake the cookies at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. Attend.

Nutrient Analysis

calories

11093

protein

151.6 grams

total fat

693.8 grams

Crowded

252.2 grams

monounsaturated

179.7 grams

Polyunsaturated

44.7 grams

carbohydrates

1060 grams

Fiber

24 grams

Cholesterol

756mg

Sodium

822mg

Calcium

690mg

Magnesium

1286mg

Potassium

2700mg

Vitamin E

49.8mg

Badam Elaichi Smoothie

This is one of the easy to make recipes that gives you loads of goodness from ingredients like elaichi, badam, honey, and cardamom.

Serves 2

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15min

Ingredients

Milk – 3 cups

Almonds (peeled and chopped) – 1/2 cup

Honey – 1 tablespoon

Cardamom powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Saffron – 5 strands.

Vanilla ice cream – 2 scoops (optional)

method

Mix all the ingredients and puree in a blender. Foam and serve cold, garnished with almond flakes.

Nutrient Analysis

calories

1216

protein

38.8 grams

total fat

82.8 grams

Crowded

22.7 grams

monounsaturated

35.6 grams

Polyunsaturated

7.5g

carbohydrates

78.1 grams

Fiber

1.25g

Cholesterol

108.4mg

Sodium

317mg

Calcium

1062mg

Magnesium

355.9mg

Potassium

1447mg

Vitamin E

13.1mg

Paneer Badam Ka Cheela

This Indian recipe, which almost every Indian household is familiar with, can be a great snack recipe for kids to eat mid-meal.

for 4 people

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

Kiss – 2 cups

Baking powder – 1/4 teaspoon

Salt – ½ teaspoon

Ajwain – 1/4 teaspoon

Red chili powder – ½ teaspoon

Oil – 3 tablespoons

for the filling

Paneer (mashed) – ½ cup

Badam (chopped) – 1/4 cup

Roasted Jeera – 1 teaspoon

Salt – ½ teaspoon

Green chili chop – 1 no

Ginger cutlet – 2 teaspoons

Green coriander cutlet – 1 tablespoon

method

Make a thick dough with besan, salt, ajwain, red chili powder, baking powder, and water. Stand aside.

Mix all the ingredients for the filling well.

Heat a non-stick frying pan and spray a little oil. To batter a little and spread finely. Let cook on one side and then turn gently. Cook quickly on this side and flip immediately.

Now scoop out the filling with a spoon and place it in the center horizontally. Fold the cheela like a dosa or cigar.

Remove and serve hot.

Nutrient Analysis

calories

1966

protein

83.9g

total fat

99.5g

Crowded

3.7g

monounsaturated

13.7g

Polyunsaturated

10.9g

carbohydrates

184.2g

Fiber

6.7g

Cholesterol

4.2

Sodium

263.4mg

Calcium

410mg

Magnesium

462.9mg

Potassium

2470mg

Vitamin E

8.6mg

Toasted Almond Tomato Uttapam Pizza

A Western spin on a popular South Indian recipe can be all the excitement your kids can ask for, before or after their playtime.

Serves: 1 person

Preparation time: 8 – 10 minutes

Cooking time: 12 – 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Uttapam dough – 75 ml

Almonds cut in half (unpeeled) – 15g

Tomato without seeds and chopped – 10 g

Chopped onion – 10g

Minced ginger – 2g

Chopped coriander – 2g

Pizza sauce – 5g

Grated Parmesan cheese – 3g

Salt to taste

Refined oil – 5ml

method

Pour the uttapam batter into the center of a hot nonstick skillet. Sprinkle chopped tomato, onion, ginger, and cilantro evenly on top. Flip the uttapam upside down to cook from the top for about a minute. Then flip it over and spread with pizza sauce. Add the almond halves and flip once more.

Then, remove it from the pan and sprinkle it with grated Parmesan. Cut it into 4 pieces like a pizza. Serve hot.

Nutrient Analysis

calories

393

protein

12g

total fat

14.7g

Crowded

1.6g

monounsaturated

6.2g

Polyunsaturated

5.1g

carbohydrates

56.5g

Fiber

0.5g

Cholesterol

0mg

Sodium

967mg

Calcium

76mg

Magnesium

63mg

Potassium

252mg

Vitamin E

3.9mg

Badam ki Kheer

This popular desert accompanies most Indian food preparations at home during festivals. However, since it is made so infrequently, children love it much more.

Feel free to make your children happy from time to time by preparing some kheeron regular days.

for 4 people

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

Desi ghee – 2 tablespoons

almonds – 1 cup

Green cardamom powder – 1/2 teaspoon

Rice – 3 tablespoons

Milk – 1lt

Grapes – 1/2 cup

Sugar – 150g

Almond chunks – 1 and 1/2 tablespoons

method

Soak the rice for half an hour. Soak the grapes in water for 15 minutes. Blanch the almonds, remove the skin and grind them to a paste, adding a little water.

Heat a pan and add desi ghee. Now lightly sauté the almond paste over low heat for 1 minute. Add the milk and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and add the rice. Cook for 15 minutes or until the rice is overcooked and the kheer thickens. Add sugar and raisins. Decorate with almond slices.

Nutrient Analysis

calories

3000

protein

70.6 grams

total fat

169.4 grams

Crowded

34 grams

monounsaturated

52.3 grams

Polyunsaturated

16.7g

carbohydrates

298.7 grams

fiber

3.5g

Cholesterol

99mg

Sodium

173.3mg

Calcium

1748mg

Magnesium

778.9mg

Potassium

2847mg

Vitamin E

31.9mg

Almond and Soy Milk Smoothie

A healthy recipe to serve your kids, anytime of the day, a glass of this smoothie can provide them with the goodness of soy milk and almonds that can provide essential nutrients like protein, calcium, and plenty of vitamins and minerals.

for 4 people

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: no cooking time

Ingredients:

Almond Flakes – 100g

Soy milk – 750 ml

Honey – 150g

Whole almonds – 350g

Banana – 200g

Method:

In a mixing glass, take the whole almonds without skin, add soy milk, honey and banana. Crush and decorate with toasted almond flakes.

Advice: Add a berry flavor as available to enhance flavor.

Nutrient Analysis

calories

3588

protein

122g

total fat

240.6g

Crowded

17.4g

monounsaturated

144g

Polyunsaturated

56.6g

carbohydrates

267.6g

Fiber

40.8g

Cholesterol

0mg

Sodium

440.7mg

Calcium

2154mg

Magnesium

1407.6mg

Potassium

4351mg

Vitamin E

118.5mg

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