Welcome to Breakfast

Children are more likely to eat what you gave them that if they participated in its preparation. So feel free to refer them making sandwiches, meats, salads and cakes cheesecakes.


Juice or water, especially in the warmer months, better in the evening to remove in the freezer that morning frozen put them in a bag with food. First, frozen juice will help to maintain the temperature of products lying beside him, and secondly, he still has time to warm up to big change. Ensure that the products are kept cold even longer, wrap a box of juice in foil, before tucking into a bag.




Sandwiches with mayonnaise soften too quickly. To avoid this, replace it with melted cheese with herbs. If no mayonnaise can not do, put at least as much as is needed, so that the food was not dry.




Cut sandwiches into smaller pieces, for example, a long stick. With small sandwiches are easier to handle, and they look more appetizing. For example, lubricate two slices of bread with butter or cream cheese with herbs. Put one slice of thinly sliced cucumber or radish and cover with the second. Cut the finished sandwich on "soldiers". For the little ones with bread, you can cut off the crust.




Instead give the child a fruit that can easily be flattened and pomatia in the backpack, offer him fruit salad. For him to fit almost any fruits and berries, melon, watermelon, pear, peach, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, etc. Cut all the fruits into pieces and put in a jar with a tight fitting lid. So that the fruits are not darkened, sprinkle them with lemon juice.




And, of course, always give your children a snack that they will surely love. If you want to introduce something new in their diet, it is better to do at home or to cook a meal with them, so the children knew what awaits them in school.




Unlike traditional cheesecakes, these are baked in the oven. The result is a gentle diet dish, which is very convenient to take with you to school or work. Cheesecakes are delicious both cold and hot. These cheesecakes is a tasty and healthy substitute for muffins or biscuits.




Cheesecakes





For 12 cakes you will need:


500 g low-fat cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 3 tablespoons sugar, 4 tablespoons flour, 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence, a pinch of salt, a handful of raisins, dried cherries, fresh berries or frozen berries, if desired.




Preheat oven to 180° C. RUB the eggs with sugar. Add the cheese, flour and baking powder and mix well. If you decided to use dried fruit or berries, mix them, trying not to crush the berries. Cupcake tins butter and place the dough. Bake in preheated oven for 35-40 minutes or until the middle is not baked through and the cake is not browned.




Try replacing the usual mayonnaise or oil more interesting "spreads" - such as cream cheese with herbs or hummus. Hummus is milled chickpea with different additives. For a quick and healthy snack spread hummus inside the pita and fill Peet different vegetables.





Hummus


2 tablespoons olive oil, 2 tablespoons water, 2 finely chopped cloves of garlic, 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 teaspoon ground cumin (cumin), 500 g of boiled peas, salt, black pepper to taste.





Possible additives:


2 tablespoons tahini;


1 roasted pepper;


a handful of dried tomatoes;


1-2 cloves of roasted garlic.




In the bowl of a food processor put all the ingredients and blend until smooth. Prepared hummus can be stored in the refrigerator for one week. This is a great replacement for butter and mayonnaise sandwiches.


If your children are already tired of sandwiches, try to diversify their everyday life rolls of bread. For the filling, you can take any meats, cheese and vegetables. Bread is a good way to use left after lunch meat or chicken for a snack the next day.





Tortilla with chicken salad


For 2 servings you will need:




300 g of boiled chicken, 1 small Apple, 60 g walnuts, 50 g raisins, dried cranberries or dried cherries, half avocado, 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons unsweetened yogurt or sour cream, salt, black pepper, 2 tortillas or other flat bread with a diameter of 20-25 cm




Chicken and Apple cut into cubes. The nuts are finely chopped. Mix all the ingredients. Pellet heat for 15 seconds in the microwave to make them softer. Evenly divide the salad between two cakes, put it closer to the bottom half, and tightly roll up the tortilla. This recipe does not require any dressing - no oil, no mayonnaise. Gentle puree avocado perfectly fulfils this role and fills the dish with vitamins and beneficial trace elements.





Cake in California

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For 2 servings you will need:


4 thin slices of bacon or lean smoked ham, 1 avocado, 1 medium tomato, 1/3 red onion, 1 tsp. lemon juice, 200 g of prepared chicken or Turkey breast, 50-60 g of lettuce, salt, black pepper, 2 tortillas or other flat bread with a diameter of 20-25 cm




Bacon finely chop. Preheat the pan on medium heat and fry the bacon until it is browned and crisp. With a slotted spoon to remove it from the pan and place on paper towel to stack the excess fat.




All the vegetables and the meat cut into small cubes. Mix the vegetables, bacon, chicken and lemon juice. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pellet heat for 15 seconds in the microwave to make them softer. Lay the lettuce on the bread, spread over salad and tightly roll.

Author:

Schwartzman S.


Source:

The health of the schoolchild

women's web magazine