Contents:
- Medical Video: 4 INDIAN LUNCH BOX IDEAS l KIDS LUNCH BOX RECIPES l KIDS TIFFIN l VEG LUNCH BOX
- Vegetable recipe creations for children
- Green vegetable
- Yellow and orange vegetables
- Other vegetables
Medical Video: 4 INDIAN LUNCH BOX IDEAS l KIDS LUNCH BOX RECIPES l KIDS TIFFIN l VEG LUNCH BOX
It is not surprising that vegetables are the most unpopular food for children
Vegetable recipe creations for children
Green vegetable
This type of vegetable is rich in fiber, vitamins (vitamin A and vitamin C), potassium, iron, and folate. Vegetables included in this type are broccoli, spinach, kale, green radish, mustard greens, lettuce, and spinach. Here are two vegetable recipe creations for children from the choice of green vegetables:
- Butterfly salad. Prepare whole wheat bread, lettuce, and grapes. The form of whole wheat bread becomes a butterfly shape and spread with olive oil. Heat it on a pan for about 2 minutes until the bread dries. Then, serve the slice of wheat bread with lettuce and grape slices.
- Sunny Broccoli. Prepare broccoli, salt, garlic, and oranges, and pepper. Boil 15 small pieces of broccoli for five minutes, cool and then flush with two tablespoons of orange juice. Then mix with one clove of chopped garlic, salt and pepper. Serve broccoli on top of orange pieces to form flowers.
Yellow and orange vegetables
Yellow and orange vegetables are also rich in carotenoid antioxidants that play a role in preventing cancer. Vegetables included in this type include pumpkin, sweet potatoes, yellow peppers, yellow tomatoes, and carrots. How do you process it so that children want to eat vegetables?
- Honey-Glazed Carrots. Prepare carrots, butter, honey, salt, parsley and ginger. Boil several pieces of carrot with salt water for 5 minutes. Then the carrot is drained. Then, heat one tablespoon of butter, add one tablespoon of honey and half a teaspoon of ginger. Then mix the carrots and stir for 1 minute. Serve sauteed carrots with parsley leaves.
- Pumpkin-Peanut Butter Soup. Prepare onion, olive oil, pumpkin, chicken broth, water, peanut butter, curry powder, salt and yogurt. First heat the olive oil half a cup of chopped onion for four minutes. Add fifteen ounces of pumpkin, add two cups of low-salt chicken broth, one cup of water, a quarter cup of peanut butter, a quarter teaspoon of salt and curry powder. Stir until evenly distributed, serve with yogurt on top.
- Sweet Potato-Parsnip Mash. Provide sweet potatoes, pepper, salt and apple cider. Peel and cut the sweet potatoes, then boil with water and salt. Let stand for fifteen to twenty minutes or until the sweet potato becomes soft. Then drain the pumpkin, give salt, pepper, and a third cup of apple cider and crush until smooth.
Other vegetables
Other vegetables that are not included in the types of green vegetables or yellow vegetables, there are many kinds of them. Examples include cabbage, mushrooms, beans, green beans, long beans, zucchini, and corn. These vegetables have many good benefits, especially vitamin C, potassium and lycopene. Lycopene is one of the antioxidants that can prevent the occurrence of colorectal cancer. Here are two menus of children's food from vegetables that you can make, such as:
- Fiesta corn. Prepare red peppers, green peppers, canola oil, corn, salt, cilantro and chili powder. Heat one tablespoon of canola oil and paprika pieces for up to three minutes. Add one half cup of frozen corn and let stand for two minutes. Mix with half a tablespoon of chili powder, salt and a tablespoon of coriander leaves.
- Teriyaki green beans. Prepare beans, red onion, teriyaki sauce, almonds. Cook the green beans and mix with two tablespoons of chopped shallots, two tablespoons of light teriyaki juice, and a quarter cup of pre-roasted almonds.
In addition, various vegetables can also be combined to be made as children's snacks, for example muffins with zucchini, corn pudding, or sponge with mushrooms or sweet potatoes. Of course, by creating more attractive vegetable recipes, children will love these vegetables.
