Snack menu for school
days…
Monday- cheese and carrot parathas.
Tuesday- oats and walnut cupcakes.
Wednesday- mayo broccoli and corn
sandwich.
Thursday- Nutella and dates crêpe
Friday-
Mixed sprouts Bhel.
One of the biggest
challenges a parent faces is trying to get some nutrition into their little
monsters. My child loves his vegetables, said no mom ever. So the only option
we are left with is disguising health with a bit of a bait.
It’s a constant
struggle.. the dinner table feels like an Arnab debate where we contemplate the
future of the multigrain- Dal khichadi
on his McQueen racer plate. Negotiations & connotations feel like they go
on for an infinity.
Milk, the wonder food is a whole separate
challenge.
7.45 am - We are in a race against time.
The son needs to be dressed and fed all in time or we miss the bus, which
translates into another 40 minutes wasted beating the mad morning rush to
school. This morning dash is made worse when my son staring at the glass of
Milk un-interestingly announces MILK IS YUCK!
I reckon children are
programmed to hate milk or for that matter anything with truckloads of
nutrition. ‘Creative ways to feed a
picky eater’ is am sure the most Googled topic by all conscience parents.
In my conversations
with lots of parents I always love to find how they get their kids to love
food. Last year I was at a cook off with Rushina, a chef and celebrity food
blogger and she shared how she always got her kids involved in cooking. Her 5yr
old hated carrots.. So instead of forcing it down her throat, she got creative.
Together they made fun carrot carvings, shaving of carrot that were called
carrot pasta, baked some carrot cup cakes… the works. She slowly took a liking
to carrots.. A hallelujah moment for Rushina!
I took my cues from her
and started incorporating the fun back in the food. Milk has been one of my
biggest challenges so far.. But I came up with ways of making Milk more fun..
#1One of the house
favorite is the milk and fruit popsicle that we make. This time around
strawberries are in bloom. So we chop a few and churn the rest with milk and
let them freeze away to whole milk popsicle glories… You can substitute this
with any fruit of your choice.
#3But for days when I
just don’t have the luxury of time on me, I safely reach out for Sipahh. All it
needs is a glass of cold milk, and he sips away at a flavor wonderland. With
zero preservatives, natural flavor and only half a tsp of sugar per serving, I don’t
feel guilty when I indulge him in some Okey-Dokey Cookies and crème goodness.
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| turning plain milk into Strawsome! |
As long of you find ways to make meal time more fun.. The dinner table will be a much more happier place… Got a creative spin on something healthy?
Share your ideas in the comments below.
You might just save a mom from her Milk misery.
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