Nurturing a child’s hunger can be challenging due to many factors, such as nutrition, health benefits, and so on. To ensure that kids obtain the optimum nutritional value and energy from their snacks, parents must observe their eating patterns and look at alternative snacking options.
Dr. Ganesh Kadhe, Director, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Abbott’s Nutrition business, offers advice for parents to help them choose snacks for their children like; Hard Boiled Eggs and cheese cubes- Set yourself up for your kids’ snacking success by preparing a batch of hard-boiled eggs at the beginning of the week D.I.Y. Snack Mix-Why spend money on readymade snack mixes when you can make your own at home and with healthier ingredients? For a little snack that’s packed with flavor, combine unsalted almonds, walnuts, and unsweetened dried fruit with extras like unsweetened coconut flakes, raisins, dates, and seeds Poha-Poha is made with flattened rice, you can cook this with chopped onions, spices, herbs, lemon juice & peanuts.
Pancakes-Pancakes can be an easy to make and fun snack option for your kids. Adding some chocolate flavoured Pedia Sure powder to your mix will elevate the taste andincrease thenutritionalvalue of the snack. Dhoklas and Idlis-Because they are low in fat and high in protein, they make excellent evening snacks. Steaming your dhoklas and avoiding topping them with sweet chutney will help you cut calories.