SMART FOOD, SMART KID!!!


SMART FOOD, SMART KID!!!


Is your child a picky eater? Slow eater? Trouble-some? Packing a lunch box day after day for your child/toddler can be a bit bore especially when you have to cook something which is yummy, interesting, colorful, healthy yet nutritious!
It is indeed tough to please children/toddlers when it comes to food. Their taste buds are more enhanced and it is not easy to fool them with something they don’t like. Also at the same time, you need to provide them with adequate nutrition for their steady growth and development.
Therefore, packing a lunch box is one of the most challenging task to do for a working mother who is exhausted and for a mother who has a lot of house chores to do.
If you are someone who looks out for lunch box ideas which take less time to process, you are just at the right place.  

So here are my top 15 ideas for a simple, fast & scrumptious meal to bring new life to the old dreaded lunch box:

1.       Carrot/oats/ rava (semolina) idli + coconut chutney + chopped apple
2.       Egg/dal paratha + vegetable raita (onion, tomato, carrot & cucumber)
3.       Hummus dip spread on soft bread slices or hummus dip with raw vegetable sticks
4.       Peanut butter sandwich /vegetable/ egg sandwich
5.       Vegetable Moong dal chilla/pancake + ketchup
6.       Apple + whole wheat vegetable noodles
7.       Multigrain paratha/thepla + curd + potato subzi
8.       Vegetable /egg fried rice + 2 chocolate pieces
9.       Paneer / soyabean/chicken burger (add onions, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese slice)
10.   Mixed vegetable mayonnaise quesadillas
11.   Pesto pasta/ red sauce pasta with veggies (corn, baby corn, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, broccoli)
12.    Hung curd vegetable/tricolor sandwich (carrot, beetroot & mint coriander chutney)
13.   Strawberries/cantaloupe/ banana + Paneer/chicken kebabs
14.   Handful nuts + vegetable Frankie/wrap
15.   Cheese slices on graham crackers + sliced apple/ oranges

The above recipes are easy & quick to make.  Try these new ideas out and see your child gorge on them and come home with empty lunch boxes J



By Dt. Manoli Doshi Mehta 


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