Are you looking for some easy-to-make but delicious and nutritious food items to send to your kid’s lunch box? Or are you searching for some simple and time-saving recipes that your children enjoy eating?
What about homemade snacks? Doesn’t it sound delicious and exciting?
Made with simple ingredients such as fruits, vegetables, meat, pulses, or grains these snacks are healthy enough to meet the nutritional requirements of your kids. You can witness great variation in the taste of snacks because of different types of ingredients and ways of cooking. Moreover, the use of various types of sauces, including ketchup, soya sauce, and chili sauce, adds more flavor to them. Flavorful snacks along with the yummy sauces are a full pack of a nutritious diet for our kids to enjoy.
In a hurry to make lunch for your kids? Let us give a try these simple and easy to make snacks
Pesto Egg Muffins
Eggs are a complete package of essential protein and are equally popular among young, old, and kids. You can add some more nutrients to it by transforming it into yummy muffins. These healthy muffins need very simple ingredients including cherry tomatoes, eggs, cheese, milk, and pesto. They take only 20- 30minutes for cooking. Take muffin tins to spray with olive oil and preheat. Keep a tomato in the center of each tin and pour cheese over it. Now take eggs, milk, and pesto in a bowl and mix well. Transfer this mixture into muffin tins over the cheese and bake for 20 minutes. Allow to cool and then serve with ketchup or any other sauce your kids love to eat.
Mini Zucchini Pizzas
Pizza is the most popular fast food all around the world. To keep your kids safe from the side effects of junk food, zucchini pizzas are the best alternatives. You can easily bake these mini pizza bites at home because it requires no special tactics. Heat the zucchini in a presented broiler for 3 minutes. Sprinkle some salt and pepper over it. Spread the pizza sauce over the zucchini, and add cheese, basil, and pepperoni. Heat until the cheese is melted completely to get the perfect pizza texture.
You can pack these yummy pizza bites in your kids’ lunch box.
Quick Double Berry Bread
Made with flour, eggs, and different types of berries it is a very delicious and healthful diet for kids. Even elders also love to eat these snacks because of their nutritional value. Take all-purpose flour, wheat flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a bowl and mix well. Now take another bowl and add eggs, melted butter, milk, sour cream, and vanilla essence. Shake well to get a smooth mixture. Now add this mixture into the flour mixture to prepare the beater. Pour the cake beater into a greasy baking pot, add fresh berries and bake it for about 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it cool. Cut into pieces and use as the morning or tea-time snacks.
Avocado Chicken Salad
These snacks are a healthy combination of avocado and chicken with yogurt sauce. It is extremely delicious and very easy to prepare at home. Kids love to eat this yummy salad to nourish their after-school cravings.
To prepare yogurt sauce add yogurt to a blender, and add half quantity of avocado, lime juice, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Blend until a smooth paste. Pour the sauce into a bowl, and add boiled chicken, avocado, and red onions. Mix it well and here your yummy, creamy snacks are ready to serve. The positive image of these snacks is that you can cook them earlier and freeze them to use later. It will not affect its taste or consistency.
Banana Bread Dip
These snacks are well suited for sweet lovers. As presented from the name it is a healthy combo of bananas and chickpeas with dry fruit topping. If your kid is a chocolate lover you can also give it a touch of cocoa powder to make it more appealing for your kid.
Take drained chickpeas and bananas in a blender, and add cinnamon powder. Blend it to make a smooth paste. Use dry fruits for topping and serve with dipped snacks.
You can introduce enormous variations in taste by adding various fruit syrups.
French fries
These are the most common and famous potato snacks across the globe
Nothing is more delightful for a kid than enjoying these crispy potato snacks dipped in chipotle sauce. Take large-sized potatoes, wash and peel off adequately. Now cut the potatoes in finger shape slices. Take oil in a frying pan and heat it over high heat. Coat the potatoes with cornflour or half-purpose flour and fry until golden appearance.
Wrapping Up
To serve your kids a portion of healthy and yummy food, try these simple, homemade snacks and add some extra nutrients to your kids’ diet.
