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Home » Food and Drink » Vegetarian Recipes Join Sign in EzineArticles - Expert Authors Sharing Their Best Original Articles Search Anurup A Expert Author | 13 Articles Joined: September 28, 2015 India 7 Interesting Healthy Recipes for Kids By Anurup A | Submitted On October 31, 2015 Recommend Article Article Comments Print Article Expert Author Anurup A Imagine it is between 3 to 4 pm, your child is back from school and the many extra-curricular activities and is hungry. While you do want to keep them satiated until dinner, stop and think for a minute before you grab that conveniently packaged snack off the counter. Do you really want to give your child a snack of artificial food with additives? Certainly not! Would it not be great if you could find some quick and interesting recipes to make for your kids, while resting assured that you are giving them something they enjoy eating and yet, nutritious? The simple solution is - incorporate almonds! These nuts are not only a great snack option but are also convenient and deliver a host of nutrients like vitamin E, riboflavin, fibre, protein and many others. In other words, almonds are a healthy alternative for a variety of unwholesome snacks, readily available. In addition, since these nuts are tasty and crunchy, they can also satisfy your child's sensory cravings. Here are some super yummy yet nutritious recipes that you could try out for your kids: Badam Custard Custard has always been a favourite with the tiny humans. With addition of almonds, you can add this to the list of wholesome snack recipes for kids! Serves 2 Preparation Time: 20mins Cooking time: 15mins Ingredients Almonds (roasted) - 200gms Milk -500ml Sugar -100gms Egg yolk - 6no Vanilla essence - 3ml Corn flour - 25gms Method Blanch almonds and make a smooth paste, keep aside. Mix egg yolk and corn flour in a bowl, keep aside. Boil sugar and milk. Then, add some warm milk to the egg yolks and whisk, keep aside. Keep milk at simmer, add the tempered yolk mixture and cook for 5 mins. Keep stirring and pour the almond paste and set in a fridge. Serve cold. Nutrient Analysis Calories 2530 Protein 76.8 gms Total fat 174.7 gms Saturated 28.6 gms Monounsaturated 81.2 gms Polyunsaturated 29.3 gms Carbohydrates 163 gms Fibre 21.4 gms Cholesterol 1674 mg Sodium 138.2 mg Calcium 1216 mg Magnesium 805.4 mg Potassium 2255 mg Vitamin E 53.1 mg Almond Cookies This quick and easy recipe not only gives you delicious cookies but will also leave your kids asking for more. Serves 2 Preparation Time: 20mins Cooking time: 15mins Ingredients Flour - 1kg Baking powder - 1/2 tsp Lemon zest -2 tblspn Salt - a pinch Butter (unsalted)-700 gms Powdered sugar - 300 gms Almonds (finely crushed) - 200gms Method Mix cream, butter and icing sugar thoroughly. Fold in all the dry ingredients. Shape it in small balls and roll it in crushed almonds. On a greased baking tray, bake the cookies at 170 degree Celsius for 20mins. Serve. Nutrient Analysis Calories 11093 Protein 151.6 gms Total fat 693.8 gms Saturated 252.2 gms Monounsaturated 179.7 gms Polyunsaturated 44.7 gms Carbohydrates 1060 gms Fibre 24 gms Cholesterol 756 mg Sodium 822 mg Calcium 690 mg Magnesium 1286 mg Potassium 2700 mg Vitamin E 49.8 mg Badam Elaichi Shake This is one of the easy recipes to make which gives you a whole of lot of goodness from ingredients like elaichi, badam, honey and cardamom. Serves 2 Preparation Time: 10mins Cooking time: 15mins Ingredients Milk - 3 cups Almonds (peeled and chopped) - 1/2 cup Honey - 1tbl spn Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp Saffron - 5 strands. Vanilla ice cream - 2 scoops (optional) Method Mix all the ingredients and blend in a blender. Froth it up and serve chilled, garnished with almond flakes. Nutrient Analysis Calories 1216 Protein 38.8 gms Total fat 82.8 gms Saturated 22.7 gms Monounsaturated 35.6 gms Polyunsaturated 7.5 gms Carbohydrates 78.1 gms Fibre 1.25 gms Cholesterol 108.4 mg Sodium 317 mg Calcium 1062 mg Magnesium 355.9 mg Potassium 1447 mg Vitamin E 13.1 mg Paneer Badam Ka Cheela This Indian recipe, that pretty much every Indian household is familiar with, can be a great snack recipe for kids for mid-meal munching. Serves 4 Preparation Time: 10mins Cooking time: 20mins Ingredients Besan - 2cups Baking powder - 1/4thtsp Salt - ½ tsp Ajwain - 1/4thtsp Red chilli powder - ½ tsp Oil - 3 tblspn For the stuffing Paneer (mashed) - ½ cup Badam (chopped) - 1/4th cup Jeera roasted - 1 tsp Salt - ½ tsp Green chilly chop - 1 no Ginger chop - 2 tsp Green coriander chop - 1 tblspn Method Make a thick batter using besan, salt, ajwain, red chilli powder, baking powder and water. Keep aside. Mix together all the ingredients nicely for the stuffing. Heat a non stick pan and drizzle a little oil. Pour a little batter and spread around thinly. Allow to cook on one side and then gently turn it. Flash cook on this side and turn immediately. Now spoon out the stuffing and place in the centre horizontally. Fold the cheela like a dosa or a cigar. Remove and serve hot. Nutrient Analysis Calories 1966 Protein 83.9gms Total fat 99.5gms Saturated 3.7gms Monounsaturated 13.7gms Polyunsaturated 10.9gms Carbohydrates 184.2gms Fibre 6.7gms Cholesterol 4.2 Sodium 263.4 mg Calcium 410 mg Magnesium 462.9 mg Potassium 2470 mg Vitamin E 8.6 mg Toasted Almonds and Tomato Uttapam Pizza A western twist to a popular south Indian recipe can be all the excitement your kids can ask for, pre or post their play time. Serves: 1 person Preparation time: 8 - 10 minutes Cooking time: 12 - 15 minutes Ingredients: Uttapam batter - 75 ml Almonds cut into half(unpeeled) - 15 g Tomato deseeded and chopped - 10 g Chopped onion - 10 g Chopped ginger - 2 g Chopped coriander - 2 g Pizza sauce - 5 g Parmesan cheese grated - 3 g Salt - to taste Refined oil - 5 ml Method Pour the uttapam batter in the centre of a heated non-stick pan. Sprinkle chopped tomato, onion, ginger and coriander, evenly on top. Turn the uttapam upside down to cook it from top for about a minute. Then, turn it back and spread the pizza sauce. Add almond halves and turn it over, once again. Then, remove from the pan and sprinkle grated parmesan on it. Cut it into 4 pieces like a pizza. Serve hot. Nutrient Analysis Calories 393 Protein 12 g Total fat 14.7 g Saturated 1.6 g Monounsaturated 6.2 g Polyunsaturated 5.1 g Carbohydrates 56.5 g Fibre 0.5 g Cholesterol 0 mg Sodium 967 mg Calcium 76 mg Magnesium 63 mg Potassium 252 mg Vitamin E 3.9 mg Badam ki Kheer This popular desert accompanies most Indian food preparations at home during festivals. However, since it is prepared so rarely, kids love it so much more. Do not hesitate to make your kids happy every now and then by whipping up some kheeron regular days. Serves 4 Preparation Time: 10mins Cooking time: 20mins Ingredients Desi ghee - 2 tblspn Almonds - 1 cup Green cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp Rice - 3 tblspn Milk - 1lt Raisins - 1/2 cup Sugar - 150 gms Almond slivers - 1 & 1/2tblspn Method Soak rice for half hour. Soak raisins in water for 15 minutes. Blanch the almonds, remove skin and grind to a paste adding little water. Heat a pan and add desi ghee. Now lightly sauté the almond paste on low heat for 1 minute. Add milk and bring it to a boil. Lower the heat and add rice. Cook for 15 minutes or till the rice overcooks and thickens the kheer. Add sugar and raisins. Garnish with almond slivers. Nutrient Analysis Calories 3000 Protein 70.6 gms Total fat 169.4 gms Saturated 34 gms Monounsaturated 52.3 gms Polyunsaturated 16.7 gms Carbohydrates 298.7 gms Fiber 3.5 gms Cholesterol 99 mg Sodium 173.3 mg Calcium 1748 mg Magnesium 778.9 mg Potassium 2847 mg Vitamin E 31.9 mg Almond and Soya Milk Smoothie A healthy recipe to serve your kids, anytime of the day, a glass of this smoothie can give them the goodness of soya milk and almonds which can provide essential nutrients such protein, calcium and many vitamins and minerals. Serves: 4 Preparation time: 15 minutes Cooking time: no cooking time Ingredients: Almond Flakes - 100 g Soya Milk - 750 ml Honey - 150 g Whole almonds - 350 g Banana - 200 g Method: In a mixer jar, take whole almonds without skin add soya milk, honey and banana in it. Blend it and garnish with roasted almonds flakes. Tip: Add a berry flavour as per availability to enhance flavour. Nutrient Analysis Calories 3588 Protein 122 g Total fat 240.6g Saturated 17.4 g Monounsaturated 144 g Polyunsaturated 56.6 g Carbohydrates 267.6 g Fibre 40.8 g Cholesterol 0 mg Sodium 440.7 mg Calcium 2154 mg Magnesium 1407.6 mg Potassium 4351 mg Vitamin E 118.5 mg The author loves to talk about healthy food and how balanced diet can help live a fuller life. Also, the benefits of almonds can not be neglected in our daily diet. A list of easy to make healthy recipes are also uploaded regularly. http://www.almonds.in Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/expert/Anurup_A/2189162 0 Comments | Leave a Comment Did you find this article helpful? 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