Children aged 3-6 years are at the peak of their development and must pay special attention to a balanced diet and nutritional mix. Therefore, parents should pay attention to their children’s three meals and make a children’s nutrition recipe plan for their children. Let your children develop and grow healthily.
Recipes for 3-year-old babies
In order to maintain the baby's normal physiological functions and meet the needs of growth and development, the baby must be supplied with six indispensable nutrients for the human body every day. The six major nutrients that babies aged 1-3 years old need daily are: protein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins and water.
1. Vegetarian breakfast sandwich
Ingredients: 4 slices of toast, 2 slices of lettuce, 2 slices of cheese, 1 pickle, 1 egg, ketchup, Thousand Island dressing, water .
Method: Wash the eggs and put them into the pot, pour in water, bring to a boil over high heat, then change to medium heat and cook for 8 minutes, take out and let cool naturally. Slice the pickles, wash and drain the lettuce, and cut the hard-boiled eggs into thin slices. Put the toast bread into the bread machine, press the switch, wait until it pops up automatically and then take it out. Cut off the four sides of the toast bread slices and spread a layer of Thousand Island dressing. Add another layer of tomato sauce, a piece of lettuce, a piece of cheese, and a layer of egg slices. Then add a layer of pickled cucumber slices. Finally, spread a layer of toast. Once secured with toothpicks, cut the sandwich diagonally.
2. Mini fruit sandwich
Ingredients: 4 slices of toast, 1 kiwi, 1 tablespoon of strawberry jam, 1 tablespoon of jam.
Cut off the four hard edges of the toast slices. Take 1 toast slice, spread it with strawberry jam, and cover it with the toast slice. Place kiwi slices on toast slices. Cover with another toast slice, spread pineapple jam on the toast slice, take the last toast slice to cover the top, and cut it into small triangles.
4-year-old baby's diet
The first and most important thing in diet is to choose your child's food carefully. Choose foods that are free from pesticide contamination, mildew, low nitrate content, and are fresh and clean. , such as rice, noodles, beans, celery, onions, garlic, leeks, potatoes, radishes, sweet potatoes, etc. Here are some recipes for 4-year-old babies:
1. Caviar petal rice balls
Ingredients: rice, dried shrimps, cooked peas, diced carrots, caviar, salt, salad Oil.
Method: Prepare the raw materials, put a little oil in the pot, add the dried shrimps and stir-fry. Dice carrots. When the shrimp skin turns slightly yellow, add the carrots and continue to stir-fry for a while. Then add the cooked peas, fried shrimp skin, and diced carrots to the rice. Add a small amount of salt and stir all ingredients evenly. Take a plum blossom mold, fill it with rice and press it into plum blossom rice balls. Finally, put the caviar on the rice balls and serve.
2. Black pepper, potato, pumpkin and sausage rice
Ingredients: 80 grams of sausage, 60 grams of diced potatoes, 100 grams of pumpkin, 50 grams of onions, appropriate amount of blended oil, and appropriate amount of salt.
Method: Prepare the rice. Dice the sausage and onions, peel and dice the pumpkin and potatoes. Heat oil in a pot. When the oil is hot, add diced onions and stir-fry until fragrant. Add diced sausages, stir-fry out the sausage oil and onion oil, and set aside. Leave the oil in the pot and stir-fry the potatoes. When the potatoes change color, add the pumpkin and stir-fry. When the pumpkin becomes soft, pour an appropriate amount of boiled water to cover them. Simmer over low heat for 5 minutes, stir in the rice, sprinkle with black pepper and salt, and simmer for 3 minutes. When the water is simmered, turn off the heat and scoop out all the ingredients. After the potato rice is cool, stir in the sausage and onion crisps that were scooped out before, and make the rice into rice balls.
5-year-old baby's diet
In the 5-year-old baby's diet, each meal should consist of several types of food. Generally, it should include sufficient cereals or roots to provide basic calories. Secondly, It should contain animal and plant proteins, and it should also be rich in vegetables and fruits to provide the body with essential vitamins and inorganic salts. Finally, fat, oil, and sugar are also essential to meet heat energy needs.
1. Love Vegetable Omelette
Ingredients: 50 grams of pumpkin, 1 potato, 50 grams of peas, 3 eggs, 1 carrot, 1 handful of spinach, 1 handful of pea sprouts , 1 slice of cheese, appropriate amount of olive oil.
Method: Peel fresh peas. Shred potatoes. Cut the pumpkin into thin strips and break up the eggs. Boil the peas, add a small amount of olive oil to the pan, stir-fry the pumpkin and potato shreds until cooked, and season with salt. Pour the beaten eggs into the potatoes and pumpkin and bake slowly. After the outer ring of the egg pancake is slowly cooked, push it with a spatula to prevent it from sticking to the pan. Sprinkle cooked peas evenly, then sprinkle with shredded cheese.
2. Q version egg cup
Ingredients: 2 eggs, salad dressing, meat floss, chopped walnuts, minced coriander, salt, and a little black pepper.
Method: Use an egg setter to cook the eggs. Take out the egg yolks after they are cooked. Prepare salad dressing, meat floss, chopped walnuts, minced coriander, salt, black pepper and other ingredients. Add salad dressing to the egg yolk, add pork floss, chopped walnuts, minced coriander, salt, and crushed black pepper and mix well. Add the stirred egg yolks to the egg whites.
Recipes for 6-year-old babies
It is best for babies to consume the following foods every day, 180-260 grams of cereals (rice, noodles, etc.) per day; 200-250 grams of vegetables per day ; 30-40 grams of poultry and livestock meat per day; 60 grams of eggs per day; 200-300 grams of milk per day; or an equivalent amount of dairy products; 25 grams of soybeans and soy products per day.
Here are two recipes for 6-year-old babies:
1. Angry Birds corn steamed buns
Ingredients: 100 grams of corn flour, egg white (appropriate amount), 90 grams of wheat flour, glutinous rice 30 grams of powder, 10 grams of powdered sugar, appropriate amount of black sesame powder, and 10 grams of cocoa powder.
Method: Mix the corn flour, glutinous rice flour, all-purpose flour and sugar powder in the main dough ingredients evenly, add 100 grams of water, stir evenly, and knead into a uniform dough. Divide the 60 grams of flour used for decorating the dough into three parts, add cocoa powder and black sesame powder respectively, and knead and shape into a small dough. Cut into small pieces of about 30 grams each, roll each small piece into a round shape, use a slightly thicker round-headed stick to hold the middle, and use the palm of your hand to knead into a cone shape. Shape the decorative dough into eyebrows and eyes and attach them. Then make the shape of mouth and comb and stick it on, then steam it.
2. Burrito
Ingredients: half corn, 40 grams of wheat flour, 3 eggs, appropriate amount of edamame, a little salad oil, a little salt, 50 grams of water, and appropriate amount of sugar.
Method: Remove corn kernels and edamame kernels and set aside. Add the flour to the water and mix well, then add the eggs one by one and mix well. Add edamame and corn kernels, add appropriate amount of sugar or salt and mix well. Add a little oil to the pan, pour in the egg liquid and let it solidify, then turn over and continue frying until it solidifies. Plate, roll or cut into cubes and serve.
Calcium supplementation for children
To determine whether the baby is deficient in calcium, you must first analyze the baby's diet to see if the amount of calcium obtained from the quality of the baby's diet is sufficient. Secondly, you must understand the baby's diet. performance.
Babies with mild calcium deficiency may show the following symptoms, such as irritability, crying easily, restless sleep or easy awakening, easy jumps, excessive sweating, occipital hair loss, delayed teething, etc.
Severe calcium deficiency can cause rickets and even various skeletal deformities, such as square skulls, chicken breasts, O-shaped legs or X-shaped legs.
In addition, hypotonia, delayed motor function development, abnormal cerebral cortex function, indifferent expression, delayed language development, and low immunity may also occur. These symptoms can also occur in children who are vitamin D deficient.
How many stages of milk powder should a 3-year-old baby drink?
Each brand is different, there are 3 stages, or 4 stages. Generally, you can drink three stages of baby milk powder. Children aged 1-3 years old grow and develop very quickly and should be provided with sufficient energy and high-quality protein. The total energy is 90-100kcal/kg per day, protein 2-3g/kg, fat 3.5g/kg, and sugar 12g/kg.
Although the deciduous teeth have gradually emerged at this time, the chewing function is still poor, and the food should be soft and broken. It is not advisable to use highly irritating foods: such as sour, spicy, numbing foods; or stimulating coffee, strong tea, etc. It is best to still give 1-2 cups of soy milk or milk every day, and use various foods such as fish, meat , eggs, soy products, vegetables, fruits, etc. Eat 3 meals a day plus 1-2 snacks, and you can add formula milk powder.
However, the baby does not necessarily need to eat formula milk powder all the time. After the baby reaches the age of three, he can drink some pure milk, yogurt, fresh milk, and soy milk. When buying milk powder, it will usually indicate the age or age of the baby it is suitable for. The baby still needs to eat staple food. A balanced diet is better for the baby's health.
Every brand of milk powder packaging on the market should have a statement that the smaller the number of segments, the more nutritious it is. This is a misunderstanding. The fat content of milk powder with small segments is too high and the trace elements are low. You can know by comparing more. , Older children do not need so much fat supplementation, and other vitamins and trace elements should be increased. Of course, it is best to choose milk powder that is suitable for your age.
Nutritious breakfast for children
The dangers of skipping breakfast are:
1. After a night of sleep, the food in the intestines has already been digested. If breakfast is not eaten in time, The brain is in a state of hunger. If you go to class in this state, you will lose your energy and your learning ability will decrease.
Research shows that children who skip breakfast begin to have inattention and small movements during the second period of class. They are often due to hunger, lowered blood sugar, lowered brain function, and poor learning efficiency. decline and was mistaken for ADHD. ?
2. Not eating breakfast for a long time can easily make people gain weight. If the time between breakfast and lunch is too long, the brain is constantly stimulated by hunger signals, making people feel hungry. In this way, the food eaten at noon is particularly easy to be absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract and is more likely to form subcutaneous fat. Moreover, due to overeating, a large amount of excess sugar enters the blood after digestion of food, which can easily form fat.
3. When you are fasting, the cholesterol saturation level in the gallbladder in the human body is relatively high, making it easy to form gallstones. In the long run, the balance system in the human body is destroyed, which can easily lead to anemia and malnutrition.
4. Skipping breakfast affects life span. The health and longevity of the human body are controlled by the body's biological clock. Skipping breakfast disrupts the normal operation of the biological clock. The nutrients required by the body cannot be replenished in time, and the physiological functions will decline. In addition, various diseases caused by skipping breakfast have a negative impact on the body. The effects are all affecting people's health and longevity.
So, you must eat breakfast, and it must be nutritious and healthy