Preparing healthy, quick dinners and that your children like it has been, and continues to be, a concern. One of the good things about confinement is that we can dedicate more time to dinner, that is if you are not a teleworker mom, and you can even let them surprise you.
Although we always talk about breakfasts nutritionally, dinners are very important, because they are almost the only occasion (or were) in which the family sat at the table together. It is time to share the experiences of the day, the preparations for the next day and offer, in addition to a healthy diet, quality time.
What does an ideal healthy dinner look like?
It is clear that for dinners to be healthy and nutritious we have to value what our sons and daughters have eaten on that day. In general terms, dinners should be light in quantities and poor in fatty foods. But as we told you at the beginning, everything will depend on the time between dinner and bedtime. You already know that there are countries where we have dinner at our snack time. And you also have to take into account the nutritional contribution that has been taken on that day specifically.
Once these particularities have been clarified, the best thing to do is that dinner include a plate of vegetables, It can be raw or cooked. If at noon the child has eaten pasta, rice or legumes, you can give him a rich assorted salad.
If you are an omnivorous family, it is convenient that if the child has eaten meat at noon, he does not repeat at night, and you can give him fish or eggs. Fish can be a problem for children, you can make an omelette with it or stuff some tomatoes, to make it more palatable. Also, when you crumble it, you will detect if it has thorns.
Make healthy and fun dinners
What happens to most children is that they get bored eating. Even more so the new generations that are full of stimuli. Our recommendation is that you surprised so much in the ingredients, the way to cook it as in your presentation.
In the special circumstances that we are experiencing, you can ask your sons and daughters to help you prepare an exotic dish, from India for example, or simply to help you prepare it. Remember that gastronomy is part of the culture of the towns and it is a good way to seem that we travel. In the XNUMXst century we are very lucky to have at our fingertips foods, spices and flavors that were more difficult to find before, such as pita bread, quinoa, chia, turmeric and many others.
For the little ones skewers are always a safe bet. They can be made from vegetables, meat and vegetables, fish or fruit. They admit everything, and the way you eat them makes them fun. In this sense, corn or wheat pancakes and crepes are a good solution for children to prepare their own dinner. We propose an idea, you can do these rolls with romaine, red cabbage, cabbage or cabbage leaves. This is another way to get to vegetables.
Can you have dessert after dinner?
Of the desserts sweet and too fatty it is not advisable to abuse never, but there is no drama if your child chooses to eat a date or some fig bread.
There are also many very healthy desserts that you can make, and that can serve as the basis for a single dinner plate. For example you can do the typical m of fresh fruit, to which you can add fresh cheese, cereals, nuts. Although it seems like a breakfast, it can also be used to go to bed.
You can also prepare your children a fruit smoothie with oat milk, or even with the same oatmeal and offer it for dessert after a healthy dinner.
In any case, remember that the success and failure of a children's dinner can be in the presentation, and a tip: never tell them that they are leftovers!