Category: food for children
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5 TIPS ON HOW TO GET YOUR KIDS TO EAT BEANS
Hey Everyone, as a follow up to this post Here the following tips are very important towards ensuring the your child/children eat well and eat the right meals especially beans. 1. It is very important to keep a wide variety of healthy foods available in the house and so they understand that beans is one of…
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MALNUTRITION DRAMA; HOW DID WE GET HERE?
Hey Everyone, it is mid week and how are you doing? I am so grateful to God for the opportunity to be alive and well, through childhood and into adulthood. Also, today is children’s day and I want to wish every child a wonderful and happy children’s day. There are so many children out there…
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KNOWING WHAT MEALS TO PREPARE: THE FOUR STAR MEAL PLAN
As parents who really care about the health of every member of the family and want to prepare healthy and nutritious meals for our children and family, it is important that we make family meals as balanced as possible. Eating the right food at the right time not only impacts on our lives individually or as a…
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CHILD NUTRITION; BOILED PLANTAIN AND OKRO
As you all know I love to eat okro except you are a newbie on this blog. I can eat okro every week and I’ll never get tired of eating it. I could mix okro with left over stew, Okro with lots of vegetables, okro and yam. Okro is a vegetable itself…
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Child Nutrition: TY’s Chicken Nuggets
This delicious Chicken Nugget meal should serve as a finger food for toddlers and older kids. The trick with frying is using clean oil, once and not to be re-used. Too much intake of fried food could be dangerous to the health of the child. A good substitute for vegetable oil is Olive oil. Though…
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Child Nutrition; How to make Akamu
Are you salivating already? This recipe is a traditional recipe for making pap aka Akamu. Some people have mailed me severally to ask how I make Akamu and how I prepare the local cereal so that it is not lumpy and too thick. Some people also explained that they initially started with the Akamu recipe…
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Child Nutrition; Banana Puree
Banana Puree (6 months+)(To serve one) Ingredients 2 sticks of fresh bananasliquid baby milk (optional)Cooking DirectionsPeel a small banana and mash with a fork, add a little amount of liquid baby milk to thin down the thickness and add serve.You could also use fresh yoghurt instead of milk. Enjoy!
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Child Nutrition: Papaya Puree
Papaya Puree (6 months+) Pawpaw contains an enzyme that breaks down protein and so boosts digestion as well as improves indigestion. It is rich in Vitamin C and beta carotene. Pawpaw is also high in soluble fiber which is important for bowel function. Ingredients 1 small fresh pawpaw Cooking Directions 1. Cut a small pawpaw, remove…
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Child Nutrition; How to make Akara for your kids
Akara (Kosai) (9 Months+) Ingredients (To serve four) 2 cups of beans (preferably brown beans) 2 large peppers 1 medium sized Onion pinch of salt vegetable oil for frying Cooking Directions 1. Wash your hands 2. Soak the beans for about 20 minutes; remove the skin of the beans by rubbing with both hands and…
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