Healthy breakfast for children

Healthy breakfast for children is necessary! As we all know breakfast is the most important meal of the day . Thus, from a very early age we must teach children to eat breakfast. Furthermore – to eat a healthy breakfast, which will supply them lots of constant energy, which they need for playing and learning.  Sometimes it isn’t easy, because usually children prefer food which is not so healthy or, speaking straight, which is sweet. But step by step, using little tricks, we can outwit them and lay the foundations for healthy breakfast habits.

Here are few suggestions of healthy breakfast for children and the whole family.

Porridge – oat, millet, barley, polenta, even sometimes semolina and etc. You can make porridge from any kind of grains. Such breakfast will be rich in fiber and in nutrients.
Of course most popular and having highest nutritional value is oat porridge. Oats are rich in essential nutrients such as B vitamins, iron and potassium. Cook porridge with milk and you child breakfast will become also source of calcium. You can season the porridge a pinch of salt, but don’t add sugar. If your child don’t want to eat it, because it isn’t sweet – pour a tea spoon of jam, which is considered to be healthier option for sweets.

Healthy breakfast cereals. As far as I know, children don’t like these too much, because they aren’t sweet. But you always can add honey or maple syrup (natural sweeteners , which are really healthier than sugar) to their plate of cereals. And it really works!

Eggs (usually chicken). Boiled eggs, scrambled eggs or omelet – there is lots of various ways how to prepare eggs. Such breakfast is quick, easy and nutritious. Egg yolks and whole eggs store significant amounts of protein and choline. Due to their protein content, in the Healthy Eating Pyramid eggs are categorized as Meats. And, at least I do not know a child who does not like eggs (boiled or baked in one way or another).
Of course, this option is not suitable if child is allergic to eggs.

Sandwiches. Although is not the best option for breakfast, but, to be honest, we can’t completely exclude sandwiches from our diet. But we can try to do them healthier. The first step to healthy sandwich is a whole-grain bread – as it is made from whole-grain flour, and is rich in fiber, contrary to white bread, which is more source of empty calories. You can put on the whole-grain bread anything, what your child likes, just avoiding preserved meat (ham, sausage), various not home-made spreads, which are rich in food additives, or sweets.

Here are listed only few options of healthy breakfast for our little ones. List – certainly not an exhaustive. The main our duty, in this case, is to supply our children breakfast, which will give them a lot of nutrients to stay focused, strong and active during their activity.
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