Easy And Nourishing Lockdown Recipes For Kids

Staying at home with kids must have been fun in the early days of the lockdown. But, now, it’s probably beginning to get a little challenging. The additional responsibilities can make even the simplest things, such as preparing breakfast, mundane, and laborious.

This situation is quite understandable. But we know you would do anything to make your kids feel comfortable, no matter how challenging. That’s why we’ve brought you some of our favorite recipes that you can make for breakfast in no time.

As you know, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. The recipes that we are about to share with you are not only easy to make but also contain lots of nutritional benefits that’ll make your kids grow healthy and strong. If you’ve been looking for a breakfast hack, here it is!

Cornflakes And Golden Porridge

Ingredients

• 4 to 5 tbsp or 25 g of any brand of cornflakes
• 1 cup or 200 ml of milk
• ½ cup or 100 ml of soya milk
• 2 tsp or 10 to 12 g of roasted semolina
• 2 -3 peppercorns (crushed)
• 1 tsp of milk masala (optional)
• 1 powdered cardamom
• Approximately 2 tsp of sugar or honey
• ½ tsp of turmeric powder
• 1 tsp of garden cress seeds (Halim) – (to be soaked in water for 7 to 10 minutes)
• Almond sliver and raisins for the sauce (optional)

How To Prepare

• Pour milk, soya milk, peppercorns, cardamom powder, and turmeric powder into a cooking pan and mix everything.
• Add your roasted rave to the mixture and cook on low heat for 5 minutes and stir non-stop.
• Add honey or sugar and keep stirring.
• Add soaked garden cress seeds, crushed cornflakes, and milk masala.
• Turn off the heat as soon as it thickens. At this point, you can check for taste and adjust appropriately.
• Pour into a bowl, top it off with almond sliver, raisins and serve.

Oatmeal Pancakes

Ingredients

• 1 cup of porridge oats (steel-cut, rolled, or even instant oats)
• 3 tbsp plain flour
• ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 banana, mashed
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 tbsp oil
• 1 cup milk (You can use any dairy or dairy-free alternative asides from rice milk. According to research published by Healthy Eating Research (1), children under the age of five should avoid plant-based milk.)
• A pinch of salt

Optional Ingredients

• ½ tsp vanilla essence
• 1 to 2 tbsp chia seeds
• 1 to 2 tbsp flaxseed
• A handful of blueberries, or 1 tbsp of cocoa powder if you like chocolate pancakes

How To Prepare

• Mix oats and milk in a bowl. Leave the oats to soften while you assemble the other ingredients.
• Beat the egg and add it to the remaining ingredients except for the blueberries. The batter should be thicker than that of a typical pancake.
• Add a few drops of oil and swirl to coat the pan. Let it get hot, after which you set the heat to medium-low.
• Drop the batter into the pan with about 3 tbsp of batter per pancake. You can cook 3 to 5 pancakes at a time, depending on the size of your pan.
• You should add 2 to 3 berries to each pancake now if you’re using blueberries.
• Cook on one side until the edges appear dry and the bottoms are golden brown (this process will take about 2 to 3 minutes).
• Flip and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes on the other side until it appears like the first side. Your oatmeal pancake is ready to be served.

Cut-out Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups plain flour (you may not use all)
• ¼ cup cornstarch
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar (you can use coconut sugar for a healthier option)
• ½ cup cocoa powder ½ cup cold butter
• 1 large egg
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ½ tsp salt
• Cookie cutters
• Parchment paper

How To Prepare

• First, heat the oven to about 180 degrees Celsius before use.
• Beat the butter, oil, vanilla, and salt in a bowl using a stand mixer until it is smooth (don’t overmix).
• Add your egg to the above mixture and stir until it is incorporated.
• Mix the cornstarch, cocoa powder, and one cup of flour.
• Keep adding 1 to 2 tablespoons of flour until the dough gathers into a ball and doesn’t stick to the sides of the bowl.
• Roll the dough out between two sheets of parchment paper until it’s 1 cm thick and even.
• You can cut the shapes out using a cookie cutter.
• Bake on parchment-lined sheets until the cookies feel firm around the edges and set in the middle. This process shouldn’t take more than 9 to 12 minutes.

The trick to getting these meals done right is to get all your ingredients ready. Once you get that sorted, follow the instructions as you see them here. These meals take less than 15 minutes to prepare. And as stated earlier, they’re highly nutritious and perfectly healthy for your kids.

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