Posted by
MayC
20 yrs ago
I've been feeding mine cereals, bread with nutella/peanut butter/jam or mashed avocadoes with bananas. Sometimes I'll make sausages with baked beans.
I've been told that they are not very healthy by my HK chinese friends. Cereals = they've been "dried", sausages have preservatives or something... and the rest I didn't listen (I think something along the lines of being too sweet).
Suppose for argument's sake, the above are not healthy, what are my other alternatives?
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well sorry.. can't help you much as I am eating myself cereals or bread with jam and so do my kids :) and I don't agreee saying that cereals + milk isn't healthy..
otherwise maybe yogurt and fruits...
I had a Chinese colleague starting to eat yogurt + bread for breakfast... aiming to loose weight like this.. so???????
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Well there is always congee... (yikes)
Other healthy ideas - some take longer than others, so it depends on the morning rush:
A bowl of oatmeal made with milk or soya milk and sweetened with mashed banana and raisins.
Boiled egg with wholemeal bread soldiers. Orange segments - satsumas are good for little hands.
Grilled tomato and mushrooms on toast topped off with melted mozzarella (or similar).
Low-sugar cereals with grated apple, or dried chopped apricots and chopped nuts.
Oatcakes topped with nut butter and jam. And an apple for fresh fruit portion.
Yoghurt with sliced fruit (it's fun if the fruit can be dipped) plus toast with hoummus.
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What about eggs- poached, scrambled, boiled, fried. Boiled eggs with toast fingers dipped in - hmmmhmm - a childrens favourite.
Baked beans and spaghetti - out of a can.
Baked or boiled Pumpkin and potato reheated in the fry pan with a bit of olive oil. Can be mashed for "Mashed browns".
Breakfast is important to have some good stuff - if your children are thriving and eat other things during the day with a wide and varied diet - I would continue to feed them what you need to in the morning. Just make sure the cereal is a low sugar one....there are some definite cultural differences in foods eatern so go with what you need to...and just smile politely and say thank you for their advice!
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When I was first trying to encourage mine to eat egg (for the iron and protein), I'd whip an egg with a fork and coat a piece of whole wheat bread and grill on the griddle. I literally use up the entire egg with one piece of bread, so it became a sort of eggy french toast. She'd have a few dips (ketchup, all-fruit jam, even maple syrup), sometimes I'd even cut it in some fun shapes.
She eats a pretty wide variety now, but this is still her favorite breakfast. Which I think is just fine as it's quick, knocks a few of the daily essentials off the list, and holds her through the morning. Best with a glass of orange juice though, for the iron absorption :-)
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when do you start using normal adult cereals like cheerios instead of iron fortified "powdered" cereals for the babies? i have an 11mnth old and i think she is ready for lumpier (not totally solid) things whereas the cereal when mixed is still just pastey textures.
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20 yrs ago
Cheerios (the unsweetend) are a great first food for a baby, they almost melt in the mouth. My kids would have certainly had them by 11 months.
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cd
20 yrs ago
most cereals are fortified with vitamins and minerals, but most have a lot of sugar. Try to get lower sugar ones, and don't add sugar to them. PNS do a few (brand name Barbaras or something) that are organic. Eggy bread as mentioned above was very popular with my kids when they were small. They also love pancakes as an occassional treat. Baked beans count as a veg portion so they're a healthy option although they do contain a lot of sugar. Weetabix is good, and readybrek.
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