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10 Healthy and Yummy Muffin Recipes for Kids
Most mothers may constantly struggle to feed their children healthy meals. Are you are looking for some healthy and yummy muffin recipes for your kid, you may want to browse through the following article.
Easy Muffin Recipes for Children
Here are some easy to make healthy muffin recipes for your kid:
1. Quinoa Muffins With Pears And Brown Sugar
This is a great fruit muffin recipe, which is soft and gooey, and a perfect evening snack for your kiddo.
Ingredients
1 cup quinoa flour
1 cup flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp ground ginger
1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
2 eggs
2 inches ginger, finely diced
1 cup whole milk
1 tsp salt
1/4 cup olive oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 pear, cut into 1/4 inch slices
Zest of a lemon
How To Make
Take a large bowl and mix flours, spices, salt and baking powder in it.
Take a smaller bowl and whisk eggs for a while and then add milk, sugar and oil and whisk again.
Put all the dry ingredients in this mixture and mix well.
Add lemon zest, ginger and pears and mix well.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
Scope out the batter and fill the muffin tin. Top up the batter with a pear slice and sprinkle some brown sugar.
Bake for 20 minutes or until done.
2. Pumpkin Muffin With Bran
This recipe is a great way to satiate your kid’s hunger pangs as the added dose of fibre may help feel your kid fuller.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cup all-bran cereal
1 large egg
¾ cup pureed pumpkin
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup raisins
1/4 cup vegetable oil
3/4 cup sugar
1 ¼ cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup boiling water
How To Make
In a large bowl, put ½ cup cereal and pour boiling water and oil in it. Mix well and keep aside.
Once the mixture cools down, add pumpkin puree, eggs, sugar and remaining cereal into it.
Take a small bowl and mix flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add this dry mixture into the bran mixture.
Add buttermilk and raisins mix.
Preheat the oven at 400 degrees and grease the muffin tin.
Scoop the batter and pour into the baking dish and cook for 15 to 20 minutes or until done.
3. Apple Muffins With Quinoa
This is a yummy recipe with apples and quinoa and can be used as an ideal lunch box idea for your kid.
Ingredients
2 sticks of soft butter
1 cup flour
1 apple, diced
2 eggs
1 cup quinoa flour
1 cup turbinado sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla essence
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 dried cranberries, chopped
1/4 cup raisins, chopped
zest of 1 orange
How To Make
Take a large mixing bowl, add butter and whisk well for a few minutes till it’s fluffy and light.
Add sugar, eggs, vanilla and orange zest one by one.
Sieve flour, baking powder and salt together. Add this to the wet mixture slowly.
Preheat the oven at 375 degrees and grease the muffin dish.
Spoon the batter and fill the muffin dish.
Bake for 25-30 minutes.
4. Blueberry Muffins With Flax And Bran
Add some healthy twist to your usual blueberry muffins with flax and bran.
Ingredients
1 cup oats
2 cups flour
1-pint blueberries
1 cup flax seed meal
½ sugar
1 cup yoghurt
2 eggs
½ cup oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
½ honey
1 and ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
How To Make
Mix oats and water and keep aside.
Mix the flour,salt, baking soda and baking powder together.
In a separate bowl mix eggs, honey, sugar, oil, vanilla, flax meal and oil.
Add the flour mixture in the egg mixture and mix well.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
5. Banana Carrot Muffin
This banana carrot recipe can be made as a great breakfast option for your kiddo.
Ingredients
1 mashed banana
½ cup grated carrots
2 cup flour
3 eggs
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp baking powder
¾ cup butter
¾ cup sugar
½ tsp salt
How To Make
Preheat the oven at 350 degrees
Mix banana, carrots, eggs, butter and sugar together.
Mix the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder together separately.
Mix the wet and dry mixture together.
Scoop the mixture and put it in the baking dish and cook for 20-25 minutes.
6. Zucchini and Bran Muffin
This is one of the best vegetable muffins for toddlers, which your kiddo will relish thoroughly.
Ingredients
1 cup bran
1 ½ flour
1 egg
1 cup yoghurt
¼ cup oil
1 cup sugar
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of baking soda
1 cup grated zucchini
½ tsp nutmeg powder
1 cup boiling water
1 tsp salt
How To Make
Soak bran in the boiling water for some time.
Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
Take egg, oil and sugar in a separate bowl and mix well. Add zucchini, yoghurt, bran and nutmeg into the mixture.
Add the flour mixture slowly and whisk all the ingredients well.
Spoon the mixture into the baking dish and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
7. Peanut Butter And Bran Muffins
This is one of the best high protein muffin recipes for kids.
Ingredients
1 ½ cup bran cereal
½ cup peanut butter
1 ¼ cup flour
¼ cup butter
½ cup sugar
1 egg
1 ½ cup milk
1 tbsp baking powder
How To Make
Soak bran in milk for 10 minutes and then add peanut butter and mix well.
In a separate bowl mix flour, baking powder and sugar. Add bran mixture, egg and butter, and mix well.
Preheat the oven at 400 degrees and grease the muffin tin.
Fill the muffin tin with the batter and cook for 20 to 25 minutes.
8. Orange and Ginger Muffins
Give a healthy twist to this muffin recipe by adding olive oil.
Ingredients
1 ½ cup flour
2 eggs
½ cup sugar
¼ cup yoghurt
¾ cup olive oil
¼ cup crystallized ginger, minced
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 tsp vinegar
1 orange zest
How To Make
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
Using a separate bowl, mix the sugar and eggs till fluffy. Add vinegar, ginger, yoghurt, olive oil and orange zest. Add this to the flour mixture.
Bake for 15 to 20 minutes.
9. Squash Muffins
This is a yummy muffin recipe with squash, which your kid will surely relish.
Ingredients
1 cup flour
½ cup squash puree
¼ cup milk
½ cup butter
½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp baking powder
How To Make
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Mix the flour and baking powder
Mix butter, sugar, milk, eggs, squash puree in a separate bowl.
Mix the flour mixture in the egg mixture.
Scoop the muffin mix and fill the baking dish, cook for 15 to 20 minutes
10. Walnut Raisin Muffins With Bran
This is a nutty muffin recipe for your kiddo.
Ingredients
1 cup flour
½ cup bran
½ cup milk
3 eggs
¾ cup butter
¾ cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
½ cup walnuts and raisins
How To Make
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
Mix flour and baking powder. Soak bran in milk for 10 minutes.
Take another bowl and mix, eggs, sugar, butter and bran mix.
Add walnuts and raisins and mix well.
Bake the mix for 15 to 20 minutes.
The above-mentioned are some easy and healthy muffin recipe for your kid. You may make changes as the liking and preference of your child.
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As tired parents, you must have tried pretty much everything to put your baby to sleep. You must have turned on white noise machines, hung blackout curtains, swaddled your baby and even tried singing good ol’ lullabies to try and make her sleep. You must have thought to yourself “What are the best songs to get my baby to sleep?” Well, the answer is - no particular song can get your baby to sleep. Every baby has a different taste in music. Some babies might like songs with lyrics, some might find those annoying and prefer instrumental music, and some might like songs with catchy tunes. But it's true that music can calm us down when we’re stressed and even helps us go to sleep. Babies are no different as they too respond well to lullabies and calming music.
7 Tracks That Will Put Your Baby to Sleep
Raise your hand if you have a little one who makes bedtime a living hell for you. If you often find yourself on the verge of tears, and have tried everything from hushing to reading, and even pleading with her to go off to sleep, then we’re here to help you. We did a little bit of digging and have come up with a list of songs which will put your baby to sleep and will end your bedtime woes.
1. Baby Mine by Betty Noyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr3icgzm0a8
‘Baby Mine’ is a song which was featured in the animated Disney film Dumbo in 1941. It has also been used in the upcoming live-action version of the same film. In the movie, Mrs Jumbo sings this lullaby to little Dumbo while she cradles him with her trunk. This song has the most heartwarming lyrics, and when you play this to your child, we’re sure you are going to have a very special moment with your bundle of joy.
2. All the Pretty Little Horses by Judy Collins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWoPsyY8CZY
‘All the Pretty Little Horses’, popularly known as ‘Hush-a-bye’, is a well-known lullaby in the United States. This is a beautiful lullaby in which the mother promises the baby that she will get him ‘all the pretty little horses’ if he stops crying and goes to sleep. The best part of this song is that you can customise the lyrics according to your baby’s likes, and keep on adding her favourites to the list of things you’ll get her if she goes to sleep. This song is so rhythmic and calming that it will surely lull your baby to sleep.
3. You are my Sunshine (Lullaby Version) by The Hound + The Fox
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh7LJDHFaqA
Even though ‘You are my Sunshine’ was originally sung by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell in 1939, our favourite is the cover version done by ‘The Hound and The Fox’ as it has a female voice, and research says that babies respond better to the voices of female singers (particularly, if the pitch of the voice is on the higher side). This track is a longtime favourite of caregivers and parents, and the lyrics are melancholic, melodious and sweet. You should definitely add this song to your sleepy-time playlist, as this is the perfect song to sing to your little sunshine.
4. Brahms’ Lullaby by Celine Dion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBq9bV9rTHc
Brahms’ Lullaby, also known as ‘Lullaby and Goodnight’, is a classic bedtime song. This is supposed to be a cradle song and was initially meant to be sung with a piano. Later on, certain orchestras got interested in the song, and therefore, an orchestral version was produced. The lyrics describe the innocence and the sweetness of the sleeping child and has a very instrumental tone, which makes it a wonderful song to hum to your little one.
5. Chanda Hai Tu by Lata Mangeshkar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxmM5dQ3PCQ
This compilation would be incomplete if we didn’t add any ‘loris’ to the list. This track is from the popular movie ‘Aradhana’ where Sharmila Tagore sings this song to her little son while playing with him in the park. This is a really popular song because of its simple lyrics and music. Also, the lyrics are highly relatable because our babies are literally our sun, moon, universe, and practically everything to us. Our world revolves around them, doesn't it?
6. Meri Munni Rani Soja by Yesudas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtjPRSt6C20
We all have fond memories of our mothers singing to us when we were sad or sick, and this is one such song which we’ve frequently heard our mothers sing to us. You should sing or play this song to your baby girl as it will give her a sense of calm and make her feel secure. She is your princess, after all!
7. Chandaniya Lori Lori by Shreya Ghoshal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFKK3q9lxNA
This is a contemporary lori song from the movie Rowdy Rathore and has been sung by well-known singer Shreya Ghoshal. The track has melodious music and soulful lyrics and is perfect to sing to your baby. It almost makes you feel as if Yashoda is singing to Krishna and trying to cradle him to sleep!
Quick Tip for a Musical Bedtime
If you’re putting your baby to sleep the musical way, try to make it a part of the bedtime routine and not something which stays on after you leave the room. If you continue playing songs even after the baby has fallen asleep, she might get up or start crying as soon as you turn off the music. But if you play one or two songs as part of the bedtime routine and then switch to a white noise machine that stays on overnight, she might have an easier time falling asleep and staying asleep, until she wakes up naturally.
Next time when you’re trying to calm those fussy cries or singing your little one to sleep, and you feel the need to mix it up, give these songs a try and see if your baby’s eyelids start drooping after listening to these calming tunes. Sweet dreams!
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Seafood Pasta Salad
The Seafood pasta can be a quick snack or an early dinner for your little on on those cold wintry nights. You can add cooked veggies and meat of your choice. If you like a spicier version you could add a chilli. Kids love pasta and this one is sure to be a hit.
Serves
Preparation Time
Cooking Time
4 People
10-15 Minutes
3 to 4 hours.
Ingredients
1 cup pasta
2 tbsp white vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil salad dressing
1 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp milk
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup cooked green peas
1 cup cleaned deveined prawn
1/2 cup vegetables of your choice
1/4 tsp pepper
Method
Step 1
Carefully clean the prawns and devein.
Step 2
Now heat a little oil in pan and saute the prawns. Cooked prawns will turn pink and curl up. Avoid prawns if your child is allergic to seafood.
Step 3
Cook the peas and vegetables in a little water. Use this water for later use.
Step 4
Boil the pasta in a bowl of salted water. When the pasta is soft, drain it and keep it aside for cooling.
Step 5
In another bowl, take all the ingredients and whisk together.
Step 6
Adjust salt and pepper to your little one’s taste.
Step 7
Mix into this the cooked veggies and prawns and keep in the fridge for 3 to 4 hours.
Step 8
Serve chilled.
Nutritional Information
Serving size: 1 cup
Calories
308
Sodium
180 mg
Total Fat
1 g
Potassium
0 mg
Saturated
1 g
Total Carbs
10 g
Polyunsaturated
0 g
Dietary Fiber
0 g
Monounsaturated
0 g
Sugars
0 g
Trans
0 g
Protein
10 g
Cholesterol
10 mg
Vitamin A
0%
Calcium
0%
Vitamin C
0%
Iron
0%
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Tip: For frying, add approximately 10 grams of fat per serving at 9 K cal/gm of fat.
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Holiday Time – Not For Working Parents!
Kids love being on vacation. Working parents? They have to worry about having someone over to take care of the kids! What do working parents do during school holidays? They think of smart ways to manage their child's activities, so everyone's happy!
Are you thinking of strategic ways to ensure that your kids are looked after during the holidays while you attend to your daily office and home schedule? Well, it certainly can happen.
Working Parents And The School Holiday Itch
1. Mutual benefit
Working parents have tight schedules that tend to go haywire when the kids are on holiday. Try and ask a friend or even a colleague to babysit on their day off. You could drop your kid off for a play date with other kids. It’s a win-win for all this way. Maybe your friend or colleague would love having an extra kid over for a playdate. However, remember that you will have to return the favour sometime in the future.
2. The Extra Buck
If you know of a college student who needs the extra pocket money, contact them. They would be willing to look after your kid in return for a few fast bucks. However, ensure that you know them well before entrusting your kids to their care.
3. Rotate Childcare
Why not join a parents group that provides child care on a rotational period during the holidays? This would help you breathe easy as you would already know some of the moms in the circle. You might have to take care of the other kids on your off days too. However, it's a small price to pay when you manage to enjoy peace of mind during the others days in the week. This is definitely one of the best strategies to manage your child's school holidays.
4. Office Day Care
If your office has a day care (Hello, lucky!), you're fortunate. It would save you the trouble of having to figure out alternate plans. Your kids will enjoy bonding with other colleagues’ kids. You can also check up on them during your office breaks. Plus, you wouldn’t have to spend a dime to avail this facility. If there is no such facility at work, you can always find a private day care centre.
5. Strong Bond
If you have a cousin who loves taking care of the kids, call her. She may be available during the holidays. Therefore, it's imperative that you maintain cordial relations with family members. They could really help you out when you’re in a jam with the kids.
Some of your plans might work, while others may not. Babysitters may cancel last minute and leave you high and dry. Precisely, why you need to have a backup plan in place too! The clash between working parents and kids school holidays can pose a stiff challenge. Are you prepared to face it head on? Read more
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All kids are different and unique – some have good social and communication skills from childhood while some don’t. Some kids are fit, active, smart, intelligent, and their body language says it all. They are punctual, disciplined and mature than other kids of their age. They are responsible, and you can often find them helping others. Such kids are real blessings for their parents. It is the parents’ responsibility to raise such kids positively and add to their goodness and maturity. Yes, such parents need to take special care of their kids, and this responsibility is huge.
Here we discuss a few ways parents can help their kids rise and shine and feed positivity in them.
1) Avoid over-parenting: Yes, you heard it right! Kids always behave according to their age. See and notice how they behave in a particular situation. It is best not to interfere or hinder them in everything they do.
2) Let them enjoy their childhood: Childhood is bliss; kids are innocent. It is best not to expect them to behave like adults. It will help if you allow them to grow at their own pace.
3) Focus on learning more than grades: Let them learn the way they find suitable. Let them fall, learn, and rise in life. It is good to be a spectator in some conditions.
4) Motivation helps: Reward the kids if they do something good. It is not a bribe; rather a form of motivation that helps the kids learn more from their failures.
5) Try to nurture them positively: Don’t teach the little ones worldly wisdom and politics. Let them fall and get up. Let them learn from their mistakes.
The emotional grooming of a kid is a must. Try to channelize their energy in a good direction and redirect their emotions in a more balanced way. Kids are the reflection of their parents – they do whatever they see at home which is their very first school.
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yes it's enough
and the frequency and timing may vary as we all are different
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