French Toast

(WITH BANANA OR PINEAPPLE OR SWEET POTATO OR PUMPKIN OR CARROT OR BUTTERNUT SQUASH)
Some children are suspicious of the “specks” in whole-grain bread, and a dusting of sugar serves nicely as camouflage! A shaker for confectioners’ sugar is one of the best investments I’ve ever made.
Prep: 3 minutes • Total: 10 minutes • Serves 4
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons banana or pineapple or sweet potato or carrot or butternut squash puree, or canned pumpkin
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 4 slices whole-wheat bread

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Healthy and Safety Cooking

Whenever you cook, there are certain safety rules you must always keep in mind. Even experienced cooks follow these rules when they are in the kitchen.
•Always wash your hands before handling food. Thoroughly wash all raw vegetables and fruits to remove dirt, chemicals, and insecticides. Wash uncooked poultry, fish, and meat under cold water.
•Use a cutting board when cutting up vegetables and fruits. Don’t cut them up in your hand! And be sure to cut in a direction away from you and your fingers.
•Long hair or loose clothing can easily catch fire if brought near the burners of a stove. If you have long hair, tie it back before you start cooking.

Cooking Tips

1. Cooking Rice

I use brown rice, which still has the nutrient-rich bran and hull intact. If you’re using white rice, cut the water to 11/3 cups, and the cooking time to 15 to 18 minutes. You can mix the white and brown rice to ease your family into eating brown rice.

Stovetop method:

1. Place 1 cup brown rice, 13/4 cups water, and a pinch of salt in a saucepan.

2. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce the heat to very low, and simmer until the rice is tender and all of the water has been absorbed, 30 to 40 minutes.

3. Turn off the heat and let stand, covered, 5 minutes.

Electric rice cooker method:

There are several brands of cookers on the market. Follow the instructions that come with your cooker.

Fruits Nutrients

1 Apple (80 calories)
• Apples help prevent damage to healthy cells because they’re high in antioxidants—particularly the skin of Red Delicious apples, so don’t peel them!
• And they’re high in soluble fiber, which helps regulate blood-sugar levels.

Veggie Nutrients

1 Cup Cauliflower (25 calories)
• Cauliflower is another member of the important cruciferous family of veggies that may help our bodies fight off certain types of cancers.
• Cauliflower may help kids resist infections (it’s a good source of vitamin C).

Vitamin of Veggie

1/4 Avocado (55 calories)
• Avocados are the only vegetables that are loaded with monounsaturated fat, which helps lower cholesterol levels in the blood to keep kids heart-healthy.
• They’re also a super source of soluble fiber, which helps stabilize blood-sugar levels.
• And they’re full of vitamin E, which protects healthy cells and helps heal kids’ cuts and scrapes.

Tips For Making Healthy Meal

• Decrease the meat and increase the vegetables.
• Choose whole-grain versions of pasta and bread; substitute whole-wheat flour for bleached white flour when you bake.
  
• Serve imaginative whole-grain side dishes like bulgur or kasha instead of white rice or pasta.
  Cook with less fat by using non-stick skillets.

Equip Your Kitchen!

Kitchen is my favorite place where i can explore my new "menus".  We need kitchen utensils to help us. Then we should plan to go grocery shopping once a week to buy all the fruits and vegetables you need.
Which vegetables do you buy? Decide which you think your child is most likely to eat. If he is very picky about green vegetables, I’d suggest starting with cauliflower, butternut squash, zucchini, and yellow squash, because they’re easier to conceal.

Easy way to make children eat their meal

In reality, however, too many food choices—many of them unhealthy—make it impossible for kids to distinguish the good from the bad. It’s up to us as parents to make choices for them, at least until they
are able to figure things out for themselves. And it’s not realistic to simply disregard their food aversions, either. Forcing your kids to eat foods they hate only reinforces their distaste. That’s where a little loving deception comes in handy. Deceptively Delicious enables parents to give kids what they want and what they need at the same time. It acknowledges your kids’ genuine dislikes without being confined by them. It empowers you to exert some legitimate control over what your children eat, without inviting the usual fights. And most important, it’s a way to give your kids a head start toward eating what’s good for them so that they’ll grow up and eat better food throughout their lives.