Imagine it is between 3 and 4 pm, your child comes home from school and many extracurricular activities and is hungry. While you want to keep them satiated until dinner, stop and think for a minute before grabbing that conveniently packaged snack from the counter. Do you really want to give your child an artificial food snack with additives? Certainly not!
Wouldn’t it be great if you could find some quick and interesting recipes to make for your kids, while making sure you’re giving them something they like to eat and yet nutritious?
The simple solution is: incorporate almonds!
These nuts are not only a great snack option, but they are also convenient and provide a host of nutrients like vitamin E, riboflavin, fiber, protein, and many others. In other words, almonds are a healthy alternative to a variety of easily available unhealthy snacks. Plus, since these nuts are tasty and crunchy, they can satisfy your child’s sensory cravings too.
Here are some super delicious yet nutritious recipes you can try with your kids:
Badam flan
Custard has always been a favorite of little humans. With the addition of almonds, you can add this to the list of healthy snack recipes for kids!
2 servings
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
Almonds (toasted) – 200gms
Milk -500ml
Sugar -100gms
Egg yolk – 6th
Vanilla essence – 3ml
Corn flour – 25gms
Method
Blanch the almonds and make a smooth paste, set aside. Mix the egg yolk and cornmeal in a bowl, set aside.
Boil the sugar and milk. Then, add a little warm milk to the egg yolks and beat, reserve. Keep the milk over low heat, add the warm yolk mixture and cook for 5 minutes.
Keep stirring and pour in the almond paste and put it in the fridge. Serve cold.
Nutrient analysis
Calories
2530
Protein
76.8 grams
Total fat
174.7 grams
Saturated
28.6 grams
Monounsaturated
81.2 grams
Polyunsaturated
29.3 grams
Carbohydrates
163 grams
Fiber
21.4 grams
Cholesterol
1674 mg
Sodium
138.2 mg
Calcium
1216 mg
Magnesium
805.4 mg
Potassium
2255 mg
Vitamin E
53.1 mg
Almond cookies
Not only does this quick and easy recipe give you delicious cookies, it will leave your kids begging for more.
2 servings
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
Flour – 1 kg
Baking powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Lemon zest -2 tablespoons
Salt – a pinch
Butter (unsalted) -700 gms
Powdered sugar – 300 g
Almonds (finely crushed) – 200gms
Method
Mix the cream, butter and icing sugar well. Add all the dry ingredients.
Shape it into balls and roll it into crushed almonds.
On a greased baking sheet, bake the cookies at 170 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes. Attend.
Nutrient analysis
Calories
11093
Protein
151.6 grams
Total fat
693.8 grams
Saturated
252.2 grams
Monounsaturated
179.7 grams
Polyunsaturated
44.7 grams
Carbohydrates
1060 grams
Fiber
24 grams
Cholesterol
756 mg
Sodium
822 mg
Calcium
690 mg
Magnesium
1286 mg
Potassium
2700 mg
Vitamin E
49.8 mg
Badam Elaichi Shake
This is one of the easy recipes to make that brings you a lot of goodness from ingredients like elaichi, badam, honey, and cardamom.
2 servings
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
Milk – 3 cups
Almonds (peeled and chopped) – 1/2 cup
Honey – 1tbl spn
Cardamom powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Saffron – 5 strands.
Vanilla ice cream – 2 scoops (optional)
Method
Mix all the ingredients and blend in a blender. Foam and serve cold, garnished with almond flakes.
Nutrient analysis
Calories
1216
Protein
38.8 grams
Total fat
82.8 grams
Saturated
22.7 grams
Monounsaturated
35.6 grams
Polyunsaturated
7.5 grams
Carbohydrates
78.1 grams
Fiber
1.25 grams
Cholesterol
108.4 mg
Sodium
317 mg
Calcium
1062 mg
Magnesium
355.9 mg
Potassium
1447 mg
Vitamin E
13.1 mg
Paneer Badam Ka Cheela
This Indian recipe, which almost every Indian household is familiar with, can make a great snack recipe for kids to eat mid-meal.
For 4 people
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
They kiss – 2 cups
Baking powder – 1/4 teaspoon
Salt – ½ teaspoon
Ajwain – 1 / 4thtsp
Red chili powder – ½ teaspoon
Oil – 3 tablespoons
For the filling
Paneer (crushed) – ½ cup
Badam (chopped) – 1/4 cup
Roasted jeera – 1 teaspoon
Salt – ½ teaspoon
Cold green cutlet – 1 no
Ginger cutlet – 2 teaspoons
Green coriander cutlet – 1 tablespoon
Method
Make a thick dough with besan, salt, ajwain, red chili powder, baking powder, and water. Keep aside.
Mix all the ingredients for the filling well.
Heat a non-stick frying pan and drizzle a little oil. For a little dough and spread a thin layer. Let it cook on one side and then carefully flip it over. Cook quickly on this side and turn immediately.
Now scoop out the filling with a spoon and place it in the center horizontally. Fold the cheela like a dosa or cigar.
Remove and serve hot.
Nutrient analysis
Calories
1966
Protein
83.9 grams
Total fat
99.5 grams
Saturated
3.7 grams
Monounsaturated
13.7 grams
Polyunsaturated
10.9 grams
Carbohydrates
184.2 grams
Fiber
6.7 g
Cholesterol
4.2
Sodium
263.4 mg
Calcium
410 mg
Magnesium
462.9 mg
Potassium
2470 mg
Vitamin E
8.6 mg
Tomato and Toasted Almond Pizza Uttapam
A western twist on a popular South Indian recipe can be all the excitement your kids can ask for, before or after their playtime.
Serves: 1 person
Preparation time: 8-10 minutes.
Cooking time: 12-15 minutes.
Ingredients:
Uttapam mass – 75 ml
Almonds cut in half (unpeeled) – 15 g
Tomato, seedless and chopped – 10 g
Chopped onion – 10 g
Minced ginger – 2 g
Chopped coriander – 2 g
Pizza sauce – 5 g
Grated Parmesan cheese – 3 g
Salt to taste
Refined oil – 5 ml
Method
Pour the uttapam batter into the center of a heated nonstick skillet. Sprinkle chopped tomato, onion, ginger, and coriander evenly on top. Flip the uttapam over to cook it from the top for about a minute. Then, flip it over and spread the pizza sauce on it. Add the almond halves and flip once more.
Then, remove from the pan and sprinkle on grated Parmesan. Cut it into 4 pieces like a pizza. Serve hot.
Nutrient analysis
Calories
393
Protein
12 g
Total fat
14.7 g
Saturated
1.6 g
Monounsaturated
6.2 g
Polyunsaturated
5.1 g
Carbohydrates
56.5 g
Fiber
0.5 g
Cholesterol
0 mg
Sodium
967 mg
Calcium
76 mg
Magnesium
63 mg
Potassium
252 mg
Vitamin E
3.9 mg
Badam ki kheer
This popular desert accompanies most Indian food preparations at home during festivals. However, since it is prepared infrequently, kids love it that much more.
Feel free to make your children happy from time to time by preparing some kheeron regular days.
For 4 people
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
Desi ghee – 2 tablespoons
Almonds – 1 cup
Green cardamom powder – 1/2 teaspoon
Rice – 3 tablespoons
Milk – 1lt
Grapes – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 150 g
Almond chips – 1 and 1 / 2tblspn
Method
Soak the rice for half an hour. Soak the raisins in water for 15 minutes. Blanch the almonds, remove the skin and grind them into a paste by adding a little water.
Heat a frying pan and add desi ghee. Now lightly sauté the almond paste over low heat for 1 minute. Add the milk and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and add the rice. Cook for 15 minutes or until the rice is overcooked and the kheer thickens. Add the sugar and raisins. Garnish with almond slices.
Nutrient analysis
Calories
3000
Protein
70.6 grams
Total fat
169.4 grams
Saturated
34 grams
Monounsaturated
52.3 grams
Polyunsaturated
16.7 grams
Carbohydrates
298.7 grams
Fiber
3.5 grams
Cholesterol
99 mg
Sodium
173.3 mg
Calcium
1748 mg
Magnesium
778.9 mg
Potassium
2847 mg
Vitamin E
31.9 mg
Soy Milk and Almond Shake
A healthy recipe to serve your children, at any time of the day, a glass of this shake can give them the goodness of soy milk and almonds that can provide essential nutrients such as protein, calcium and many vitamins and minerals.
For 4 people
Preparation time: 15 minutes.
Cooking time: no cooking time.
Ingredients:
Almond flakes – 100 g
Soy Milk – 750 ml
Honey – 150 g
Whole almonds – 350 g
Banana – 200 g
Method:
In a shaker jar, take the whole almonds without the skin and add soy milk, honey and banana. Blend and decorate with toasted almond flakes.
Advice: Add a berry flavor as available to enhance the flavor..
Nutrient analysis
Calories
3588
Protein
122 g
Total fat
240.6 g
Saturated
17.4 g
Monounsaturated
144 grams
Polyunsaturated
56.6 g
Carbohydrates
267.6 g
Fiber
40.8 g
Cholesterol
0 mg
Sodium
440.7 mg
Calcium
2154 mg
Magnesium
1407.6 mg
Potassium
4351 mg
Vitamin E
118.5 mg