Friday, 5 February 2016

diet plan for below 4 years children

Early Hours/ morning time

  • A cup of milk.
  • 2 peeled almonds that were soaked all night
  • 1 or 2 idlis with coconut chutney or sambhar
  • 1 vegetable paratha along with ½ cup of the curd

Breakfast

  • ½ cup of dalia or ragi in creamy milk and garnished with chopped dry fruits
  • Grilled sandwich with onions, tomato and paneer inside
  • A plain dosa or 1-2 moong dal chilla with coriander chutney
  • Use vegetables like carrots, peas, beans in ½ cup suji upma. Also you can use coconut in it.
  • ½ cup cooked vegetables with 1 bajra roti

Mid morning

  • 1 fresh fruit as in fruit chat or Cut the fruit into cubes.
  • 1 cup vegetable or tomato soup
  • 1 cup of vegetable or fruit juice

Lunch

  • 1-2 tsp of seasonal vegetables, like methi, lauki, etc. with ½ cup rice or 1 chapatti and ¼ cup dal
  • 5-6 tablespoons chholey or rajma
  • ½ cup veg biryani and grated carrots or sliced cucumber.
  • ½ cup baked vegetables like mashed potatoes, cauliflower, peas and beans with soup.
  • In ½ cup rice us ¼ cup rasam or kadhi.
  • ½ cup moong dal khichri with seasonal vegetables like matar (peas), gajar aloo (carrot n potato), and aloo methi.

Snack

  • ½ to 1 cup fruit chat with chopped bananas, grapes, apple, etc.
  • ½ cup milk and 1/2 -1 banana muffin.
  • Use 1 cup whole cream milk and a seasonal fruit to prepare a smoothie.
  • 1 paneer cutlet with ½ cup milk.
  • walnut bread with ½ cup milk or  ½ - 1 slice fruit.
  • 1 full wheat bread roll.
  • ½ cup veg khichri with vegetables like carrots, peas and potatoes.
  • 1 cup fruit (mango, banana or strawberry) milkshake

Dinner

  • ¼ cup aloo curry and soya granules with 1 chapatti or ½ cup rice.
  • 1 chapatti or parantha with ¼ cup matar paneer .
  • ¼ cup dal, with 1 chapatti or ½ cup rice and a seasonal vegetable like carrot, bhindi, gobhi, etc.
  • 1 slice of whole wheat bread topped with chopped vegetables like cottage cheese, capsicum, beans, onions and tomatoes.
  • ½-1 small parantha with ¼ cup paneer kofta curry.
  • Small vegetable pizza with capsicum, tomatoes and and cheese topping.

Use this diet plan for a healthy growth of your child. Besides, also use desserts occasionally and make full use of honey to make the dessert sweet. Make your child a happy and healthy one by changing his food habits in a most significant manner.

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