Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Toddler Lunch 12

Today's Daycare Lunch  bag:

Snack: Cut up banana, figs and pomegranate seeds (!)


Snack #2: Vegetable cracker with roasted salted almonds, walnuts and pistachios


Lunch: Mini sandwiches made with butter bean spread and amul cheese slice. Tomato ketchup to dip and enjoy.



Note: Y tasted pomegranate for the first time yesterday. I was eager for him to like this super nutritious fruit and he did...yeppiee!. So guess what, I had to add few pomegranate seeds to his snack cup today. After reading up on health benefits of these sweet succulent ruby red seeds, I am going to make sure that all three of us periodically eat this wonder fruit.


The butter bean spread is super simple. Blend well cooked butter beans, palmful of spinach, dhania ( cilantro leaves), couple curry leaves, cumin seeds and chat masala. For grown ups, add few green chillies and splash of lemon juice. This spread stores well.



Nutrition Facts-Amul Cheese Slice


Serving Size: 1 Slice, 20g

Amount per Serving

• Calories 70 Calories from Fat 45

% Daily Value *

• Total Fat 5.0g 8%

• Saturated Fat 3.0 15%

• Cholesterol 15mg 5%

• Sodium 250mg 10%

• Total Carbohydrate <1g 0%

• Dietary Fiber 0g 0%

• Sugars 1g

• Protein 4g 8%

• Vitamin A 2%

• Calcium 15%





Nutrition Facts=Kraft Cheese Singles ( Kraft website)

Serving Size: 1 Slice, 19g

Amount per Serving

• Calories 60 Calories from Fat 40

% Daily Value *

• Total Fat 4.5g 7%

• Saturated Fat 2.5g 12%

• Cholesterol 15mg 5%

• Sodium 250mg 10%

• Total Carbohydrate 1g 0%

• Dietary Fiber 0g 0%

• Sugars 1g

• Protein 3g 6%

• Vitamin A4%

• Calcium20%

14 comments:

  1. I luv this sandwich recipe, Neelam. Especially the adult version, thanks for keeping us adults in mind as well.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sandwich recipe sounds good...Shaan has become such a picky eater now that I don't know what to do with him. he'll eat everything we'll eat but nothing that he is supposed to eat.

    ReplyDelete
  3. @ Chithra..I am glad. For kids, less is more.When making a sandwich for me, I add the bean spread, sliced tomatoes, grilled onions...anything on hand and the sandwich tastes divine!

    @ Aru...don't sweat it. Shaan is still a baby. He'll do fine eating the right things by watching u & N. Seems absurd but if we want Y to eat broccoli, M & I have to eat it and 'pretend' its the best thing we have ever tasted.

    @ Sunita....let me know how it works out.

    ReplyDelete
  4. looks yumm....today i gave Vihaan veggie sandwiches with amul cheese...me and R had it for breakfast too...it was so yumm and healthy and i added very tiny mini paneer cubes too..thanx for the ideas

    ReplyDelete
  5. Great post..love the sandwich spread..
    Question..y do u prefer Amul cheese over regular cheese we get here? Is it more nutritious or just to mix it up a little??

    ReplyDelete
  6. @ Keep the faith...Honestly, I had Amul cheese slices in the fridge. Taste wise, Yash likes them both. Nutrition wise....you raise a good question. I found nutrional charts for Amul ( non verified data source) & Kraft cheese slices. I am adding that to the post.

    @ Aru...btw...about Shaan...you don't have a picky eater on hand you have a foodie on hand....mealtimes will be fun for all of you!

    ReplyDelete
  7. did you make the butter beans spread with fresh beans or canned? I have not seen fresh ones around up here.. BTW the lunch box looks really yummy!

    ReplyDelete
  8. @ Ashwini...Yes, it is hard to find fresh butter beans. I used dried butter beans. Soaked and pressure cooked.

    ReplyDelete
  9. yummmmm.....this is our brunch for saturday!:)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Perfect I am making it on the weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Good variety and choice of ingredients
    BTW...I have heard from elders
    CUTUP fruits (even if refrigerated) do oxidize or nutritional values go down and are not a healty option..

    ReplyDelete
  12. @ Amita.....hmmm My grandmother used to say that cut up fruits should be eaten within a day. Besides, fruits like banana, apples, pears look yucky ( without lemon juice )after they are cut for long time.Y's fruit cup is packed early in the morning and eaten by mid morning for snack. Having said that, I think fresh fruits, even if they are refrigerated for couple hours will have much better nutrition compared to store bought snack cups which are ususally served in most daycares.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Okay..the trick is consume them as soon as possible

    ReplyDelete