Children’s nutritious breakfast will not be the same for seven days

Day 1 (first choice if you are in a hurry): steamed corn + boiled egg + cherry tomatoes + room temperature sugar-free yogurt. Throw the corn in the steamer the night before to make a reservation. When you get up in the morning, just wash a small tomato while boiling an egg. It is done in 5 minutes. My family has to arrive at school 20 minutes early for the flag-raising ceremony on Monday morning. I rely on this set of emergency services.

Day2: Whole wheat muffins + fried salmon cubes + stir-fried lettuce + freshly squeezed orange juice. I baked the muffins in advance and froze them in the refrigerator over the weekend. I took them out and baked them again for 1 minute. The salmon cubes were also cut and frozen, and they were cooked in 2 minutes. Served with some lettuce to relieve greasiness. If you don’t like sourness, you can replace the orange juice with hot milk.

Day3: Vegetable and shrimp porridge + steamed pumpkin + cold cucumber. The porridge is also reserved the night before. When you get up in the morning, throw in a few blanched frozen shrimps and simmer for 2 minutes. Steamed pumpkin and porridge can be reserved together. Just smash the cucumber and sprinkle with some low-salt soy sauce. It is suitable for eating warm in the morning in autumn and winter.

Day 4: Mixed vegetable egg rolls + steamed sweet potatoes + strawberries + hot milk. Beat the egg liquid in advance in the evening, put it in a crisper and put it in the refrigerator. In the morning, pour it into a pan, spread it out and sprinkle some chopped blanched carrots and lettuce and roll it up. The whole process takes 3 minutes. The sweet potatoes are also steamed in advance. My child loves to eat the egg rolls while chewing the sweet potatoes.

Day5: Beef and vegetable buns + seaweed and egg drop soup + clementines. The buns were made by my baby and I on the weekend. They were frozen in the refrigerator and steamed for 5 minutes in the morning. After boiling water, make the seaweed and egg drop soup and sprinkle some shrimp for freshness. If you don’t like buns, you can replace them with meat dumplings or vegetable dumplings, which are just as convenient.

Day6: Oatmeal bowl + boiled quail eggs + blueberries + chopped almonds. The oatmeal is ready-to-eat but has no added sugar. Just soak it in hot milk for 3 minutes. Sprinkle some blueberries and chopped almonds on top. It is suitable for Saturdays with a little more time. It also allows the baby to sprinkle the ingredients by himself and eat the meal while playing.

Day7: Tomato and egg noodles + stir-fried broccoli + steamed iron yam. You don’t have to be in a hurry on weekends. You can cook thin noodles and throw in the tomato and egg marinade that has been frozen in advance. While the noodles are cooking, stir-fry broccoli, steam the yam and dip it in sugar. It’s delicious for kids, and adults can join in to join in a bowl.

Some people may ask, many of your products are frozen in advance, are they not nutritious? I had this concern before. I checked a lot of information and asked friends who are nutritionists. Regarding whether pre-made products can be used for children's breakfast, there is currently no unified conclusion in the nutrition community: one group believes that freshly cooked ingredients are fresher and have less nutrient loss, and that frozen products should be used as little as possible; I believe that as long as the prepared product meets the children's food standards of GB28050, the sodium content does not exceed 300mg per 100g, and no additional flavors or preservatives are added, it is completely acceptable. After all, most parents have to catch up with work in the morning and have to send their children to school, so it is impossible to spend an hour making breakfast every day. My own experience is that pre-made and ready-made products should be equal parts equal parts 50 and 50. For example, frozen corn and steamed buns made in advance are actually not much different in nutrition from freshly made ones, and can save a lot of time. It is better than rushing to buy roadside fried dough sticks and pancakes for your child.

There is another point that is much debated: Does breakfast have to be all hot? I have been told by my mother several times before that room-temperature yogurt is too cold and hurts the stomach for my baby. Later, after asking a pediatrician, I learned that as long as the child has no gastrointestinal problems, yogurt and fruits at room temperature can be eaten. On the contrary, heating the yogurt will destroy the active probiotics in it, which is not worth the gain. My family also feeds the baby yogurt at room temperature in the winter, and she has never had diarrhea. If the baby has a weak stomach, just soak the fruit in warm water for 2 minutes and put the yogurt on the radiator for 10 minutes. There is no need to force all the food to be steaming.

Tell me about the big pitfalls I have stepped into. In the past two years, I especially loved to imitate food bloggers and make complicated Internet celebrity breakfasts. I made panda rice balls and small animal steamed buns. I was exhausted after getting up an hour early. My oldest took a bite of the panda rice ball and said, "Mom, this rice is a bit hard." I almost fainted from anger. Later I realized that for children, it is much more important to be delicious and appetizing than to look good. There is no need to bother yourself just to post on WeChat Moments. The best breakfast is that it is nutritious and the child is willing to eat it. At the last parent-teacher meeting, the teacher said that my eldest son paid more attention in class than other children. I guess it has something to do with eating enough breakfast - he had been hungry before the third period. Later, I deliberately added some whole grains such as corn and sweet potatoes to the breakfast, which slowed down digestion and made him hungry, so he didn't need to bring snacks to school all morning.

If you have children with allergies at home, you can make flexible adjustments. If you are allergic to milk, replace the milk with sugar-free soy milk or deeply hydrolyzed milk. If you are allergic to eggs, replace the eggs with chicken breasts or add some extra soy products. For picky children, you can let them participate in the preparation process. For example, let them choose the fruits they want to eat the next day on Saturdays, or help lay the plates. This will increase the sense of participation and eat more.

In fact, making children's breakfast is really not that particular. You don't have to force yourself to be a perfect parent. You don't have to make the same breakfast for seven days just to trick others. It's just so that your kids don't get tired of it and are willing to eat it. It's nutritious and that's enough. I have packaged shrimps, salmon, pre-wrapped buns, and steamed corn frozen in the refrigerator all year round. Even if I wake up late one day, just scraping together can still be a qualified breakfast. After all, nutrition is a long-term matter. How can there be problems just because of a simple meal?