Schoolchildren need a healthy, child-friendly breakfast. It is often not that easy to find the right compromise with your own children.
Above all, healthy foods are often rejected. With the right recipes and combinations, you can make nutritious food really tasty for your children. The proper preparation of oats is a very exciting topic.
We will show you how it works in this article.
Why are oats so healthy for children?
Cereal flakes, such as oat flakes, are real superheroes. Even small amounts can help you perform better and stay healthier in your daily life. They contain lots of healthy fibre, important minerals and trace elements, antioxidants and vitamins.
They provide long-lasting strength for your children's bodies. Proteins, magnesium and iron also contribute to stable health and help your children get through their day.
How can I prepare oats for children for breakfast?
Healthy cereals may sound healthy, but they don't really taste that great. With the right recipe ideas, they can quickly become your children's favourites. A colourful and sweet breakfast is particularly child-friendly. You can create this magic with healthy fruits such as berries (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, etc.), dates, bananas, cranberries, etc. This way, your children will get plenty of other important vitamins at the same time.
Porridge for children for breakfast
Due to their high fibre content, cereal flakes are very nutritious. They also provide important fibres and have hardly any sugar in them by nature. As a result, your children's bodies get valuable energy instead of empty calories. In addition, cereal flakes satisfy your appetite for a long time: cravings occur much less frequently.
With a porridge you give your children exactly the food they need. To do this, you cook the healthy flakes with water, milk or milk alternatives until they achieve the desired consistency. The whole thing is served warm with fruit, nuts, maple syrup or even a little cinnamon. There are no limits to creativity and your children get a completely healthy breakfast to start the day fit.
Tip: With overnight oats, you can prepare the meal in the evening or even give your children the porridge to take to kindergarten or school.
Muesli for children for breakfast
A muesli breakfast can also be the ideal meal for children. Instead of sugar and other unhealthy additives, you can opt for muesli made from oats. Combine it with nuts, amaranth and grated dark chocolate to give your children a healthy and happy start to the day. Seeds such as flaxseed and chia seeds also keep your child fit. The perfect breakfast for children is often not easy, but with muesli, there are plenty of options for creating a very individual breakfast for little ones.
Cereals for children for breakfast
Children love cereals. For a child-friendly breakfast, cornflakes can't be sweet enough. However, this often means that your children consume far too much sugar. What's more, they get hungry again after a short time because the cereals often only satisfy them for a short time due to their high sugar content.
To ensure that your children can still enjoy delicacies such as cornflakes and the like, we at VERIVAL have come up with something. How about cornflakes without sugar or with cornflakes enhanced with honey? This way your child can enjoy cornflakes for breakfast with a clear conscience and we are not overloaded with sugar.
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How much and which oats are ideal for a healthy breakfast for children?
With regard to cereal products and therefore also oats, 4 portions a day are recommended for children and young people. You can measure the portions in children's hands, for example, a portion of bread is the size of the hand of the child eating it.
So the rule is:
- The portion size depends on the size of the child's hand.
- Four portions of cereal products should be eaten daily.
- Example: 4 portions consist of 2 slices of bread + 1 child's hand full of potatoes + 1 child's hand full of oat flakes.
| Age in years | Bread, cereals per day | Potatoes, pasta, rice per day |
| 4 to 6 | 150 g | 150 g |
| 7 to 9 | 180 g | 180 g |
| 10 to 12 | 220 g | 220 g |
| 13 to 14 | 220 – 280 g | 220 - 280 g |
| 15 to 18 | 270 – 330 g | 270 – 330 g |
The cereals are always wholegrain, so your children will benefit from lots of vitamins and nutrients. It is important that you only prepare porridge and similar dishes for your children when they are 5 years old or older. Delicate cereals are particularly suitable here.
Why choose Verival children's breakfast products?
Breakfast for children should always be nutritious and, above all, provide the desired energy for the day. However, time is often short in the morning. With Verival's children's breakfast products, this is no problem at all. Whether porridge, granola, crunchy or Bircher muesli and many others – at VERIVAL you will find the ideal selection of products that your children will love.
What is attractive about these products is that they are healthy, provide your child with the necessary vitamins, trace elements and fibre and come in sustainable packaging. So you are doing something good for your children and the environment and, on top of that, you are saving time in the morning. It couldn't be easier!
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