Sips And Snacks: From Tasty Meals To Frozen Treats- The Complete Summer Food Guide For Kids

Try your hand at creating homemade popsicles with yoghurt and fresh fruit, or make delightful treats like slices of watermelon. In addition to enjoying these summery pleasures, your child will gain the necessary vitamins and minerals by consuming a variety of healthy meals.

You can try preparing a range of items for your kids to try this summer starting with a variety of rice dishes like Poha, Dal rice, Curd rice, Khichdi and Dal Idli and Rava dosa.

Fresh vegetables help make the boring salads both bright colourful and amazing to eat. Young moms can try making bottle gourd a little differently perhaps mixing all ingredients like drumsticks and making tasty sambar for your kids.

Kids get dehydrated easily especially during summer due to less water consumption and simply drinking aerated drinks to cool down. Introduce your kids to thadai and buttermilk for a natural cool-aid drink and some watermelon, sugarcane and lemon juice.

Seasonal fruits as the name suggests change with the season and it is extremely important to eat fruits from each season to extract the benefits of that particular fruit. Summers call for tasty fruits like watermelon and yummy mangoes and some oranges, grapes, pineapples and kiwis as well.

Even though ice creams are the best summer treat for most kids, it is no surprise that those are bad for your kid's health. Some homemade frozen treats like choco-barnacles are simply peeled bananas dipped in chocolate sauce with sprinkled nuts. Other exciting options could be a mango custard, whole fruit popsicle, frosted grapes, kiwi sorbet and frozen yoghurt for after-school happiness.

Growing kids should avoid processed foods, oily food and spicy food to benefit from the essential nutrients and vitamins that come with eating a diverse range of wholesome foods.