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An unshakable parental truth that children do not really like: the diet must consist of breakfast, lunch and dinner. And between them it would be nice to have two small snacks. If you have a snack at the right time, you can overcome the feeling of hunger, saturate the body with an additional dose of energy and protect your child from overeating at dinner or lunch.
But what about the notorious strict phrases: “Don’t spoil your appetite before lunch!” and “Stop biting!”?
Parents are wondering whether it is worth giving their child a snack and what to offer them that is nutritious and without a lot of sugar and fat?
Alternatively, a sandwich. A piece of bread on which you can put anything. It is good for a snack because it is a small portion, but at the same time it will eliminate hunger for a long time. And, yes, a child will not be able to suppress his appetite with a small sandwich.
We will tell you how to make a children's sandwich healthy, at what age you can introduce your child to such a snack, and we will offer simple and original sandwich recipes.
At what age can you give your child a sandwich?
The main indicator of what is already possible is the child’s ability to chew and swallow food. Children begin to grind food well with their teeth at the age of 1.5-2 years.
Sandwiches with sprats can be given to a child over three years old. No mayonnaise!
For the first time, you can trim the crust of the bread and cut the finished sandwich into small rectangles.
A healthy sandwich – does this happen?
The next question that worries young parents is: what foods to combine for healthy and tasty sandwiches?
Based on the name of the snack, you can understand that initially a sandwich is bread and butter. But the child is unlikely to be attracted to such a combination. There are many variations and types of sandwiches: sweet, hot, sandwiches without bread.
For children, a sandwich with vegetables and herbs would be a good option - it will saturate the body and will be quickly absorbed by the body. Wholemeal bread, cereal bread with nuts, various oils, cottage cheese, and boiled meat are also considered healthy products. These ingredients are perfect for making simple sandwiches for your baby.
The use of baked goods, mayonnaise, sausages and sausages in children's menus negatively affects the health and development of children.
Children's hot sandwich - nuances
As for hot sandwiches, the option with sausage and cheese should not be present in the diet of children. For children over 3 years old, you can offer a hot sandwich cooked in the oven with black bread, olive oil, mozzarella cheese and tomatoes.
What can replace sausages and butter?
Sausage is an excellent substitute for boiled or oven-cooked turkey, chicken or veal.
A children's sandwich is delicious without butter; it is replaced with vegetable oil (olive) or peanut butter. For children over 3 years old, it is better to take light, healthy oils that do not cause allergies.
Bread for children's sandwiches
Fresh bread (straight from the oven) can cause constipation and stomach pain because it is highly acidic. For the right sandwich, use yesterday's bread with bran, rye bread, Armenian thin lavash or crispbread. If there is no alternative to fresh bread, dry the pieces in the oven or toaster.
The difference between sandwiches from a children's table and sandwiches for adults is that for a child it can serve as an excellent snack as a separate dish, but for us a sandwich is just a snack.
Sandwich decoration
If your little one is a fussy eater, you can get creative to attract his attention to a small sandwich. You can decorate sandwiches with “animals” made from eggs, cucumbers, bell peppers, herbs, and tomatoes.
Nuts and fruit jams are suitable for decorating sweet sandwiches. The appearance of food comes first for a child, so he will never refuse to eat a sandwich with a “car”, “mushroom” or the “face” of a cute cat. Creative ideas will also come in handy for sandwiches on the holiday table.
The best sandwich recipes
- Spread a piece of bread with cream cheese and place a few apple slices on top.
- Mash the boiled fish with a fork and mix with olive oil and herbs, spread on bread.
- Mash the cottage cheese to a paste, finely chop a quarter of the apple. Spread on bread.
- Coat a piece of black bread with olive oil, put a piece of chicken fillet on top of a lettuce leaf.
- Mix 50 grams of cottage cheese with 5 raspberries and strawberries. Spread the resulting mixture onto the sandwich base.
Homemade sausage recipe for sandwiches
If a family cannot imagine a sandwich without sausage and is introducing a child to meat products, then a choice is necessary between store-bought and homemade sausage. Yes, you will have to spend time and effort on preparation, but you will be sure that this sausage does not contain emulsifiers, dyes or substitutes.
Ingredients
- lean meat – 1 kg;
- carrots – 1 pc.;
- bell pepper – ½ part;
- salt.
Cooking process
The base can be a kilogram of lean veal, turkey, rabbit or chicken breast.
Cut the meat into layers, beat with a meat hammer. Place the resulting pieces on cling film in a rectangle and season with salt.
Vegetables must be peeled and cut into strips. Place them on the meat at the beginning of the rectangle. Roll into a tight roll, wrap with cling film and tie with thread.
Place the sausage in boiling water for 60 minutes, after it is ready, put it in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours.
Conclusion
At first glance, it seems that there is no benefit from the sandwich. But if you take foods that are not harmful to the body, don’t get too carried away with white bread and don’t eat sandwiches too often, then they will become a favorite snack for both children (it’s delicious) and parents (it’s quick).
For children's menus, it is important to use products of natural origin.
Tell us in the comments about your attitude to sandwiches in your baby’s diet. Don’t forget to share links to the article on social networks – knowing the components of a healthy diet for children is useful for every parent.
It is often difficult to persuade a child to sit down at the table and eat normally. The solution can be an unusual and fun sandwich that any child will definitely like. Of course, you will need patience and imagination, but isn't it worth it? Surprise your child with an unusual sandwich!
Sandwich - BUNNY - the base is made from a piece of bread with butter and cheese, if desired, add a piece of lettuce. On the base we place a bunny figurine made from a sausage or baby sausage. We also use carrots (raw or boiled depending on the child’s preferences), dill, olives for the eyes and a piece of olive for the nose and pupil.
The MONKEY ON A BRANCH sandwich is made from the same ingredients as the first sandwich. Instead of a branch we use straws.
An unusual sandwich - LION CUB - the base and ingredients are standard, but the mane is made from Marble cheese, the arms, legs and belly are made from any other type of cheese.
The MOUSE sandwich is a standard base of bread, salad and cheese, and the mice themselves are made from half a boiled egg, the ears and tail are made from sausage, the eyes are made from peppercorns or olives, and the mouth is optionally made from bell pepper, tomato or carrot.
LADYBUGS is another interesting sandwich and it is very quick and easy to make. The base is bread with cheese and a leaf of lettuce, put halves of a small tomato or cherry tomato on top and cut them to make wings. We make the head, legs and spots from olives.
Another version of LADYBUG is made from two types of sausage and black olives.
The LOCK AND KEY sandwich can be played in an interesting way - after eating the entire sandwich, you will open the door and you can go outside to play, or, after eating the entire sandwich, you will become the smartest and most knowledgeable. The castle is made from boiled carrots or processed cheese. And the key is made of cheese and a slice of cucumber.
A fun sandwich ON THE LAWN is sure to delight your child. We take bread, lettuce and cheese as a base, and then use our imagination. We make fly agaric from half an egg and a tomato, and dots from mayonnaise. We put 5-6 olives in a row and get a caterpillar, attach eyes from a piece of olives. The beetle can be made from olives and olives, and the legs and mustache can be made from onions or dill stalks.
The BUTTERFLY sandwich is made of bread, ham and cheese; we place cucumber and radish slices on the wings.
Both children and adults will like this CHERRY. Place two radishes on bread with cheese and lettuce, add legs and leaves.
If your baby is not “childishly” hungry, prepare him an impressive-sized hamburger in the shape of a funny monster. To make this, you will need cream cheese or slices of regular cheese, ham and lettuce - all of these ingredients must be placed between two halves of a hamburger bun. The composition will be complemented by a casually hanging tongue in the form of a thin slice of pickled cucumber, cut lengthwise, and eyes made of olives with pieces of carrots. The eyes should be secured in the bun with toothpicks.
When preparing sandwiches for children, the main thing you need is to just use your imagination!
Rudolph the Reindeer
Ice cream
Cozy houses
Cute bugs
Submarine
Auntie Owl
Funny sandwiches for children, recipes with photos. Feeding a child a sandwich, what could be easier?
But if your baby is a little one, or you want to get creative, we offer original ideas and recipes for sandwiches for children.
Namely, how to make beautiful sandwiches for children to surprise and delight them, and maybe even play to recognize their favorite cartoon characters in the culinary masterpiece.
The funny Ladybug sandwich for kids is probably the most popular because it is very fancy. Spread a small piece of bread or even a non-sweet cookie with curd or processed cheese with herbs, place a parsley leaf in the center, and half a cherry tomato on it. Cut the olive lengthwise and in half and make the ladybug's head. The eyes will be mayonnaise dots. Chop the remaining olive finely and decorate the wings with black dots. For added satiety, the ladybug can be additionally placed on a circle of sausage.
Sandwiches on the table for children
Funny boat sandwiches for children can be made in different versions. This sandwich for children is recommended for children aged 3 years and older, because the sail is attached to the base with a toothpick or bread straw, familiar to us from childhood. Spread a piece of bread or toasted toast with butter or soft cheese (can be mixed with grated eggs and mayonnaise), place on top a leaf of lettuce, a slice of tomato, sausage, ham, salted fish - your choice, and on top place a sail of a thin slice of cucumber, cheese or meat slicing
Original sandwiches for children
Here are ideas for decorating sandwiches in the shape of boats for adults.
Sandwiches for children photo
An interesting Christmas tree sandwich will delight a child for the New Year. The Christmas tree can be cut out of bread with a knife, or you can simply lay it out on a bread slice from pieces of ham or cheese. The Christmas tree requires bright decorations made from pieces of multi-colored bell peppers, corn kernels and olives. A star of cheese or pepper is cut out onto the top.
Cool sandwich recipes with photos for children
Sausage sandwiches for children can be laid out in the form of bunnies, dogs and Nyusha from Smeshariki:
Funny sandwiches for children photo
Funny cat family:
Funny sandwiches for children photo
Cheese and sausage African lions and elephants:
Fun sandwiches for children recipes with photos
Children's sandwiches with curd cheese:
Sandwiches on the holiday table for children photo
Owl, palette of colors, funny monkey and funny pirate:
Cool sandwiches for kids
Cheese weirdos:
Original sandwiches for children recipes with photos
Sandwich Royale:
Making sandwiches for children photo
Set of foreign sandwiches:
Sandwich pictures for children
And also on our menu there is a sandwich for the future cosmonaut:
Decorating sandwiches for children
To make a beautiful sandwich, children always need many different ingredients, different colors and textures. Various vegetables are almost always used to decorate sandwiches, which makes the dish not only tasty, but also healthy for the child. Like, for example, these butterfly sandwiches:
Funny sandwiches for children photo
Beautiful sandwiches for children with photos
Making sandwiches for children, funny, cool and always original, is an exciting process in which your child can also participate. Everyone will love this kind of culinary creativity!
Children have a sincere love for sandwiches. Therefore, you don’t have to ask them for a long time to eat them. Creative decor only adds to their points. We offer to organize a small master class on making children's sandwiches for birthdays and other family holidays.
let's live in peace
Touching mouse sandwiches win the hearts of little gourmets at first sight. Boil 2 hard-boiled eggs, peel them and cut off a small part from the bottom - we will have 2 stable bases. Using a cookie cutter, cut out ears from a thin slice of boiled sausage. From another slice of sausage, cut a thin curl strip along the very edge, which will serve as a tail. We insert these elements into the slots on the protein. We make the eyes and nose from clove buds, and the mustache from dill stems. All that remains is to sit the little mice on toast with slices of ham or cheese. This tailed couple will never be left without attention. Other vegetables and spices can also be used as a creative material for creating tails, eyes and ears!
Speckled airborne assault
"Ladybugs" are a real hit among children's party snacks. Cut a thick circle from the baguette, spread with cream cheese and add a slice of ham. Crackers are also suitable as a base, and a delicate pate can be used for fastening. For this recipe, a strong oblong tomato is more suitable, which we cut in half; you can also use cherry tomatoes. We cut each half deeply, creating the appearance of wings, and place a slice of cheese between them. We draw white dots on the tomato with mayonnaise. Cut out the head and legs of the ladybug from the olives. Using the same principle, we gather the rest of her friends. We decorate children's sandwiches with parsley leaves and arrange them beautifully on a platter with lettuce leaves.
Eh, I'll ride with the breeze!
Boys (and some girls) will appreciate the sandwich maker. Cut a small oblong rye bun lengthwise into two parts. In the upper half we cut a wide through hole for future passengers. Grease the bottom half with butter, add slices of sausage and cheese, and cover everything with lettuce leaves. Next, we connect both halves and make wheels. To do this, we pierce the bottom of the sandwich through the front and back with skewers. We place thick cucumber slices on their ends. The passengers of this car will be a couple of cute little sausages, for which we will draw funny faces with ketchup, or a boiled egg in a hat!
Creepy but cute birds
Angry birds sandwiches are a win-win option for a children's party. Cut the round bun crosswise into two parts and brush with butter. Lightly trim the circle of sausage from the bottom into a semicircle and place it on the bread; cut out a forelock from the remainder. The eyes will be mozzarella balls and pieces of olives. Be sure to make furrowed eyebrows. A small slice of yellow cheese will serve as the beak. We make another representative of birds by replacing a circle of sausage with a large triangle of cheese. Only in this case we will cut the beak from sweet pepper, and the forelock from olives. Another way: try using a glass to cut out two round bases from bread, and cut out a corner from one of them. Place a piece of ham between the bases, and the decor for the eyes, beak and crests will be vegetables: cucumbers, olives, carrots and sweet red peppers. Serve this “cheerful” duet on a platter surrounded by fresh herbs.
Praise the owl's wisdom
A holiday for children may well be dessert. We suggest preparing it in the shape of an owl. Grease a slice of loaf with chocolate paste. We will also need a handful of crescent-shaped baby breakfast cereal. We make eyes out of them, adding blueberries, currants, cherries or other berries. Then we assemble the plumage from the crescents, laying them out in a triangle in the center of the toast. Along the edges we place wings made of semicircular slices of fruit. You can take an apple, pear or peach. We cut out the beak from a piece of red or green apple with peel. A great treat is ready!
Sandwiches in the shape of animals, cartoon characters, such as Nyusha the pig, Pina the penguin or SpongeBob, are a good move on the menu for children's parties and picnics. Find more original ideas, as well as recipes with step-by-step descriptions and photographs on the “Eat at Home!” website. Share your original ideas in the comments.
The sandwich is one of the most common snacks in the world. Its popularity is extremely high among fans of any cuisine in the world, as well as among people of all age categories.
Literally translated "sandwich" means "bread and butter". However, in the modern world, this concept has gone far beyond such a simple recipe. To prepare all kinds of sandwiches, such a huge variety of products are used that it is impossible to list them all.
As for preparing a festive table for a children's birthday, sandwiches will be very appropriate here, and with the right approach to choosing products they will be appreciated by children - that is, there will not even be crumbs left of them.
Preventing a sandwich from falling butter side down
General rules when choosing products for children's sandwiches
1) Do not use mayonnaise, ketchup, sausage, canned fish and meat, salt, sugar, pepper and other hot seasonings in significant quantities.
2) When choosing bread, it is advisable to give preference to varieties made from wholemeal flour - they are much healthier in terms of vitamin and mineral composition, as well as other healthy properties. We should also not forget about the benefits of rye bread and its reduced calorie content.
3) Don’t forget about the beautiful design of the sandwiches: to a large extent, an attractive appearance will guarantee success for a child. In order to decorate this dish, you can use one or two products with bright colors: tomatoes, carrots, sweet peppers (yellow, orange or red), herbs, fruits.
4) The sandwich ingredients should not crumble, otherwise there is a very high probability that as soon as the child starts eating, they will instantly end up on the floor. In addition, it is very undesirable for the filling to drip or run off the sandwich.
Children's sandwiches "Ladybugs"
Grocery list:
- White bread
- Butter
- Sour cream
- Lightly salted red fish (salmon, salmon, trout) or ham
- Small tomatoes (cherry variety works well)
- Olives
- Parsley or lettuce
Cooking technique:
1) Soft butter is spread on bread.
2) Thinly sliced fish or ham is placed on top of the butter.
3) The tomato is cut into two halves and one half is placed on top of the sandwich with the convex side up.
4) Use sour cream to paint white dots on the tomato to make it look like a ladybug.
5) The olives are cut in half and the half is applied to the tomato to create a “head” for our ladybug. If desired, you can even cut “legs” from the olives and place them on the sides of the tomato.
6) Place the greens near the “head”, as if the ladybug had decided to have breakfast.
7) Sandwiches are ready! When celebrating a child's birthday, you can serve them on the children's table and tell an interesting story about how magical ladybugs flew into the fruit and vegetable garden, so you need to eat them all immediately before they destroy all the supplies of holiday fruit and cake.
Sweet milk-fruit toast sandwiches
List of products for 1 serving:
- White bread or loaf - 5-6 pieces
- Milk – 150 ml
- Eggs 1-2 pcs (optional)
- Cream - 50-70 g
- Butter
- Salt and sugar
- Strawberries, kiwi, mango, or other fruits
Cooking technique:
1) The bread is cut into slices. Their size can be either the entire width of the loaf or smaller.
2) Add a pinch of salt and sugar to taste to the milk and stir. If desired, you can add 1-2 eggs and mix.
3) The bread should be placed in the milk solution and wait a little until it soaks.
4) Butter is placed in a heated frying pan, then the bread is fried on both sides.
5) Apply a thin layer of cream to the fried bread. They are needed in order to retain fruits, and at the same time for the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.
6) We take any bright fruits that have a firm consistency and do not release too much juice. Cut into slices and place on bread.
7) Children's toast sandwiches are ready! It is better to serve them to the table while they are still warm: they are well suited as an intermediate snack during a child’s birthday celebration.
Children's sandwiches "Mouse Fuss"
Grocery list:
- Rye bread
- Butter
- Hard cheese
- Quail eggs
- Carrot
- Olives
- Beet
Cooking technique:
1) Boil the eggs hard, peel and cut in half. Boil carrots and beets.
2) Lightly grease the bread with butter and place the cheese on it. Preference should be given to varieties of cheese that have “holes” - this will create the impression that mice have gnawed through it.
3) The egg halves are placed on the cheese with the convex side up. To make them stick better, you can anoint the space under them with oil. You can place two halves of an egg on each sandwich, i.e. "mice".
4) Boiled carrots are cut into circles, from which mouse “ears” are made and fixed in an egg. The mouse's tail can also be made from carrots.
5) Small pieces of olive will be needed to make “mouse eyes”.
6) The final touch is a “mouse mouth” made from a piece of boiled beetroot. You can make it in the form of a “smile”, or you can make a “nose” instead.
7) Sandwiches can be served on the table, informing the children that mice have climbed into the pantry with holiday products, attracted by the delicious smell of cheese. And since there is no cat in the house, one of the games at the children's birthday party will be a competition to eat mouse sandwiches!
