Trusted healthy recipes for children developed by Mirna Sabbagh. Mirna is a licensed dietitian, nutritionist, and IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant). She is based in Dubai and the U.S.
The recipes cover baby food and also toddlers and older children foods.
The healthy children recipes are high in iron, zinc, and texture appropriate. It is important that children have a varied diet that includes vegetables, healthy proteins, and healthy fats.
In these recipes my hope is to avoid offering baby food jars and baby food pouches and to offer real home made food that is simple to make and much healthier
Baby food jars tend to have vegetables, water, and rice. Which means there’s much less nutrients than home made food with condensed nutrients.
In addition, baby food tends to be higher in arsenic due to the rice component. Our recipes contain less arsenic and focus on a variety of grains like quinoa, whole grain pasta, and bulgur.
Our healthy children recipes contain healthy sugar sources, healthy fat sources, and healthy proteins.
We focus really hard on creating recipes kids would love and enjoy eating.
What children eat at this age sets their health foundation for years to come, protecting them from diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, cancer and so much more.
A healthy diet also allows children to have better moods, better concentration in school. better IQ, and better sleep.
I dislike most baby cereals (porridges in the market for a few reasons): Baby cereals in the market are high in sugar and processed oils. Sugars and processed oils contribute to diabetes, obesity, a quick preference to high sugar foods, and most importantly have a negative impact on immunity and gut bacteria. They are also […]
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