Snacks and smart food for children and youngsters

Though the habit of eating all the time is not considered to be a good one but still it would prove to be beneficial for the children. For children, especially the growing ones, there is a scientific reason behind this. They are the one who have very higher rate metabolism going inside the body. The timely food is very necessary but the snacks (not hard core fast foods) taken in between helps in providing other nutritious values and proteins. These part-time snacks fulfill about 10% to 15% of the body’s demand apart from the food.

Other view regarding this can be that as the digestive process along with the metabolism is faster in the people of younger age as compared to older aged people, such eating habits does not harm the digestion process, infact keeps the system perfect by timely work. As we know that people who are a bit aged have digestive problems as frequent constipation or loose motions, due to their weaker system they are not advised to do so.

Sandwich that lasts for 14 days

Now, no need to go to Mac.D or KFC everytime, you feel hungry.

You can have a single sandwich that can last for 2 weeks. The scientists had prepared a sandwich that can remain healthy for 2 weeks without spoilage.  There was no difference in the taste as compared of the first day and the 14th day. It was prepared in London.

The technique applied behind this was that the food is kept in such a way so that there is minimum deterioration in it. This is done by increasing slightly acidic nature of food, which prevents bacterial and other micro-organisms growth. Highly perishable ingredients as lettuce and tomatoes are not used.

Another applied science behind this is that the packaging is done in such a way to stop the air exchange and air fleshing process which replaces oxygen by carbon dioxide and nitrogen, which helps in growth of micro-organisms. This is also the basic of packaging of sliced meats.

Thus, this food has a balanced ingredients and nice packing which gives it a long life.

Make your own Guava candy at home

How great would it be if you could make candies at home, well it is possible now. All you need is

Guava fruit pulp -0.5kg,

Sugar- 0.5kg,

Butter -30 gm,

A table spoon lemon juice,

Cardamom (4-5) powdered and food essence.

Strain the guava pulp in a steel strainer and add sugar to it. Then cook the mixture till it gets thick. Then add essence and lemon juice to it. Then cook it till the mixture leaves the sides of the cooking pan. Then add cardamom powder to it stir well and take it off the flame. Spread butter on a plate and place the mixture on it spreading it all over in a uniform fashion. Then cut it into cubes and let it cool. Your home made candy is ready to eat.

Manage extra food smartly

Extra food is a cause of lot of anxiety, not only now but since years before. So our grandmothers have suggested many techniques to tackle this issue. Well today with the help of refrigerators and canned food which contain preservatives this might not sound like a huge distress. Mothers would highly disagree with this, they always face problems with extra food as children and even adults wouldn’t want to eat the same food over again and hence there is a lot of wastage .Certain methods are suggested to use up your leftover food.

• Left over rice can be added with salt and pepper and mashed .Then the mixture could be made into small balls and then dried. Here you have a snack ready which can be stored for a longer time and can be fried and served with tea.
• The water that remains after cheese is made at home can be added to the dough which helps make fluffier bread.
• Left over vegetables can be fried and bread from morning can be dipped in milk, the vegetable can be mashed and stuffed inside the soaked bread, this when fried makes delicious evening snack.
•  If the dough gets fermented from the power cut last night, it can be mixed with some jaggery and fried on the fried pan.