Easy and Quick to Make High Protein Snacks for Kids

Proteins are essential for body building and hence, are needed to be added in ample quantities in children’s diet. It is said that breakfast without enough protein is one of the primary reasons for children struggling to pay attention and stay focused.

We have come up with a few very easy, quick to prepare, healthy and tasty High Protein recipes here, which can be great options for Kids snack boxes, add-ons with lunch boxes or evening time snacks. Well, not just for kids, for everyone, perhaps.

Here are a few recipes of high protein snacks for kids. Easy and quick to prepare, nutritious and tasty as well.

Proteins are abundantly found in –

• Eggs
• Milk Products – Paneer, Curd, Cheese, Buttermilk
• Nuts – Almonds, Pistachios, Cashew nuts, Walnuts, Peanuts
• Seeds – Chia seeds (sunflower seeds), sesame seeds, Flax seeds, Lotus seeds (Makhana)
• Lentils – All dal and whole bean varieties (Toor, Urad, Chana, Moong, Green gram, Cowpeas, Chickpeas, Kidney beans)

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High Protein Snack Recipes for Kids

Let us look into a few very easy Protein rich breakfast ideas for kids. They can be good options for their snack boxes as well.

Scrambled Eggs

• Splutter cumin seeds in hot oil
• Break an egg or two into it
• Add a pinch of chilli powder, a pinch of pepper powder and salt (the quantity of these three items can be adjusted as per taste)
• Scramble fast till the egg is well cooked.

Omelette

• Beat an egg until fluffy.
• Add chilli powder, pepper powder, cumin seeds, salt and whisk the mixture well again.
• As healthier options, you can add Italian herbs and/or finely chopped coriander leaves into the mixture. Also, you can add grated carrot, finely chopped bell peppers, finely chopped spinach as well.
• Pour it over the heated oil in a pan. Flip both the sides until the egg is cooked well.
• Omelette is ready.

Curd

• Whisk the curd to make it smooth.
• Add chilli flakes and/or Oregano and/or coriander leaves, peri peri powder or chat masala or garam masala or pepper powder and salt.
• Mix it. Pack it as an add-on snack box.

Chia seeds Pudding

• Soak a spoonful of chia seeds in coconut milk or almond milk overnight in a refrigerator.
• Mix it will sugar or any other sweetener of your choice and serve the next day during breakfast

Peanuts

• Dry roasted peanuts (without salt or masala coated preferably) are a nutritious choice of snack in itself.
• Don’t forget to a chew a piece of Jaggery every time after you eat Peanuts.

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Red Chilli Paneer

• Shallow fry the cubed paneer pieces for a min or two in ghee or butter. Keep aside.
• In the same tawa, saute chopped onions, garlic, red chillies and cubed capsicum.
• Add salt and cook well.
• Add the fried Paneer cubes now and cook them all for a minute or two.
• Add tomato ketchup and mix well till all the items blend well.
• Red Chilli Paneer ready.

Ghee Roasted Paneer

• Roast paneer cubes in ghee or butter tossing them with pepper powder and salt.
• If you want it tastier, add little tomato ketchup and mix.

Paneer Tikka

• Add chilli powder, pepper powder, ginger garlic paste, salt, coriander powder to curd and make a thick mixture.
• Add the paneer cubes and mix well until the curd mixture coats the paneer well.
• Leave it for an hour or overnight in the fridge if you are planning to pack in a snack box.
• Shallow fry the marinated paneer using ghee or butter for 3-4 minutes.

Roasted Nuts

• Dry roast (no salt) Almonds and Cashews and consume a few numbers of each of them along with your breakfast. Nuts like Pistachios and Walnuts need not be roasted. Do not over eat nuts.

Roasted Makhana

• Add ghee to a vessel and roast Lotus seeds until they are crunchy.
• Transfer to a bowl. Toss it with pepper powder and salt as per taste.

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