The first meal of the day should be as varied as possible so that healthy breakfasts don't get boring for children. It's also helpful if everything can be prepared quickly in the morning – without taking up too much time.
This is when your child or baby will eat for the first time of the day. The meal should therefore be filling, varied, tasty and contain some important nutrients.
The best way to do this is with a children's cereal like Bircher muesli and fresh fruit: raspberries, blueberries, apples or kiwis are all suitable.
A toddler consumes a lot of calories in relation to his or her height. At one year old, a child consumes about 800 calories. By the age of two, it is likely that they are already consuming 1000 calories.
This is because they are growing, constantly moving and also because a lot of energy is needed for the brain.
That's why it's important that their meals are packed with nutrients such as vitamins, trace elements, minerals, fiber and healthy fats. And a healthy muesli is best here – with milk or natural yoghurt.
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Sugar-free children's muesli – make it yourself
So, if you're wondering what breakfast to serve your child, think muesli – berry muesli or muesli with yoghurt. For example, there are tons of recipes for sugar-free muesli.
Our children's brands, Yanick & Fee, offer a range of other balanced, nutritious organic products with low sugar content and made from whole grains. We offer chocolatey and fruity cereals, as well as a berry crunchy with greatly reduced sugar content.
We have therefore developed children's products that either contain no added sugar at all or have a 30-50% lower sugar content than conventional children's breakfast cereals.
In addition to various breakfast options made from oat flakes (muesli, overnight oats, porridge, breakfast cereals, etc.), you could also try millet porridge or buckwheat for a change. Fresh fruit or compote is recommended with it.
What belongs in a healthy muesli for children?
Actually, there are hardly any dishes or breakfast recipes that are not suitable for children. When eating for children, remember: the less sugar, the better. Therefore, the same applies here: it is better to prepare a healthy muesli for children.
A healthy breakfast recipe for children could look like this:
Use flakes (oats, spelt flakes, buckwheat) as a base and mix it with dried fruit, flaxseed, chia seeds, fresh fruit (banana, apples, berries, cranberries, etc.), nuts, and other tasty treats that your child likes.
If you are happy with the result, your child can enjoy it with a little milk or milk substitute. Instead of milk, you can also use natural yoghurt or quark with fruit and homemade granola.
You will soon find that a healthy, freshly prepared muesli is a breakfast highlight for children and that reaching for a slice of bread with Nutella is no longer necessary, or at most only once a week.
Which muesli is really healthy?
Oats are little superheroes. Just a small portion of oats, overnight oats or porridge for children as a healthy start to the day will give you a huge portion of health and energy every day.
One thing is for sure: breakfast will never be boring. We offer a wide range of balanced and healthy children's products. We particularly recommend our unique organic porridge cocoa-banana as breakfast before kindergarten, as well as all our muesli varieties for children (organic crunchy spelt, bircher porridge, strawberry-chia porridge, blueberry-apple porridge, coconut-apricot porridge or our blackberry porridge...)
Muesli with milk for breakfast for children
We highly recommend oat porridge and high-quality oat flakes or other cereal flakes with raisins and, as a topping, chia seeds or amaranth with oat milk.
Cereal flakes provide children's bodies with fiber, as well as iron, biotin, zinc and magnesium. They are ideal as complex carbohydrates for a healthy breakfast, dessert or snack.
Muesli in yogurt – which yogurt is healthy for children?
Our recipe tip:
Peel and slice a banana. Now put the prepared fruit in a bowl, sprinkle with lemon juice and mix with the natural yoghurt, oats and chia seeds. Finally, sweeten the muesli with a little honey and sprinkle with ground cinnamon if you like.
Chia seeds regulate blood sugar and carbohydrates throughout the day and ensure that children do not feel hungry again too soon. The natural yoghurt contains a lot of protein, but only a few calories and is filling.
Healthy muesli for children from VERIVAL
A good day starts with a good morning. And that includes a good breakfast for children made with the best organic ingredients. First and foremost, we at VERIVAL are convinced that children should enjoy their breakfast.
Healthy and balanced options are clearly at an advantage. Is this balancing act possible? That's why we sought help in creating the recipe:
On the one hand, through extensive scientific input from nutrition experts and, on the other, through practical tastings with children aged 6-10.
This enabled us to ensure that the products contain only as little sugar as necessary, but still clearly meet the taste of the little ones.
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Frequently asked questions
What about breakfast for 1-year-olds?
By the time they are one year old, toddlers can increasingly eat the same food as the rest of the family. Some ideas for a healthy breakfast for children are: - oats with mashed banana - rice pudding with fruit - semolina pudding with apple sauce
