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Book tip: Kindersnacks

Guys, that’s my book! Children’s snacks made of a maximum of five ingredients. Super fast and super healthy. Because. All treats are without sugar!

Power Bars, Coconut Balls, Homemade Fish Fingers – The fact that Tanja Johnston, author of the book “Kindersnacks” is not only a nutritionist but also a mother, is evident in her recipes. All ideas for small snacks are child friendly appetizing therefore. Besides, Tanja Johnston obviously knows what parents care about. Healthy should be the small snacks and cooked as fast as possible as a bread bought at the bakery.

Kids snacks: lightning fast, sugar free and vegan

Nagut, it’s not as fast as the quick purchase on the hand. But at least: Most of the recipes in this book come with just three ingredients. The author’s motto is as many ingredients as the hand has fingers. And most of the time, it stays well below that. This not only means a quick and easy preparation, but usually also meets the taste of the children. At least my boys like it when the tastes on their plates are clearly separated and recognizable. And by the way, it’s also good for the childish taste, says the author, if the individual ingredients are clearly to taste.

Author Tanja Johnston tries all the recipes with her 5 year old son Tylor

What convinces me most of all: The children’s snacks in this book are all super healthy. They are sugar-free, which is very important to me and vegan, which I think is ok. All the more surprising the snack ideas. There are not only soups and cauliflower gazpacho (which my kids would have made me look rather old on the playground), but above all many sweet treats and adequate sweets substitutes: vanilla ice cream, cherry crumble, cereal bars, fruit yoghurt , Kiwi drink, homemade sweet almond milk. And all without sugar! Great.

I should tell a recipe? Alright!

Power bar for the head

250 grams of walnuts
8 dates
2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

Mix all ingredients with a food processor and then shape with your hands to about 5 x 2 x 1 cm large bars. To avoid traces of greasy or sticky dates on the fingers, you can lightly sprinkle the bars with cocoa powder.

Another peculiarity in this book: The author anticipates her recipes a theoretical part about healthy nutrition for children. So far, as usual, you will think. Yes but . I say. Yes, but, I have really (felt) read 1 million and 1 book on healthy nutrition and learned in this book actually much new. Did you know that we need not only vitamin C, but also fats (for transport) and proteins (for recycling) for the utilization of iron from plant foods (dark-leafed vegetables such as spinach or kale, legumes and seeds)? Or that baby teeth are called baby teeth, because in small children all calcium is needed for the bone structure and a balanced pH balance of the blood and therefore the teeth are softer? As soon as the permanent teeth come, children then grow out of the milk age. How? so what!

And the very attentive readers will not be able to concentrate on letters, on words over heels, but on discomfort. Vegan fish fingers, they will ask. Well, the fish sticks are made of salsify. The Hamburg guys are great!

Oh, and a note at the end: For many of the children’s snacks you need a food processor or at least a good mixer. If you have that, I can wholeheartedly recommend the book to you! Good Appetite!

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