What To Do When Your Child Insists On Having Junk Food?

Your child will always test your patience levels and your self-control– whether it is eating healthy or behaving properly. So how do you as a mother ensure that you have a win-win situation for both of you. Scroll down to read our suggestions.

How To Deal With Your Child's Junk Food Cravings?

1. Junk food in a healthy way: Well, junk food and healthy eating don't go hand-in-hand. Right? Wrong. With little innovation and some smart cooking tricks you can turn a junk food into a healthy diet. How can you do it. Here's the trick. Take a bun, spread some homemade mint chutney, make a vegetable or chicken/fish/mutton(if you eat non-veg) patty. You can also add boiled veggies to the patty and shallow fry it, put it in the bun. Cut some onions, carrots, cucumber and tomatoes to dress the patty and viola your veg burger or non-veg burger is ready to be devoured by your child.
2. Make it at home with your choice of ingredients: If your child is fond of street food like golgappas, pao-bhaji or chhole-bathure, then offer him or her to make it at home on weekends. You will be at least sure about the ingredients used in each one of them and also you will cook it with less spices and oils thus making it more stomach friendly for your little ones
3. Keep snacks handy: Being active and always on the go will make your child on the constant look out for things to eat, hence it is