Mindfully Foster Your Child’s Relationship With Healthy Food

Novalac Junior Vanilla can play a vital role in this food preparation. It is a growing-up milk for children aged three and above that provides essential micronutrients, helping to bridge nutritional gaps when kids aren’t eating a balanced diet. With its no added sugar and delicious vanilla taste, it’s a nutritious supplement on its own, but can also be a versatile ingredient when introducing other yummy dishes to your child. Here are some exciting ways to get your little one engaged in the kitchen while incorporating Novalac Junior Vanilla into their meals.

1. Give them choice

Children love having a say in what they eat, and when they’re involved in choosing a recipe, they’re more likely to be excited about mealtime. Sit down together and look through a few simple, healthy recipes – get them even more invested by buying them their own recipe book (there are many to choose from for children). Giving kids some control over their meals – like making smoothies, fun-shaped pancakes, or creamy ice lollies with Novalac Junior Vanilla – boosts their excitement and confidence in trying new foods.

2. Take them grocery shopping

Turn grocery shopping into a fun adventure. Let your child help pick out fresh fruits, veggies, and other healthy ingredients for their meals. You can make it even more exciting by turning it into a treasure hunt – ask them to find the yellow bananas or five green veggies. When they feel like they’re part of the decision-making process, they become more invested in the food they’re about to prepare and eat.

3. Give them their own kitchen utensils

Kids love feeling like little chefs, so why not give them the tools to match? Child-friendly utensils, such as plastic knives, small whisks, and safe mixing bowls, allow them to participate without any risks. They can help stir their Novalac Junior Vanilla into a fruity smoothie or mix it into a batter for flapjacks, pancakes or muffins. When children get hands-on experience in the kitchen, they develop a sense of ownership over their meals – and are more eager to taste their yummy creations.

4. Get them to assist at the same level as you the authority.

Even the youngest kitchen helpers can be part of the fun. If your child is too little to stand at the counter, place them on a stool where they can see what is happening and feel like their input is valued and relative. Give them simple tasks like shaking a container, sprinkling in Novalac Junior Vanilla powder, or handing you ingredients. Show them that it’s also okay to taste ingredients before they go into the mixing bowl – this is a great way for them to get in healthy fruits and veggies without any fuss. At the end of the day, watching food come together before their eyes makes them feel excited about eating what they helped to prepare.

5. Find fun and creative ways to use Novalac Junior Vanilla

We already know how much they’ll love their Novalac Junior Vanilla growing-up milk because it’s that delicious. Now you can show them how much fun it is to make different meals using their favourite nutritional supplement. And, as it comes in a powder form, it’s easy to incorporate into various dishes. Here are some ideas:

• Make ice cream: Blend Novalac Junior Vanilla with frozen bananas and a splash of milk or a few tablespoons of full-cream plain yogurt for a nutritious, creamy treat.
• Whiz up fruity smoothies: Add seasonal fruits and a dollop of full-cream plain yogurt into an already mixed Novalac Junior Vanilla drink – use a hand-held food processor and blend to nutritious smoothie perfection.
• Freeze into ice lollies: Mix Novalac Junior Vanilla with blended fruit, pour into moulds, and freeze for a refreshing snack, or make extra fruity smoothies (above) then pour what’s left over into moulds and freeze.
• Stir into soups: Adding it to warm soups can be a simple way to boost nutrition while enhancing the flavour to please your selective eater’s tastebuds – choose soups with a thicker consistency, like butternut soup, as they work very nicely with Novalac Junior Vanilla.
• Add to fritters: Whether you are making a sweet corn or apple and cinnamon fritter, adding Novalac Junior Vanilla powder to the batter before frying gets all those additional micronutrients into the yummy treats.

6. Get creative with food art

Kids just love playing with their food – so why not make it part of the mealtime experience? Encourage them to arrange fruit slices into fun shapes or use cookie cutters to make sandwiches extra exciting. Let them draw fun designs with yogurt and Novalac Junior Vanilla powder on their plates before mixing it all up to eat. Allowing your selective eaters to “play with their food” gets them to think about eating as a fun experience rather than an unpleasant one.

7. Turn mealtimes into story time

Novalac Junior Vanilla makes getting that important daily nutrition fun as its eye catching tin design uses fun characters to represent  an important nutrient:

• Bush Baby represents vitamin A: For visual development.
• Cat stands for vitamin C: Boosts immunity.
• Hippo is all about the Calcium: Supports strong bones and teeth.
• Loch Ness promotes Iron: Aids growth and brain development.

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Just think about the fun stories you can create around these characters while preparing meals – maybe Bush Baby helps your child see in the dark, or Hippo gives them super-strong teeth for biting into crunchy apples. When food becomes part of an imaginative adventure, kids are more willing to try new things.

Novalac Junior Vanilla is taking nutritious eating to fun new levels

Creating a holistic and healthy relationship with food, from a young age, is the foundation for good eating habits in the future so why not make it fun. And, who knows? You might just inspire a future chef in the making while you’re at it.