It's great if you and your children are adherents of dairy products. However, many children are weaned from milk by kindergarten foams and unsweetened lean yogurt. Our baby is a sweetheart and also does not really indulge in milk. And we at home make a very tasty milkshake, and he slowly changes his mind. In any case, milkshakes are going with a bang! Sweet dairy fantasies are truly inexhaustible.
However, you can not cross the other side here. All is well - that in moderation. Increased sugar content in dairy products reduces their usefulness for the body. Unfortunately, you can not do without sugar when preparing milk desserts. But I would like to try to reduce its content to a minimum. When we have to make a choice between chips and chewing sweets, milk desserts seem to us the best choice. And we are right in something, offering sweet sweets instead of sweets or crackers with flavorings: glazed curds, milk desserts in bright jars, sweet milk, a delicious milk shake with useful additives.
Of course, it's easier to just go to the store and buy a dairy dessert of industrial production. If you want to pamper yourself, then no one will forbid you. If you are going to treat your child, pay attention to the list of ingredients, armed with knowledge and healthy skepticism. You can go to a cafe and treat yourself to a brand milkshake, cream, curd cake. But there is another option: to make masterpieces and just delicious "milks" at home. Yes, I have to tinker! But you can use dairy products, which are minimal different from natural ones. And most importantly - to eat them fresh, immediately after cooking. In addition, while treating the baby, you can bring the sweet dairy product closer to its specific needs.
Cooking dairy desserts in a fast way
Depending on the need, select the fat content of the product (milk, cottage cheese, kefir, sour cream). Independently determine the amount of sugar used. For children, the dose should be minimal - why should you accustom yourself to the sweetened foods? Measure - one of the most important signs of taste, including gastronomy. If you use jam or honey, sugar should be excluded.
Milk. You can always make cocoa from milk. You can use the finished mixture. Or cook yourself, adding the necessary ingredients (cocoa, sugar), stirring well and heating on fire. Of course, no one will forbid you to beat a mixer with milk with fruit syrup. But know that it is better to drink milk separately. It can sometimes be combined with fruits, but taking into account individual tolerance. With fruit, dairy products are more compatible.
Kefir. If the kid completely refuses to deal with kefir, add a little liquid jam and offer it again. Grandma's berry stock instead of sweet syrup is a wonderful substitute.
Cottage cheese. Cottage cheese can be served with a variety of sweet dressings: with sour cream and sugar, with jam (liquid and with candied fruit), with cocoa, with grated fresh fruits and berries.
Sour cream. It serves as a wonderful dressing for a sweet carrot salad. Carrot squeeze in small strips, sprinkle with sugar, pour sour cream and mix. And the eyes are good, and the teeth. Many geeks, accustomed to choosing cooked carrots from soup, adore this salad! It can be served as an initial dish, before going to a kindergarten or school.
Yogurt. Although it is known that real Bulgarian yogurt is not a sweet product, children prefer yoghurt products with fruit filling. And these yoghurts are made not from buffalo or sheep - but from cow's milk. Naturally, with the addition of cream, skim milk, special bacteria and Bulgarian wand. We are not here to discuss the problem of "living" yogurt. Let's just say that the most living and yogurt in principle should be considered those that have a shelf life of 2-3 days. This, as a rule, the so-called drinking yoghurts. They can pour a dry breakfast before going out into the light - a quick way to ease the mother's conscience, assimilated by many housewives.
Cheese curds, sweet masses and pastas. Another compromise on the path to a healthy lifestyle. Cheeses and weights are a mixture of cottage cheese, cream, sometimes butter, and sugar. They are offered to the child as a dessert, deep down hoping that at the same time they bring benefit to the body. It all depends on the proportion of the above components. It is clear that curd cheese "peasant" with vanillin or raisins will be more useful than a high-calorie glazed cheese in chocolate with sweet additives. If you want to choose the degree of utility, limit the ability of your baby to contemplate the windows for a long time, snatching out anything that looks like candy packaging.
It is very popular now for dessert cheese with poppy seeds and multi-colored gelatinous inserts. Again, make a choice in favor of the product, which is still dominated by the content of cottage cheese, and not sweet additions. Concerning the sweet masses follow the same principles. Cottage cheese pastes in tempting cellophane sausages will also quite go down for a dairy dessert. Many children graciously accept such an offer for a snack.
Milk masterpieces
Milk and curd puddings and creams. Of course, you can buy it, or you can do it yourself. The difference, again, is the ability to vary the proportions, quality, quantity and fat content of the products.
Ice cream. I want to talk about ice cream for a long time and inspirationally. Many of the most wonderful childhood memories are associated with its taste. And for someone, his excessive use became the cause of sudden angina. In any case, ice cream is very popular, maybe even the most popular milk dessert. And sometimes - and the replacement of full nutrition in special circumstances. Remember how many times you conceded at the resort, or during an entertainment trip, or in a circus to your child, buying him "in a glass" or "on a stick." And what a pleasure to work together slowly with spoons, sitting in a summer cafe, and watch the soft ice cream balls drip slowly. With blueberries, almonds, rum, coke, anything. You can also make ice cream at home. Or at least sweeten the "white" ice cream from the store. The main thing - that the ice cream was fresh, eating - leisurely, and the mood - wonderful!
Together with the child you can prepare a cold milk dish, which will be both pleasant, and tasty, and useful. This recipe is very old and passed the test of time in the mistresses of past centuries. You need to mix cottage cheese with sour cream, add sugar, raisins. From this mixture, mold different figures or shape them in cookies. Garnish with candied fruits. Then put in the freezer or in the cold to fix the shape. Get and entertainment - and saturation!
Milkshakes. A very tasty milkshake can easily be done at home, along with the children. You can lead a social life together with the child, slowly sipping milkshakes from beautifully decorated glasses. Great is their variety and variety. They easily decorate a children's holiday, giving, at the same time, a resemblance to this party. Many cocktails can be prepared in a few minutes, invented alone or together with the child beautiful names.
Here is the simplest recipe for a milkshake that your child can cook. We need 150 ml of milk, 30 ml of coffee or chocolate syrup and 1 egg yolk. Mix all components of the cocktail in a shaker or mixer in a high and narrow bowl. Pour into a tall glass. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon. The main thing is to properly assess the possibilities of your and your children's stomach. Remember the relative compatibility of milk with other ingredients. Experience shows that the measure here remains the main condition.
Cheese desserts. Dessert is the final dish. But whether it is sweet or not, it's up to you. Some prefer unsweetened desserts, the main or only part of which is cheese. Such desserts are called cheese desserts. But the vast majority of cheeses are made from milk! Cheese itself can be served for dessert. Especially its varieties such as brie, camembert and blue cheeses with noble mold (roschore, gorgonzola, dor blur). Italian cream cheese Mascarpone is part of the magnificent desserts, the most famous of which is tiramisu. In addition to exquisite taste, tiramisu is distinguished by its high calorie content, so keep this in mind. But at least once in your life you just have to get to know him!
Milk with alcohol. Serious and childless theme! But if you have already stopped breastfeeding, and the word "milk" does not cause bouts of postpartum depression, why not go out into the night city with your beloved, friends, and not to drink yourself (for the word "miss" here definitely does not fit) tasty milk shake. This time it's alcoholic. Whiskey and milk are compatible! Not in the children's kitchen, of course. Compatible milk and liquors, including mint. Such cocktails are soft, they are easier to perceive on an empty stomach (if such a need arose).
If there are no contraindications, milk is useful for adults and children. If adults realize the importance of calcium, proteins and vitamins for the body, then it is difficult for young children to explain. Excellent way out of the impasse will be dairy desserts, especially cooked by yourself. We, at home making delicious milk shakes, gave our child faith in milk. The same thing (even better) you can do!