What kind of cocktails for children are useful and how to prepare them?

Cocktails are very popular with children, because they are tasty and often bright. Mothers also like the opportunity with their help to give the child healthy foods rich in vitamins and other important elements for growth. In addition, it is very easy to make cocktails at home. All that is needed for their preparation is to purchase quality ingredients and equip with a blender or mixer.

A cocktail prepared with your own hands will help to cool off in the summer heat, will replenish the spent strength after a walk or school, will lift your spirits. In addition, non-alcoholic cocktails are a great birthday treat. Decorating them with umbrellas and straws is very easy to create a festive mood.

Combining different ingredients, get a huge number of types and variations of tasty drinks. They make the child's menu more diverse and provide nutrients. Such cocktails help out if the child is not very hungry, refuses certain foods or needs additional intake of nutrients.

This type of cocktail is popular with both children and adults. The basis of the drink most often is cow's milk, but if necessary, it can be replaced with goat, lactose-free, soy, coconut, oatmeal or nut.

Such sweet milk-based beverages are rich in vitamin D, calcium, iron, phosphorus. Their regular use strengthens muscles and bones, strengthens the immune defense, has a positive effect on the nervous system.

Adding berries and fruits to milk makes a cocktail a source of organic acids, B vitamins, fast-absorbing carbohydrates. This has a positive effect on the state of the blood vessels, brain function, blood cell composition, which contributes to the proper development of the child. Thanks to milkshakes, kids get a charge of vivacity, better cope with the loads, quickly restore strength.

Prepare the first cocktails with acquaintances to the toddler with fruits for which he had no allergic reaction. For example, blend milk and banana in a blender, and then offer the drink to the kid. Other popular milkshake ingredients:

• cream;
• Cherry jam;
• fresh strawberries;
• fruit juice or syrup.

Do not add pineapple, kiwi or orange to milk. Such fruits interact with milk proteins and make the taste of the drink unpleasant.

You should also not get involved in such drinks and offer them to your child too often, so as not to provoke indigestion, allergies or caries. If the child has excess weight or diabetes, milk shakes are not recommended for him.

You can find out the recipes of milkshakes by watching the following video.

Adding fruits and berries to kefir makes this fermented milk product more tasty. Even kids who do not like pure kefir will not refuse it. This variant of cocktails is easy to prepare, it is low-calorie and healthy, because it contains lactic acid bacteria that promote better digestion.In addition, kefir cocktails are rich in calcium and vitamin K.

Here are some interesting recipes based on kefir:

• add to 200 ml of sour-milk drink a glass of fresh strawberries, one banana and a spoonful of honey, whisk with a blender until smooth;
• blend a glass of kefir with a teaspoon of vanilla sugar and two teaspoons of natural cocoa in a blender;
• combine a glass of kefir with a glass of multivitamin juice, add honey to taste;
• crush 100 g of frozen or fresh berries, add 200 ml of kefir and as much non-carbonated water, sweeten with honey if desired.

Natural yoghurt drinks are no less popular than milkshakes. They are also a source of beneficial microorganisms, and therefore help to establish the digestive process. In addition, cocktails from such a fermented milk product have a special creamy texture that many children like.

Another advantage of yoghurt-based cocktails compared to dairy is the ability to use any kind of fruit. They are especially tasty with banana and strawberries, cherry jam, kiwi and bananas, blackberries and black currants.

Among the popular additives in the yoghurt cocktail separately, we note oatmeal. They are an additional source of plant amino acids, vitamins A, E, PP, K, group B, selenium, magnesium, silicon, zinc, and so on. Such drinks cope not only with thirst, but also with hunger.

You can find out the recipe for a yoghurt cocktail by watching the following video.

Many adults who play sports take such cocktails to support muscle mass with significant exertion.

Homemade protein shakes are most often made from two ingredients - egg proteins or cottage cheese. For example, you can mix 200 g of cottage cheese and 300 g of berries in a blender, add a spoonful of oatmeal and some honey. Beating everything up to a uniform consistency, you get a nourishing cocktail that can replace food intake.

You can also “hide” the curd, if you dilute it with milk and add a banana - for 50 grams of curd, take one banana and 150 ml of milk.

Eggs are a good source of protein. Separating the egg white and whipping it with a mixer, form a dense mass. Then add juice, fruit puree, sweet syrup, chopped berries, honey and other ingredients that your child likes. Such cocktails are in demand for skinny children and athletes.

Such cocktails are an excellent snack for a summer day. Since they are bright, they are suitable for a children's holiday.

To make a smoothie for your child, take any fruits and berries, then mix them in a blender. If the mass is too thick, dilute it with water, juice, yogurt. Since the basis of the drink will be fruit and berry puree, which is sweet in itself, you will not need to add additional sugar or honey.

Experiment with the composition, adding to it also vegetables that the kid cannot combine in combination with fruit. This will increase the benefits of the drink and enrich it with ascorbic acid, B vitamins, calcium, zinc, copper and other substances. Here are some ideas for children's delicious smoothies:

• pear + peach + strawberry;
• orange + pear + cucumber + Chinese cabbage;
• kiwi + mango + pineapple juice;
• banana + blueberry + ice cream;
• pineapple + grapefruit + raspberry;
• watermelon + melon;
• Kiwi + strawberry + banana;
• pumpkin + banana + sea buckthorn;
• apple + cucumber + celery + pineapple;
• orange + banana + lemon + avocado.

Smoothie recipe you can find out by watching the following video.

This type of cocktail perfectly quenches thirst and is most in demand in the summer. To make citrus cocktail for a large company, take 3 large lemons and grind in a blender. Separately, cook a syrup of two glasses of water and a glass of sugar. Combine the crushed lemon mass and syrup, leave in the refrigerator for several hours, then strain. This homemade lemonade can be offered to a child without additives, only by diluting the desired amount of water. In addition, it can add citrus juices, for example, grapefruit or orange.

Another option to serve the drink, which children will surely like, is homemade mojito. For it you need to chop half a small lime, mix it with a teaspoon of brown sugar and add a few mint leaves. Pour all the ingredients 150 ml of lemonade, add a couple of ice cubes and a straw.

Many children like these drinks with a lot of bubbles, they are often offered in kindergartens or schools in the form of health courses lasting 10-15 days.

The main ingredient of these cocktails is oxygen. But, since it has no smell and taste, the drink is prepared on the basis of milk, juice, herbal broth, diluted with water syrup. In order to prevent the bubbles from bursting for some time, a foaming component is included in the formulation, for example, licorice syrup.

If you purchase a source of oxygen and a special apparatus, oxygen cocktails can be made even at home.. They are recommended for frequently ill children, overweight children, young athletes, younger schoolchildren. Their use improves blood circulation, memory, immunity, metabolic processes, the work of the nervous system.

You will learn more about how to make an oxygen cocktail by watching the following video.