Healthy Meals for Kids

Good things come in small packages and mealtime is no exception. Right? Mommies and Daddies! 

As a mom of a 5 years old little girl name Angela, I make sure that I always prepare healthy meal for my daughter. It is important to give them proper nutrition to make them healthy and strong. 

By teaching your children healthy eating  habits, and modeling these behaviors in yourself, you can help your children maintain a healthy weight  and normal growth. Also, the eating habits your children pick up when they are young will help them maintain a healthy lifestyle when they are adults.

I would like to share with you my simple and easy way of cooking some healthy meal for your family.

All of these are Filipino Health dishes. 

1. Pork Stir Fry with Broccoli and Oyster Sauce

 Pork Stir Fry with Broccoli and Oyster Sauce

A tasty and easy recipe for pork stir fry with broccoli. The soy sauce-based marinade is delicious and very easy to make.

Stir-frys are great. Once you’re done prepping the ingredients (which you can often do in advance), they are usually ready in about ten minutes. This m Pork Stir Fry with Broccoli and Oyster Sauceakes them ideal for weeknight dinners.

Specifically, I really like this pork stir fry. I like to eat it because it’s so flavorful. And I also like to make it because it’s a very easy recipe that makes my life easy on busy weeknights.

Make-ahead tip
You can do some of the prep work in advance, making the actual cooking even faster. I often slice the vegetables in the morning, then refrigerate them in an airtight container until I’m ready to cook them that night.

 Pork Stir Fry with Broccoli and Oyster Sauce

A tasty pork stir fry with broccoli, this is an easy low carb recipe. The soy sauce based marinade is delicious, and very easy to make.

INGREDIENTS

Sauce:

• 3 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce (or use a gluten-free alternative and add salt as needed)
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch (use organic if you wish to avoid GMOs)

Stir fry:

• 2 cups broccoli florets, fresh or frozen
• 2 tablespoons avocado oil
• 1.5 lb. pork tenderloin, cut into 2-inch strips or pieces
• 1 medium red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 tablespoon minced ginger

Garnish:

• 1 tablespoon sesame oil

INSTRUCTIONS

• Prepare the sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, water and cornstarch. Set aside.
• Place the broccoli florets in a large microwave safe bowl. Add 2 tablespoons water. Cover with a microwave safe plate and cook on high until barely tender, about 2 minutes for fresh and 3 minutes for frozen. Transfer to a plate and set aside.
• Heat the avocado oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the pork pieces and stir-fry until no longer raw, about 3 minutes.
• Add the pepper slices, garlic and ginger and cook, stirring, 1 more minute.
• Lower the heat to medium and add the sauce. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the pork is cooked through and the sauce has thickened, about 3 minutes. If too much liquid evaporates, add a bit more water, 1-2 tablespoons.
• Turn the heat off and stir in the broccoli. It will finish cooking in the pan’s residual heat. 
• Transfer the pork stir fry to a serving platter or bowl. Drizzle with sesame oil and serve.

2. Filipino Pinakbet Dish 

Pinakbet Tagalog is a Filipino vegetable dish. It is composed of a variety of vegetables and it also has a protein component. I made use of lechon kawali or crispy deep-fried pork belly for this recipe.

Filipino Pinakbet Dish 

We know they're good for us. Just like it was yesterday, we can hear our mothers urging, "Eat your vegetables!" as we sat at the family dinner table. But growing up doesn't automatically turn us into vegetable lovers. To many of us, it still seems next to impossible to eat several servings of vegetables a day.

Still, there's no denying we need vegetables. They're rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals, and important phytochemicals, and they're generally low in calories. So what's a vegetable hater to do?

Be healthy and Eat vegetables!!

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