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We make pear juice for the children's snack at home! – Italian Cuisine

One of the favorite drinks of the little ones can also be prepared at home, thus eliminating preservatives and obtaining a healthier pear juice

Completely natural, without the addition of preservatives or additives: you would also dream of a pear fruit juice so for yours children? No problem, that's enough prepare it at home. Not many ingredients are needed and the result is that of a denser and more consistent drink, yes sweet but equally healthy, perfect for a snack with family or schoolmates. You can then replicate the same recipe with other fruit loved by your children. Let's find out together how to prepare pear juice at home.

The pear juice recipe

Ingredients

To prepare the pear juice you will need: 1 kg of pears (whole fruit), 1 l of water, 80 g of sugar, juice of 1 lemon.

Method

Clean the pears: wash them well under running water, peel them, remove the core. Cut them into cubes and keep them in lemon juice so that they do not darken while waiting to be cooked.

Boil the water with the sugar. Once the boil is reached, remove the pan from the heat and add the pears.

Wait a few minutes then blend with an immersion blender (be careful not to burn yourself). Pour the juice into a glass bottle and serve it cold. You can keep it for a few days in the refrigerator.

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Greedy reindeer for the children's Christmas table – Italian Cuisine

To whet the appetite of the little ones and play with your imagination, enjoy turning reindeer-shaped burgers, toasts, cookies and marshmallows! that's how

THE children at Christmas they are super excited, a little for the arrival of Santa Claus, a little for the songs and the lights, a little for the tree, a little for the gifts, and being able to keep them at the table is almost a mission impossible.
We thought then to surprise them with something very funny, creative and at the same time greedy using one of the symbols of this party: the reindeer.

Must have: pretzels bretzel

All you have to have to prepare something that looks like a Santa's reindeer is a child Bretzel crispy. You know those pretzels that you buy like appetizer for appetizers? Exactly!
They have all the appearance of a reindeer's horn if you think about it.

Red nose as much as possible

The Rudolf reindeer, but also Blitzen and all those who are part of the company of Santa Claus have in common a beautiful red nose in the imagination of children and then get it.
For various cookies and sweets used chocolate sorbet, while for savory preparations a tomato or even of the pink pepper berries.

Christmas shapes

Unless you are a skilled cartoonist and engraver, we advise you to get some cookie cutter molds obviously in the shape of a reindeer.
You can choose those that represent only the horns and the muzzle, or whole reindeers and even three-dimensional reindeer to be composed.

So many characters to play and … eat

In addition to the reindeer you can of course think of many other Christmas subjects.
Santa Claus for those who want to stay on the classic, but also the men of gingerbread, the comets stars and the saplings.
It is enough to have some molds and lots of imagination to make a child happy.
A few examples: a fruit plate is more appreciated if with kiwi slices make a Christmas tree.
A yellow risotto will become extraordinarily good if it is shaped like a star.
A chicken thigh will steal a smile if decorated with two reindeer horns and two olives for eyes.
It's important to be imaginative and have fun in the kitchen, especially during the holidays!

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A gluten free children's menu! – Italian Cuisine

When a child is gluten intolerant the daily management of his meals becomes complex. If the child is already in school age, it is necessary to request an ad hoc menu, while always paying close attention every time one goes out for lunch or dinner, to all that is offered, to the parties of the companions as to the restaurant. Today, fortunately, the offer of gluten-free foods and products is wide and very varied and this helps organize meals more easily, even for the little ones. To get a scientific opinion on such a particular area as gluten intolerance, we asked advice from a nutritionist who gave us some useful ideas for the organization of a gluten free winter menu suitable for children.

The winter menu for children gluten intolerant

Because of the nutritional deficiencies to which children are often subjected with this type of intolerance, foods must be appropriately combined, so as to provide those nutrients that they tend to lack, particularly calcium and iron. Not only that, according to the expert it is important to introduce into their diet also foods that favor their absorption. The nutritionist has developed for us a gluten-free menu suitable for children.

We start with a breakfast of low-fat milk and gluten-free biscuits. Lunch instead includes lentils, or beans or even peas, with buckwheat paste, to combine with a seasonal fruit. For dinner we bring to the table some salmon with cooked vegetables, such as chard, gluten-free bread, or rice, and fruit. And if your child is not only gluten intolerant, but also lactose, as unfortunately often happens in these cases? It will be enough to repeat the same scheme, replacing however the semi-skimmed milk with delactosate milk or yogurt and still vegetable yogurt.

Let's not forget the snack!

When leaving school, the first thing children ask is: "what's the snack today, mum?" The snack time is very important to break up the afternoon and fill up with energy. When we decide to stay and play outside after school or it is sport day, it can be very useful to organize in advance with one comfortable snack to put in the bag, greedy and at the same time balanced. Such as UnDueTris Citterio's Gluten Free Snack, which contains 125 ml of peach smoothie – equivalent to a fruit – salami sticks, which correspond to proteins, main nutrients for the growth of the organism, and corn flour bread sticks. In fact, carbohydrates are very important because they are a source of energy. And that's it!