Prepare any two nutritious snacks one for a preschool child and second for an elderly
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For the child attending Anganwadi:
1. Name of the snack: Pizza Chapatti
2. List of ingredients: Two chapattis, butter, grated cottage cheese, onions, capsicum, tomato, tomato ketchup, salt and black pepper
3. Method of preparation: Sauté finely chopped onions, capsicum, and tomato in a pan. Put salt and pepper accordingly. Spread this mix on a chapatti after applying tomato sauce, and put grated cheese on it. Cover this with the other chapatti and then bake this as a pizza, cutting into pieces.
4. Food sources contributing to the important nutrient required by specific individual: High in fat, protein, vitamin B and C, Calcium, Phosphorus and Iron
5. Justify the selection of snack (from nutritional stand point) for the children: Children will get the required fats that their body lack. Moreover they will get Vitamins and proteins required for growing up. Since Iodine deficiency is high in most of the kids, this healthy pizza will provide the nutrient that is required to improving the levels of Iodine.
For the elderly:
1. Name of the snack: Organic strawberry flavoured jam
2. List of ingredients: Low quantity of sugar and organic strawberries
3. Method of preparation: The strawberries are formed into a paste and are mixed with low quantity of sugar.
4. Food sources contributing to the important nutrient required by specific individual: This is very high in Iodine.
5. Justify the selection of snack (from nutritional stand point) for the elderly: Elderly people tend to develop a sweet tooth when they become old. This is the best iodine-rich sweet food for elders