At Kemp Orthodontics, Dr. David Kemp and our team understand how hard it can be to get your child to eat the recommended daily allowance of fruits and vegetables. The task of providing fun, nutritious meals becomes even more challenging if he or she wears braces. It's an age-old saying that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. These five braces-friendly recipes are not only nutritious, but will put a smile on your little ones face when they sit down at the kitchen table in the morning.
Scrambled eggs are soft and easy to eat if you have braces. If you drown them in ketchup (which many kids love to do), eggs become even mushier. The key to a brace- friendly recipe is minimal chewing.
A healthy breakfast provides energy and jump-starts metabolism. How about a smoothie? It is not only a good source of fruit, but it's also gentle on braces. More importantly, smoothies are fun to create. You can toss anything in the blender (bananas, mangoes, strawberries, spinach) and create a drink that's loaded with vitamins and antioxidants.
If you wear braces, eating crunchy cereals or granola for breakfast is out of the question: Bite down the wrong way and you might snap the wires or dislodge the brackets. However, you can get your grains and oats by substituting oatmeal for cereal. This mushy breakfast treat has a host of health benefits.
Pancakes are not the healthiest breakfast choice. Still, this Sunday morning favorite is braces-friendly. The idea is to make it healthier by hiding blueberries in the pancake batter.
Toast with jam is ok but how about slathering some peanut butter on the bread to add some protein. The general rule of thumb is to steer clear of foods that are hard or chewy. These types of foods can break wires. Of course, most kids will agree that toast isn't the most exciting breakfast recipe. Make it a Pop-Tart instead!
If you have any favorite brace-friendly recipes we would love to have you share them with us.
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