While our supplements have been developed with kids’ taste buds in mind, we understand that some kids are picky eaters and not used to certain flavours or tastes, so giving them their daily vitamins can be difficult for parents. Most of our vitamins and supplements come in liquid form and are easy to “hide” in drinks or meals.
We wanted to share a few easy recipes, including our vitamins which you can make for your children.
If you have a recipe you would like to share with other kiwi mums, please email it to us, and we will be more than happy to include it on this page.
Probiotic Milkshake
Makes one. You'll need:
1/2 cup of strawberries or any other berries/fruit of your choice;
2 tbsp of vanilla icecream (substitute for coconut icecream if dairy-intolerant);
3/4 Milk (substitute for coconut milk if dairy-intolerant);
A daily recommended dose of Childlife Essentials Probiotics with Colostrum (powder)
Make it: Put all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
Mango Vitamin Smoothie
Makes one. You'll need:
1/2 cup chopped mango (fresh or frozen)
1/4 cup milk (substitute with any other milk if your child is dairy-intolerant)
1/4 cup ice
1 tbsp plain yogurt (substitute with coconut yogurt if your child is dairy-intolerant)
1/2 tsp honey
A daily recommended dose of Childlife Essentials Multi Vitamin & Mineral
Make it: Put all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
Vitamin K Smoothie Bowl
Makes one. You’ll need:
1/2 cup frozen mixed berries
1/2 cup 100% orange juice
1/4 cup vanilla yogurt (substitute with coconut yogurt if your child is dairy-intolerant)
1/4 cup frozen pineapple chunks
1/4 tsp chia seeds
A daily recommended dose of Childlife Essentials Vitamin K2
Make it: Place all ingridients in a blender and blend until smooth. Pour into a bowl and garnish with your choice of optional toppings like fresh berries, pineapple, strawberries or granola.
First Defence Pancakes
Makes one small batch. You'll need:
1 cup self raising flour
1 tbsp raw brown sugar (or stevia sweetener)
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
50g butter, melted
Liquid honey or maple syrup to serve with
Two daily recommended doses of Childlife Essentials First Defence
Make it: Mix flour and sugar in a bowl. Beat in the egg followed by milk (little at a time) until batter is smooth and lump-free. Finally add First Defence to the batter.
In a hot pan or flat grill, brush butter over cooking surface and pour 1/4 cup measures for each pancake.
When large bubbles form on the surface, flip over and cook until lightly golden on the other side.
Vitamin D3 Blueberry Muffins
Makes one small batch. You'll need:
2 cups self raising flour
1 tsp cinnamon
Juice of 1 lemon and zest
1/2 cup castor sugar
1 egg
100g butter, melted
1 cup milk
1 cup frozen blueberries
Two daily recommended doses of Childlife Essentials Vitamin D3
Make it: Pre-heat oven to 180C. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with muffin patty pans and set aside. Sift flour and cinnamon in a bowl. Combine lemon zest, juice, sugar, egg and melted butter together.
Pour wet ingredients into dry and gently fold to combine. Finaly add Vitamin D3 to the batter. Spoon into patty pans and bake for 25-30 minutes.
Immunity Honey Lemon Ginger Drink
Makes one. You'll need:
1 cup hot water
2 teaspoon honey
1 medium lemon
A couple of small pieces of fresh ginger
A daily recommended dose of Childlife Essentials Vitamin C
Make it: Juice lemon into a hot cup of water (you will need at least 2 teaspoons of juice). Add honey (mixing until it is dissolved) followed by a couple of pieces of fresh ginger. Finally add Childlife Essentials Vitamin C.
Leave it for a minute or two to cool down before drinking it.
