Here's an easy, make-it-at-home-and-save-some-cash recipe, nutritionally designed for kids aged 1-4, but still great for those up to age 11. For those older than 11, follow the modifications in brackets.
- 2 cups whole milk (if preparing for adults: use partially skimmed or skim milk)
- 1 hard-boiled egg, cooled and shelled (for adults: use 2 eggs and be sure to blend well)
- 1 ripe banana
- 1 orange
- 2 children's chewable multi-nutrient tablet. Check to ensure the tablet contains minerals (such as iron, calcium, etc.), and not just vitamins. (Use 3 tablets for adults)
- 1-2 tablespoons sugar, depending on taste preference
- 1-2 tablespoons Nestle chocolate milk mix, depending on taste preference
- pinch of salt
- Place milk and hard-boiled egg in blender, blend on highest speed until egg is liquefied.
- While the above is blending, place chewable vitamin tablets in a ziplock plastic bag and crush to a fine powder with a rolling pin or bottom of a glass.
- When egg is liquefied, add banana and orange to blender contents. Blend until smooth.
- Pour mixture through a strainer to remove orange seeds and banana-ness that didn't liquefy (this step is only necessary if the consumer has 'texture issues', which, really, many people have when they are feeling ill)
- Pour mixture back in blender, add powdered multi-nutrient, sugar, flavor, and salt. Blend on slowest setting (to avoid kicking up the power and having it stick to the blender walls instead of being in your shake.)
- Serve chilled. Recipe yields 4 servings*
** Enjoy up to two servings a day.
Although I haven't yet priced out the recipe using Canadian values, in Ecuador it costs only 25% what Pediasure does on a per-serving basis.
4 comments:
That's pretty neat. Did you come up with this recipe yourself?
Yup, made it up out of inexpensive ingredients available in small-town Ecuador, so I'm guessing it may translate well to many small towns ;)
They have an orphanage here that's a little tight on cash and are looking for ways to save. This is one of them that I could offer. Tom and the neighboring kids in our compound loved the trial runs!
that is neat. When Caden got sick in June with major diarrhea, the health links nurse said he may need Pediasure, but it was expensive, so she offered to give me a recipe to make our own. I declined, but I wonder if it was something like what you made?? any idea how long that would be safe in the fridge?
Considering the eggs are cooked and everything else is safe to eat raw, I'd give it a 4 day shelf-life to ensure oxidation doesn't take out too many of the vitamins.
As for the nurse's blend, I have no idea if it would be anything similar, but if it was for treating diarrhea that would lead me to think that she was suggesting pedialyte (not pediasure) which is totally make-at-homeable!
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