Nutrition of children should be varied and useful, so that the child grows healthy. Each time, preparing another portion for his child, mothers try to do it not only delicious, but also so that even the most capricious kids will not refuse to eat. Today we will reveal some secrets to preparing meatballs for the children's menu.
How to cook meatballs for a child?
Meatballs for children up to a year are best prepared from low-fat and dietary meat. For this, the flesh of a turkey or rabbit fits. Starting from the year, meatballs for the baby can already be formed from lean beef or pork, as well as veal or chicken meat.
Since the age of two, for children prepare dishes with fish balls. If the child does not like the too pronounced taste of fish, such meatballs can be sent to the soup, then some of the fragrance is lost.
For small children, it is best to form meatballs from boiled meat, since it is impossible today to be completely sure that there are no traces of hormonal drugs or antibiotics. When cooking all unnecessary substances, if they were, go into the broth. The broth itself should not be given to children.
Soup with turkey meatballs
Preparation of soup with turkey meatballs for children takes a little time. In addition, due to vegetables and low-fat meat, soup is very useful for a young child.
Ingredients:
- turkey meat - 100 g;
- potatoes - 2 pieces;
- onion - 1 piece;
- carrots - 2 pieces;
- quail egg - 2 pcs., can be replaced by half chicken eggs;
- salt, bay leaf;
- garlic (at your discretion).
Preparation
The meat of the turkey is washed, put in a pot of water. After boiling, cook for half an hour. Meanwhile, put a second pan of water on the fire. The water needs about 700 ml. We brush and cut into cubes potatoes, carrots, onions and garlic. When a pot of water boils, send it onions and carrots. After re-boiling, cook the vegetables for another 10 minutes and add the potatoes with garlic. Cook all the vegetables for another 20 minutes.
We get the cooked turkey meat from the broth and pass it through the meat grinder 2 times or crush it with a blender. In the meat we add eggs and form meatballs. Here you can show your imagination and sculpt the interesting figures from the meatballs, so that the baby can eat more interesting.
Meatballs are sent to the pan with vegetables when the potatoes are cooked. After the meatballs float to the surface, cook the soup for another two minutes, salt it and, if desired, put the laurel leaf in the soup.
Meatballs for a couple
Meatballs for children in pairs can be made from chicken or any other meat, as well as from fish.
Ingredients:
- chicken meat - 100 g;
- chicken egg - 1 piece;
- cottage cheese - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- butter - 1 teaspoon;
- salt to taste.
Preparation
Chicken meat twice through a meat grinder. In the resulting mass, drive in the egg and add all the other ingredients, mixing them well. From the resulting stuffing we form meatballs and cook them for a couple until ready.
Such meatballs can be added to vegetable broth or served as an independent dish. Also meatballs cooked in this way, in addition, you can send it to the oven for 20 minutes, pre-watering them with milk sauce and sprinkling with grated cheese.