Delicate taste, positive color, many vitamins and minerals - this bright orange vegetable is a healthy product. for kids of different ages. Nutritious and easy-to-digest pumpkin dishes for children are varied, easy to prepare, they do not require much time and ingredients, and kids will certainly enjoy their taste.

Pumpkin dish for children

Due to its balanced composition, pumpkin is recommended for very young children - among the first vegetables, it is introduced into the feeding of infants, since easy to digest. IN pumpkin composition   includes:

• various vitamins, including A, C, E, vitamin T (carnitine), necessary for many physiological processes of the body and responsible for the formation of bones and maintaining their structure, vitamin K (Vikasol);
• minerals, including magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, copper, iron and the basis of potassium metabolism;
• small amount easily digestible fiber   - pumpkin dishes do not injure and do not unnecessarily burden the digestive system of even the smallest crumbs;
• sahara   pumpkin contains a lot, but it is easily absorbed by the children's body;
• vegetable belki   and fats.

Pumpkin goes well with vegetables, cereals, meat, dairy products - dishes from it can be very diverse

Pumpkin recipes for kids

In our recipes we will go from pumpkin dishes for the smallest to culinary recipes for older children. So, what to cook from pumpkins for a child of a very young age.

Pumpkin puree

Pediatricians recommend introducing complementary foods for babies based on pumpkin pulp after six months of life. As a rule, this is the most ordinary mashed potatoes prepared in this way:

• As ingredients, 100 g of fresh pumpkin and a quarter cup of clean water are needed.
• The pumpkin is cleaned of seeds, cut into small pieces and, drenched in water, boiled in a small saucepan under a lid over low heat.
• After 15-20 minutes, the boiled pumpkin slices are rubbed through a sieve - thus, even large fibers will be crushed, and the puree will acquire a uniform consistency, which is especially important for babies who are used to liquid food.
• The taste of mashed potatoes will improve expressed breast milk or milk mixture - it is important to mix the mashed potatoes well and achieve its homogeneity: there should be no lumps and ungrated pieces!

Publication by Olga Golovinova (@olyabonya) Sep 20, 2017 at 10:12 PDT

Pumpkin soup with vegetables

Baby 8-9 months old   and older, already familiar with many tastes, undoubtedly, you will like mashed soup, which is easily and quickly prepared, perfectly absorbed and useful for a growing organism:

1. Ingredients for one serving of mashed soup: 50 g of pumpkin, 30 g of potatoes, carrots, broccoli and zucchini, a quarter cup of clean water and a little refined vegetable oil.
2. Peeled vegetables are cut into small pieces and boiled in water in a small saucepan until soft. Water at the end of the quenching can not be drained: if necessary, this broth, you can dilute the finished soup puree.
3. Grinding vegetables through a sieve, as in the previous recipe, is not required: the child has already grown up and insignificant pieces in the finished dish are not afraid of him. We send the boiled vegetables to the blender.
4. Oil is added to the chopped vegetables and, if necessary, a decoction remaining after the vegetables.

Bon appetit, kids!

Pumpkin Puree Soup

Millet porridge with pumpkin

Recommended for children over one and a half to two years old, this porridge perfectly complements children's pumpkin dishes. The classic recipe for millet porridge with pumpkin   every mother should know - you can't give such a meal to a crumb, but older children will like its sweet taste and nutritiousness. Porridge for several servings (for the whole family!) Is prepared in this way:

1. Ingredients: 2 tbsp. millet, 400 g peeled and cut into pieces of pumpkin, 700 g of milk and water, salt and sugar to taste. For serving - butter.
2. Pumpkin stewed for 20 minutes in a small saucepan under a lid over low heat in a small amount of water. When ready, the pieces are kneading, while there is no requirement for mass uniformity.
3. Heated milk is poured into a saucepan with pumpkin, the remaining water and millet groats thoroughly washed in several waters pour out.
4. After boiling, the porridge is simmered under a lid for 25-30 minutes, and salt and sugar are added to taste shortly before the end of cooking.
5. Millet porridge is well steamed, so if time allows, let it stand under a towel for 10-15 minutes.

Pumpkin Kids Menu

Pumpkin is hypoallergenic product, but because, as we said above, it is introduced as one of the first vegetable foods since 6 months.

In addition to traditional pumpkin puree, crumbs can be given pumpkin juice, always diluted with water

After a year and a half, in addition to mashed soups and cereals, the children's “pumpkin” menu can be diversified with baked dishes:

• cottage cheese casserole with pumpkin;
• baked pumpkin;
• pumpkin casserole with raisins and dried apricots.

Also, pumpkin is good in fresh and boiled   and even fried: Properly prepared juices, marmalades, jams, caviar, mashed potatoes and candied fruit can be stored throughout the winter. It is quite possible to make a “serious” dish from this vegetable - for example, pumpkin cutlets or carved slices of pumpkin and oil-fried figures sprinkled with grated cheese.

Conclusion

An amazing vegetable pumpkin having such a sunny color can give to children of different ages healthy and nutritious dishes: soups, mashed potatoes, casseroles, jam, juices, jams and even cutlets! With such a wonderful vegetable, which has a lot of useful substances, the everyday menu can be made more attractive, and a quick pumpkin pie and fried pumpkin figures will decorate any holiday table at a family celebration.

September 28, 2017, 12:47

Casseroles are tasty and healthy, with the exception of one point - a fried crust.

Children under two or three years old, as well as everyone who has problems with the digestive system, are better off doing casseroles. If you do not have a double boiler, you will be helped out by a water bath, which you can always organize, both at home, at a party, and in the country.

Ingredients:

• grated pumpkin - 200 ml
• grated carrots - 200 ml
• milk - 100 ml
• sugar - 1 tbsp. l
• semolina - 2 tbsp. l
• egg - 1 pc.

Carrot and pumpkin casserole - recipe with photo:

Would you like to prepare your child a nutritious and tasty side dish that can be served to the whole family for breakfast, used as a dessert for lunch and eat for dinner? Then be sure to add porridge with pumpkin for the child to the menu!

If the pumpkin porridge is cooked correctly, it becomes not only tasty, but also an unusually useful dish for children. are necessary, since they contain a lot of vitamins and perfectly detoxifies, so it is recommended to eat it for children with weakened immunity, and in order to quickly remove antibiotics from the body after the disease.

Pumpkin porridge for a child can be prepared with almost any cereal.

Pumpkin millet porridge

Ingredients

• pumpkin slices - 300 gr;
• millet (or any other cereal) - 1 tbsp;
• milk - 2 tbsp;
• water - 2 tbsp;
• butter - 2 tbsp;
• sugar, salt - to taste;
• dried fruits, nuts - to taste, for decoration.

  Making pumpkin millet porridge for a child

To make an unusually delicious millet porridge with pumpkin, wash and peel the vegetable, and then cut it into small cubes. Rinse the groats thoroughly until the water is clear. After that, melt the butter in a saucepan, add the pumpkin - “a storehouse of orange vitamins” there, and pass for 3-5 minutes. Then sugar and salt, pour the washed millet and mix well.

Then pour all the water into the pan and over medium heat, stirring quickly, bring the porridge to a boil. After that, reduce the heat to a minimum and cook the pumpkin millet porridge for the child for about half an hour, until all the liquid is completely absorbed. Then we add milk (we do it only now, because millet, like any other cereal, is very poorly digested in milk), bring to a boil and cook for another 3-5 minutes. Cover the pumpkin millet porridge with a lid, and let it brew for at least a quarter of an hour. At this time, it is quite possible to take care of the baby - for example, play a little outdoor games with him. And when you get your appetite together, you can safely sit down at the table and enjoy the taste of unusually healthy, nutritious cereal with your child!

Before serving pumpkin porridge for a child, you can sprinkle with dried fruits and nuts.

Corn grits porridge with pumpkin

Ingredients

• 1 kg of pumpkin
• 1 tbsp. cream
• 1/4 Art. Sahara,
• 2/3 Art. corn grits
• 100 gr. butter.

  Cooking porridge

Melt in a pan 20 grams of oil and let the peeled pumpkin slices on it until soft. Boil the corn grits, then season the almost finished porridge with cream, add the prepared pumpkin, salt, add sugar. Bring the porridge to full readiness, season with the remaining oil and let it brew.

Microwave Oatmeal with Pumpkin Puree

To quickly cook pumpkin porridge in the microwave, you can pre-add it to porridge "in bags".
Ingredients

• 1 tbsp. instant oat flakes Hercules
• 3/4 Art. milk
• 1/2 tbsp pumpkin puree
• 1 tsp Sahara

  Cooking porridge with pumpkin puree in the microwave

Mix the cereal with milk and cook in a high-power oven for 2 minutes. Stir, add milk if necessary, turn on for another 1 minute. Add sugar, prepared mashed potatoes, mix and bring to the oven for 1 minute until cooked.

Pumpkin puree for babies from 7 months Colored mashed potatoes

Children in a year and a half already have the required number of teeth, so pediatricians advise giving them food not homogeneous cereals and mashed potatoes, but dishes with slices. This contributes to the development of a chewing reflex in babies. And he, in turn, starts the proper functioning of the digestive system.

One of the valuable and nutritious vegetables on the child’s menu can be a pumpkin. And one of the most delicious dishes that come from it is a pumpkin casserole. You can cook a casserole just from a pumpkin, or you can add apples or cottage cheese to it. Let's learn more about the pumpkin, and how to make a casserole out of it!

The use of pumpkin casserole for a child.

Pumpkin is a unique product, the dishes from which are ideal for baby food.

It contains vitamins that are responsible for:

This beautiful, bright vegetable also contains micro and macro elements that contribute to the harmonious growth and development of the baby. And if you cook cottage cheese and pumpkin casserole from pumpkin, the useful properties of cottage cheese will be added to the useful properties of pumpkin.

• The most important thing in cooking casseroles is fresh and quality products.
• Pumpkin for a child is better to choose a dining room.

Important!   Always pay attention to the appearance of the vegetable! It should be with a bright orange peel, elastic, not cracked, without any spots.

• Before September, it’s not worth looking for and buying a pumpkin - for sure, it has been processed with precocities.
• Always boil the pumpkin until cooked, but do not digest, otherwise it will lose more nutrients.
• Before adding semolina to the casserole dough, it is better to soak it in water or milk for at least an hour. So the casserole will turn out more tender.

Important!   Be sure to wash the eggs before driving them into the dough.

• Introduce the casserole in the child’s diet should be gradually. Start once a week. After the child eats his portion, observe his condition. If everything is in order, you can cook a casserole a couple of times a week.

Any method of making pumpkin casserole begins with peeling the pumpkin seeds and peels.

Oven pumpkin casserole with semolina in the oven

This is a real dessert that will pleasantly surprise both you and the child.

Essential Ingredients

• pumpkin - 350 g;
• semolina - 70 g;
• chicken egg - 1 pc.;

• icing sugar - 1 tbsp. l;
• dried apricots - 20-30 g.

According to the same recipe, you can cook pumpkin casserole in a slow cooker. This will take 40-45 minutes.
  This delicious and healthy dessert can be served with ice cream.

Cottage cheese casserole with pumpkin

Such a casserole can be prepared for children from a year old!

Essential Ingredients

• pumpkin - 450 g;
• chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
• cottage cheese - 125 g;

• sugar - 4 tbsp. spoons;
• raisins - 40 g;
• semolina - 3 tbsp. spoons.

Cooking sequence

Cottage cheese casserole is ready to serve.

Pumpkin casserole with apples

A simple, tasty and healthy recipe.

Essential Ingredients

• pumpkin - 300 g;
• apples - 2 pcs.;
• chicken egg - 2 pcs.;
• wheat flour - 1.5 tbsp. spoons;

• margarine - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• cinnamon - optional;
• sugar to taste.

Cooking sequence

It will be tasty and beautiful to give it to your baby with sour cream or with whipped cream.

How to make pumpkin casserole for a child - video

In this video, the process of preparing a pumpkin casserole with semolina is presented clearly and in great detail. The secret is shown how to beat the squirrels to sharp peaks. The recipe for such a pumpkin casserole is simple and great for children.

  Pumpkin casserole with proper preparation becomes a valuable source of nutrients for babies. It contains a lot of nutritional properties. Such a dessert will cleanse and strengthen the child’s body, help to establish the correct metabolism.

Cook for the baby or, or. feed your child only wholesome and properly prepared food.

Have your baby already tried pumpkin casseroles? What recipe did he like? Do you know your own unique way of making this amazing dessert? Share your miracle recipe in the comments to our article!

Pumpkin is a sweet but very healthy vegetable. This gourd is a storehouse of nutrients. Strengthening the cardiovascular system, normalizing sleep and metabolic processes, improving vision and motility of the gastric tract - this is what pumpkin is useful for children.

In order for a child to fall in love with this orange fruit, it is necessary to regale pumpkin from early childhood. A large number of dishes can be prepared from it: both the first, second, and dessert loved by all the kids! Young mothers often wonder: how to cook a pumpkin for a child so that it tastes good and the benefits are preserved.

Pumpkin puree for a child

For infants, this fruit is prepared in the form of mashed potatoes. Most likely, the baby will not refuse to enjoy an unusual vegetable.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 50 g.

Cooking

Pumpkin is washed, peeled and cut into small pieces. Pour water and put on a stove. How much to cook a pumpkin for a child? The preparedness of the vegetable is determined by the knife: when the pieces become soft, the fire can be extinguished. Cooking will take approximately 30 minutes. Then, using a blender, the pumpkin is mashed.

Porridge with pumpkin for children

The best breakfast is porridge, which gives energy to your little one for new discoveries and tricks. So why not cook it with a pumpkin?

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 150 g;
• groats (rice, millet or semolina) - 50 g;
• milk - 0.5 cups;
• water - 1 cup;
• butter - 15 g;
• sugar - 1 tsp;
• salt is on the tip of a knife.

Cooking

We clean the pumpkin, rinse and cut into small pieces. Pour it with boiling water, add sugar and cook for about 15 minutes, covering it with a lid. Then mix the pumpkin with milk and cereal, simmer for another 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turning off the stove, put salt and oil in the finished porridge.

A delicious porridge for the best baby is ready!

Pumpkin soup for children

A bright and mouth-watering first dish of pumpkin will delight your crumbs with a wonderful taste. But inexperienced mothers do not know how to cook a pumpkin for a child for soup. The recipe below will be a great help.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 150 g;
• carrots - ½ root vegetable;
• potatoes - 1 pc.;
• sunflower or olive oil - 1 tsp;
• water - 500ml;
• salt is a pinch.

Cooking

Put a pot of water on the fire. Peel the vegetables and wash them. Cut the pumpkin and potatoes into small cubes, and grate the carrots. In a boiling water, send all the vegetables and cook over medium heat for 30 minutes. Grind the soup with a blender, salt and add oil. It's time to submit!

Pumpkin fritters for children

Please the little one with small “suns” - pumpkin pancakes. Especially, the dish is suitable for small picks who do not like this sunny fruit: in pancakes, they simply will not notice a pumpkin.

Ingredients:

• pumpkin - 200 g;
• kefir - 2 glasses;
• flour - 150 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• water - 0.5 l;
• sugar - 2 tbsp;
• salt is on the tip of a knife.

Cooking

The pumpkin must be cleaned, washed and grated. Kefir should be mixed with egg and flour so that there are no lumps left. Add pumpkin, sugar, salt and mix again. Fritters are fried in vegetable oil. When serving, pour sour cream.

Pumpkin casserole for children

A little gourmet is unlikely to refuse to enjoy a slice of delicious pumpkin casserole! Give him this pleasure by preparing a meal for breakfast or dessert.

Ingredients:

Cooking

Peel the pumpkin and peel and cut into small pieces. Beat eggs with cream, salt and sugar. Grease a baking dish with butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Put the pumpkin in the mold and fill with beaten eggs. The casserole is baked for 30-35 minutes at a temperature of 200 ° C.

Cook pumpkin dishes 2-3 times a week, not more often, because carotene jaundice can develop due to the high carotene content. To avoid allergies to pumpkin in a child, administer this product with 6 months and small doses, carefully monitoring the reaction.