Ekaterina Morozova

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You should start preparing your baby for independent life from the diapers. It just seems that the little one will be a “disturbance” for mom while she is preparing dinner. In fact, a two-year-old child can already be trusted to beat eggs, for example. Or sifting flour. A 5-year-old child is already a more experienced assistant. He is capable of mixing a salad, decorating a dish, and making dumplings. Well, a child over 8 years old can already be allowed near the stove. But only under the supervision of mom! The main thing is to choose the right dish.

Here are the best recipes for young chefs!

Sandwiches for the holiday table

The simplest dish that even a 2-3 year old child can easily handle.

What to look for in bins:

• Bread (sliced).
• 6-7 leaves of green salad.
• A couple of tablespoons of mayonnaise.
• Sliced ​​ham and salami.
• Sliced ​​cheese.
• Greenery.
• Polka dots.

And pickled cucumbers, olives and boiled carrots (which mom will first cut into circles).

There are no cooking instructions. Because in this case everything depends only on the imagination of the child (and the mother who helps him). Food, as you know, should not only be healthy and tasty, but also... aesthetically pleasing in appearance. And on sandwiches there is room for your imagination to run wild - mice, cats, Smeshariki, marine themes and much more.

Let's stock up on food supplies and get creative!

Crispy cucumbers in a tub - getting ready for a delicious winter

Yes, imagine, a child can cook this too. Real pickles, prepared by the hands of your own son (daughter) - what could be tastier!

Of course, you will have to help a little, but the main work is on the young cook (let him feel involved in the “great”). And if the child is also a fan of crunching a cucumber with potatoes, then cooking will be doubly more interesting. A real grown-up dish for a growing child.

Don’t worry, there are no glass jars or boiling brine in the recipe, and a child over 12 years old can handle this Russian dish on their own.

What to look for in bins:

• The cucumbers are fresh and small. Quantity - in accordance with the container (about 5 kg).
• Salt. For 2 liters of brine - 140 g of salt.
• Various spices - fresh and washed. For 5 g of cucumbers: 150 g of dill, 15 g of garlic, 25 g of cherry leaves, 25 g of horseradish (leaves), 25 g of black currant (leaves) and 2.5 g of hot pepper (optional), bay leaf and peppercorns.
• Sugar - a couple of tbsp.
• 2 liters of water.

So, instructions:

1. Wash the spices thoroughly.
2. Peel and finely chop the garlic (if the child is not yet trusted with a knife, the mother can do this). We pound it in a mortar with a masher (and this is the child’s task).
3. We sort the cucumbers, choosing the smallest and thin-skinned ones. Wash thoroughly and soak in cold water for about 5 hours (so that the cucumbers do not wrinkle in the brine).
4. We take 1/3 of the spices and cover the bottom of the pre-prepared tub with them. Next is a layer of cucumbers, which need to be laid as tightly and vertically as possible (“standing”). Then another layer of spices and another layer of cucumbers. Afterwards, all the cucumber beauty is covered with the remaining spices, and horseradish leaves are placed on top of them.
5. On top there is a bend on which the load is placed. And only then we water everything with brine. How to make it? Dissolve 140 g of salt in water that has cooled after boiling (warm, 2 liters) and pour in our cucumbers so that they are completely covered with brine.

It is done. Cover with a lid and forget about the cucumbers for a couple of days, leaving the “dish” in the kitchen or room.

On the 3rd day, as soon as the initial fermentation process has started, we hide the tub somewhere dark and cool for at least a month.

Fruit butterflies - for a summer mood!

This recipe is suitable for a child 7-9 years old if he is already allowed to use a knife. However, you can cook “butterflies” even at 3-4 years old, if your mother helps you wash everything, cut out the wings and plan the antennae.

What to look for in bins:

Orange.
Grapes (for example, Quiche Mish and Lady's Finger).
Strawberry and kiwi.
Zest.

Instructions:

1. Orange slice - in half. And we lay these halves in the shape of butterfly wings.
2. Along the “back” of the butterfly we place half a grape – the “body”.
3. We put a small and round grape in place of the head.
4. We cut thin stripes of antennae from the orange peel, apply them to the “head” and bend them slightly to the sides.
5. Decorate the butterfly's wings with kiwi and strawberry slices.
6. The eyes can be made with a couple of drops of melted ice cream.
7. Place it on a plate and... make the family happy!

If desired, butterflies can be seated on a “meadow” of currant leaves or hidden among marzipan flowers. By the way, children also really like to create the latter.

Homemade apple marmalade

Tastes better than store-bought (and safer). Children will not only enjoy cooking this sweetness, but also eat it.

Recipe for a child aged 12-13 years. Or - for cooking with mom’s help.

What to look for in bins:

• 100 ml water.
• ½ cup apple/juice.
• Gelatin - about 20 g.
• Lemon zest - a couple of tbsp.
• Two glasses of sugar.

Instructions:

1. Pour fresh juice over the gelatin and leave to “swell.”
2. Gently grate the lemon zest so as not to injure your fingers.
3. Next, pour water into the sugar in a saucepan and add grated zest to it.
4. Place the pan on the fire and stir thoroughly.
5. After the sugar has dissolved, remove the dishes from the heat and add our swollen gelatin.
6. Mix everything thoroughly until all lumps are completely dissolved.
7. Strain the lemon zest through a sieve.

All. All that remains is to place in the molds, cool overnight in the refrigerator, then cut, generously roll in powdered sugar and place on a plate.

You can decorate with cranberries and mint leaves.

Tofifi candies - prepared with nuts and cranberries

An option for an adult child (from 12-14 years old) or for a baby who would not mind helping his mother create a small miracle.

What to look for in bins:

• Hazelnuts - about 35 pcs.
• 70 g dark bitter chocolate.
• 9 tbsp cream (approx. 10%).
• Creamy toffees (the most ordinary, stretchy, not crumbly) - 240 g.
• One and a half spoons of plums/oil.
• One and a half spoons of vegetable oil/oil without smell!

Instructions:

1. Finely chop the toffee, add cream (5 tbsp) and melt in a water bath.
2. Melted? Remove from heat, add butter and mix until smooth and shiny.
3. We grease the mold (this is where the mold from the candy box comes in handy) with butter (or take a silicone “fancy” mold). Even a toddler can do this.
4. Now we hand the baby a spoon and wait patiently while he pours the melted toffee into the molds.
5. We clean the nuts (hazelnuts) in advance and lightly fry them, wash the cranberries.
6. We give the child a plate with nuts and a plate with cranberries - let him decorate the candies.
7. Meanwhile, mom melts the dark chocolate, gradually adds 2-4 tablespoons of cream to it (we look at the consistency) and pours the resulting mass into a container.
8. We give the child a spoon again. Now his task is to “drench” each future candy with chocolate before it hardens.

Ready! Place our sweets in the freezer for 4 hours.

We arrange the candies beautifully on a platter and go treat dad and grandma!

Flowers for a tired mom after work

An original snack for a hungry mother who is exhausted after a hard day at work. Option for children who are already allowed to use the stove. Or for smaller children, but with the involvement of dad or grandmother in the process (dads also really like to misbehave in the kitchen).

What to look for in bins:

• Thin sausages of good quality - several pieces.
• Green onions, dill - for the bouquet
• Regular baby noodles (a handful).
• Products for decoration (whatever you find).

Instructions:

1. Remove the film from the sausages and cut them into 5-6 pieces (of course, across the sausage).
2. We carefully and creatively stick the noodles into our sausages so that they stick out halfway from the sausage. Do not portion it so that the noodles do not fall out during cooking.
3. We put our “buds” into boiling water and wait 15 minutes for them to “bloom”.
4. Carefully remove with a slotted spoon and let dry a little.
5. Well, now the most important thing is creating a bouquet. We beautifully lay out the stems with leaves (onion, dill) on a dish, arrange our “flowers” ​​and, at our discretion, add, for example, vegetable butterflies (the principle is the same as for fruit butterflies - see above).

Mom will be pleased!

Mini pizzas - for the whole family

The cook's age is from 3 years. But only mom turns on the oven.

What to look for in bins:

• A package of puff pastry dough (total 0.5 kg).
• 100 g marinated chopped champignons.
• Russian cheese - 100 g.
• 150 g sliced ​​brisket.
• Ketchup (optional - and mayonnaise).
• Ingredients for decoration: shaved bell peppers, sliced ​​olives.

Instructions:

1. Defrost and roll out the dough. The child diligently helps his mother with a rolling pin.
2. Cut out exactly 8 circles of the same diameter.
3. Decorating pizzas - giving free rein to your imagination! Smileys, animal faces, funny inscriptions - anything is possible!
4. Bake until fully cooked in a preheated oven. Naturally, with my mother's help.

Ready! You can invite your family for afternoon tea!

Scrambled eggs Heart - for mom's breakfast

Well, what kind of mother would refuse such a breakfast!

Are they already letting you near the stove? Then go ahead and have a good mood!

What to look for in bins:

• 2 long sausages.
• Salt, drain/oil.
• Of course, eggs (2 pcs).
• Green onion and lettuce leaves - for “decor”.

Instructions:

1. We cut each sausage (note - not all the way!) lengthwise.
2. We turn it inside out and carefully secure the sharp corner of our heart with a toothpick.
3. Heat a frying pan, melt the butter and lightly fry the sausage heart on 1 side.
4. Fried? Turn over and crack the egg directly into the center of the heart.
5. Don't forget to add salt.
6. After cooking, place the “heart” with a spatula on lettuce leaves and garnish with red pepper.

You can bring mom breakfast!

Banana cocktail - impossible to stop eating!

Any child whose mother already lets him near the blender can handle this drink. An easy and simple recipe for a quick summer refreshing and nutritious drink.

What to look for in the bins (serves 4):

• 2 .
• 400 ml fresh milk.
• Cinnamon.
• 200 g of creamy ice cream.

Instructions:

1. Place ice cream in a blender.
2. Add chopped bananas to it.
3. Fill the products with milk.
4. Beat until the bananas are completely chopped.
5. What's next? We coat the edges of the glasses with banana (do not overdo it) and, turning them over, dip them in cinnamon - that is, we decorate the rims of the glasses.

All that remains is to pour the cocktail itself over them and serve.

Berry ice cream made by a child

It doesn't matter that summer is over. After all, the best time for ice cream is always! And if you also learn how to make it yourself, then even your grandmother, who stubbornly refuses to eat “cold” food in the slushy autumn, will not resist.

As for the age of the cook, we note that again we cannot do without the mother.

What to look for in bins:

• 300 g of ready-made berry puree (make in a blender in advance).
• One egg.
• 200 g drain/oil.
• 150 g sugar.

Instructions:

1. Mix the egg with sugar. Children love working with a whisk.
2. Add the resulting mixture to our berry puree and cook this mixture over medium heat for 5 minutes, remembering to stir.
3. Next, beat the butter with a mixer and slowly pour it into the now cooled fruit mixture.

Now you can pour the ice cream into molds and put it in the freezer.

Apples with cottage cheese

Healthy and tasty. The cook's age is from 12-14 years.

What to look for in bins:

• 2 large apples.
• 100 g low-fat cottage cheese.
• A handful of washed raisins.
• 1 tbsp honey.

Instructions:

1. Cut out the cores from the apples.
2. Mix cottage cheese with raisins and honey for the filling.
3. Stuff the apples with the filling and sprinkle a little sugar on top.
4. Place the dish in the preheated oven. You can also cook them in the microwave.

To check the readiness of the dessert, pierce the apple with a toothpick.

Rolls for dad

Even a 6-7 year old child can prepare such a snack.

What to look for in bins:

• Pita.
• Filling: 100 g cheese, garlic, mayonnaise, sliced ​​ham, washed lettuce leaves.

Instructions:

1. Cut the pita bread into squares in advance (you can cut it with scissors).
2. Grate 1 clove of garlic and cheese on the finest grater, mix with mayonnaise.
3. Place the cheese mass in a thin layer on a square of pita bread, place a thin slice of ham and a leaf of lettuce on top.
4. We roll our square with the filling into a neat roll.

Banana cookies for grandma

Who said cookies are only grandma's domain? It’s not true, everyone can cook! And the children will prove it to you.

The cook must be over 9 years old with the right to use a microwave.

What to look for in bins:

• A few bananas.
• Drain/oil.
• Coconut flakes.

Instructions:

1. Grind bananas in a blender. If you don’t have a blender or your mother still forbids using it, grind it with a fork or on a grater until smooth.
2. Mix the mixture with coconut flakes.
3. We form future cookies with our hands.
4. We take a plate without pictures and gilded edges (allowed for the microwave), grease it with butter and carefully transfer our cookies.
5. Dry the dessert in the microwave for 5 minutes.

We take it out, crumble crushed walnuts on top, decorate with cranberries and serve.

Vitamin salad for mom's lunch

We've been cooking without a knife since we were 4-5 years old!

What to look for in bins:

• Grated cheese - 100 g.
• 1 tbsp vegetable oil.
• Half a lemon.
• A handful of pine nuts (hulled).
• 10 tiny cherry tomatoes.
• Green lettuce leaves (washed).
• Greens and arugula - to your taste.

Instructions:

1. Place the tomatoes in a wide salad bowl.
2. Sprinkle with nut kernels and grated cheese.
3. Tear the greens and lettuce leaves on top with clean hands.
4. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon onto the salad.
5. Add a little salt, a little pepper and pour vegetable oil over all this beauty.

Salad ready!

Curd tomatoes

The cook's age is from 7-8 years with the right to use a knife.

What to look for in bins:

• Tomatoes - 5 pcs.
• A couple of green onions.
• Cottage cheese - half a pack (125 g).
• A clove of garlic and herbs.
• Sour cream, salt.

Instructions:

1. Wash the tomatoes and carefully cut off the tops.
2. Carefully remove the pulp with a regular teaspoon.
3. Place the tomatoes with the holes down to drain the juice.
4. Chop the greens, crush the garlic, mix.
5. Add the cottage cheese mashed with a fork, 3 tablespoons of sour cream and a pinch of salt to the mixture.
6. Mix again and stuff our tomatoes with the mixture.

Bon appetit and good luck to the young chefs!

Before allowing your child to prepare simple meals on his own, study with him. It would be better if you prepare a colorful instruction sheet for your baby in the kitchen - which you can also draw with him.

What kind of dishes do your children cook? Share your children's recipes with us!

What to feed the child? How to come up with new recipes? - questions that probably never escape any mother of a seven-year-old child. Growing up children become selective in food, they develop individual preferences and develop unloved foods. But despite this, it is important to adhere to a balanced and nutritious diet, providing the baby’s actively growing body with high-quality energy and vitamins. In this article we will offer you some healthy nutrition recipes for seven-year-old children.

First courses for children 7 years old

Children often turn up their noses at bowls of soup. But experienced mothers have come up with several tricks to inspire interest in the first dish:

• plates with funny designs on the bottom (we save cats, bunnies and other living creatures from the flood);
• appetizing serving;
• accompanying “delicacies” - pies, sandwiches, crackers, in a word, everything that goes perfectly with soup.

We suggest trying the following soup recipes for children 7 years old:

Cream soup

The ingredients vary depending on your capabilities and your child's preferences. The most popular soups are made from pumpkin, potatoes, zucchini, broccoli, and carrots. The cooking method is simple: cook coarsely chopped vegetables for about 20 minutes, add fried onions, garlic and carrots if desired, beat with a blender, sprinkle with herbs and salt to taste. If you add processed cheese or a little cream, the dish will take on a delicate milky hue.

Chicken soup

A traditional dish can be decorated with unusual noodles in the shape of animals, flowers and other figures. Vegetables (potatoes, carrots) can also be given different shapes to make it more interesting for your baby to eat. Place half a boiled egg on a plate and sprinkle with herbs.

Meatball soup

Another variation of chicken soup. We form miniature meatballs from the minced meat and place them in boiling water. Add potatoes, carrots, onions, and optional rice or noodles.

Light vegetable soup

Use vegetables that are in season or those that your child loves. Potatoes, celery, carrots, onions, zucchini, pumpkin, white or cauliflower cabbage, broccoli, beets, peppers, etc. are suitable. You can add cereals (rice, pearl barley) or pasta.

Cabbage soup

Classic cabbage soup is made from white cabbage, but there are also variations with the addition of spinach or sorrel, for example. Boil finely chopped potatoes, turnips and carrots, rub the greens through a sieve and place in vegetable broth. You can grind the ingredients in a blender and add boiled egg yolk and herbs.

Mushroom soup

Many mothers are concerned about the question of whether a seven-year-old child can eat mushroom soup. Mushrooms will bring maximum benefit if they were collected in an environmentally friendly place and are contained in small quantities in the soup. This is quite a heavy food for a child’s body, but sometimes it is quite acceptable to diversify the diet with such a dish.

Casseroles for children

Depending on the composition, casseroles are a good addition to any meal. Cottage cheese, fruit and cereal casseroles are perfect for breakfast or an afternoon snack for a seven-year-old child, meat casseroles for lunch, potato and vegetable casseroles for dinner.

Unusual versions of this dish are the following casseroles:
Rice with fruit - cook viscous milk porridge, add yolk, honey, fruit to taste, put the mixture in a silicone mold and bake for half an hour at 170 degrees.

Curd with fruit - beat cottage cheese and fruit in a blender, add 3 tablespoons of semolina, 1-2 eggs, sugar. Stir and bake in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.

Potato with meat - turn boiled potatoes into puree, mix with egg, milk, salt. Make minced meat from boiled meat or chicken. Place the minced meat in a greased form and cover it with a “blanket” of puree.
Zucchini - grate and mix zucchini, carrots and cheese. Add 1-2 eggs, salt and beat with a fork. Bake for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.

Pumpkin dishes

Pumpkin is a healthy sunny vegetable, aromatic and very tasty. Let's see what can be prepared from pumpkin for seven-year-old children:

• pumpkin can become an integral part of cottage cheese or vegetable casseroles;
• aromatic pureed pumpkin soup with garlic and croutons will be an excellent reason for a seven-year-old child to come to the table without your call;
• vegetable stews;
• boiled pumpkin puree can be added to porridge;
• an independent dish of pumpkin - stewed, fried, baked, with cheese, garlic and herbs.

Salads

Light salads are a real storehouse of vitamins and healthy fiber for children 7 years old. Mix various fruits and vegetables, prepare salads from fresh or boiled ingredients - the flight of imagination is unlimited. Most importantly, avoid dressings made from mayonnaise or store-bought sauces. For a baby's tummy, it is healthier to flavor the dish with a spoonful of vegetable oil or natural yogurt.
Offer your baby the following salad options:

• vitamin - mix cut into strips or grated vegetables and fruits (carrots, apples, radishes, kohlrabi cabbage), season with butter or yogurt;
• fruity - coarsely chop your baby's favorite fruits and season with natural yogurt or sour cream. Great alternative to dessert!
• vinaigrette - the classic recipe can be modified and adapted to suit your child’s tastes;
• healthy Olivier - prepared according to the traditional recipe, but instead of sausage we add boiled chicken and instead of mayonnaise we season with oil.

Pay attention to what foods and dishes your baby eats more readily, and come up with new healthy recipes using them. Involve your baby in cooking with you: perhaps, home-made dishes will arouse greater interest in food.

A nutritious and balanced diet is the key to the vigor and well-being of your growing baby. New first-graders experience significant physical and emotional stress, and they must have plenty of energy to get through the day. Thanks to a well-thought-out menu, you can treat your beloved baby with healthy and tasty dishes every day.

Breakfast for a 7 year old child

So that every morning you are not tormented by the question of what to cook for breakfast for your seven-year-old child, choose the dishes in advance and purchase the necessary ingredients. Focus on your baby’s food preferences, but don’t forget to cook something new from familiar ingredients. We offer several quick and interesting breakfast recipes for children 7 years old

Cottage cheese casserole with fruit

• 100 grams of low-fat cottage cheese
• 1 tbsp. decoys
• 1 egg
• Sugar
• Any fruit

Finely grate or chop the fruit. Mix cottage cheese in a blender, add yolk, sugar/honey, semolina and fruit and vegetable mixture. Add separately whipped whites to a fluffy foam. Place in silicone molds (fill 1/3 of the volume) and bake in the oven for 20 minutes over medium heat.

Rice pudding

• 30 g white rice
• 0.5 teaspoon of powdered sugar
• 200 ml milk
• Berries/jam

Mix the rice and powder, pour in milk and place in a silicone mold. Remove from the oven after an hour, where the pudding should simmer at 150 degrees. Serve with jam or berries.

Syrniki

• 200 g low-fat cottage cheese
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp Sahara
• 1 tbsp. flour
• 2 tbsp. decoys

Mix cottage cheese, egg, sugar and semolina, form cheesecakes, roll in flour and place in a preheated oven for 10 minutes.

Afternoon snack for a 7 year old child

Breakfast time has passed, it's time to think about a light snack. Try to think in advance about what to prepare for an afternoon snack for a 7-year-old child. It is advisable to give preference to healthy afternoon snacks for a seven-year-old child, which are convenient to take with you to school, and for this, use the following recipes:

Pancakes

• 1 glass milk/water
• 1 cup flour
• 2 tbsp. Sahara
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp vinegar
• Vegetable oil
• 1 yolk

Mix flour, milk/water, pre-beaten yolk and sugar. Beat until smooth, add baking soda slaked with vinegar. Place pancakes with a spoon on a heated frying pan and fry on both sides in vegetable oil.

Curd cookies

• 250 g low-fat cottage cheese
• 250 g flour
• 100 g butter
• Sugar

Beat the cottage cheese and butter with a mixer, sift the flour and slowly pour it into the resulting mixture. Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. After this, pour sugar into a plate, form small round cookies from the dough and roll them in sugar on both sides. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 200 degrees.

Cheese Pie

• 50 ml milk
• 0.5 tbsp butter
• 0.5 tbsp decoys
• 1 egg
• 2 slices white bread without crust
• 20 g grated cheese

Beat milk, salt and egg until smooth, add cheese and bread to them, mix again. Pour the mixture into a baking dish and place in the oven at 180 degrees for 25 minutes.

Lunch for a 7 year old child

If your seven-year-old child is already returning home from school by lunchtime, think ahead about what you will prepare for him. A complete lunch for a growing 7-year-old child should consist of a first and second course, so that before dinner he can calmly go about his business and not feel hungry.
Soup recipes for a 7 year old child:

Potato soup

• 100 ml milk
• 200 ml water
• 5 g butter
• 200 g potatoes
• 1 small carrot

Finely chop the potatoes and carrots and cook, then separate from the broth and blend in a blender. Add the broth and milk to the puree and boil for a few minutes. Season with oil. You can add other vegetables if desired.

Cabbage soup

• 1.5 liters of water
• 1 carrot
• 80 g pearl barley
• 500 g white cabbage
• 1 onion

Rinse the pearl barley, add boiling water and cook for 20 minutes, drain the water when ready. Finely chop the cabbage and cook together with the pearl barley for 15 minutes. Finely chop the carrots and onions and simmer in oil, add to the soup and cook for another 10 minutes. You can add others if you wish.

Meatball soup

• 2 potatoes
• 1 carrot
• 1 onion
• 2 tbsp. buckwheat
• 200 g lean meat
• 2 slices of bread

Soak the bread in water, squeeze out. Make minced meat, mix with bread and form into small balls. Pour cereal, chopped potatoes, carrots and celery into boiling water. Add the meatballs and cook for another half hour.
After a light soup, it’s time to eat a hearty second course, suitable for children 7 years old:

Potato casserole

• 2 tbsp. milk
• 200 g potatoes
• Vegetable oil
• 70 g lean meat or poultry
• 1 quail egg or ¼ chicken

Boil the potatoes and turn them into puree, adding milk and egg. Boil meat or poultry, cool and make minced meat. Grease a baking dish with oil, lay out some of the puree as the first layer, then the minced meat and again the puree. To create a delicious golden brown crust, brush the top of the casserole with yolk. Bake in the oven for about half an hour at 180 degrees.

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Babies need to be fed healthy foods. It is important to select them in accordance with the needs and desires of the children. To ensure that your meals are complete and varied, you can use popular examples of menus for every day as a sample.

Sample children's menu for the day

Each period of baby development has its own requirements. They are taken into account when creating a children's menu for every day. Ideas about age characteristics will help you organize your diet correctly. However, every sample children's menu that can be found in books and articles is advisory in nature: you have the opportunity to change it, guided by the child's preferences.

Up to 2 years

When creating a children's menu for every day for a child under 2 years old, you need to follow some recommendations:

• Up to 1 year of age, children should be fed only boiled, pureed food.
• A baby of this age period needs up to 0.6 liters of dairy products per day.
• Give your child vegetables boiled or stewed. It is allowed to use salads made from fresh vegetables, which must be mixed with vegetable oil.
• After 12 months, the baby can eat 50-100 g of fruits and berries, drink juices, jelly, compotes. Previously, the child is allowed purees and juices.
• At this age, you can include cookies, buns, marshmallows, and marmalade in the children's menu 2-3 times a week.

Menu layout for the child for the day:

1. Breakfast: porridge with milk, tea or milk.
2. 2nd breakfast: fruit juice.
3. Lunch: salad, soup, meat soufflé (up to 1.5 years). Steamed meat cutlet (after 1.5 years). Compote.
4. Afternoon snack: kefir or milk, cookies, fruit.
5. Dinner: vegetable stew, tea.

From 2 to 3 years

It is important that the diet of a child from 2 to 3 years old includes:

• vegetables and fruits, nuts;
• meat and fish;
• boiled eggs – 1 time every 2 days;
• dairy products;
• cereals and grains;
• seafood;
• olive oil;
• baked, boiled or stewed dishes.

Sample menu for a child:

1. Breakfast: milk porridge with vegetables or a boiled egg, a sandwich with butter and cheese, tea with milk, kefir or cocoa.
2. Lunch: children's vegetable salads, soup or cabbage soup, stewed or mashed potatoes, chicken stew (meatballs), compote (juice).
3. Afternoon snack: baked goods (bun, pie, pancakes or shortbread). Juice (kefir).
4. Dinner: pudding (casserole) or fish fillet, jelly, kefir (juice).

From 4 to 5 years

During this period of the child's development, four meals a day should be continued. The diet should include eggs, chicken, dairy products, fruits and vegetables, fish and grains. A set of products will help the child overcome increasing mental and physical stress, promote growth and development. To avoid stomach damage, you need to control the amount of sweets you eat. The child will be able to consume foods containing sugar after meals or as an afternoon snack. It is better to offer cream cakes to your child only on holidays.

An example menu might look like this:

1. Breakfast: rice porridge with pumpkin, sandwich with butter, tea or cocoa.
2. Lunch: pea soup, meatloaf, salad, bread, compote.
3. Afternoon snack: milk, baked apples, sandwiches. For a holiday, food can be replaced with pastries or cake.
4. Dinner: cottage cheese casserole, milk.

For 7 years

A children's menu for every day for a 7-year-old child needs to be selected very carefully, because the child becomes more picky about food. Meals should be balanced and high in calories to provide energy. The optimal energy value of foods consumed per day is about 2500 kcal, especially in the autumn. The frequency of meals should be at least 4-5 times a day.

Based on these rules, you can create an approximate children's menu for the day:

1. Breakfast: milk porridge, sandwich with butter. Tea (cocoa).
2. Lunch: first course, meat (fish) with side dish, salad, compote, chocolate.
3. Afternoon snack: casserole (pudding), fruit or oatmeal cookies with milk.
4. Dinner: steamed meat (fish), side dish of stewed vegetables or cereals.

Children's recipes for every day dishes

A child's health is determined and supported by the food he eats. The daily meal set should be such as to provide variety in the baby's diet. From simple, inexpensive, well-known products, you can create amazingly tasty and nutritious dishes. Some recipes are suitable for use every day. When preparing them, the housewife will not have any problems, and the food for the child will be tasty.

Simple

Children's beet cutlets are a very healthy and easy-to-prepare part of the menu for every day. This dish has a bright color that may interest a child. The cutlets have a wonderful, delicate taste. Compound:

• beets – 2 pcs.;
• cottage cheese – 200 g;
• egg – 1 pc.;
• garlic – 2 cloves;
• buckwheat flour – 2 tbsp. l.;
• spices.

How to cook:

1. To make minced beets, you must first boil or bake them, cool, and remove the skin. Grind the prepared vegetable. Mix it with cottage cheese and egg to create a homogeneous mass.
2. Place finely chopped garlic, flour and seasonings into the resulting mixture. Knead the minced vegetables using a spoon.
3. Heat a frying pan with olive oil. Place a tablespoon of the beet mixture into a hot bowl. Fry each cutlet on both sides. Serve the finished dish with sour cream.

Thrifty

For a children's menu, it is difficult to choose culinary recipes that would be healthy and attractive for a child. Cauliflower is a cheap, tender and tasty product. It has many useful properties; inexpensive dishes can be prepared from this vegetable. Prepare cabbage using an interesting budget recipe. Products:

• cauliflower – 200 g;
• cheese – 50 g;
• sour cream – 2 tbsp. l.;
• salt.

Prepare a light children's dish according to the instructions:

1. Place a pan of water on the fire and wait until it starts to boil. Lightly salt the liquid.
2. Cabbage should be divided into small inflorescences.
3. Place the cabbage in water and cook for about 10 minutes. When the vegetables are ready, place them in a colander.
4. Reserving some water, place the cabbage in a blender to puree it. Place the chopped vegetable in a saucepan, add a little sour cream and grated cheese. Stir and warm up a little. Stir the food constantly while cooking. When serving, garnish with grated cheese.

Healthy food

Healthy food for every day for a child is impossible without vegetables. Many of them have medicinal properties and can be used by families or for children's diets. Add them to the menu, and the dishes will become not only healthy, but also nutritious. The child will appreciate the taste of tender breast combined with pieces of vegetables. You will need:

• chicken – 0.6 kg;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• salt;
• garlic arrows – 50 g (or 2 cloves of garlic);
• spices.

Cooking instructions:

1. Cut the chicken into small cubes, add a little pepper and salt. Leave the breasts to marinate for a few minutes.
2. Cut the vegetables into large pieces, add a little salt.
3. You can steam vegetables and chicken. Children's recipes are quickly and easily prepared in a slow cooker. Place the meat and vegetables in the slotted tray. Pour water into the bottom, select the “Steam” mode, set the timer for half an hour. When the beep sounds, the chicken is ready.

From kindergarten

The kindergarten kitchen offers healthy food for preschool children. Every teacher and child remembers the usual food served in kindergarten. Mom also needs to know the recipes for dishes from this institution in order to organize meals properly. The casserole not only has many benefits, but also has a wonderful taste that is familiar from childhood. To prepare it, take the following ingredients:

• cottage cheese – 500 g;
• semolina – 2 tbsp. l.;
• sour cream – 100 g;
• salt;
• sugar;
• egg – 1 pc.

Cooking instructions:

1. Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve or fine grater.
2. Beat the egg with added sugar. Place the mixture, semolina, butter, raisins and sour cream with salt to the cottage cheese. Mix everything.
3. Place the resulting mass in a frying pan, which must first be sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Level the cottage cheese and spread sour cream on top. Place the pan in the oven and bake the contents for 40 minutes.

For allergies in a child

Recipes for children with allergies should not contain products that have the characteristics of allergens. However, this does not mean that children's food from the menu will not be tasty. Make a tender, light cauliflower and kohlrabi soup for your baby. Compound:

• kohlrabi – ½ stem;
• cauliflower – 4 inflorescences;
• oat flakes – 2 tbsp. l.;
• parsley root;
• dill;
• parsley;
• broth - 1 l;
• sour cream.

How to prepare diet food:

1. Peel the roots of kohlrabi and parsley and cut into thin strips. Heat them slightly in a saucepan with butter.
2. Place the pan with meat or vegetable broth on the fire. Add cabbage, chopped roots and oatmeal to the liquid.
3. Cook the soup until the vegetables are soft. When serving, season with sour cream and herbs.

Delicious and quick recipes for children for every day

The menu you create for a small child will include certain dishes. To prepare them correctly and quickly, use children's recipes. You can easily find them on the Internet or in books, but the easiest way is to watch video instructions. Many of them are easy, contain recipes that are quick to prepare. It is necessary that the dishes are tasty, healthy for the whole family, and do not cause allergies. Properly selected recipes will diversify your child’s diet and add health and energy to him.

Soup recipe

Breakfasts for children

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“I cook, I try, I stand at the stove, and he shouts “Fe!” and pushes the plate away. “And what should I feed this child?” my friend complains. Common situation? Dear mothers, I understand you. Sometimes feeding a child is an impossible task. And we even feel sorry not for the products themselves, but for the efforts and time we spend in the kitchen. Children's dishes should be fresh, tasty, and interesting. But how can a busy mother implement all this?

After talking with friends and conducting a small survey, we managed to put together several simple and tasty dishes that our children love. But, most importantly, their preparation does not take much time.

1. Chicken in sweet sauce

Ingredients: chicken, honey, turmeric, coriander, salt, pepper, garlic, orange.
Preparation: The amount of ingredients depends on the size of the chicken. In a deep bowl, mix 2-3 tbsp. spoons of honey, 1-2 tsp. turmeric, a pinch of ground coriander, pepper, salt, squeeze 1-2 cloves of garlic. Add the juice of one small orange. You need to marinate the chicken for half an hour. If desired, you can leave it overnight. Place in a preheated oven for about an hour. The side dish can be mashed potatoes, pasta or porridge. The chicken will have an islandy-sweet taste and look interesting! And you can use the baking time for yourself.

2. Shells with cheese

Ingredients: large shell pasta, seasoned cheese, tomatoes, onions, boiled chicken breast, salt, pepper.
Preparation: Boil the pasta, but 2-3 minutes less than what is written in the instructions. Let the pasta cool.

While the shells are boiling, cut the onion into cubes and fry in olive oil, add salt, pepper, and aromatic herbs if desired. Cut the boiled chicken breast and tomatoes into small cubes. Mix onions, tomatoes and meat. Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
Fill the shell with minced tomato and meat, add cheese on top. Place the shells in a deep frying pan or baking dish, after greasing them with oil. You can put it on fire or put it in a hot oven for 3-4 minutes to melt the cheese.

Can be served with any salad. Cooking time takes approximately 15-20 minutes.

3. Potatoes with cheese

These potatoes are tender on the inside and have a delicious crispy crust on top. Believe me, it does not leave anyone indifferent. Minimum ingredients, minimum time, maximum pleasure!

Ingredients: potatoes, butter, cheese, salt.
Preparation: Choose small potatoes. Cut peeled or well-washed potatoes in half. Place on a greased baking sheet, add salt and a piece of butter. Place in a preheated oven for 20 minutes. Then put a piece of cheese on each potato. Cook for a few more minutes until the cheese melts and browns a little. Can be served with any salad.

4. Chicken liver with sour cream sauce

Not all children love liver, although it is very useful. But this recipe is just a godsend. The liver will become tender, aromatic, and will simply melt in your mouth.

Ingredients: chicken liver, onions, carrots, salt, pepper, aromatic herbs, sour cream, sunflower oil.
Preparation: fry chicken liver on both sides until color changes in sunflower oil in a preheated frying pan. Add diced onion, salt and pepper, and add aromatic herbs if desired. After a few minutes, add the carrots grated on a medium grater. Simmer for a few minutes under the lid. Add low-fat sour cream. Add fresh herbs if desired. Simmer for a few more minutes.

You can serve with pasta, potatoes or porridge. With this liver, children will sweep away everything. It takes about 15-20 minutes to prepare, and the taste is simply amazing!

5. Meatball soup

The first courses are very healthy and simply necessary in the children's menu. But is it easy for you to feed your child soup? I think the answer is probably no.
Everyone loves my signature meatball soup because of its beauty, and taste, of course. And it takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Ingredients: minced chicken, potatoes, carrots, onions, green peas, turmeric, small star pasta, olive oil, salt, pepper, bay leaf, herbs.
Preparation: If you have minced chicken lying around in the refrigerator, this is a godsend. Well, if not, then cook it yourself by chopping the meat, adding a small onion, a clove of garlic and salt to taste.

Cut the potatoes, carrots and onions into cubes and make meatballs from the minced meat. Place the potatoes and carrots on the fire, wait until they boil and cook for a few minutes, add the onion, salt, pepper, bay leaf, pasta and turmeric. Cook for a few minutes. Add meatballs and a spoonful of olive oil. A minute before readiness, add the greens. If you have canned peas, add them at the end. If fresh - along with potatoes.

This soup looks very beautiful, the turmeric makes it golden and delicious, and the ingredients of different colors and shapes will definitely interest the children.

6. Fish cutlets

Everyone knows that fish is a very healthy product. But it just so happens that many children do not like fish. These cutlets are delicious, look beautiful and can be disguised as regular cutlets. And they are also useful because they are not fried, but baked.

Ingredients: fish fillet 500 g, 2-3 slices of white bread without crust, onion, hard cheese, one egg, vegetable oil, dill, salt.
Preparation: pass the fish fillet through a meat grinder along with the onion, add an egg, squeezed bread in water, or in milk. Add finely chopped dill, salt, a spoonful of vegetable oil. With wet hands we form cutlets. For beauty, you can give them the shape of stars, fish, hearts. Place on a baking sheet and place in a preheated oven for 15-17 minutes. After this time, sprinkle with grated cheese and place in the oven for another 5 minutes. The cutlets are ready!

7. Carrot cutlets

We adults know that vegetables are healthy. Children are not at all interested in this. But these carrot cutlets should attract the attention of children. There are many variations of this dish, but these two, salty and sweet, are the simplest and most delicious.

Sweet cutlets
Ingredients: 5-6 medium-sized carrots, half a glass of semolina, 2-3 tsp. sugar, one egg, a pinch of salt, vegetable oil.
Preparation: boil the carrots, when cool, grate them, add semolina, egg, sugar, salt. Form cutlets, roll in semolina and fry in vegetable oil. Can be served with jam or jam.

Salty cutlets
Ingredients: carrots, small onion, garlic clove, salt, egg, semolina, dill.
Preparation: Grate boiled chilled carrots, add chopped onion, garlic, finely chopped dill, egg, salt, semolina, stir, form into cutlets, fry on both sides.

8. Omelet with sausage and vegetables

Eggs are undoubtedly a very healthy product. As always, not all children like scrambled eggs. But I think this fluffy, soft and fragrant omelette should interest kids. And if you get a little more creative and add interesting ingredients to it, children will definitely want to try it.

Ingredients: 8 eggs, 1 glass of milk, 1-2 tbsp. spoons of flour, a whisper of salt, several baby sausages, 1-2 tbsp. spoons of canned peas, 1 boiled carrot, 1-2 boiled potatoes, greens.
Preparation: break eggs into a deep bowl, add milk, salt, flour and beat well. Cut the sausage into rings, carrots and potatoes into cubes, finely chop the greens, rinse the peas with water. Add all ingredients to the eggs, mix, pour into a greased baking sheet and place in a preheated oven. This omelette can be served with fresh vegetables or sauces.

9. Mannik

Mannik is a flight of mother’s imagination, and the ingredients can easily be found in any refrigerator.

Ingredients: 1 glass of semolina, 1 glass of sour cream (can be replaced with kefir or taken in half), half a glass of sugar, three eggs, half a teaspoon of soda, you can add vanilla sugar.
Preparation: Mix all ingredients and let stand for a while. Can be prepared in the evening and left in the refrigerator overnight.
Pour into a greased pan and place in the oven for 30 minutes. You can put dried fruits, berries in the manna, or simply pour over your favorite jam or syrup.

10. Curd casserole

Cottage cheese is almost the healthiest dairy product. But my baby categorically refuses to eat it, but the cottage cheese casserole goes with a bang. Over several years of preparation, she has become my best friend and savior when it is difficult to feed the child something. I also love cooking it because you can imagine and experiment during the process, and it’s almost impossible to spoil it.

Ingredients: 1 kg of cottage cheese, 3 eggs, half a glass of semolina, half a glass of milk, vanillin, 1 glass of sugar (to taste, a little less), zest of one lemon, juice of half a lemon, 1 tbsp. spoon of starch.
Preparation: Pass the cottage cheese through a meat grinder or grind in a blender. The more tender the cottage cheese, the tastier the casserole will be.

While you do this, pour milk over the semolina. Stir the eggs with sugar, it is not necessary to beat until foamy. Mix cottage cheese, eggs, semolina, add vanillin, pour in the juice of half a lemon, grate the lemon zest on a fine grater, add a spoonful of starch. Mix everything well. You can add dried apricots, raisins to the casserole, after soaking them in water, or berries and fruits. Pour the cottage cheese into a greased pan and place in a preheated oven for 40 minutes until golden brown on top. It's quick to prepare, and in 40 free minutes you can do a lot of useful things.