What to please your child for dinner: a selection of simple and interesting recipes

Dinner should account for no more than 20% of the daily diet. With children the situation is more complicated: their day is so busy that it is difficult to calm down in the evening, they sleep poorly. At night, children wake up to have a snack (drink water, kefir). Parents try to prepare a nutritious meal for their child at night, but the problem is not solved.

In this case, you need to know what nutritionists recommend eating before bed, and what is strictly prohibited.

Salted chicken in the oven

I think one of the easiest ideas for dinner is to cook chicken so that it has a crispy crust.
It seems to me that everyone just loves it, and when we see it in a store or grill, our mouths immediately water and we just want to eat it. So let's make one, and in a way that is unusual for everyone. After all, all we need is a chicken carcass and salt, to make it tastier, I’ll coat it with spices. Until recently, I approached this recipe with skepticism, I kept wondering how you could fry a chicken in salt, but believe me, it turns out divine, as if grilled, in general, an option for the lazy and for those who want to save on time.

You can see traditional cooking options for this dish in this article.

We will need:

• chicken - 1 pc.
• spices for chicken or your favorite - 2 tbsp
• mayonnaise or sour cream - 3 tbsp
• salt - 1 package 1 kg

Stages:

1. First, take mayonnaise or sour cream and mix with spices.

2. The chicken carcass will need to be defrosted, washed and cut into breasts, and then pour a whole bag of salt onto a baking sheet and distribute the salt evenly. Place the chicken like in this picture.

3. Rub the seasoning mixture on top and wipe the chicken with it; use a brush to do this procedure.

4. Then put the dish in the oven for 1 hour at a maximum setting of approximately 200 degrees. It may take 1 hour 10 minutes, depending on its size; the larger it is, the more time it will take. This is such a delicacy! It looks great, and how delicious and easy it is to make!

It looks great, and is also juicy and soft inside; serve hot with any side dish, such as buckwheat.

Potatoes baked with sour cream

Ingredients: 400 gr. potatoes, 100 gr. sour cream, 2 tbsp. spoons of ketchup or tomato paste, salt to taste.

The cooking procedure is as follows:

1. Peel the potatoes and rinse thoroughly, cut into thin circles or strips, place in a deep cup, add tomato paste and salt. Mix everything properly.
2. After this, line the baking sheet with baking paper, lay out the potato mixture, add one and a half glasses of water so that the bottom of the baking sheet is covered, but not the potatoes. Water is needed so that the dish does not burn and is not too dry.
3. At 180 degrees, bake the potatoes in the oven for about half an hour. After this, the dish will be ready.

You can add a vegetable salad to the potatoes, sprinkle them with herbs or offer sour cream. The dish is considered dietary because it is prepared without frying in oil, and therefore is suitable for overweight children.

What time should your child have dinner?

The best option would be to serve dinner no later than 1.5-2 hours before going to bed. If sleep is scheduled for 21.30, the child should eat at 19-20 hours. When planning dinner, you should take into account the child's age and the time of the last meal.

Children 3-7 years old have an afternoon snack in kindergarten around 16:00, so a late dinner will create too much of a break between meals, which will make you feel hungry. For them, the ideal option would be to eat their favorite dish at 19-19.30 hours, so the kids will not have time to get too hungry in the intervals between meals.

It is not advisable for children to have a snack after an afternoon snack, otherwise they will have a bad dinner later. So a light dinner at 21:00 would be appropriate for a child 1-2 years old (who was previously fed at 18:00), but for children of high school age, such a late meal is harmful, since they, as a rule, do not eat midday and have lunch later.

If your child feels hungry before bed, you can give him a glass of kefir, fermented baked milk or warm milk with honey (if he is not allergic to honey)

It is important to lead by example by eating healthy meals and not overeating at night.

Pumpkin porridge

Ingredients:

• Pumpkin – 1.5 kg (peeled and chopped).
• Millet or rice – 2-3 cups.
• Milk – 0.5 l.
• Sugar – 1 glass.
• Salt – 1 teaspoon.

Preparation:

1. Well, first of all, cut the pumpkin into pieces of about 2x3 cm and put them in a pan. Fill with water so that the pumpkin is covered, but no more. Cook over medium heat until soft.
2. Then pour in the well-washed millet/rice and add milk. You can turn up the heat a little, but not much.
3. The pumpkin will become completely soft - don’t be alarmed - this is how it should be. When the porridge is almost cooked, add sugar and salt and bring until cooked.
4. The finished porridge must be crushed in order to knead the remaining pumpkin pieces.
5. Serve with a knob of butter. And when serving, a piece of the freshest bread with butter spread on it is very desirable.

Children's dinner: tips and tricks for parents

Newborn babies are fed in the evening with mother's milk or formula until complementary foods are introduced. During this period, there are no questions about what to cook for the child for dinner. For children over one year old, cook porridge in water or milk, make puree from fresh fruits and boiled vegetables.

Dinner should be light and not feel heavy. Feeding times depend on what time the baby goes to bed. If he goes to bed at 21.00, then he needs to prepare food at 19.00; if he goes to bed at 22.00-23.00, then the last meal can be moved to 20.00.

Food distribution for children:

Nutritionists will tell you what to cook for dinner for children who attend kindergarten and receive good nutrition there. Experts recommend giving natural food that is not thermally processed (fruits and vegetables). For dinner, it is better to offer foods that the child did not get during the day, that is, the food received at home should complement the kindergarten food.

This is not difficult to do, since in garden groups a daily menu is posted (you can check the menu for the week); in some gardens, recommendations are given regarding evening meals at home. For example, if your baby hasn’t eaten a single apple in a day, you can give him a fruit salad for dinner. If there was a shortage of cottage cheese, you can prepare cheesecakes or cottage cheese with dried fruits.

Sometimes children themselves refuse to eat kindergarten food; many parents believe that their children do not eat enough in kindergarten, so they try to feed them more in the evening. As a result, the child overeats, sleeps poorly, the routine gets lost, and health problems appear.

If your baby refuses to eat certain dishes from kindergarten, you need to gradually accustom him to them at home: sometimes cook them for dinner or on weekends. In addition, children's dishes can be decorated in a very funny way, which significantly increases interest and appetite.

For food to be beneficial, it is necessary to follow the fundamental principles of child nutrition:

• The diet must be varied using different dishes and products. It is not recommended to serve the same dish twice. There are different dishes for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
• You need to prepare food yourself, and not buy semi-finished products. This is the only way to be sure of the quality of the products and the shelf life of the dish.
• Food should be high enough in calories so that the child does not have time to get hungry before and during sleep. At the same time, it should not be heavy.
• Food must be safe, this means monitoring the shelf life and storage conditions, and the method of preparation. Finely chop or grind the meat, remove all bones from the fish. The possibility that the child may choke should be excluded.
• Products should be easily absorbed by the child's body. Thus, it takes a lot of time to digest meat dishes, so it is not advisable to include these products for dinner.
• When preparing meals for children, it is necessary to take into account cooking technologies: minimize fried food for children under 6 years of age.
• Follow the diet: you need to eat every 3-4 hours, avoid snacks (drink only).
• Food must be prepared 30 minutes before feeding. You should not give food that has been in the refrigerator for more than 24 hours.

Experts advise listening to the “don’t” rules:

• Do not give too hot or cold food. Food should be warm so as not to burn yourself, and not cold so as not to lose its taste.
• You should not force feed your baby: persuade, force. If a child refuses to eat, it means he doesn’t want to eat. A slight feeling of hunger (if it can be satisfied) is sometimes useful. But if a child refuses soup or porridge, but asks for sweets, you should not please him.
• Do not rush the child: the pace of feeding is an individual quality. Some people eat slowly, some eat quickly. When a child chews food thoroughly and eats slowly, the food is crushed, moistened with saliva and digested better. Pieces swallowed hastily are difficult to digest, entering the intestines and injuring it.
• There is no need to distract from food: turn on cartoons on TV or keep new toys in sight. This is especially true for children with poor appetite: appetite does not increase, but the child develops digestive disorders.

On weekends and holidays, the baby's nutrition should be close to what he receives in kindergarten. To prevent various diseases, you need to fortify your diet: give fresh (preferably homemade) vegetables and fruits, herbs, and freshly squeezed juices for dinner.

Experts recommend keeping a baby food diary. The menu from the kindergarten is included in it daily. This helps to decide on the choice of evening dish.

Evening meal options

Our simple and at the same time delicious recipes, familiar and loved by everyone since childhood, which are very easy to make, will help you diversify your menu. It is worth considering the age of the baby, but according to our recommendations, dishes can be prepared for a one-year-old child with the same success as for older children.

Dinner includes the following menu:

• cutlets or meatballs;
• side dishes of fresh or stewed vegetables;
• milk or non-dairy porridges;
• sweet soups or cottage cheese dishes;
• desserts: pancakes, pancakes with berries and fruits, as well as drinks made from them.

But all young researchers undoubtedly need protein - it is responsible for the growth and development of muscle mass and the nervous system. The healthiest companion to protein foods is fiber. That's why our recipes contain dishes made from vegetables: fresh and stewed. Save it in your notes, and in the future your baby will often ask you to cook exactly these!

Meat or fish with side dish

Stewed vegetables with meatballs

1. Make half a kilo of minced meat, stir in 1 egg and 100 g of cottage cheese. Add salt and a pinch of pepper, knead the ingredients and roll the meatballs.
2. Fry the resulting balls in a small amount of oil until golden brown and transfer them to another bowl.
3. Sauté onions and carrots in meatball oil, add finely shredded cabbage (you can grate it), plus a little water.
4. In a separate container, mix 100 g of sour cream, 1 tablespoon of flour with a pinch of salt. Transfer this to the stew and add the meatballs.
5. Warm all ingredients over medium heat for 10 minutes. When serving, sprinkle with chopped herbs.

Potato cutlets with cheese and turkey

1. Grind turkey fillet (300 g), add 100 g of grated cheese, 1 egg and 3 tbsp. l. flour. Add some salt.
2. Prepare the vegetables: grate a couple of large potatoes and squeeze. Chop the greens, defrost fresh peas (optional) and let drain. Place everything into the minced meat and mix well.
3. Prepare cutlets from the resulting mass and place them on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.
4. Bake at 190 degrees for 30 minutes. Serve with vegetable side dish.

The child’s food, including dinner, must be complete and correspond to all calories consumed. Experts indicate that the need of a 2-year-old baby is 1500 kcal. The diet necessarily includes 4 meals, the largest amount of which is for lunch.

Chicken with rice and vegetables in a slow cooker

Most parents already have technical assistants in their kitchens that can save time and effort. One of these is a multicooker, in which you can cook a lot of tasty and healthy dishes without spending a lot of energy on them.

1. Place the ingredients needed for the meal in a saucepan and cook at the same time.
2. Divide the chicken into small pieces, and chop or cut the vegetables (onions and carrots) into cubes. Peel the tomato and chop it, placing it in a saucepan along with the garlic. Rinse the rice.
3. Place the ingredients in a slow cooker, adding salt to taste.
4. Add the required amount of water and turn on the “Porridge” mode for 1 hour.

“Monastic” fish cutlets

1. Take 500-600 g of fish, preferably dietary sea fish (pollock, hake), as it contains fewer bones. Prepare the minced meat.
2. Fry onions and carrots in a little oil. Transfer it to the fish mixture. You can beat the ingredients with a blender, because not every child, when they see onions and carrots, wants to eat everything to the end.
3. Season with salt and pepper, add 1 tbsp. l. starch and 1 tbsp. l. oatmeal flakes. Stir the minced meat and let it sit in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
4. Next, form cutlets from the prepared mixture and fry them in a frying pan until golden brown. You can use breading (flour or crackers).
5. Place the fried cutlets in a saucepan, add a little water and 1 tbsp. l. soy sauce. Simmer covered until done.

Milk based

Milk soup with buckwheat

1. For one serving of soup, take 200 ml of milk, bring it to a boil and add 5 tbsp. l. buckwheat
2. After a couple of seconds, turn down the heat. Boil the buckwheat for 10 minutes.
3. Finally, add sugar and a pinch of vanilla.
4. Leave the soup covered for a couple of minutes before serving.

Semolina pudding

1. Prepare the pudding so that it sits for at least a couple of hours before serving.
2. Bring a glass of milk to a boil and add a pinch of vanilla.
3. Add 100 g of semolina and cook for a couple of minutes.
4. Remove from heat, cover and let sit.
5. Cut the cooled pudding into small pieces.
6. When serving, top with jam or marmalade.

Healthy casseroles

Vegetable

1. Wash the vegetables, peel and cut into cubes. You will need potatoes, carrots, onions, zucchini and cabbage (cauliflower, broccoli).
2. Prepare the filling: beat 2 eggs with a whisk and add salt and sift in a couple of tablespoons of flour.
3. Season the mixture from step 1 with eggs and place in the oven.
4. Bake for half an hour at 160 degrees.

This dinner dish is not only tasty and healthy, but also filling.

Pasta

1. Boil the pasta until half cooked and transfer it to a baking dish.
2. Prepare the sauce: beat 2 eggs with a whisk and add a pinch of salt, grated cheese and a couple of tablespoons of flour.
3. Pour over the pasta and place in the oven at 170 degrees for 30 minutes.

Salads

Tomato with cauliflower

1. Boil small cabbage inflorescences (rosettes) in salted water. Cool.
2. Cut the tomato and cucumber into cubes, you can add an apple.
3. Place everything on green lettuce leaves, sprinkle with sour cream, salt and top with boiled cabbage.
4. Sprinkle with chopped herbs if desired.

Fresh vegetables must be present in children's diets. Those that are green in color are especially useful; it signals a large amount of chlorophyll, which strengthens the immune system. All of them are hypoallergenic, and even an allergic person can eat them.

Green with cucumber

1. Wash the lettuce leaves well and dry. Cut into strips.
2. Peel the cucumbers and chop them into small cubes.
3. Season the ingredients with salt and oil. It is best to use olive oil.
4. Mix the resulting salad and serve immediately for dinner.

Pancakes, pancakes, eggs

Scrambled eggs with vegetables

1. Cut 1 carrot and a stalk of celery into small cubes and fry in a little oil.
2. Add a little water and simmer under the lid.
3. Beat 2 eggs (quail eggs can be used), add salt and add to vegetables.
4. Cover the pan and steam over low heat for a couple of minutes.

Curd pancakes

1. Beat 100 g of cottage cheese with one egg.
2. Sift a glass of flour into the curd mass, add 1 tbsp. l. sugar and a pinch of soda. Prepare a homogeneous mixture.
3. Form pancakes with a spoon and place them in a well-heated frying pan.

Pancakes

1. In a bowl, mix 1 cup of kefir, a couple of tablespoons of sunflower oil and 1 egg.
2. Add sugar to taste, a pinch of salt and vanilla.
3. Sift the flour into a bowl and gradually bring the dough to the state of thick sour cream.
4. Fry pancakes in a preheated frying pan with a minimum amount of oil. You can cook without it, but make sure your pancakes don’t burn.

Banana fritters

1. Mash the banana in a bowl until it becomes a puree consistency. Add sugar and 1 egg.
2. Sift the flour and place it little by little into a container, making a thin, viscous dough.
3. You can mix in ½ tsp. baking powder and a pinch of vanilla.
4. Place pancakes on a well-heated frying pan and fry them on both sides.

A growing baby requires not only a nutritious diet that meets the needs of the body, but also an attractive appearance of the dishes offered. Diversify your little one’s menu, use your imagination, and invite your child to dine on simple food in a new twist presented in this article. And even many years later, the grown-up schoolchild will be happy to devour the food prepared by his mother!

Goulash

Beef for dinner goes well with vegetables, so goulash is an excellent choice, the meat turns out soft and just melts in your mouth. Cooking will take you a maximum of 35 minutes, and the preparation of the products will take only 5 minutes. Cut a piece of beef into cubes, finely chop the onion and garlic, dip the tomatoes in boiling water for 2 minutes, remove the skin and finely chop, cut the bell pepper into small slices. That's all the preparation is, all that remains is to fry the meat with all the vegetables, pour boiling water over it and let it simmer for 20-30 minutes. It is advisable to cook in a saucepan or saucepan. Don't forget also salt and pepper and bay leaf. Using the same principle, you can prepare a stew, then you can add zucchini, and take less meat, you get a more dietary option.

Summary for parents

When preparing dinner for a 3-year-old child, you should take into account the advice of experts. The main evening meals should be dairy products, vegetables and fruits. Recommendations from nutritionists and the mother’s imagination will allow you to feed your baby tasty, healthy and varied dishes.

For dinner, the child should be fed simple food and not overfed. In addition, you should avoid drinking too much, which leads to frequent urination at night. Knowing which foods are healthy in the evening and which are undesirable, you can prevent the development of many health problems for your baby.

Pediatrician E. O. Komarovsky tells what to feed a child for dinner:

Children's dinner dinner for children

Both adults and children live according to a certain daily routine. By spending energy on various activities throughout the day, the child must restore it. The best ways are sleep and, of course, food. Children's food intake should be strictly regulated according to the regime.

The child must have his last meal, dinner, before 9:00 p.m. After this time, the body stops actively processing food, so it will remain undigested in the stomach until the morning, which can have a bad effect on the digestive system. Therefore, it is best if children's dinner occurs at 18-19 pm. A few hours before bedtime, food can be well absorbed, which will ensure a restful and sound sleep.

When preparing your baby's evening meal, try to keep it light, but at the same time filling and nutritious. It is advisable not to give children meat before bedtime. Limit yourself, for example, to cottage cheese dishes, stewed vegetables with boiled chicken or porridge with milk. These foods are thought to help the body produce melatonin, which makes you want to sleep. You can also offer your child nuts or dried fruits. Avoid fatty, fried and smoked foods. Try not to give your child mayonnaise, too spicy and salty foods, and do not use a large amount of seasonings. All salads are best seasoned with olive or vegetable oil. The child can wash down his meal with fresh juice or weak tea. To prepare your child for bed, you can give him herbal tea made from chamomile and lemon balm.

Sometimes before going to bed, a child may say that he wants to eat again. In this case, you can give him a glass of milk or kefir. Some babies have a habit of waking up at night and asking for food. In fact, at night, most often the body requires not food, but drink, so give your child a glass of water.

Children's dinner (dinner for children)

Both adults and children live according to a certain daily routine. By spending energy on various activities throughout the day, the child must restore it. The best ways are sleep and, of course, food. Children's food intake should be strictly regulated according to the regime. The child must have his last meal, dinner, before 9:00 p.m. After this time, the body stops actively processing food, so it will remain undigested in the stomach until the morning, which can have a bad effect on the digestive system. Therefore, it is best if children's dinner occurs at 18-19 pm. A few hours before bedtime, food can be well absorbed, which will ensure a restful and sound sleep. When preparing your baby's evening meal, try to keep it light, but at the same time filling and nutritious. It is advisable not to give children meat before bedtime. Limit yourself, for example, to cottage cheese dishes, stewed vegetables with boiled chicken or porridge with milk. These foods are thought to help the body produce melatonin, which makes you want to sleep. You can also offer your child nuts or dried fruits. Avoid fatty, fried and smoked foods. Try not to give your child mayonnaise, too spicy and salty foods, and do not use a large amount of seasonings. All salads are best seasoned with olive or vegetable oil. The child can wash down his meal with fresh juice or weak tea. To prepare your child for bed, you can give him herbal tea made from chamomile and lemon balm. Sometimes before going to bed, a child may say that he wants to eat again. In this case, you can give him a glass of milk or kefir. Some babies have a habit of waking up at night and asking for food. In fact, at night, most often the body requires not food, but drink, so give your child a glass of water.

What foods should you avoid during your evening meal?

Not all products are recommended for consumption before bed. Some are poorly digested, which disrupts the child’s sleep, while others help increase activity.

There are foods that are strictly prohibited for dinner:

• sweets: ice cream, chocolate, candy;
• pastries and bakery products;
• fatty, fried foods;
• semi-finished meat products;
• salinity and seasoned dishes.

Nutritionists have found out what to cook for a child for dinner without harming the body. Meat provokes painful drowsiness and causes stomach upset. It is not recommended to give cholesterol foods in the form of pasta or hot sandwiches.

Meat and fish dishes must be given no later than lunch; for dinner this is heavy food.

Hot seasonings are replaced with natural products: onions, garlic, lemon juice, herbs. Also, at any time of the day, children should not be given fast food or sweet carbonated drinks. There is no need to give semolina, millet or pearl barley porridge , as they are slowly digested by the child’s body.

Better buckwheat or oatmeal.

Children most often receive baked goods as an afternoon snack, so do not overload them with simple carbohydrates. It is not recommended to drink everything with strong tea; it is better to drink compote or jelly.

Salads

An irreplaceable snack option for any table, festive or everyday, is a salad. This dish can serve as a dietary side dish for a delicious dinner after work. Prepare a hearty or light salad depending on the wishes of your household. To create a dish, use vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, mushrooms, and cereals. If you're wondering what to make your husband for dinner, try making one of the salads below.

Sausage salad

You will need:

• a quarter kilogram of boiled sausage;
• two cucumbers;
• canned corn (about one hundred grams);
• two eggs;
• bulb;
• half a bunch of parsley;
• mayonnaise;
• salt.

How to make sausage salad for dinner:

1. Chop the boiled eggs. Cut the sausage into cubes and peel the cucumber.
2. Chop the onion and parsley.
3. Mix the prepared ingredients, not forgetting to add the corn.
4. Season the dish with mayonnaise.
5. The snack is ready!

Carrot salad

Required components:

• 100 grams of hard cheese, smoked chicken breast;
• one hundred and fifty grams of carrots;
• three tablespoons of sour cream;
• two garlic cloves;
• greenery.

How to make this salad:

1. Using a coarse grater, grate the carrots and your favorite hard cheese. Cut the smoked meat into strips.
2. Chop the greens and press the garlic using a press.
3. Mix the ingredients of the dish, adding sour cream and spices.
4. A delicious appetizer for dinner is ready!

What foods and dishes should I prepare for dinner for three-year-olds?

Fruits or berries will help diversify the taste of milk oatmeal.
This dish is perfect for a 3-year-old’s dinner. Nutritionists recommend preparing dinner dishes for 3-year-old children from the following products:

1. Cereal dishes that contain carbohydrates that can supply the body with energy, vitamins and minerals. You can make porridge from cereals, to which you add fresh or dried fruits (dried apricots, raisins, prunes, apples). Cereals go well in casseroles and cabbage rolls. Buckwheat and oatmeal are healthier than others, but to diversify the menu you can use:

• rice;
• wheat;
• corn;
• barley groats.

It is recommended to prepare semi-viscous porridges with the addition of butter.

1. Vegetables can be offered to the child not only in the form of casseroles, but also made into purees and fresh salads, since the baby is able to chew them. They can be seasoned with sour cream or vegetable oil.

1. Experts advise offering lean meat (chicken, turkey, rabbit, beef) to your child not often, as it takes longer to digest. You can make meatballs, cutlets, and steamed meatballs from minced meat. They are served with vegetables or cereals. You can make pate from boiled chicken liver.

1. Low-fat fish can be steamed, but serve it no more than 2 times a week. Due to the risk of developing an allergic reaction, it is better to use sea fish, as it is less allergenic. Be sure to carefully remove all, even small, fish bones. True, there are fewer of them in sea fish.

1. Dairy products (if lactose intolerant), fermented milk products are especially useful. These are not only nutritious and easily digestible foods. They contain calcium (it is absorbed better in the afternoon), thereby strengthening the child’s skeletal system and tooth enamel. Cottage cheese can be given with fruits, sour cream, and cheesecakes, dumplings, casseroles, and puddings can be made from it.

1. Eggs - quail or chicken - can be used to prepare a steam omelet or boil them hard. You can add vegetables and chopped herbs to omelettes. Boiled eggs can be components of vegetable salads. At this age, a child can eat eggs twice a week.

1. As a rule, all children love to eat fruits. It is best to give them fresh so that vitamins are not lost as a result of thermal exposure. The best option is to offer your baby local fruits, but if there is no allergy, citrus fruits can also be introduced. From fruits you can prepare salads, fresh juices, add them to fermented milk products and cereals.

Making a Lenten dinner from simple ingredients

During Lent, you crave variety in food more than ever. And various spices and seasonings will help us with this. And of course, a delicious and satisfying set of ingredients for this dish. Bon appetit!

We will need:

• Canned beans – 2 cans
• Onions – 200 gr.
• Mushrooms – 100 gr.
• Bell pepper – 400 gr.
• Tomatoes in their own juice – 100 gr.
• Garlic – 2 cloves
• Chili pepper – 1 pc. (taste)
• Cilantro – 1 bunch
• Salt and black pepper - to taste
• Dried garlic – ½ teaspoon
• Ground cumin – ½ teaspoon
• Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Coriander seeds – 1 teaspoon
• Dried chili peppers – 3 pcs. (or to taste)

Cooking method in stages:

Fry garlic, onions and mushrooms in a frying pan.

Add bell peppers and tomatoes in their own juice and continue frying.

Then add spices: dried garlic, ground cumin, cumin and coriander seeds, dried chili peppers, salt, black pepper. Mix everything well and simmer the dish for another 3-5 minutes over low heat.

Add beans and stir.

Add finely chopped fresh chili pepper and mix well again.

Then add chopped cilantro, mix and the dish is ready. Bon appetit!

Rice pudding with apples

To prepare the pudding you will need:

• 3 tbsp. spoons of short grain rice;
• 1 glass of milk;
• 1 egg;
• 1 teaspoon butter;
• 1 large apple;
• breadcrumbs for sprinkling.

Rice needs to be boiled in water, add milk to it and cook for another 10 minutes. When ready, add a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of sugar. The end result should be a sticky rice porridge with milk.

Separate the egg yolk from the white and rub with sugar, finely chop or grate the apple, then add everything to the porridge. Put butter there too. To stir thoroughly. Beat the whites until thick foam and pour into the mixture. Mix again.

The baking dish must be greased with butter and sprinkled with breadcrumbs. After this, transfer the rice-apple mixture into it and place in the oven for 20 minutes at 180 degrees. Bake until golden brown. Before eating, the pudding needs to cool slightly so that it is warm.

Cake for your loved one Lady fingers

Category: Desserts Cakes Custard cake

I come to you with the 250th anniversary recipe! And with the well-known cake: “Lady fingers”. I prepared it today for my loved one’s birthday. Yes, there is one on the site and more than one. But like this, but not like this. Here I will reveal the secrets that MasterChef-Ukraine season 4 participant Samvel Adamyan revealed in the “Everything Will Be Delicious” program, which will help make this cake neat and beautiful, and not look like a pile of logs of different thicknesses and lengths. And, despite the large number of step-by-step photos, the recipe is very simple and accessible to everyone, both in terms of execution and products! Come in!

Water Butter Wheat flour Salt Chicken egg Sour cream Powdered sugar Sugar Vinegar Strawberry Mint Dark chocolate

Lazy cottage cheese dumplings in a hurry

The recipe will help out when you don’t have any time to stand at the stove, and you need to prepare a hearty dish in the shortest possible time.

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese – 250 g.
• Eggs – 1 pc.
• Flour – 3 tbsp.
• Ghee butter – 1 tbsp.
• Sugar – 2 tsp.
• Salt.

Preparation:

1. Mix ghee, raw egg, granulated sugar and salt. Add grated cottage cheese, knead the mass well. Sprinkle with a little wheat flour. Sprinkle the work surface with flour and roll into “sausages”. Add enough flour so that your hands do not stick to the dough.
2. Cut the finished “sausage” diagonally, put it in boiling water, wait for the lazy cottage cheese dumplings to float. Remove with a slotted spoon and serve with sour cream or honey.

Egg rolls with red fish

Rolls are most often prepared for the holiday table, but this recipe is very easy to make, so it can be included in your regular diet.

You will need:

• 4 eggs;
• 50 g parmesan;
• 100 g curd cheese;
• 200 g lightly salted salmon;
• 40 g flour;
• 10 g each of fresh parsley and dill;
• salt and pepper as desired.

Preparation steps:

1. Beat the eggs with a whisk in a deep plate.
2. Chop greens, grate cheese, add to eggs. Salt and pepper. You don’t need to add a lot of it, since the recipe uses salted fish.
3. The baking sheet is covered with parchment paper.
4. Spread the prepared mixture on top.
5. Heat the oven to 200 °C and place a baking sheet in it for 10 minutes.
6. The resulting egg cake is cooled at room temperature and removed from the baking paper.
7. The base is coated with curd cheese.
8. The fish is cut into pieces and placed on top.
9. Immediately, while still hot, carefully roll the workpiece using cling film and put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours (preferably overnight).
10. The chilled snack is cut into portions.

Cottage cheese dumplings with strawberries sprinkled on top

It is necessary to take cottage cheese that is slightly moist, slightly grainy, but not loose. This cottage cheese will make very tasty dumplings, cheesecakes, casseroles, and so on. The fat content of the cottage cheese does not matter much, but the higher it is, the more magnificent the cheesecakes and casserole will be. By the way, it is imperative to read the ingredients, since instead of cottage cheese you can accidentally buy a “curd product” with vegetable fats added.

Ingredients:

• Cottage cheese 9% – 500 g.
• Strawberries – 400-500 g.
• Butter – 50 g.
• Eggs – 3 pcs.
• Semolina – 1/2 cup.
• Sugar – 1/2 cup.
• Salt – 1 pinch.

For sprinkling:

• Bread crumbs – 1 cup.
• Butter – 2 tbsp.
• Sugar – 1 tbsp.
• Cinnamon/vanilla.
• Flour.

Preparation:

1. Beat the eggs with the sugar until the sugar is completely dissolved and a creamy mixture is formed. Rub the cottage cheese through a strainer, preferably several times, so that it is homogeneous and airy. Pour semolina into the cottage cheese, then melted butter, salt, then beaten eggs, mix, put in the refrigerator for about sixty minutes.
2. At first the dough will be viscous and not stiff, but when the semolina swells (in the refrigerator), the dough will get stronger. If you have any doubts, you can add a little semolina or flour - you shouldn’t get carried away, as the dough will not be tender and the dumplings will turn out hard.
3. Prepare the topping: grate the loaf or grind in a food processor. Melt the butter in a frying pan and fry the crumbs with sugar until golden brown. You can sprinkle the finished crumbs with vanilla, cinnamon, orange or lemon zest, and cardamom.
4. Wash strawberries (plums, apricots, etc.), remove stems, twigs, leaves (seeds). Boil salted water in a wide saucepan.
5. To make dumplings, flour the board and hands. Take a piece of dough the size of a large walnut, flatten it into a flat cake, and carefully wrap the berry. Roll to form a ball. Place cottage cheese dumplings with strawberries in water, cook for three minutes, after it floats to the surface. Remove with a slotted spoon and roll in breadcrumbs.

Pancakes Like in kindergarten

Category: Baking Pancakes, pancakes, cheesecakes Pancakes

Surely each of you has your own signature recipe for fluffy pancakes. But it happens that the child doesn’t like all the pancakes... you try for them, “hang around” at the stove to please them... they sit, gobble it up on both cheeks (you look at them and you’re happy!!!) and they say to you: “Mom.” , and bake us such pancakes as in kindergarten...” (yeah, the mood didn’t drop much right away... you understand that the child in the kindergarten likes pancakes more). And in order to “fulfill the child’s request, I had to visit the kindergarten’s catering department (I really didn’t dare for a long time, but... I went). But now “my treasures”, when eating these pancakes, they say with their mouths full: “Yummy, just like in kindergarten!!!”... Now I want to share recipes with you, and there are 2 of them...

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Dishes prepared for a child's dinner should complement the food received during the day at home or in kindergarten. But you can’t feed a 3-year-old baby all kinds of food in the evening. Some foods eaten in the evening may be difficult to digest. Others cause increased gas formation, while others increase the activity of the nervous system, which will disrupt the baby’s sleep.

In order not to harm the child’s health, you should not give him before bedtime:

• fatty foods;
• fried foods;
• pickles;
• semi-finished meat products;
• fast food;
• sweets;
• chocolate;
• dishes with spicy seasonings;
• pearl barley and millet porridge (they are difficult to digest);
• ice cream;
• carbonated drinks;
• baking;
• strong tea.

As a drink, it is better to give yogurt, jelly, kefir, compote or herbal tea.

Omelette with filling

Do you want something unusual and tasty after a hard day at work, but have absolutely no energy for kitchen chores? No problem, we'll still cook a quick dinner. We'll put together the recipe from what we have on hand.

Beat 2 eggs with a fork and add a little cold water. Place a greased frying pan to heat up. Pour in the egg mixture, reduce the flame, and cover with a lid. While the omelette is frying, prepare the filling: grate a piece of cheese, chop bacon or boiled chicken (in general, anything that is in the meat refrigerator will do). A spoonful of green peas, olives, pickled cucumber or a couple of pickled mushrooms will come in handy. Of the entire list, only cheese is mandatory. We cut all products. Transfer the omelette to a plate, quickly unload the filling onto one half, sprinkle with grated cheese and cover with the other half. All that’s left is to decorate with herbs and our quick dinner is ready. The recipe is very simple, and it took about 15 minutes.

Lentil porridge with vegetables and rice in a slow cooker

Lentils are a cereal that contains so much protein and vegetable fats that its nutritional properties can replace meat. Porridge with lentils and vegetables gives children all the necessary minerals and vitamins in one dish. And to prepare it, you will need:

• 1 cup lentil cereal;
• 1 cup Hawaiian mixture (rice, bell pepper pieces, green peas, carrots);
• vegetable oil;
• salt to taste.

If there is no Hawaiian mixture, then the vegetables will need to be prepared in advance: thoroughly washed and chopped. Lentils should also be rinsed in cold water before cooking.

Pour both cereals and vegetables into the multicooker bowl, add salt, you can sprinkle with black pepper, but just a little, just for the smell. Pour water over the ingredients so that it is about two fingers higher than the cereal.

After this, you need to turn on the multicooker, select the “porridge” mode and wait until the program finishes cooking. When the porridge is cooked, mix it thoroughly and add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of milk thistle, cedar or macadamia oil. When the porridge has cooled slightly, you can crumble the dill into it.

This dish is prepared quickly, requires almost no effort, and if you need a quick dinner, lentils are an excellent option. Just remember that this porridge should not be given to your child more than twice a week.

Casseroles

You can decide what to cook for your children for dinner by choosing the appropriate recipe for a tasty and satisfying casserole. This healthy dish can be meat, dairy, flour or vegetable.

Zucchini Casserole

Zucchini is very “convenient” for cooking: it goes well with many foods, has no calories, but is also rich in nutrients.

Required:

• 1 large or 2-3 small zucchini;
• 1 cup dry short grain rice;
• 200 g cheese;
• 150 ml yogurt without additives;
• 150 ml sour cream;
• 2 eggs;
• ½ tsp. baking powder;
• ½ tbsp. white bread crumbs;
• ½ tbsp. chopped green onions (optional);
• a pinch of dried basil, oregano, thyme, marjoram and rosemary;
• salt.

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees. Grease a baking dish with oil.
2. Boil the rice.
3. Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
4. If the zucchini fruit is not young, you should cut off the skin and remove the seeds. Young vegetables can be used whole. Grate the zucchini on a coarse grater, lightly add salt and place in a colander to drain excess liquid.
5. Mix the squeezed zucchini in a bowl with sour cream, yogurt, add baking powder, eggs and mix well. Combine the resulting mass with boiled rice, add 100 g of cheese, salt, green onions and seasonings.
6. Transfer the mixture into the mold and spread in an even layer.
7. Mix the remaining grated cheese and bread crumbs, mix well and spread the resulting mixture over the surface of the squash-rice mixture.
8. Bake until done (about 30-35 minutes).

Mac and Cheese Casserole

The familiar and very popular macaroni and cheese among children can be even tastier: this dish can also be baked.

To prepare this original casserole you will need:

• 3 tbsp. milk;
• 2.5 tbsp. l. flour;
• 250 g hard cheese;
• 150 g mozzarella (or Adyghe cheese);
• 200 g pasta;
• salt;
• nutmeg;
• ground black pepper.

Cooking steps:

1. Boil pasta according to instructions and drain in a colander.
2. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
3. Grate both types of cheese.
4. Pour flour into a heated frying pan and, stirring continuously, pour 1 tbsp into the flour. milk. Stir well until smooth, then pour in the remaining milk. Salt, pepper and sprinkle the milk-flour mixture with freshly grated nutmeg, then reduce the heat and, continuing to stir, evaporate the sauce for 10-12 minutes.
5. Add the grated cheese to the sauce, reserving ½ tbsp. grated hard cheese, mix. Add pasta.
6. Line a muffin tin with paper cups and fill them with the macaroni and cheese mixture. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the pasta.
7. Bake until golden brown for 12-15 minutes.

Fish casserole with cottage cheese

Ingredients: 500 gr. lean boneless fish fillet (hake, tilapia, pollock), 2 eggs, 30 gr. cottage cheese, salt to taste.

Place the cottage cheese in a cup and mash with a fork until smooth, and cook the fish fillet in lightly salted water until tender. While the fish is cooking, add eggs and salt to the cottage cheese, mix thoroughly, or even beat with a blender.

When the fillet is cooked, the water must be drained and the fish itself must be mashed with a fork until it resembles a paste. Then place in a greased form and fill with a mixture of cottage cheese and eggs.

Place the pan in the oven and bake the dish until golden brown. When ready, remove from the pan, cool slightly and eat. Although fish casserole is good cold.

A quick and delicious vegetable dinner

Vegetable stew is quick, tasty, and healthy.

You will need:

• quarter head of cabbage
• 1 small eggplant
• 1 onion
• 100 g suluguni
• seasonings

Cut the peeled eggplant and soak in cold salted water for 10-15 minutes to remove the bitterness. Fry the onion in a frying pan, add finely chopped cabbage, then eggplant. Simmer over low heat for about 20 minutes. 5 minutes before readiness, add chopped suluguni. The stew can be served as a side dish or as a main course.

You can prepare another option.

Vegetable stew with mushrooms and tofu cheese

You will need:

• 120 g tofu
• small carrot
• bulb
• 2-3 champignons
• parsley

Chop the ingredients, simmer in olive oil mixed with soy sauce (1 tsp each)

As an option for a vegetable dinner, you can steam carrot or cabbage cutlets.

Cabbage cutlets (4 servings)

Products:

• 0.5 kg cauliflower or white cabbage
• 1 egg
• 2 tbsp. decoys
• breadcrumbs

Finely chop the cabbage, add salt, simmer in a frying pan, adding the required amount of water. Add semolina to the finished cabbage, mix thoroughly, and cool. Add the egg to the cooled mixture and stir. Form small cutlets from the prepared minced cabbage and roll in breadcrumbs. Cook in a steamer for 15 minutes.

Milk soup with buckwheat

Milk soup is not only an easy and very quick to prepare dish, but also a rich source of iodine, iron and calcium, which a child’s body needs for growth. And to prepare it you will need:

• half a liter of milk;
• 2 tbsp. spoons of buckwheat;
• 1 tbsp. spoon of butter;
• salt to taste.

For cooking you will need two pans. In one, you need to boil buckwheat in water, and in the other, boil and lightly add salt to the milk. Pour boiled milk into the buckwheat, mix thoroughly, and let simmer for about 5 minutes.

After this, you need to add butter, and to add color, if you wish, you can chop carrots or add corn into the soup. If the child is still very small and does not know how to chew properly, the soup can be whipped in a blender.