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Toddler recipe: quinoa meatballs with vegetables



Hello! Have you been waiting for new recipes for children? And here they are! Today's recipe is quinoa meatballs with veggies. I cooked these meatballs for my boy a couple of days ago and he really liked them, because the meatballs are soft and delicious.
If your child does not have egg allergy and can consume them, you can add 1 egg to the mass for better sticking.
This time I did not specify amount of the ingredients as I made everything to taste. I had about 200 grams of minced meat, I used about 20 grams of quinoa, 1/5 of paprika, 10 spinach leaves. But find proportions that suit you and your child.


Ingredients:

- beef minced meat
- quinoa
- red paprika
- fresh spinach
- 1 medium apple
- olive oil

Preparation:

1) Prepare the quinoa. Rinse the quinoa under the cold water, put in a pot with water (for 1 part of the quinoa 2 parts of water), bring it to a boil, then cover it and reduce the heat to a minimum. Wait about 20 minutes until completely cooked (the quinoa will absorb water and become translucent with a white tail).
2) Cut finely paprika and spinach.
3) Peel an apple and shred it.
4) Combine in a bowl minced meat, ready-made quinoa, paprika, spinach and apple, mix all together with your hands until smooth.
5) Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, cover the baking tray with baking paper and form balls with hands from the mass. Lay them on the baking paper and pour each meatball with a small amount of olive oil.
6) Bake for about 30 minutes until completely cooked.


Yours,
V.O.

Recipe: toddler meatballs with red lentils



Since my child is allergic to milk protein and egg, I come up with recipes without these allergens. And, of course, food should be as healthy and tasty as possible.
A couple of months ago, my child had a very low hemoglobin (at the age of 1, hemoglobin was only 74!), So my husband and I started to think (and he's professional chef) how could we change food of our child so that he woukd get more iron-containing products. At the moment my son's hemoglobin is normal and he eats meat and vegetables every day. Spinach and red lentils are very useful and iron-containing foods and are suitable for both children and adults.
The amount of spinach and lentils I did not specify in the recipe, cause I put everything by feeling.

Ingredients:

- 500 g of minced meat (beef or 50/50)
- fresh spinach
- red lentils
- tomatoes

Preparation:

1) Put lentils in a bowl and rinse with cold water, pour out the water.
2) Add water and leave lentils for 30 minutes so that it absorbs water.
3) Grind spinach in a blender.
4) Mix minced meat, spinach and red lentils with hands in a bowl.
5) Form the balls and put them in a baking dish oiled with olive oil.
6) Make tomato puree (I used 5 medium tomatoes) in a blender and pour puree over balls.
7) Cover baking dish with foil and put in preheated to 200 degrees oven, bake meatballs until ready (about 30 minutes).

My child is eating them with hands and I am also adding minced meatballs to evening porridge :)


Yours,
V.O.