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Toddler recipe: red lentil soup



I liked cooking different dishes with red lentils so much that it appears quite frequent on my blog. But it's good, is not it?
I cooked this nice delicious soup for my child, who ate it with pleasure. 70% of the ingredients was from our garden :) It is perfect for adults, just add a little bit of spices :)
You can add potatoes for a thicker soup.

Lactose-, dairy-, milk protein-, egg-, flour-, sugar- and salt-free.

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Ingredients:

- 1 garlic clove
- 1 small onion
- minced meat
- 1 piece of pumpkin
- zucchini
- 2/5 of red paprika
- 50 g of red lentils
- 7 medium tomatoes
- fresh spinach
- olive oil
- water


Preparation:

1) Peel the onion, garlic, pumpkin and zucchini.
2) Cut the onion, garlic, pumpkin, zucchini and paprika.
3) Put the saucepan on the fire, heat it a little (do not heat it too much), add olive oil and put onions and garlic, saute for a minute, stir constantly.
4) Add minced meat and saute it for a couple of minutes, so it is not pink anymore.
5) Rinse the lentils under cold water.
6) Add pumpkin, zucchini, paprika. Mix.
7) Grind the tomatoes with blender until smooth and add to the saucepan.
8) Add the lentils. If the liquid is not enough, then add water.
9) Bring the soup to a boil, reduce the heat to a minimum and simmer under the lid for about 30 minutes until the lentils become soft.
10) Turn off the heat and add spinach leaves, stir.


Yours,
V.O.


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Toddler recipe: red lentil sauce



I already wrote earlier that red lentils are very healthy, they are rich in iron and other vitamins that children need. Since my child had severe anemia, my husband and I completely changed his diet, adding iron containing and healthy products. The results of the analyzes show that it really worked and all the vitamins, including hemoglobin, have perfect numbers. All my recipes for children are including vitamin and mineral rich products.
You can also add minced meat to the sauce. It should be fried lightly at the beginning with vegetables and then simmered with lentils. If you want you can add some favorite spices. Also suitable for adults, no need to cook separately :)

Lactose-, dairy-, milk protein-, egg-, flour-, sugar- and salt-free. Vegan.

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Ingredients:

- 1/2 of onion
- 1/4 of red paprika
- zucchini
- 1 garlic clove
- 3 Tbsp of red lentils
- 5-7 medium sized tomatoes or chopped tomatoes in a can
- olive oil, water and seasonings if needed


Preparation:

1) Rinse lentils under cold water, drain the water.
2) Peel the onion, zucchini, garlic. Chop them (paprika also).
3) Heat the saucepan on the stove (but do not heat it much), add olive oil and put onion, paprika, zucchini and garlic, fry for 2 minutes.
4) Make tomato puree from tomatoes in a blender or use canned tomatoes.
5) Add the lentils, then tomato puree.
6) Simmer for 20 minutes under the lid on a small fire until lentils and veggies are soft.


Yours,
V.O.


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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.