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CHILDREN'S POTATO DISHES

If a child is fed correctly, tasty and varied, he will grow strong, smart, healthy and hardy. To do this, as you grow, it is necessary to introduce into the diet more and more new dishes, to complicate the menu, taking care of the variety and quality of the starting products, the freshness of baby food.
- From an early age, the child has a well-developed taste, much more pungent than in adults (just his receptors are younger and more sensitive). If the child refuses to eat any dish - do not insist! He may sense the presence of substances undesirable for children's health that you no longer feel. Suggest something different.
- If the child does not want to eat at all, do not try to overfeed him (the consequences of overeating are too severe). The child himself feels what and when to eat. Just take the time to feed later when he wants to.
And always try to serve children's meals more attractively.
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Ingredients:
150 g potatoes, 5 g butter, salt.

Wash the potatoes thoroughly, peel and bake in the oven.
Drizzle with melted butter and salt before serving.

Ingredients:
120 g potatoes, 5 g parsley and dill, 10 g sour cream, salt.

Rinse medium-sized potatoes well, peel and steam.
Season with salt during cooking.
Sprinkle hot potatoes with finely chopped herbs and pour over sour cream.

Ingredients:
200 g potatoes, 10 g butter, 5 g ground crackers, 50 g sour cream, 1/2 egg (yolk), 5 ml salt solution, 5 g parsley or dill.

Wash the potatoes, peel, wash again and bake in the oven. Then cut off the top of the tubers and remove the pulp from the middle with a teaspoon.
Fill the prepared potato tubers with minced meat, place them in a greased low dish or frying pan, pour over sour cream, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and bake in an oven.
Minced meat preparation:
Remove the pulp from the baked potato, rub 3/4 of this pulp through a sieve, add raw yolk, butter, finely chopped herbs and salt solution.
Grind all this with a wooden spoon or pestle, adding a little hot milk or meat broth (2 tablespoons).
You can add fried or boiled veal, chicken, turkey, low-fat boiled ham, cut into small cubes, salted herring without skin and bones, previously soaked and cut into small pieces, or green peas.

Ingredients:
250 g potatoes, 50 g sour cream sauce, 5 ml salt solution, 3 g parsley or dill, salt.

Boil jacket potatoes in salted water, peel them, cut into cubes, put in a saucepan with hot sour cream sauce, mix gently and boil.
When serving, sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.

Ingredients:
250 g potatoes, 10 g butter, 3 g wheat flour, 150 ml milk, 2 ml salt solution, 3 g herbs.

Boil jacket potatoes in salted water, peel them, cut into cubes, put in a saucepan, pour hot milk and, adding salt solution, bring to a boil.
Mix flour with butter: put this mixture in hot potatoes in small pieces, stirring slightly from bottom to top, heat it to a boil, and then remove from heat.
When serving, sprinkle the potatoes with parsley and dill.

Ingredients:
130 g potatoes, 2 g crackers, 5 g butter, 1/2 egg, salt.

Rub the steamed potatoes.
Salt the resulting puree, mix with butter and a part of a beaten egg, put on a greased baking sheet, sprinkle with sifted breadcrumbs, brush with a small amount of eggs and bake in the oven (15 minutes).
Serve with tomato juice.

Ingredients:
250 g potatoes, 10 g butter, 50 ml milk, 1/2 egg (yolk), 5 ml salt solution.

Steam the potatoes or bake them in the oven. Rub hot potatoes through a sieve.
Add hot milk, stirring gradually.
Boil the puree and remove from the heat, put butter and egg yolk, mashed with one tablespoon of boiled chilled milk.
The finished puree should be fluffy and smooth, without lumps.
You can make mashed potatoes without egg yolk.

Ingredients:
200-250 potatoes, 10 g butter, 50 ml milk, 1/2 egg, 5 ml salt solution, 3 g parsley or dill.

Mashed potatoes from baked or steamed potatoes with milk and butter.
When serving, place the hot mashed potatoes in a slide on a heated plate, smooth the surface, pour with butter and sprinkle with finely chopped hard-boiled egg mixed with chopped herbs.

Ingredients:
200-250 g potatoes, 50 g canned green peas, 10 g butter, 50 ml milk, 5 ml salt solution.

Make mashed potatoes from baked or boiled potatoes. Boil canned green peas together with the broth, put in a colander, mix with mashed potatoes, add milk and boil.
Put a piece of butter on the puree.
Instead of green peas, puree can be mixed with finely chopped boiled kidney beans or carrots.

Ingredients:
200 g potatoes, 50 g tomatoes, 15 g butter, 5 ml salt solution, 3 g parsley or dill.

Brush the potatoes, peel and bake in the oven. Remove the pulp from the tubers with a spoon, add salt solution, butter and mash well with a fork.
Put tomato slices on mashed potatoes and place in the oven for 5 minutes.
Sprinkle the puree with dill.

Ingredients:
200 g potatoes, 50 g boiled or fried meat, 10 g butter, 50 ml milk, 5 ml salt solution, 3 g parsley or dill.

Steam the peeled potatoes, rub hot through a sieve or mash well with a wooden pestle, dilute with hot milk, pour in the salt solution, add butter and boil.
Cut boiled or fried beef, veal or lean boiled ham into small cubes (0.5 cm), lightly fry in oil, then stir with mashed potatoes.
Sprinkle the puree with finely chopped parsley or dill.

Ingredients:
200-250 g of potatoes, 50 g of veal liver, 10 g of wheat flour, 10 g of butter, 50 ml of milk or broth, 5 ml of salt solution.

Wash peeled potatoes and steam.
Mash hot potatoes with a wooden pestle or fork, add salt solution and dilute with hot milk or meat broth (2-3 tablespoons).
Cut the fried liver into small pieces and mix with potatoes.

Ingredients:
150 g potatoes. 75 g carrots, 15 g butter, 5 ml sugar syrup, 5 ml salt solution.

Rinse raw peeled potatoes with cold water, cut into large cubes, pour a small amount of boiling water, pour in the salt solution and cook until tender.
Wash and peel the carrots, cut into small cubes, put in a small saucepan with melted butter, add 1-2 tablespoons of water, sugar syrup, close the lid.
Stirring occasionally, simmer the carrots until soft.
Put the cooked hot carrots and potatoes in one bowl and mix.

Ingredients:
200 g of potatoes, 3 g of wheat flour, 5 g of ground crackers, 10 g of ghee or vegetable oil, 50 g of sauce, 1/4 of an egg, 5 ml of salt solution.

Wash the potatoes with a brush, boil in salted water, peel, rub hot through a sieve or mince.
Add the egg, salt solution, mix well, cut the potato mass into cutlets and roll them in breadcrumbs mixed with flour.
Fry the cutlets in oil on both sides until a crust forms.
Serve with mushroom, sour cream or milk sauce.

Ingredients:
110 g potatoes, 8 g butter (of which 3 g put in mashed potatoes), 1/4 egg, 10 g sour cream, salt.

Steam the peeled potatoes, knead well, add butter, egg, salt and stir thoroughly.
From the resulting mass, make cutlets, roll them in flour, fry on both sides until a pink crust appears.
When serving the cutlets, pour over boiled sour cream.

Ingredients:
200 g of potatoes, 1/3 of an egg, 7 g of wheat bread, 3 g of wheat flour, 7 ml of vegetable oil, 7 g of dried mushrooms, 10 g of onions, 3 ml of vegetable oil, 5 g of wheat flour, 20 g of sour cream, salt.

Boil the potatoes, peel, rub hot through a sieve, add the egg, salt, mix well, form the cutlets, roll in breadcrumbs mixed with flour, fry on both sides until golden brown.
Wash dried mushrooms, soak in cold water for 2-3 hours. Cook in the same water for an hour.
Remove the mushrooms, strain the broth, put the mushrooms cut into strips, sautéed onion into it, bring to a boil, add dried flour diluted in cold water, cook for another 5-7 minutes.
Add sour cream before the end of cooking.
When serving potato cutlets, pour over the sauce.

Ingredients:
200 g of potatoes, 1/3 of an egg, 60 g of meat (beef), 8 g of onions, 7 ml of vegetable oil, 7 g of wheat rusks, 3 g of wheat flour, salt.

Boil the potatoes, peel, rub through a sieve, add an egg, salt, mix well, cut into 1 cm thick flat cakes, put minced meat on them, join the edges, roll in breadcrumbs mixed with flour, fry on both sides until a crust forms, warm in oven for 5 minutes.
Cut the minced meat into pieces, fry with finely chopped onion, simmer in a little water, turn through a meat grinder, add the broth in which the meat was stewed.

Ingredients:
200 g of potatoes, 1 egg, 30 ml of milk, 5 ml of salt solution, sifted crackers, 25 g of butter.

Wash the potatoes and, without peeling, bake in an oven or steam them.
Cut the finished potatoes in half, take out the pulp with a spoon and rub it hot through a sieve or pass through a meat grinder.
Add egg yolk, hot milk, salt solution, sifted crackers, melted butter and whipped protein to the potato mass. Wrap in the form of a roll, transfer to a greased baking sheet, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and bake in the oven.

Ingredients:
100 g potatoes, 25 g starch, 1/5 egg, 3 ml saline.
For minced meat: 90 g carrots, 150 ml cream 10% fat, 10 g butter, 3 ml sugar syrup, 3 g starch for breading.

Boil the peeled potatoes, mince them while they are hot, add the raw egg, starch, salt solution and mix well.
Prepare minced meat:
Grate the peeled carrots on a coarse grater, add cream, melted butter, sugar syrup, mix everything, put in a saucepan and simmer over low heat, stirring constantly.
Put minced carrot on a potato cake, join the edges and form a round or oval zeppelin. Bread it in starch and boil in boiling salted water for 15 minutes.
Serve hot with sour cream or melted butter.

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It's hard to imagine a more popular vegetable than potatoes. It is delicious in any form, fried, boiled and even in uniforms. Most children take it well, especially puree. Today we will talk about the benefits of this vegetable, the optimal period for its introduction into the baby's diet and precautions.

Composition

You are wrong if you think that potatoes are made of only starch. In fact, there are some useful elements in it:

• carbohydrates - a source of energy;
• vitamin C - however, almost all of it is concentrated in the peel;
• iron - even if it is not as much as in apples, but still it is present;
• b vitamins - they are not only useful for the nervous system, but also play an important role in metabolic processes, and are also needed to prevent anemia;
• magnesium - good for the heart;
• phosphorus - "food" for the brain, is important for the development of the skeletal system;
• potassium - has a positive effect on muscle cells, promotes their growth, reduces irritability.

Potatoes also contain chromium, molybdenum, copper, cobalt, and other useful elements. This humble vegetable will help you replenish your vitamins and minerals and shouldn't be dismissive of it.

Are there any benefits to potatoes?

Many diets provide for limiting the use of potatoes, but children, fortunately, do not adhere to them, so we will discuss how this wonderful vegetable is useful for them. Main pluses:

• Prevention of anemia. Due to the vitamin B6 present in potatoes, iron is better absorbed, in addition, lipid metabolism is accelerated, it is also important for the processing of amino acids and the production of homocysteine.
• Strengthens capillary vessels, increases immunity - this effect is provided by vitamin C.
• Normalizes electrolyte and acid balance, as well as blood pressure.
• Increases the absorption of folic acid, proteins and carbohydrates, contributes to the saturation of body cells with oxygen.
• Serves to strengthen connective tissues, is important for the correct formation of the skeletal system.
• Thanks to molybdenum, the body produces enzymes that are necessary for the processing of purines and pyrimidines, as well as for the absorption of amino acids containing sulfur.

Potato proteins contain all amino acids of plant origin, including essential ones. 300 g of vegetable is enough to get the daily requirement of potassium and phosphorus.

Important! Vitamin C is destroyed during storage, by the spring its amount is minimal, its content also depends on the method of preparation, it is best to steam it, as more vitamins are stored in potatoes.

Unlike many other vegetables, potatoes can be eaten even with exacerbation of certain gastrointestinal diseases, such as ulcers or gastritis. Its juice is recommended for stomach acidity. Potassium present in potatoes promotes the elimination of excess fluid, therefore it is recommended to include it in the diet of patients suffering from certain kidney diseases.

Potatoes are high in calories, this is the best vegetable if you need to replenish energy reserves, and its protein in its structure and composition is as close as possible to plant proteins. The amino acids contained in potatoes are absorbed almost completely. There is one more plus: due to the significant concentration of mineral substances, potatoes help to normalize the acid-base balance of the body.

Potatoes must be included in the menu for diseases caused by increased acidity - gout and some others. The vegetable neutralizes acids. In addition to the healing effect, a rejuvenating effect is provided - a complex of substances contained in potatoes accelerates cell regeneration and slows down their destruction.

Introduction of potatoes into the diet of babies

Previously, potatoes were one of the first vegetables to be added to the menu. Today, the nutritional strategy of children under one year old has changed. Doctors recommend that you first teach your child to zucchini, cauliflower, pumpkin, and only then supplement his menu with potatoes. The optimal period for adding it to the diet is 7-8 months, and if the baby is artificially fed, it can be several weeks earlier - at 6-6.5 months.

Which mashed potatoes are better: homemade or industrial? Of course, fresh, homemade, because it contains more vitamins. Never cook a meal for two days, it is best to do this just before feeding. Other tips:

• after peeling, purchased potatoes should be soaked in water for 30-40 minutes to remove nitrates;
• wash the fruits before cleaning - this way you will avoid getting soil particles into the dish, which eats into the pulp;
• during training to potatoes, offer the child a semi-liquid puree, later, when he gets used to it, a thicker consistency will do;
• mashed potatoes should be diluted with warm milk, if the baby cannot stand it - with vegetable broth, add the liquid gradually to avoid the formation of lumps.

A common mistake of young mothers is to give potatoes and dishes from them daily. This is not worth doing, because the baby's diet should be varied. Later, when your daughter or son gets used to potatoes, offer a combined vegetable puree, for example, add zucchini, cauliflower or broccoli, carrots to it, try to complement the dish with onions - if the child does not like it, do not insist, because of the specific smell it is far from all the kids are loyal to him.

For the first time, half a teaspoon of mashed potatoes is enough for the baby. Increase the portion gradually and bring it to 80-100 g. Do not offer the crumbs potatoes more than 2-3 times a week. To preserve nutrients, follow our recommendations:

• after boiling, reduce the heat to a minimum, it is best to pour boiling water over the potatoes - this will reduce the thermal exposure time, more vitamins will be preserved;
• it is unacceptable to leave cooked vegetables in water, it must be drained immediately after cooking;
• already on the second day, almost 2 times less nutrients remain in boiled potatoes, cook it immediately before serving;
• potatoes should be placed in the soup no earlier than 15 minutes before the end of cooking.
  Fried potatoes are not allowed for children, even as an exception. Only baked (after one and a half years) or boiled.

Recipes

Mashed potatoes with yolk

Products: 200 g potatoes, 3-5 g butter, 30-40 ml milk, 1 yolk, salt to taste.

Boil the potatoes until tender, pour, rub through a sieve, gradually add milk, achieving the desired consistency. Add protein whipped with 10 ml of boiled milk to the finished dish.

Potato and cabbage casserole

Products: 250 g potatoes, 150 g white cabbage, a couple of tablespoons of flour, 1 small onion, 1 egg.

Boil the potatoes and make mashed potatoes with the addition of 1 egg, flour and salt. Chop the cabbage, chop the onion into cubes, simmer it all until tender, add salt at the very end - if you do this earlier, the cabbage will darken. Grease the bottom of the baking dish with vegetable oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs, then put half of the mashed potatoes, then cabbage. The top layer is mashed potatoes. Bake for 45-50 minutes.

Potato stew

Products: 4-5 medium-sized potatoes, 1 carrot, 50-100 g of beets or other vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini), 1-2 onions, herbs, salt.

Cut the pre-peeled potatoes and carrots into small cubes, and do the same with onions. Put the vegetables in a saucepan, add water, simmer until cooked over low heat for 15-20 minutes. Add herbs and salt at the very end.

Precautionary measures

It is categorically impossible to cook green tubers - this color is due to the formation of solanine in them. Potatoes are also harmful to children suffering from certain gastrointestinal diseases. In rare cases, a vegetable can cause allergies, so be careful in the first days after its introduction into the diet of the crumbs.

Potatoes are one of the cheapest, most affordable and familiar dishes on our table. It is stored for a long time, does not deteriorate, is easy to prepare, and can be used all year round. On this occasion, a question is brewing for moms. When can you give potatoes to a child? Let's figure it out together.

First, let's compare it with other vegetables.

Composition of boiled potatoes without salt versus boiled zucchini and broccoli

After examining the table, we see that potatoes are many times more nutritious than broccoli and squash. And also many times surpasses them in carbohydrate content. Contains a lot of starch, it contains a lot of magnesium, contains B vitamins.
Potatoes contain a large amount of potassium, which is good for the heart and blood vessels. According to this indicator, it is superior to other vegetables. It also outperforms its competitors in selenium content. What is good for the immune system and the thyroid gland.

• Potatoes contain a lot of starch (about 17%). But in young children, starch is poorly absorbed. It can cause flatulence, intestinal colic, and constipation. With age, the child's digestive system matures. And starch does not cause these digestive disorders in children.
• It belongs to the group of high-calorie foods. In 100 g of boiled catrofel, there are about 86 calories. For underweight kids, this is good. Adding potatoes to your diet will help you gain weight. But for overweight children, it is better to give potatoes occasionally 1-2 times a week. Replacing it with less high-calorie vegetables: zucchini, cabbage, carrots, beets, etc.
• Potatoes belong to the group of foods with an average degree of allergenicity. That is, it can, although infrequently, cause allergies in children. Potato varieties with dark, reddish or pink skin, less often with yellow skin, are more likely to cause allergies.

Green potato peel is not a sign of hypoallergenic product, but, on the contrary, is a dangerous sign! In the light, the green pigment solanine is formed in the potato skin. Which is toxic to humans, and in large quantities, life-threatening. Adults can cut green areas from the tubers. And it is strongly discouraged to cook such potatoes for yourself, but using the green tubers for cooking for a child is categorically not recommended.

To reduce the allergenicity of potatoes, the starch content in it and, consequently, its calorie content, it is recommended to wash it, peel it and then soak it in cold water for 12 hours, changing the water every 2-3 hours. Soaking potatoes also helps to get rid of harmful substances contained in them: nitrates, traces of chemical fertilizers, etc.

Potatoes for a child as complementary foods

• As we have already found out, they don't start with it. First, they introduce the child to other vegetables: zucchini, broccoli, cauliflower. And only when the child gets used to them, they begin to add potatoes to vegetable puree. First, not as an independent dish, but as an integral part. For example, zucchini with potatoes or zucchini with broccoli.

When can you give potatoes to a child?

• They give it no earlier than 5-6 months. Start with about ½ teaspoon, doubling the amount daily.
• If it's simpler, then a piece of potatoes is added to the zucchini before cooking. And they boil vegetables together under the lid, then make mashed potatoes from them in a blender and give them to the child. The next day, 2 slices of potatoes are added to the zucchini, etc. It is recommended that the total volume of potatoes in vegetable puree does not exceed 50% of the total volume of vegetable puree.
• It is recommended to give real mashed potatoes, without adding other vegetables, to children not earlier than 10 months, and preferably 1 year. Since this dish contains mainly easily digestible carbohydrates and does not have significant nutritional value for the child. It contains few proteins and fats, not very many vitamins that are needed for the growth and development of a baby in the first year of life.
• In the diet of children over 10 months old, potatoes should not exceed 50% of the total daily amount of vegetables. That is, in addition to potatoes or mashed potatoes in the children's diet, there must be other fresh, boiled and stewed vegetables: cabbage, carrots, beets, onions, etc., or salads from them.
• From 10 months, boiled potatoes can be given to the baby in the form of small soft pieces so that the baby learns to chew.
• And from 1.5 years old, when he learns to chew well, he can be given potatoes boiled in a peel or baked in the oven, of course, having previously peeled them off. Also, from 1.5 years old, a child can be given a potato casserole.
• From 2 years old potato pancakes and pancakes.

Fried potatoes, fries and chips are not considered baby food. They do not benefit the child. The less often they are in the child's diet, the better. But, the best option is if the child will eat them at all.

Potatoes for a child as medicine

With diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

Potato dishes are allowed for acute and chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
For acute diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, it is recommended in the form of mashed potatoes or as part of mashed soups.
Potatoes do not irritate the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract, they have a knitting, enveloping, anti-inflammatory effect.

With diseases of the cardiovascular system

Potatoes contain a lot of potassium, which is necessary for the functioning of the heart and blood vessels. Most of the potassium is found under the skin. Therefore, for diseases of the cardiovascular system, potatoes, boiled or baked in a peel, will be useful. Peel off the peel just before eating. Only potatoes of a new harvest will be useful (in the summer-autumn period). And, in winter and spring, it is recommended to cut off the thicker skin of potatoes. But, along with the peel, most of the potassium is removed. And such potatoes will be useless for the heart and blood vessels.

With burns

In case of burns, it is recommended to cut the potato in half and attach it to the burn site for 20-30 minutes. Or grate it and attach the gruel to the burnt place. Potato juice has analgesic, cooling, anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties.

Potato cough cakes

It is a kind of potato on the chest or back. Its purpose is to warm up the chest to improve blood circulation in the lungs, bronchi, trachea. The potatoes are boiled in a peel, kneaded warm (it turns out a cake), wrapped in a dense cloth. Then, they check on themselves that the cake is not scalding, but pleasantly warm. And applied on the back between the shoulder blades or on the chest, in the area of \u200b\u200bthe sternum handle. A cellophane film is applied on top and the child is wrapped in a warm scarf or scarf. The compress is applied for 2 hours.
You can repeat the procedure from 1 to 10 times daily or every other day.

Now you know when and how to give potatoes to a child... Stay healthy!

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You can name a huge number of potato dishes - it has long been present on our tables on weekdays and on holidays. It is the most popular, frequently consumed and loved by all. Mashed potatoes , stewed potatoes, fried, in the form of zraz and pancakes - this is prepared for themselves by parents. And what can you offer the smallest? Should you start feeding your baby potatoes? What is the use of it for the child's body? Let's figure it out.

What are the benefits of potatoes?

If you compare potatoes with other vegetables, then they have the greatest amount of starch and carbohydrates. Based on this fact, most parents doubt whether it is really necessary to feed their baby mashed potatoes. But this root vegetable is ideal for lure purees, which are very tender, without harsh taste. A potato dish for lunch can make up a tenth of the energy you need for the whole day.

As for vitamin C, potatoes contain enough of it to fill the body with the daily norm. There is also fiber that contributes to the proper functioning of the digestive tract. Potatoes have the property of enveloping the walls of the digestive system. The potassium in the product strengthens the heart muscle. Selenium - protects the thyroid gland and strengthens the immune system. It is important to note that potatoes are a hypoallergenic vegetable.

Potato harm

The main disadvantage of potatoes is that when stored for a long time, solanine begins to form in the fruit. Do not take sprouted potatoes, they have the highest percentage of this substance. To prepare for children, peel off a thicker layer of peel - this will protect the body from even the smallest dose of a harmful substance.

When can you include potatoes in your children's diet?

For breastfed babies, one-component mashed potatoes are allowed from the age of six months, for artificial children - from 5 months. You can combine potatoes with other products from 9 months.

To make mashed potatoes for a baby, boiled potatoes must be chopped in a blender, diluted with a little milk and a drop of vegetable oil. There is no need to salt, salt is added to food when the child is 10 months old. From 8 months they give boiled potatoes, mashed with a fork.

Choosing a product for a children's menu

The ideal option would be potatoes that you have grown yourself. But if the garden is not about you, choose domestic products, so you reduce the risk of buying potatoes that are processed with chemicals or GMOs.

The size of the potatoes should be medium, too large or small tubers do not carry much benefit, and they taste worse. The root vegetable must be firm, without white or black specks on the skin. Be careful when choosing.

How to tell if potatoes contain nitrates?

When cut, juice should not come out of the root crop.

Preparation of complementary foods

Before preparing complementary foods, potatoes must be rid of starch. For this:

1. Peel the required amount of potatoes.
2. Pour cool water over the potatoes and leave for a day.
3. Rinse the tubers just before cooking.

Mashed potatoes: recipe for babies from six months

Cook 2 small potatoes in a saucepan or multicooker. The process will take 20-25 minutes. Beat the finished potatoes with a blender. For a softer and lighter consistency, dilute the puree with breast milk or the water in which the tubers were boiled. You need to feed your baby with warm puree.

Like all complementary foods, potato starts from one teaspoon per day, monitoring the reaction of the body.

Mashed potato cutlets

A dish according to this recipe can be prepared for a 1.5 year old crumbs.

Ingredients

• 1 chicken egg;
• 1 small carrot;
• 50 grams of any hard cheese;
• 3 medium-sized potatoes;
• 3 tbsp flour;
• salt to taste.

Preparation

Boil potatoes in salted water. Then it needs to be mashed and allowed to cool a little. As soon as you can touch the puree with your hands and not burn them, you can begin to cook the patties.

To do this, beat in 1 egg in the puree and stir. Grate the carrots and cheese on a fine grater. Mix all the ingredients into one mass by adding flour.

Form a small cutlet with wet hands. Put them in a frying pan preheated with vegetable oil and fry on both sides until golden brown. You can replace carrots with any other vegetables, and also completely eliminate flour by rolling the cutlet in bread crumbs.

Mashed potato recipe with milk

Ingredients

• 3 potatoes;
• 80 ml of milk;
• 1 tsp butter;
• 1 yolk;
• salt.

Preparation

Mashed boiled potatoes, add hot milk to it, while stirring the potatoes. Boil the resulting mass. Then add salt, butter and egg yolk, stir until smooth.

Puree goes well with tomato juice (if the baby is not allergic to it), vegetable salads or stewed vegetables.

Potato soup- mashed potatoes (for children from 1.5 years old)

Ingredients

• 3 medium potatoes;
• 100 grams of cauliflower;
• 1 large carrot;
• 1 small onion;
• 200 grams of hard cheese;
• 2.5 tbsp sour cream;
• 5 liters of water;
• salt to taste.

Preparation

Cut the potatoes into equal-sized pieces. The cauliflower should be divided into small florets. Grate the carrots on a fine grater, dice the onion. When the water in the pan boils, you can add potatoes and cabbage inflorescences to it, cook for 25 minutes over medium heat.

Carrots and onions need to be fried in butter. But do not "golden" the onion, it should just become transparent. Add the frying to the potatoes and cabbage and simmer for 7 minutes over low heat.

The next step is to puree the soup, which can be done with a blender. In the puree, add sour cream, salt and a part of grated cheese, use the other part when serving, sprinkling the soup on top. Can also be served with fresh herbs and white bread.

Mashed potato casserole (For children from 2 years old)

This recipe will add variety to your little one's diet. You can cook such a dish both in the oven and in a slow cooker.

Ingredients

• 0.5 kg of potatoes;
• 300 grams of chicken or ground beef;
• 1 egg;
• 30 grams of butter;
• 100 ml of milk;
• 2 tbsp tomato paste;
• salt to taste;
• 2 tbsp bread crumbs.

Preparation

Boil potatoes in salted water. Fry the finely chopped onion in a pan. Add minced meat and tomato paste to the onion, stew these products until cooked.

Add hot milk and butter to the finished mashed potatoes, mix and beat in the chicken egg.

Take a medium baking dish, grease it with oil or cover with parchment paper. Lay the ingredients in the form in layers: mashed potatoes, minced meat, the last layer will be mashed potatoes.

Sprinkle the casserole with breadcrumbs and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for half an hour.

Conclusion

Mashed potatoes and potato dishes can be loved by children if they are deliciously prepared and interestingly served. Potatoes diversify the children's menu, and the lack of vitamins of this product can be easily compensated by combining potatoes with other vegetables, and then your baby's lunch will be even healthier and more satisfying.

Potatoes are a favorite food in many countries. There are so many dishes from this wonderful vegetable! But, I think, many parents faced such a problem as how to get the child to eat well. I found a way out for myself - to cook ordinary dishes in an unusual way. Try one of these great recipes to add variety to your kids' menu and surprise them with your originality.

Potato dishes for children

• National cuisine: European
• Type of dish: Main courses
• Yield: up to 6 servings
• Preparation: ~ 30 min
• Preparation: ~ 90 min
• Prepares in: up to ~ 2 hours
• Calorie content (per 100 grams): ~ 250 kcal.

1. Boiled stuffed potatoes

I very often have to come up with some dishes for children from familiar products in order to get them interested in eating the whole portion. I think moms will understand me. Treat them with these potatoes and an empty plate is guaranteed.

Composition:

• 10 medium potatoes
• 2 eggs
• 100 g smoked meat
• 30 g lard
• 50 g grated cheese
• milk

Preparation:

1. Boil the potatoes in a peel, peel and remove the middle with a sharp teaspoon. Pass this part of the potato through a meat grinder and mix with a little milk.
2. Boil 2 eggs, hard-boiled, cut into small cubes and mix with ground meat and a tablespoon of grated cheese. Mix all this with minced potatoes and fill whole potatoes.
3. Then put the potatoes in a dish greased with lard, sprinkle with grated cheese and put in a hot oven for 8-10 minutes.
4. Serve hot with any salted, pickled, canned vegetables.

2. Potato soufflé

Children love everything unusual. And in this case, even adults will be interested in trying this dish. The great thing about it is that it requires the simplest products.

Composition:

• 800 g potatoes
• 4 eggs
• 100 g butter
• 100 g cream
• parsley

Preparation:

1. Boil the peeled potatoes in salted water, which then strain.
2. Pass the potatoes through a meat grinder, mix well with egg yolks, cream and a strong foam of whipped whites.
3. Put this mass in a greased pudding dish, put it in boiling water and boil for 35-40 minutes.
4. Transfer the finished soufflé to a plate with melted butter.
5. Serve hot.

3. Potato balls with filling

This is a very tasty and original recipe that combines a main course and an appetizer. Prepare more of these balls, put them on the table in a large dish and don't yawn - you may not get it.

Composition:

• 800 g potatoes
• 250-300 g pork
• 200 g sour cream
• 300 g flour
• 1 egg

Preparation:

1. Peel and boil the potatoes in salted water, mince them, add flour, egg and knead the dough, rolling it on a board into a layer 1 cm thick, then cut into 3 x 3 cm squares.
2. Also pass the stew through a meat grinder, and mix its juice with sour cream.
3. Put the ground meat on squares and form balls from them.
4. Boil the balls in salted water, take out with a slotted spoon and add juice to the stew with sour cream, heat up.
5. Serve hot.

4. Potato "turtles"

What child will not be interested in eating "turtles"? Having tried them once, children will demand to cook them constantly! And you can choose absolutely any filling: ground fried or boiled meat, cracklings or mushrooms - everything that your children love.

Composition:

• 1 kg of potatoes
• 2 eggs
• 60 g lard
• flour (enough to make a medium dough)
• 50 g bread crumbs

Preparation:

1. Pass the potatoes boiled in salted water through a meat grinder, mix with eggs, 20 g of lard, flour, salt.
2. Then, on a floured board, roll out the dough into a thin layer and start like a roll.
3. Place this roll on a linen napkin diagonally, tie two opposite ends, dip in boiling water and cook for 20 minutes.
4. Then, together with a napkin, take out, drain the water, put it on the board and cut into pieces.
5. Fry the breadcrumbs in the remaining lard and sprinkle each portion with them.

5. Potato cutlets with liver

Very often, children refuse such a product as liver. But we know how useful it is - because of the large amount of vitamins. Try mixing it with potatoes and frying the patties. It will be difficult to refuse such yummy.

Composition:

• 250 g potatoes
• 50 g flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp. l. finely chopped onions
• 1 tbsp. l. parsley
• ground black pepper
• 100 g liver
• 250 g vegetable oil

Preparation:

1. Peeled sodium potatoes on a fine grater, add onion and parsley, eggs, salt and pepper. Then add flour and ground liver.
2. If the mass is liquid, add a little more flour.
3. Heat the fat well and put a tablespoon of potato and liver into it, which will creep in hot fat and form a cutlet.
4. Fry on both sides until golden brown over moderate heat.
5. Serve with salted, pickled, canned vegetables.

Parents often have to come up with all sorts of tricks and tricks so that the children eat well. These recipes will make this task easier for parents and bring joy to children. What do you cook for children to make them appetite?