meatball soup for baby

Cooking features

Minced meat can be used either purchased or prepared yourself. If you are preparing a dish for a child under one year old, then you should not rely on the store-bought version. It is important to know what is mixed in it and use only fresh meat.
If the minced meat has a liquid consistency, then you can add semolina; some housewives add flour. When using semolina, do not forget to set aside the minced meat for about fifteen minutes so that it has time to swell, and only then begin to form the meatballs.
If you are cooking for a child who is 2 years old, then you can stick some extra meatballs, put them in the freezer, and then defrost them in a fairly hot broth before boiling.
There is no need to boil the products for too long, otherwise they will lose their valuable qualities.
When boiling, collect the foam that floats to the surface of the water.
Try to feed your baby freshly prepared food, not yesterday's food.

Chicken meatballs

Chicken meatballs for a child can be prepared using the following ingredients:

minced chicken - three hundred grams;
half an onion;
egg;
flour - one and a half tablespoons;
salt.

Place the minced meat in a bowl and leave for about thirty minutes.
Finely chop the onion.
Beat an egg into a bowl of meat, add onion and add some salt. Mix everything thoroughly.
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Add flour to the finished minced meat and knead.
Form balls.
Throw the meatballs into boiling water and cook for about fifteen minutes.

Plus a rabbit

rabbit fillet – two hundred and fifty grams;
chicken fillet – two hundred and fifty grams;
boiled carrots – seventy grams;
onions - twenty grams;
boiled potatoes - one hundred grams;
egg - one piece;
butter - about fifty grams;
a couple of sprigs of greenery;
salt.

Grind the meat using a meat grinder and mix thoroughly until smooth.
To the resulting mass add butter and potatoes, which have been previously boiled and chopped.
Boiled carrots are grated and added to the minced meat.
Mix everything well, add salt, beat in an egg, add finely chopped herbs.
The products are formed into balls and boiled for ten to fifteen minutes. If you use a slow cooker, the cooking process will take about forty minutes.

Mixed with semolina

For this recipe you need to have:

minced chicken – one hundred grams;
minced beef – one hundred grams;
quail egg - two pieces;
semolina - three teaspoons;
salt.

The two minced meats are mixed together.
Add salt, beat in eggs, add semolina. The finished minced meat is left for about fifteen minutes so that it has time to swell.
Form small balls. Dip into boiling water. Cook until fully cooked.

I cooked meatballs for my child according to exactly this recipe, sometimes replacing the quail eggs with one chicken egg. They turn out to be quite tasty, both for individual consumption and when added to soup.

Steaming

For a 1 year old baby, you can prepare this dish in a double boiler or in a steam bath. For this recipe we will use chicken. So you will need:

fillet – one hundred grams;
two tbsp. spoons of cottage cheese;
one egg (chicken);
teaspoon butter;
salt.

Grind the meat in a meat grinder.
Beat an egg into the minced meat and add the remaining ingredients. Mix everything thoroughly.
Forming meatballs.
The products are sent to the steamer. Readiness is checked by testing, no earlier than after twenty-five minutes.
Read also: Chicken soup for children: 3 popular recipes

How long to cook chicken breast for a child?

You can introduce poultry into a child’s diet from the age of one year. To prepare you will need:

chilled chicken;
salt;
water.

Cooking steps:

The bird is thoroughly washed in running water.
Remove bones, veins, and skin.
Place in a saucepan and fill with cold water until completely covered.
Bring to a boil, after which the first broth is drained.
The fillet is re-filled with fresh water and cooked for half an hour. After boiling, add salt to taste.

The breast is brought to a boil, after which the first broth is drained. The fillet is re-filled with fresh water and cooked for half an hour . After boiling, add salt to taste.

Chicken meat prepared in this way is tender and, according to research by nutritionists, free of harmful carcinogens and excess fat. If the child does not yet have teeth, then the bird is ground in a blender or passed through a meat grinder twice. Add vegetable broth or boiled water to the finely chopped meat and bring the puree to the desired consistency.

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From 10 months

Soup with pike perch and vegetables ⠀

Take:

50 g pike perch
1 potato
1 small carrot or half a medium one
half a zucchini
half an onion
1 tsp vegetable oil
200 ml water
dill

Preparation:

Mash the pike perch fillet well with your hands and check for bones. Boil or steam the fish (15 minutes).
Grate the carrots on a fine grater, cut the potatoes into small cubes, and chop the onion. Throw vegetables into boiling water.
After 10 minutes, add the chopped zucchini and cook until the vegetables are softened.
Add the prepared fish, vegetable oil, chopped dill to the vegetable broth and boil for another 2 minutes.
If the baby is not chewing yet, the soup can be turned into puree.

Lunch is the most nutritious and satisfying meal of the day. Options on the menu: vegetable soup, 2 tablespoons of side dish and a protein product (meat, fish, legumes). If it’s not customary for your family to eat borscht soups, then you don’t have to cook them, no big deal. Having a first course in children's diets is simply an opportunity:

feed the children vegetables: puree soup with homemade croutons and cheese for decoration - it’s beautiful on the plate and healthy;
give legumes (lentils, chickpeas, mung beans) in an easy-to-digest format;
supplement the diet with liquid that children do not get in water;
include vegetable oil in the children's menu, which is necessary for the health and normal functioning of the nervous system.

In kindergarten, children, as a rule, eat well and together. It’s a little more difficult with schoolchildren. Often they do not want to eat food that is prepared in the school canteen. And if they do eat, it’s pizza, a bun, or a candy bar bought at the buffet, which is definitely not a full meal. Of course, you can give a student home-cooked food to go, but will this be accepted by the class? What should I do? You need to communicate with your child about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and proper nutrition. And understand why he doesn’t want to eat in the cafeteria. If this is the custom among his classmates, then he needs to be convinced. And if it doesn’t taste good, influence it! Based on the school menu or the child’s taste preferences.

Turkey soup recipes

In terms of the amount of useful microelements, turkey meat is much superior to chicken, which is more often used for soups. From the latter you can prepare broth for the first course. Turkey meat is added later. To prepare a richer dish, include the following ingredients: beans, noodles, peas, potatoes, cauliflower, noodles, rice or broccoli.

With turkey meatballs

You can add not just turkey meat to the soup, but meatballs formed from it. The ingredients needed are:

onion – 1 pc.;
carrots – 2 pcs.;
potatoes – 2 pcs.;
turkey meat – 0.2 kg;
quail egg – 2 pcs.;
garlic - optional.

The soup preparation algorithm looks like this:

Rinse the turkey and place in a saucepan with water. When it boils, cook for another half hour.
Pour about 0.7 liters of water into another pan and place on fire.
After boiling, add grated carrots and chopped onions.
After the water boils again, add the potatoes and garlic. Cook everything together for another 20 minutes.
Cool the boiled turkey meat and grind it twice using a meat grinder.
Mix the minced meat with eggs, form meatballs as shown in the photo.
When the potatoes in the soup are half ready, add the meatballs to the vegetables.
Wait for the meat to float to the top, cook for another 2 minutes. After this, season with salt and bay leaf.

With vermicelli

For this recipe you will need the following ingredients:

white turkey fillet – 0.5-0.7 kg;
potatoes – 3-4 pcs.;
web vermicelli from durum wheat - 1 tbsp.;
onion – 1 pc.;
carrot – 1 pc.;
bell pepper – 1 pc.;
dill, cilantro or parsley - 1 bunch.

To prepare the soup, use these step-by-step instructions:

Cut the onion into half rings, fry in melted butter or vegetable oil until transparent.
Then add grated or cut into strips carrots and pepper.
Mix all the vegetables and fry until done.
Cut the washed meat into cubes, and repeat with the potatoes.
Place the meat in a saucepan with a deep bottom, pour in 2-2.5 liters of water, add salt and bring to a boil.
After boiling, skim off the foam and add the potatoes.
When the potatoes are almost cooked, add the vermicelli.
After this, wait for the soup to boil again, then add the frying vegetables.
Cook a little more, season with spices and herbs.

Turkey Noodle Soup

The next version of the first course uses noodles. The list of ingredients includes the following products:

green beans – 150 g;
turkey meat – 0.3 kg;
noodles – 0.1 kg;
carrots – 3 pcs.;
onions – 2 pcs.;
soy sauce – 15 ml;
celery – 2 stalks;
garlic – 4 cloves;
chicken broth – 6 tbsp.

The cooking process includes the following steps:

Sweat the chopped onions and carrots in a saucepan, adding a little vegetable oil.
After that, add garlic to them, fry the vegetables for another 5 minutes, throw in the celery.
Season the roasted vegetables with spices and sauté for another 3 minutes.
After this, pour chicken broth and sauce into the vegetables.
When the water boils, add the noodles and season with bay leaves.
After boiling, simmer the soup for another 5 minutes, then add the fillet pieces.

Cheese soup with turkey

For lovers of French cuisine, a delicious turkey and cheese soup is a good option. Preparing this dish requires the following ingredients:

carrots – 1-2 pcs.;
processed cheese – 0.2 kg;
onions – 2 pcs.;
turkey fillet – 0.5 kg;
potatoes – 5-6 pcs.;
butter

First of all, prepare a deep saucepan with a capacity of approximately 3 liters. Then follow the simple instructions:

Pour the washed fillet with water, after boiling, add peppercorns, 1 tsp. salt, bay leaf. Cook for another 20 minutes.
Then remove the meat, cool and cut into pieces.
Add the peeled potato cubes into the pan.
While the potatoes are cooking, sauté the chopped onion and carrots in butter.
Add vegetable frying to the soup, and after 5-7 minutes. - turkey fillet.
After 5 min. After adding the fillet, add grated processed cheese into the soup. The dish will be ready when it melts.

Turkey puree soup

For those who like thicker dishes, puree soup is suitable. To prepare it, you need to stock up on the following products:

onion – 1 pc.;
carrots – 1 pc.;
turkey fillet – 0.7 kg;
egg yolk – 1 pc.;
cream – 0.25 tbsp;
flour – 150 g;
celery – 1 root.

The cooking process is as follows:

Fill the turkey with water, after boiling, remove the foam, add all the peeled and chopped vegetables.
After 1-1.5 hours of cooking over low heat, remove the turkey, cool it and grind it with a blender.
Add yolk, cream, a little butter to the meat, mix.
Saute the flour in a small amount of butter, cool, then place in a saucepan. After 10 min. strain it.
Then add chopped turkey meat to the sauté, season with salt and sugar to taste.
Simmer the dish for another 10 minutes. When serving, season with herbs.

Turkey and Rice Soup

The last recipe requires the following products:

potatoes – 2 pcs.;
celery – 1 root;
carrots – 1 pc.;
onion – 1 pc.;
tomato puree – 2 tbsp. l.;
garlic – 2 cloves;
turkey fillet – 0.3 kg;
boiling water – 2 l;
rice – 2 tbsp. l.;
pepper – 0.5 pcs.

To make turkey soup with rice, follow these instructions:

In a saucepan with vegetable oil, first sauté the onion and garlic, then add the pepper, carrots and celery.
Then add the chopped fillet to the vegetables and fry a little more.
Pour boiling water into the pan.
Place the potatoes and rice in a saucepan with water and cook until done.
Then add tomato puree to the soup, season with herbs, bay leaves and salt.

From 1 year

Milk puree soup from zucchini and cauliflower

Take:

half a zucchini
60 g cauliflower
50 ml milk
300 ml water

For older children, instead of milk, you can take 10% cream and add a little coriander and salt

Preparation:

Place the cauliflower in boiling water, after 5 minutes add the zucchini and cook until it is soft.
Drain off some of the broth, puree the vegetables in a blender and add a little warmed milk for a creamy soup consistency.

Milk soup with noodles

Take:⠀

20 g thin pasta
100 ml water
150 ml milk
0.5 tsp. butter

Preparation:

Boil the pasta separately.
Drain the water, add them to the milk and cook for a couple more minutes after it starts boiling.
Add butter, cover with a lid and let the soup simmer for a while until the pasta swells.
If your child is older, you can add a little sugar if desired.

Potato soup with cod ⠀

Take:

300 g cod
5 pieces. potatoes
1 onion
1 carrot
2 stalks of celery
2 t.l. vegetable oil
greenery
1.2 liters of water
salt

Preparation:

Boil the cod for 15 minutes. Drain the water and check the bones of the fish.
Add chopped carrots to the saucepan and cook, after 5 minutes - potatoes, then chopped onions and celery. Cook until vegetables are soft. After cooking, the celery must be removed; it will only add a piquant taste to the soup.
Drain off some of the broth. Beat the vegetables and cooked fish in a blender and dilute with broth to the desired consistency.
Bring the puree soup to a boil again, add salt, herbs, and vegetable oil.
This delicate soup goes well with croutons, which you can add to it.

Please note that fish is one of the most powerful allergens, so be very careful if you introduce fish dishes into your baby’s diet for the first time. The best fish for babies are sea fish - salmon, tuna, herring, pollock, hake. They contain a lot of polyunsaturated acids and iodine that are beneficial for children's bodies.

Meatball soup recipe

Children really like meatballs. Even a child who doesn’t like soup will happily gobble up the first course if it contains these tiny meat balls. Therefore, mothers try to cook just such dishes more often. Haven't found the right recipe yet? This can be fixed.

We will prepare children's soup with meatballs with chicken fillet. It is ideal for baby nutrition.

We will need:

1 liter of water;
300 g chicken fillet;
small onion;
1 potato;
3 quail eggs;
carrot;
300 g cauliflower;
some boiled rice;
salt.

Cooking time: about 30 minutes.

Number of servings: 4.