Tofu, chicken, and egg pancake

age: above 18 months


Tofu is a very healthy food that contains high amount of calcium, iron, plant protein, copper, selenium and manganese. Green pepper is rich in vitamin C, and chicken breast meat contains animal protein and is low in fat. This makes the dish a very good mixture of nutrition for your toddler.

Ingredients:

3 ounces / 100 g minced Tofu 

1 ounce / 30 g minced chicken breast (without bone) 30g

2 cooked egg yolks minced

0.5 ounces / 15 g green pepper cut into tiny pieces

2 teaspoons of soy sauce

salt

olive oil

2 teaspoons corn starch

How to cook:

1. mix minced tofu, chicken breast, egg yolks, green pepper pieces, soy sauce, corn starch, if it turns out to be a bit dry, add a little water and continue to mix, until the mixture turns out to be the consistency as below in the picture

2. evenly divide the mixture from step one into 4 portions

3. add olive oil into a flat frying pan, use medium heat to heat up the oil until it is warm, add the 4 portions from step 2 into the pan, can use a spoon to press each portion a bit, so that they are round and thinner

4. use low heat to fry the pan cake, turn them occasionally, until they are fully cooked

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Pumpkin, spinach and egg pancake

age: above 18 months

Ingredients:

- 1 ounce /30 g mashed pumpkin (butter squash)

- 0.5 ounces / 15 g spinach

- 1 raw egg, beaten

- 4 tablespoons fresh milk

- 0.5 ounces / 15 g flour

- salt

- cooking oil

How to cook:

How to make mashed pumpkin (butter squash):

1. peel butter squash and get rid of the seeds inside

2. cut it into 2-3 cm cubes

3. steam for 15-20 minutes until they are soft ( a fork can poke through easily)

4. put the steamed pieces into a bowl, use a spoon to mash them


How to prepare spinach:

1. wash the spinach carefully

2. use a small pot to boil some water

3. put the spinach into the boiled water for 3-5 seconds, then take out quickly, let it to cool down

4. cut the cooked spinach into small pieces

How to cook everything together:

1. mix mashed pumpkin, cooked spinach, fresh milk, beaten egg, flour and a little salt, until the consistency is similar to the picture below

2. add cooking oil to a flat frying pan, use medium heat to warm up the oil

3. add the mixture from step one when the oil is warm, turn the heat to low

4. turn the pancake occasionally, until it is cooked and both sides turn into golden colour

5. use mould to make your child's favourite shape out of the pancake

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Delicious soup for toddlers

Tomato egg and meatball soup

A delicious soup that can be enjoyed by the whole family. 

age: above 15 months

Ingredients:

- 2 beef steak tomatoes cut into small pieces

- 2 raw eggs, beaten

- minced pork meat 4 ounces /100g

- a teaspoon corn starch

- a teaspoon soy sauce

- a spoon of cooking oil

- sesame oil

- salt

- spring onion or chives cut into small pieces

How to cook:

1. mix the minced pork with corn starch and soy sauce evenly

Mix minced pork with starch and soy sauce

2. use medium heat to heat up a spoon of cooking oil

3. put the already cut tomato pieces into the pot, stir fry them for a few minutes until the tomato juice comes out

Put cut tomato in a pot

4. add cold water into the pot, keep medium heat

5. while waiting for the water to boil, you can start to make the already mixed minced port into small meat balls with a teaspoon (see picture), put the balls into the soup once they are made, if the soup starts to boil before you finish making all the meat into balls, turn the heat from medium to low

Form minced pork into meatballs

6. after all the meat balls are in the soup, use medium-low heat to boil the soup for 3-5 minutes, until all the meat balls are cooked

7. turn the heat back to medium-high, pour the beaten egg inside, stir for 20-30 seconds, then turn off the heat

Add beaten egg into boiling soup

8. add salt into the soup, garnish with a few drops of sesame oil and spring onion/chives

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Noodle recipe for toddler

Chicken vegetable macaroni

A very tasty noodle recipe for toddler. Chicken meat is rich in protein, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12. Your child's body requires vitamin B6 for producing antibodies and the communication between nerve cells, vitamin B12 is involved in the production of blood cells. The carbon hydrate contained by the Macaroni are essential for you child's brain function.

age: above 15 months

Ingredients:

- 1.5 - 2 ounces or 50 g of Macaroni

- 1 ounce / 30g chicken breast fillet

- 0.5 / 15 g of red bell pepper cut into small pieces

- 0.5 / 15 g onions cut into small pieces

- 1 egg beaten

- some tomato ketchup

- olive oil

- corn starch

- salt

How to cook:

1. Add hot water in a pot, cook macaroni until they are soft enough for your toddler to bite, then take out and filter out water

How to make the pan cake

2. Add half of spoon of olive oil into a pan, use medium heat to heat up

Pan cake cut into pieces

3. Pour the beaten egg into the pan, make it into a very thin pan cake (see pictures), then cut it into small pieces

4. Cut chicken breast fillet into small pieces, marinate with a little salt, half of a tea spoon corn starch, if it is very dry, you can add a few drops of water

5. Put a spoon of olive oil into a wok, heat up with medium heat, then put onion pieces in, stir fry until they start to get soft

6. Put chicken pieces in the wok, continue to stir fry until chicken pieces are fully cooked

7. Add macaroni, pan cake, tomato ketchup and a little bit of salt

8. stir fry until everything is well mixed, then it is ready

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Porridge recipe for baby

Vegetable pork egg porridge

This porridge recipe for baby contains everything your child needs to grow up! The Pork and egg are rich in protein and the vegetables in this porridge provide your baby with lots of vitamins and trace metals.

age: above 8 months



Ingredients:

- 1.7 ounces / 50g of Rice. My usual choice is  Jasmati Rice. Check out the Amazon link to see what others think about this wonderful and tasty rice.

Ginger Juice

- water about 1.7 cups / 400 ml

- minced pork 0.3-0.4 ounces / 10g

- vegetable 0.5 ounces / 15g cut into small pieces: can be chosen from a wide range of leaf vegetables, e.g. Pak Choi, Chinese cabbage, spinach, etc.


- one raw egg yolk, beaten to the consistency similar to make scrambled egg

- 1 teaspoon ginger juice (can also be produced by pressing ginger in garlic press)

- Corn Starch

- Some drops of La Tourangelle Toasted Sesame Oil. Of course you can use other brands as well but I really like the one from La Tourangelle because of its great flavor. 

How to cook:

1. Marinate the minced pork with ginger juice, a small teaspoon of corn starch, 1-2 teaspoons of water

2. Add rice and water into rice cooker, and use slow cooking option to cook until you cannot see the shape of the rice (some rice cookers have a “porridge” option). If you do not own a rice cooker, just use a pot to cook, cover the pot and use low heat, it will take around 1-2 hours until it is ready.

Rice Cooker

3. The time to add minced pork into your rice cooker is when the rice and water mixture inside starts to boil, then stir so that the meat mixes well with the rice

4. When the porridge is about to be cooked, add vegetable pieces, continue to cook until the vegetable pieces are soft

5. Add egg yolk, stir until the porridge is boiling again

6. Add a few drops of sesame oil

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Recipes for toddlers 18 months

Two tasty recipes for toddlers 18 months

1. Tofu and seaweed soup

A simple and healthy dish. Laver seaweed contains a lot of vitamins, it is also a good source of Manganese, Zinc and Iron.

age: 18 months

Ingredients:

- Tofu 3.5 ounces 100g cut into small cubes

- dried laver seaweed 0.5 ounces / 15g (you can also use sushi seaweed) cut into small pieces


- 1 raw egg

- A table spoon of Dried Shrimps (you can leave this ingredient if you want the soup to be vegetarian)

Dried Seaweed

- some chives cut into small pieces

- Sesame Oil

- a little bit salt

How to cook:

1. Beat the egg for half minute, wash the shrimps

2. Put some water into a pot, boil the water

3. Put Tofu, seaweed and shrimp inside, wait till it boils again

4. Pour the egg inside slowly, stir the soup as you pour

5. Put a little salt and a few drops of sesame oil in the soup, garnish with chives


2. Tomato shrimp sauce and Tofu

This is a dish than can be enjoyed with the whole family. Shrimp are a very healthy food for young children, as they contain a lot of nutrition: they are an excellent source of selenium and vitamin B12 and they are a very good source of protein, phosphorus, choline, and copper. In addition, they contain a good amount of niacin, zinc, vitamin E, vitamin B6, omega-3 fatty acids, pantothenic acid, and vitamin A.

age: above 18 months

Ingredients:

Tofu

- Tofu 3.5 ounces / 100g


- cherry tomatoes 3.5 ounces / 100g

- shrimps 2-2.5 ounces / 60g

- some Tomato Ketchup

- some Cooking Oil

- a teaspoon of Ginger Juice

- sugar

- salt

- Corn Starch

How to cook:

Cut Tofu into slides...

... and use biscuit forms

1. Cut the Tofu into small slices, use biscuit form to make them into shapes

2. Put some drops of cooking oil on a piece of kitchen paper and wipe it on the pan to apply a layer of cooking oil on the pan. Put the tofu pieces into the pan, use low heat to fry until both sides of the tofu pieces show a golden color

Put tomatoes in hot water to peel them easier

3. Put cherry tomatoes in very hot water, leave them there for 10 minutes, then take them out, so that it is easier to peel the skin off

Cut tomatoes into pieces

4. Cut the peeled tomato into small pieces

Cut shrimps into pieces...

5. Cut shrimps into small pieces

... and stir fry them

6. Put some cooking oil in a wok, use medium heat to stir-fry the shrimps until the color changes

Add tomato pieces

7. Add the tomato pieces and continue to stir-fry until the tomato juice comes out

Add ketchup, sugar, salt and water

8. Add some tomato ketchup, a little sugar, salt and some water, use low heat to continue to stir-fry

9. Use half of a teaspoon corn starch mixed together with 3 tablespoon of water

10. When the shrimps are fully cooked, pour the starch water in, continue to stir and cook until the sauce thickens

11. Pour the sauce onto the tofu and it is ready!

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Soup recipes for toddlers

Two healthy and tasty soup recipes for toddlers.

1. Tomato potato beef soup
This dish can be enjoyed by the whole family. It contains carbohydrates, meat protein and vegetables and provides many of the nutrition your toddler needs. The slightly sour taste of the tomato is also an appetite stimulator for children.

age: above 18 months

Ingredients:

- beef 3.5 ounces / 100g cut into small cubes

- potato 2 ounces / 60g peeled and cut into small cubes

- tomato 1.5 ounces 40g cut into small cubes

- corn starch

- Vegetable Oil

- chives/spring onion cut into small pieces


- salt

- White Pepper

How to cook:

Corn Starch

1. Mix the beef pieces with a little bit corn starch, salt, pepper, leave for 15 minutes

2. Put a table spoon of cooking oil in a Wok or pan, use medium heat to stir fry the tomato pieces until tomato juice comes out

3. Add some hot water into the wok, wait till the water starts to boil, put potato pieces and beef inside

4. Wait until everything is cooked, add salt and chives/spring onion

5. Enjoy!


2. Broccoli and meatball soup

This is a delicious soup that also can be enjoyed as a family. Please mind that if you are cooking this dish as part of a meal for the whole family, you will need to use more of each ingredient. Broccoli is a very healthy vegetable, not only it is very rich in Vitamin C and K, it is also well known for its anti-cancer properties. Minced pork/beef is rich in protein, Vitamin B6 and B12. Combined with some rice, it is a nice meal with vegetable, meat and carbohydrates.

age: above 12 months

Ingredients:

- minced pork or beef or a mixture of the two 1.5-2 ounces / 50g

- broccoli 3.5 ounces / 100g

- Vegetable Soup Base (either Cubes or tubs is ok)

- Corn Starch

- Soy Sauce

How to cook:

Mix minced meat with corn starch

1. Mix the meat with a teaspoon corn starch, a teaspoon of soy sauce and one to two table spoon of water

Cut broccoli into small pieces

2. Cut the broccoli into small pieces as shown in the picture. If your child is very picky and does not eat the flower part, you can also use the stem of the broccoli, just cut the skin away and cook it with the flower part

3. Put a cube of soup stock in the water (if you are using tube, then half of a port is enough) and boil the water

Shape minced meat into small balls

4. When the water starts to boil and the soup base has melted completely, use a teaspoon to shape the meat into small balls and put the balls in the water

5. Cook the meat balls for 2-3 minutes in the boiling soup, then put the broccoli inside, continue to cook until everything is cooked and the broccoli is in a texture that you like

The soup is ready!

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