Meanwhile, at the age of 2 years, feeding a baby can be very difficult. His food is just beginning to resemble an adult table and, in addition, the crumbs are already forming their own taste preferences. In this article we will tell you what you can feed a child in 2 years, and what dishes should be included in his menu for each day.
Option menu than to feed a 2-year-old child
A two-year-old should eat at least 4 times a day. As a rule, it is on such a number of feedings that parents stop, but some babies need to eat more times, for example, 5 or 6.
The daily two-year menu should look like this:
- a light breakfast intended to activate the digestive tract;
- second breakfast, more nutritious than the first. Ideally, at this time, the baby should receive different types of cereals cooked on milk;
- full dinner of 3 dishes. As a first portion of a light soup on a broth of meat or fish, as well as nourishing soups, mashed potatoes. The second baby can be offered boiled or stewed meat, fish cutlets and other dishes with garnish, which can serve as mashed potatoes, buckwheat porridge and so on. Finally, after such a hearty and nutritious dinner, the crumb should get a dessert. As by this time a small fidget is already full, he will not be able to eat too much, but will be incredibly pleased;
- dinner with a two-year-old baby should be easy, for example, an omelette, a vegetable stew, curd cakes or curd casserole. Supplement these dishes can be a glass of baby kefir or drinking yogurt.
Those mothers who do not know what to feed the child in 2 years, the following recipes for cooking delicious, nutritious and healthy dishes will help.
Soup-puree based on chicken meat
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet without bone - 500 g;
- onion - 100 g;
- fresh carrots - 150 g;
- fresh milk - 200 ml;
- boiled water - 100 ml;
- wheat flour - 2 tbsp. l .;
- soft butter - 2 tbsp. l .;
- a pinch of salt.
Preparation
Chicken meat pour cold water, put the container on the fire, wait for the boil and drain the water. Then again pour the meat with water, reduce the fire to a minimum and cook until a clear broth turns out. When the foam appears, it must be removed immediately. Finished fillet to take out and cool, and chopped vegetables, on the contrary, put in broth for half an hour. Cut the fillet with a blender or food processor or pass it through a meat grinder, pour 100 ml of the broth to it, add milk and other ingredients, and then mix all the ingredients. At the very end, pour the remainder of the broth into the same dish, add a little salt and mix the resulting soup very well with a spoon.
Fish balls from cod
Ingredients:
- cod fillet - 500 g;
- carrots of large size - 1 piece;
- onions - 1 pc .;
- fresh loaf - 2 slices;
- cow milk - 30 ml;
- fresh egg - 1 piece;
- flour - 2 tbsp. l .;
- salt - a pinch;
- chopped greens - to taste.
Preparation
Fish fillet is well washed and passed through a meat grinder. Together with it, the onion and loaf, previously soaked in milk, should be ground. Carrots clean, wash, grate and add to ground meat. There, too, break the egg. If desired, minced meat can be sprinkled with chopped herbs and lightly seasoned with salt. The resulting mass mix well and make balls out of it. Each ball is rolled in flour, then placed in a bowl of steamers so that they are not too close to each other. Cook for about 20 minutes.
Cottage cheese casserole
Ingredients:
- fresh cottage cheese - 200 g;
- raisins - 40 g;
dried apricots or prunes - 30 g; - brown sugar - 3 tbsp. l.
Preparation
Dried fruits fill with water and leave it for 2-3 hours. Then drain the water, combine all the ingredients and mix thoroughly, and place the resulting composition in a baking dish, the bottom and sides of which you need to lubricate with a thick cream or vegetable oil. Place it in a preheated 180 degree oven for 30-40 minutes. A wonderful dinner for your baby is ready!