"Flower Joy"

(Age: from 1 year old)

Thank you for visiting the site about baby food - cooking. So long I was absent, so many comments accumulated, to which I did not respond in time. I really apologize to everyone who waited so long for an answer. Thanks a lot to all of you for your feedback. Answered everyone today. I keep adding to the section. I already posted a slightly similar recipe -. Combines these recipes, the main vegetable is beetroot and, accordingly, the color of the broth. You probably already guessed that this is a beetroot. In the summer, many probably cooked cold beetroot and we will cook hot beetroot for children from one year old.

As usual, I’ll start by writing a little about the benefits of beets for children and deal with the question - beets for children from what age. Late autumn, winter deprives us of such goodies as fresh fruits, summer vegetables. But we can use frozen vegetables and fruits in the diet for a child, which retain a fairly large amount of vitamins in this form. As well as seasonal gifts of nature, which are well stored until spring and do not lose their useful properties (for example, pumpkin, carrots, and, of course, beets, which we are talking about today).

Beets are a source of B vitamins, including folic acid (B9), these vitamins are involved in the processes of hematopoiesis and hemoglobin formation. Therefore, do not forget that beets are good as an anemia prevention. It also preserves vitamins A and C throughout the year, which are natural antioxidants (protect cell membranes from damage). And also it contains quite a lot of trace elements - iodine, iron, potassium, calcium and phosphorus (one small beet contains the daily norm of these minerals)

Most of the coarse fiber in beets heat treatment turns into healing pectin - food plant fiber (a prebiotic, I wrote about it in an article about). It serves as a top dressing for our beneficial bacteria, thereby improving the absorption and assimilation of other nutrients. And also thanks to pectins, beetroot acts as a natural sorbent, that is, it absorbs (pulls out) harmful substances and removes them, thus participating in the cleansing of the body of children and adults.

Beets also contain useful biologically active substances - betaines. They contribute to the absorption of proteins in the body, which are necessary for building cells, enzymes and hormones. It turns out that the body of a baby up to three years old cannot absorb nutrients, as is required for its growth and development. But betaines provide significant assistance in this. It is also very important that betaines are not destroyed by heat treatment. Therefore, it is enough to include dishes from boiled beets in the baby’s menu - a salad with sunflower (olive) oil, borscht, beetroot for children.

The only thing that is important is that bad things can be said about beets - it, like a root crop, accumulates a rather large amount of nitrates. Which in themselves, as we remember, do not pose a threat to health. But when they enter the body, they are reduced to nitrites, which have a very negative effect on the entire body, especially on the immune system, disrupt metabolism, and the cleansing function of the liver.

Therefore, try, firstly, to choose medium-sized root crops. Secondly, nitrates accumulate most in beets at the top (closer to the leaves), then at the tail, so be sure to cut off for small beets - 1 centimeter top and 0.5 tail (i.e., cut off the top by a quarter of the root crop, and the tail is one-eighth). This removes up to 75% of nitrates. When cooking in beets, only up to 40% of nitrates are destroyed. Therefore, the main thing is to cut off the places of their main accumulation.

Now let's figure out when you can give your child beets. Although the beets are very healthy vegetable. Still, do not rush to introduce it early in complementary foods. It is most optimal to introduce it from the age of 1, precisely because of nitrates, since what less baby the more he reacts to them. If, of course, you have your own beets grown in your own garden, then you can enter from 8 to 10 months. We just introduce it carefully, in microdoses, like any complementary foods, and monitor the reaction of the child. But you don’t need to delay either, because later the child may refuse to try beets, due to the unusual color of the dishes.

We introduce beets, adding them to the first dish, that is, we prepare borscht, beetroot. Can be added to puree. And you can add beets to the salad from a year and a half.

Now by myself step by step recipe how to cook soup children's beetroot.

Baby beetroot - step by step recipe with photo

You will need to prepare baby beetroot:

1. 1 small beet;
2. 2 medium potatoes;
3. 1 - 2 eggs (up to one and a half years - only yolks);
4. 1 clove of garlic;
5. several sprigs of dill;
6. 1 bay leaf

Beetroot hot recipe photo

1. First, wash the beets and potatoes under running water. And then boil them, right in the peel, without peeling, in order to preserve all the good stuff. To cook beetroot for lunch faster, it is better to boil them in advance, in the morning. I do it in a steamer. First, I put beets for about 40-60 minutes (if it is small), then add potatoes to it and steam them together for another 20 minutes. You can boil everything just in a saucepan, under a closed lid, also in uniform. If you will decorate a children's beetroot, then you still need to cook one beetroot and carrots.

2. Peel the potatoes, cut into cubes.

3. We clean the beets, do not forget to cut off more from the side of the tails. Grate on a large grater.

4. Boil eggs, clean. We give a child up to one and a half years only yolks, older ones with protein. Those. cut the eggs into cubes. Wash the dill and finely chop. Chop the garlic clove finely.

5. Pour water into the pan (I pour 500 ml, it turns out to be of medium density), bring to a boil, salt. Throw beets into boiling water. Bring to a boil, add potatoes and bay leaf.

6. When boiling again, add garlic, herbs and eggs. Bring to a boil, but do not boil, remove from heat.

We all know that the human body is extremely necessary to maintain the required supply of vitamins, trace elements and other useful substances. Of course, in the winter-spring period, when many of us suffer from beriberi, you can just go to the pharmacy and buy a suitable complex. However, unfortunately, not all medications bring the proper benefit. Yes, and there is no need to contact them! Nature gives us a unique opportunity to replenish the reserves of useful substances in a natural way, with food! Moreover, this issue is relevant for the smallest inhabitants of the planet, they definitely should not be introduced to pharmacy chemistry from an early age!

In the cold season, when markets and shops cannot please with an abundance of really useful and safe products, it is worth remembering that we have wonderful seasonal vegetables and fruits (carrots, beets, apples, pumpkins, cabbages, etc.), which throughout the year retain what we and our kids need useful material.

Today I will tell you about how to cook children's hot beetroot. Easy to prepare, and at the same time tasty and very healthy food will surely please your child!

To prepare a children's hot beetroot, you will need:

beets - 1 pc.
potatoes - 2 pcs.
egg - 1-2 pcs.
garlic - 1 clove
dill - 1-2 sprigs
bay leaf - 1 pc.
salt

How to cook baby hot beetroot:

1. Beets and potatoes (to prepare this soup you will need medium-sized root crops) thoroughly wash under running water (do not peel!), place in a saucepan, pour hot water and cook until tender. Potatoes will likely cook faster and need to be removed from the pot a little earlier than beets. You can check the readiness of root crops by piercing them with a toothpick.
2. Remove the prepared vegetables from the water, cool, peel. Taking into account the fact that beets (like most root crops) can accumulate nitrates, it is necessary to cut off the tail by about 5 mm and the upper part (the one that is closer to the leaves) by 1 cm (it is in these parts of the vegetable that most harmful to the body can accumulate). substances).
3. Cut the peeled potatoes into small cubes.
4. Grate the beets on a coarse grater.
5. Boil eggs, cool, peel, cut into small cubes. It must be remembered that a child under the age of 1.5 years should be fed only the yolk, a baby older than the specified age - both the yolk and the protein.
6. Peel the clove of garlic, finely chop.
7. Rinse dill under water, dry, finely chop with a knife.
8. Pour 500 ml of water into a small saucepan, bring to a boil, salt to taste.
9. Put the beets into boiling water. When boiling again, add potatoes and 1 bay leaf to the future beetroot.
10. At the next boil, put eggs, garlic and dill into the pan. Bring the soup to a boil again, but do not boil more, but remove the pan from the heat. Children's hot beetroot is ready!

To prepare a children's hot beetroot, it is advisable to use beets (as, indeed, all other vegetables and herbs), grown in your own garden or purchased from trusted sellers. This is explained by the fact that beets, which are sold in the markets or in stores, are often processed with a considerable amount of fertilizers that contribute to the formation of nitrates in products. These substances cause irreparable harm to the human body, and are much more dangerous for babies than for adults. And if an adult organism can in some cases miss, not notice such an “enemy”, then a child’s organism will certainly react to it with a number of negative changes in health.

Based on the foregoing, beets should be given to children from about one year of age (the smaller the child, the worse he may respond to nitrates that may be present in the product). However, if the vegetable is grown in your own garden, you can start adding beets to your food from 8-10 months. In any case, the introduction of any new product should begin with microdoses (of course, one should not forget to observe the reaction of a small organism to innovations).

In order to keep vitamins and other useful substances in vegetables to the maximum, beets and potatoes for children's hot beetroot can be boiled in a double boiler. This process will not only make the dish more useful, but also help moms save some time for themselves or playing with the baby.

To make children's hot beetroot more satisfying and nutritious, you can add a little boiled lean (low-fat) meat to it. To do this, the meat must first be boiled, cut into small pieces and added to the soup closer to the end of the cooking process, or put on a plate just before serving.

Each person has their own memories of a carefree childhood. Some remember how they went to the village to visit their grandmother, others remember going to the zoo with their parents, and still others cannot forget the taste of their favorite dish and now they are racking their brains on how to cook beetroot, as in kindergarten. The recipe for this dish is simple and does not require special culinary skills. That is what we will talk about in this article.

About the benefits of beets

Before you learn how to make beetroot, like in kindergarten, the recipe for which, by the way, is quite simple, you should familiarize yourself with useful properties The main ingredient of this dish is beets. It is not only delicious, but also a very healthy vegetable. It contains folic acid and vitamins C, B, A. Also, beets are rich in phosphorus, magnesium, iron and fiber. In addition, it has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract and the circulatory system in the body. All these properties make this vegetable simply indispensable in the children's diet. However, beets should be introduced as complementary foods to a child no earlier than eight to ten months old. Do not forget that this product is an excellent source of energy, because it contains carbohydrates necessary for the growing body of the child.

Beetroot. Ingredients

You don’t need any expensive products to make beetroot from kindergarten. The recipe for this soup involves the use of the following ingredients:

• sour cream;
• onions - 1 piece;
• vegetable oil - to taste;
• salt - to taste;
• beets - 1 piece;
• potatoes - 2-3 pieces;
• water or meat broth - 1.5-2 liters;
• parsley and dill - optional;
• carrots - 1 piece;
• sugar - to taste.

How to cook

1. First of all, it is necessary to thoroughly wash the beets and boil them together with the peel in a large amount of water until fully cooked.
2. After that, the vegetable should be cooled, peeled and cut into medium-sized strips.
3. Then you need to clean the vegetables. After that, raw potatoes must be cut into cubes, onions - into half rings, and carrots - into strips.
4. Next, carrots and onions must be simmered over low heat, adding oil and broth to the pan.
5. Now you should put potatoes, carrots, onions in boiling water and cook for about ten minutes.
6. After that, you need to put the beets in the pan, and five minutes before the readiness, salt the soup.
7. At the very end of cooking, add sour cream to the dish and boil all the products well. This is how beetroot (kindergarten) is prepared in children's institutions. The recipe includes only useful and organic products. When serving, the soup is often sprinkled with chopped parsley or dill.

Beetroot with meat. Ingredients

They rarely make beetroot with meat, as in kindergarten. Cooking recipes, however, provide for such an option. In order to prepare such a soup, you will need the following products:

• water - 2 liters;
• boiled eggs - 2 pieces;
• meat (pork, beef) - 250 grams;
• beets - 2 pieces (250 grams);
• greens - to taste;
• onions - 0.5 heads;
• vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
• carrots - 1 piece;
• black pepper, salt - to taste.

Cooking method

1. First, the meat must be cut into small pieces and put to cook for thirty to forty minutes. If the soup is prepared for a small child, then after the product boils, you need to boil it for ten minutes and drain the water. After that, the meat should be poured with fresh water and cooked further.
2. While the meat is cooking, you need to take the beets, peel them and cut into thin sticks. Next, the vegetable must be fried for two to three minutes for vegetable oil, then cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for another twenty minutes. Juicy beets will cook in own juice, but if it is dry, you need to add two tablespoons of water to it.
3. Then you should peel and cut the carrots into cubes. Onions also need to be chopped into small pieces, add vegetables to the beets and fry with it over high heat for two to three minutes and simmer for ten minutes under a closed lid.
4. After that, you need to cut the potatoes into cubes. Then it must be added to the cooked meat and boiled with it for fifteen minutes. Next, the beetroot should be salted and stewed vegetables should be added to it.
5. Now the soup must be brought to a boil again, removed from heat and let it brew for half an hour.

Secrets of baby food

This is how a baby beetroot is prepared. Children food should be sparing, so if the dish is intended for a child, it is better not to add spicy seasonings to it. You can pepper the soup only if only adults will eat it. It is customary to serve the dish to the table with sour cream, chopped herbs and, of course, with a boiled egg. This is exactly what beetroot is offered to children, as in kindergarten. The soup recipe is easy to reproduce at home and delight these healthy dish all members of your family.

Another important nuance: the fact is that children love everything bright and colorful, so they will be more willing to eat colorful soup. If you cut the eggs into small pieces and throw them into the finished beetroot, the broth will turn yellow. Snow-white sour cream, red beets and juicy greens will create an appetizing and colorful ensemble that your child will love. Beetroot with sour cream, as in kindergarten, will become his favorite dish.

Beetroot in a multicooker. Ingredients

Everyone knows that dishes in a slow cooker are especially rich and juicy. You can also cook the most delicate beetroot with the addition of chicken breast. Of course, they don’t cook it like that in kindergarten, but the recipe for preparing this dish will come in handy for every caring housewife who wants to please their kids with a tasty and healthy dish.

Ingredients:

• carrots - 1 piece;
• tomato juice - 1 glass;
• chicken breast - 500 grams;
• potatoes - 2-3 pieces;
• water - 2.5 liters;
• garlic - 1-2 cloves;
• beets - 2-3 pieces.
• greens (any) - optional;
• pepper, salt - to taste;
• vegetable oil - 1-2 tablespoons.

Cooking

1. To begin with, vegetables must be peeled and cut into cubes, beets into strips. Carrots, in turn, need to be grated on a coarse grater.
2. Then pour a little vegetable oil into the slow cooker and pour chopped vegetables into it. After that, the device must be set to the "baking" mode and fry the food with the lid closed for half an hour. Fifteen minutes after the start of cooking, pour a glass into the multicooker bowl tomato juice and simmer all ingredients until the end of the program.
3. Next, the potatoes need to be peeled and cut into large cubes. After the signal about the end of the program, you should throw the potatoes into the multicooker and pour it with a sufficient amount of boiling water. Now the device must be set to the “stewing” program for an hour and a half, after peppering and salting the future soup.
4. Toward the end of cooking, you should try the dish for salt and season with chopped garlic and herbs.

Beetroot is ready! It is nutritious and tasty soup will become a real decoration of your table.

Let's hope that, using the above recommendations, you can cook beetroot, like in kindergarten. The recipe for cooking the dish does not contain any secrets, but it feels familiar from childhood unforgettable taste unfortunately, it is not always possible. However, you can give your children a great dish that will bring them many joyful moments. Bon Appetit!

Calories: Not specified
Cooking time: Not specified

Beetroot is almost borscht, but without cabbage. It is prepared with sausage, meat or lean meat, on broth, kefir or kvass, but for children they choose the most dietary and delicious option which I propose to you. You can cook beetroot like in kindergarten. The recipe with a photo will help you cook hot beetroot in chicken broth. While the broth is being cooked, the beets are stewed separately with the addition of water or a few tablespoons of the broth, and they are put into the soup almost ready. In addition to beets, you will need potatoes, onions, carrots and a little tomato paste for color. Beetroot is served with sour cream - it slightly acidifies the soup, making it tastier and more satisfying.
Chicken broth for baby beetroot is made not very rich and prepared without the addition of spices and herbs. Transparency in this case is not necessary, since the soup will be seasoned with beets, which will color it in a bright saturated color.

Ingredients:

- chicken bouillon- 2 liters;
- beets - 2 pcs;
- potatoes - 3-4 pieces;
- carrots - 1 pc;
- onion - 2 small heads;
- tomato paste - 2 tbsp. l;
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l;
- salt - to taste;
- sour cream - for serving.

How to cook with a photo step by step

Put the chicken pieces in a saucepan, pour two liters cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat, immediately reduce heat to low. We collect foam with a slotted spoon. Add salt, cover loosely and cook for 40-50 minutes until the meat is ready.

We cut the beets into circles, then into thin short strips. Pour into hot oil. Stirring, simmer for 20-30 minutes until soft. In order not to burn, pour in a little water or broth.

We filter ready broth. While it boils again, cut the vegetables for the beetroot. We cut carrots into strips, potatoes into cubes, onions into small cubes.

Pour carrots and onions to the beets, after evaporating all the liquid from the pan. Stir, cover and leave to simmer on low heat for 8-10 minutes.

Transfer the potatoes to the boiled broth. Cook at a low boil until tender.

Add tomato paste to the pan with stewed vegetables or rub two or three fresh tomatoes (you can add canned ones with juice). Warm up, lightly fry the tomato.

Transfer the veggies to the pot with the potatoes. Stir, cook until done.

Before turning off, we check the softness of vegetables - beets, potatoes and carrots should become very soft, easily broken when pressed. Salt if necessary.

Pour hot beetroot on plates. Serve sour cream separately. For adults, you can acidify the soup lemon juice and add ground pepper. Bon Appetit!
And also very tasty

I propose classic recipe beetroot as in kindergarten. Studied a few technological maps of this dish - it turns out that in different kindergartens they are slightly different, but in general they are similar.

The main thing you need to know for cooking beetroot as in kindergarten: beets are pre-boiled in their skins as a whole. Then it is cooled, cleaned and cut into strips, put into the soup at the very end of cooking. Onions and carrots are sautéed in oil with the addition of broth or water. Moreover, the oil can be both creamy and vegetable, both options are acceptable. tomato paste also passer, but sometimes separately from vegetables. Sliced ​​potatoes are boiled in broth or water, browned vegetables and tomato paste are added. When the vegetables are ready, add the beets. Sour cream in kindergarten is added to ready soup, which is then brought to a boil. There are no bay leaves and dill greens in the recipe, but they are in the description of the preparation.

Take the groceries from the list.

Cut the potatoes into cubes and cover with water, cook until half cooked.

For vegetable dressing, cut carrots into strips and onions in half rings.

On the butter fry vegetables, and then stew with the addition of broth.

Add tomato paste, broth and simmer a little more. Tomato paste can be used separately.

Peel the boiled beets and cut into thin strips.

Enter the vegetable dressing into the beetroot.

Add beets, cook for 10 minutes. 5 minutes before cooking, salt, add sugar and bay leaf. Season the finished beetroot with dill and sour cream and bring to a boil.

Classic beetroot as in kindergarten is ready. Serve hot on the table.