What to cook for a child for dinner?

Oh, a familiar topic! Been there, done that! Here are a few dinner options for a preschooler from personal experience:

- Make soft chicken patties with added carrots and zucchini. You can serve them with mashed potatoes or boiled rice. But they'll be a hit even without a side dish.

- Vegetable stew — sautéed vegetables (potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower — whatever they eat. And even if they don't eat certain veggies, you can "hide" the non-favorites in this dish) with a small amount of lean meat or without meat (I add concentrated bone broth), you can add a bit of herbs.

- Baked fish with potatoes — a piece of lean fish (like cod or hake), baked with potatoes and carrots, works well for a light and healthy dinner. But from experience, I know not all kids are fans of fish.

- Omelet with vegetables — a soft omelet with added tomatoes, bell peppers, or herbs, it's filling and easy to digest. You can beat the egg whites and yolks separately and layer them. Kids love it when it looks pretty!

- Light salad and sandwiches — for example, sandwiches with cream cheese and cucumber or tomato, plus fresh fruit or yogurt for dessert.

But it's very important to consider the child's preferences and avoid spicy or overly fatty dishes. Also, try to serve the food in a beautiful and colorful way — this will help make dinner more appealing!

Potato Casserole.
Boil potatoes without salt, drain the water, mash them with a raw egg, and salt to taste.
Grind boiled meat and the onion cooked with it through a meat grinder, add a bit of broth to the mince for juiciness, and also salt to taste.
In a greased baking dish, layer: mashed potatoes, mince, mashed potatoes. Brush the surface with melted butter. Place in a preheated oven at 220–230°C (428–446°F) and bake for 20 minutes until lightly browned. Let it cool slightly to set, then transfer to a serving dish or serve directly from the baking dish.
It turns out just like the kindergarten version. The child devours it with gusto.

My kids always ate chicken/turkey well (in all variations), cutlets/meat, like goulash with gravy. The main thing was that there had to be a side dish—potatoes or pasta.
Well, of course, sausages or wieners were always a hit and got eaten right away.
Pasta with minced meat (navy-style pasta) and all kinds of casseroles (potato with meat, vegetable) went over well.
It was hard to get them used to buckwheat—I had to prepare it with vegetables.
Fish—my daughter started eating fish right away and had no issues, but my son only began eating it as an adult.
Vegetables—cucumbers and tomatoes—were no problem.

Try making your own version of the traditional Chinese recipe
"Smacked Cucumbers with White Sesame."
Let the child take the initiative and work with a rolling pin.

You can also make cucumber ribbons.

Let them chew on various herbs—
cilantro, parsley, sorrel, different types of cabbage—and try new flavors.

Take the child on a market tour
and let them sample different things.

You can also soak nuts, roast them, grind them in a coffee grinder, and sprinkle them on salads, along with flaxseed oil.

Appetite can be stimulated with radishes
and all kinds of radish—green in summer and bitter black in autumn, with sunflower oil.
Also, give them children's probiotics—then they'll want to eat more actively. Direct them toward sports so they get tired, and they'll dive into food in the morning.

Maybe they lack gut microbiota.
In that case, brew flaxseeds with boiling water and strain the mucus through cheesecloth—it helps coat the stomach.

Real milk is a must, and you can grate carrots and throw in raisins for a summer soup-like drink. You can also add blueberries.

Ekaterina Murashova, psychologist, fantastic lecture on picky eaters among children.

Make everything in the form of patties—it's delicious, you can freeze some, and it doesn't matter if they are cottage cheese pancakes, cod patties, zucchini patties, meat-potato draniki, or carrot patties; you can always add sour cream, herbs, toppings, sauces, and a side dish isn't always necessary.

Ask him what he wants.

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You probably don't have kids. A child won't eat any of that.

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Wow, thanks!

I'll try your recipe, he didn't really want to eat mine 😅

That's weird, but he also turns his nose up at sausages, and I even offered them in hot dog form with ketchup.

Remind me about the bruised cucumbers😊
He won't eat them, but for myself—it's tasty.

Thanks, you've inspired me for dinner!

Onya, as a child, I went into full refusal for the first time after being offered snot (flaxseeds). Even though I was a very obedient child. First, try drinking this on an empty stomach yourself (not specifically you, but whoever wants to force this disgusting stuff on a child), and then shove it into the child.
Yuck, I still have a gag reflex from anything slimy.

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