Meal regimen for children 2 years old. What can and cannot be fed to children under three years of age are the mistakes of parents that cost children their health. Bad and good appetite

Two-year-old children are gradually getting used to adult food, but it is still too early to completely switch to a common table at this age. What nutritional features of a 2-year-old child should parents remember, what foods are still too early to try for a baby, and what is the best way to build a menu for a child of this age?

Diet

At the age of two, children's meals become four times a day and include breakfast and lunch, as well as afternoon tea and dinner. More frequent meals have a negative effect on appetite, and less frequent meals on the digestion of food and the well-being of the baby. The breaks between meals are 3.5-4 hours.

The principles of good nutrition

1. The ratio of proteins and fats, as well as carbohydrates in the diet of a 2-year-old child should be 1: 1: 4 or 1: 1: 3. Proteins are the main building blocks for the growth of the child's body, therefore, the children's diet should include such sources as dairy products, poultry, meat products, egg dishes, and fish. Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for the child's body. The child gets them from cereals, fruits, sugar, bread, vegetables. Fats are also needed for energy needs body of the child.
2. A two-year-old child receives an average of 1400-1500 kcal per day. In terms of calorie content, meals should be distributed as follows: 25% of calories for breakfast, 30% of calories for lunch, 15% of calories for afternoon tea and 30% for dinner.
3. It is important to ensure a sufficient supply of macro- and micronutrients, especially those responsible for the health of the bones. The child will receive calcium from cottage cheese, milk, cheese, peas, dried apricots, cabbage, prunes, oatmeal and other products.
4. Spices and salt in baby's meals should be kept to a minimum.

Baby needs at 2 years old

• Your baby should eat dairy products every day.... Kefir is recommended in amounts up to 200 ml per day.
• In addition to the yolk, you can also start giving the white of a boiled egg. Half a boiled egg per day is considered the norm.
• Cheese the baby is recommended only with a low fat content and in the amount of 20 g per week.
• Cottage cheese 50 g per day is recommended. It can be mixed with fruits, sour cream, sugar. You can also make puddings, cheese cakes, dumplings from cottage cheese.
• Meat dishes prepared from lean veal, beef and pork. Also, children are given chicken. These dishes are recommended for consumption in the morning as they take a long time to digest. A sufficient amount of meat per day for a 2-year-old child is considered 50-80 g. It is permissible to include low-fat boiled sausage and lean boiled ham in the child's diet. You can also start offering your child meat stew and liver pâté at two years old.
• Several times a week, the child replaces a meat dish with a fish one. The fish is boiled, stewed, cutlets and meatballs are also made from it. A two-year-old baby can be given a piece of herring. A child should eat up to 175 g of fish per week.
• Vegetables the baby should consume up to 250 g per day, but potatoes are advised to consume up to 150 g per day. Vegetable purees can be single-ingredient or complex. To a two-year-old child you can give cabbage, beets, carrots, onions, pumpkin, eggplants, tomatoes, turnips, radishes, cucumbers, Bell pepper and other vegetables.
• Fruits and berries recommended in an amount of about 150-200 g per day.
• The diet may contain pasta, as well as flour dishes.
• The norm of bread count up to 100 g per day (wheat - about 70 g, rye - about 30 g).
• The norm of confectionery is 10 g per day, and sugar - up to 50 g per day.
• In addition to cereals, the child can try cereal casseroles, as well as children's muesli. The most useful are oatmeal, buckwheat and rice porrige as well as millet and corn. Barley porridge can already be introduced into the diet of a two-year-old child.
• Vegetable dishes should be added vegetable oil up to 6 g per day.
• Butter it is advised to consume up to 16 g per day.

What fluids to give?

Water for every kilogram of weight of a 2-year-old child requires 100 ml per day. This daily amount of water includes any liquids that the child consumes (soups, compotes, milk, and others). If the weather is hot, the volume of fluid should be increased. On average, a child aged two years is advised to drink 1,500 ml of water per day.

A two-year-old child can be given weak tea, rosehip infusion, compote, cocoa, milk, fruit and vegetable juices. Juice is recommended to drink in an amount of up to 150 ml per day.

How to compose a menu?

• For breakfast, the child is given a main course in the amount of 200 g and a drink in the amount of 100-150 ml, as well as bread and butter or cheese.
• For lunch, it is useful for a child to eat a salad of fresh vegetables or other appetizer in the amount of 40 g and the first course in a volume of 150 ml. Also, for lunch, the baby is given a meat or fish dish in the amount of 50-80 g and a side dish in the amount of 100 g. In addition, for lunch they give a drink, the volume of which will be 100 ml.
• For an afternoon snack, the child is recommended to milk or kefir in a volume of 150 ml, as well as cookies (15 g) or homemade cakes (45 g). In addition, fruit or berries should be given for an afternoon snack.
• For dinner, the child, as well as for breakfast, is given a main course in the amount of 200 g and a drink in a volume of 150 ml.

Sample menu for a week

A child of two years of age can eat for a week according to approximately the following menu:

What should not be included in the diet?

What are the best ways to cook food?

Food for a two-year-old child is boiled, baked, stewed, steamed. It is still too early to try fried food for children of this age. At the same time, the food is already chopped less, and more often it is offered with a crushed fork and pieces. Vegetables can be fed either processed or raw.

Examples of useful recipes

Beetroot salad with cucumber and green peas

Take 50 g of beets and 25 g each of fresh cucumber and green peas. Boil peas and beets. Finely chop the cucumber, add boiled peas and grated beets. Season with 5 g of sunflower oil.

Apple and prune salad

Wash and peel the apple (70 g), grate on a coarse grater. Peel and soak prunes (30 g), then finely chop. Combine grated apple and chopped prunes, add a teaspoon of sugar or honey.

Soup with fish meatballs and potatoes

Take 300 ml of fish broth, bring to a boil, put potatoes (50 g), carrots (15 g), onions (10 g) and parsley root (5 g), cut into small cubes. Cook until vegetables are cooked, then add fish fillet meatballs to soup. For them, take 60 g of fillet, half a chicken egg, 10 g of white bread crumb and 20 ml of milk. Wait for the meatballs to float. Refuel the soup fresh dill(3d).

Steamed meatloaf with scrambled eggs

Prepare a cutlet mass from 100 g of meat, a quarter of a chicken egg, 30 ml of milk and 20 g of white bread. Mix the ingredients well and place on cheesecloth dipped in cool water. You should get a layer of minced meat about 1.5 centimeters thick. Separately make a steam omelet with one egg and 25 ml milk. Place the omelet on top of the minced meat, carefully join the edges of the cheesecloth to form a roll. Steam for about 30 minutes.

Millet porridge with pumpkin

Take 150 ml of milk or water, bring to a boil, add peeled and diced pumpkin (100 g) and simmer for 7-10 minutes. During this time, rinse several times in hot water 30 g of millet groats. Pour it into water or milk with pumpkin, add a spoonful of sugar and cook for about 1 hour over low heat. Serve with butter.

Steamed cottage cheese pudding with raisins

For two servings, take 200 g of cottage cheese, grind it through a sieve, add 20 g of washed raisins. Mash the yolk of a chicken egg with 20 ml of milk and 16 g of sugar. Combine the crushed yolk with the curd mass, add 10 g butter(you must first melt it) and 4 teaspoons of semolina. Add the beaten egg white last. Put the resulting mixture in oiled molds. Steam for 30-40 minutes.

Possible problems

At the age of two, the child strives for independence. At this time, a developmental crisis begins to appear in many babies, which also affects the nutrition sector.

What if the child does not eat the foods he needs?

Many parents worry that the child is not eating enough, in their opinion, diverse. At the age of two, babies can eat the same dish for several days, and this is the norm. You do not need to worry if the child eats at least one product from these groups: dairy products, meat, vegetables, cereals and fruits. For example, if the baby's menu contains bananas, potatoes, chicken, bread and kefir, his food can be called varied.

If the child refuses food altogether, there is no need to insist and force. Offer your baby food at a specific time (according to the established diet), avoid snacks and make sure that the food is of the right temperature and structure. The best tactic is to constantly offer food, but not have access to easily digestible sweets and other foods that the child can eat between meals. When the child gets hungry, he will eat what you give him.

How to understand that lack of appetite is a symptom of the disease?

In most cases poor appetite associated not with diseases, but with the presence of frequent snacks and the lack of a meal regimen. Another difficulty can be caused by an overly large portion. Having seen a large amount of food, the discouraged child will hasten to refuse food altogether. It is best to give your child a small amount of food, and when he has eaten everything, offer a supplement.

However, poor appetite is indeed a sign of illness, such as diseases of the digestive tract or any acute infection. The presence of other symptoms may lead parents to think that poor appetite is associated with illness - elevated temperature, nausea, weight loss, stool changes and others.

Binge eating

Teach your child the basics proper nutrition important from early childhood, because obesity is a very common problem in adults. Parents should accustom their baby to healthy food. There is no need to be mistaken and rejoice if a two-year-old eats large portions and has long since moved to a common table. This can undermine children's health and cause problems in the future.

Try to instill healthy eating habits in your child. It is best for the child to eat at the table with other family members.

Never use food as a reward or promise your child something for an empty plate.

• Try to give your child fewer muffins, shortcrust pastry, pies, pastries, and the like. They are high in calories and low in beneficial nutrients. Sweets that can be given to a two-year-old baby include marshmallow, jam, honey, cookies, preserves, waffles, jam, marmalade, marshmallows.
• If you are giving your child non-baby cottage cheese, it should always be cooked.
• Since porridge for a 2-year-old child is advised to cook semi-viscous, then you need to take 4 times more liquids than cereals. You can cook porridge both in water and in fruit or vegetable broth and in milk.
• Do not let your child eat while walking, as this is dangerous.
• If your child is still drinking from a bottle, you should give it up at the age of two. For kids who have not yet mastered an ordinary cup, buy a special (training) one.

Many parents give vitamins to a child from 2 years old. The expediency of this issue is discussed in another article.

You can watch how mothers feed their babies at 2 years old in the following videos.

A menu for a child at 2 years old can become a headache for a mother if the baby is not taught to the common table. At this age, the child approaches the adult diet. So that the baby can eat well with other family members, it may be worth reconsidering general principles food and family food culture.

How to feed a baby at 2 years old? Of course, you need to take into account his taste preferences. At this age, they already become more explicit and definite. But you can't feed your baby with only one favorite oatmeal or steam cutlets. How can you help him expand gourmet tastes, teach him how to taste dishes and enjoy food? The cuisine includes both family and national traditions. The menu depends on the skills, imagination of mom (sometimes dad), and even more - on the availability of free time. It is best to make simple but varied meals. And you can pamper the whole family with something exquisite on weekends. It is important to choose healthy cooking methods: braising, baking, boiling, steaming. You need to avoid smoked, fatty, spicy, highly acidic and salty foods. Sometimes you can serve lightly fried dishes, for example, cheese cakes, pancakes, pancakes. Food should always be freshly prepared, homemade, without convenience foods from the supermarket.

General principles of nutrition for a two-year-old baby

What foods should be included in the child's diet and to what extent?

• Shifting from liquid to semi-liquid and solid foods... A 2-year-old child already has 20 milk teeth. He can fully chew and eat rough, solid foods. The transition to dense foods should be gradual. First, a child's diet at 2 years old should include boiled cereals, casseroles, stewed vegetables, rolled meat. Over time, the baby will learn to bite off and chew well meat, hard vegetables and fruits.
• Number of meals... At two years old, the baby is transferred to four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner. At the same time, on average, 50% nutritional value distributed for breakfast, dinner, afternoon tea, and 50% is lunch.
• The need for proteins, fats, carbohydrates... The daily protein intake is up to 60 g, of which 70% are proteins of animal origin. There should be no more than 220 carbohydrates. The fat content in the daily diet is 50-60 g, of which 10% belongs to vegetable fats. The daily intake of proteins at this age is extremely important, they cannot be replaced with fats or carbohydrates.
• Dairy products... They are included in the menu every day. Recommended dairy products: kefir, yogurt, cottage cheese, butter, sour cream, whole milk (if there is no allergy). It is advisable to take these products in the dairy kitchen. They should be fresh, not too greasy. The daily norm of cottage cheese is 30 g (from 0 to 11% fat), milk and kefir - 500-600 ml (from 3.2 to 4% fat). This also includes the milk used to cook porridge. You can cook casseroles and cheese cakes from cottage cheese. Allowed hard unsalted and mild cheese (up to 10 g per day), sour cream and cream - for dressing in soups and salads. Gradually, in small quantities, you can accustom your baby to homemade dairy products, but you need to be sure of the quality and sanitary safety of these products.
• Meat dishes . The requirement for animal proteins is increasing. At 2 years old, a baby can receive 120 g of meat daily. You can use low-fat varieties of veal, beef liver, tongue, heart. Pork is not recommended at this age; chicken may be allergic. The hypoallergenic varieties include turkey and rabbit meat. It is preferable to boil meat or cook steamed cutlets, add minced meat to vegetable stews. You can give high quality milk sausage and teats, but rarely, as an exception, to enrich the taste perception.
• Carbohydrates . These include cereals, pasta, bread, baked goods. Carbohydrates are important for development nervous system, liver, kidneys, are the main supplier of energy. However, an excessive amount of carbohydrates in the diet can lead to overweight. It is necessary to diversify the daily menu with cereals from different cereals.
• A fish . A valuable product, and if there are no contraindications, fish and seafood should be introduced into the child's menu at 2 years old. Allowed up to 40 g of fish per day. Fatty varieties (halibut, sturgeon, salmon, salmon, caviar) are contraindicated. You can cook fish cakes, meatballs, give boiled fish, carefully choosing the bones. Canned fish are prohibited, except for those that offer specialized meals for children.
• Eggs . Another important protein supplier. You can give 1 egg every other day. Children of this age love omelets. From boiled eggs may refuse. Also taken into account are eggs that are used in casseroles, cheese cakes, cutlets.
• Vegetables and greens. Saturated useful vitamins and microelements, promote better enzyme production and assimilation of food, increase appetite. The daily norm of potatoes is 100 g, of other vegetables - 200 g. The first and second courses are prepared from vegetables. Vegetable stews and fresh salads are useful for children. If a one-year-old child had to serve everything in the form of mashed potatoes, then at two years old the salad can be finely chopped, and boiled vegetables can be cut into small pieces. Legumes are gradually introduced: peas, beans, beans. You can also add some radishes, turnips, onions and garlic. Parsley, spinach, dill, green onions should already be in the baby's diet.
• Fruits and berries . The daily norm of fruits - up to 200 g, berries - up to 20 g. Kids at this age are happy to eat such fruits and berries: apples, pears, cherries, cherries, plums, watermelons, gooseberries. From exotic fruits, you can safely give bananas, but citrus fruits can cause allergies.
• Vegetable and fruit juices... They can already be given with pulp. The daily rate is 150 ml. But first, you should give small portions of juice to make sure there are no allergies.
• Sweets . Should be, but to a limited extent. Of course, at this age it is better not to feed the baby with chocolates, cakes or pastries with fatty butter cream, dyes. You can offer marshmallows, marshmallows, cookies, jam.

What is included in the daily menu

The daily menu for a child of 2 years old must necessarily include fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, cereals. Meat can be given every other day, replacing meat dishes with fish. One has only to look at the cookbook or chat with moms on the playground, as soon as new culinary ideas appear. When another full-fledged eater is added to the family, mothers have to work harder in the kitchen to make their meals complete and healthy.

Table - An example of a daily menu for a little gourmet

Menu selection for the week

Making a menu for the week will not only diversify the baby's nutrition, but will also help the mother. She will not have to puzzle over the question: what to cook tomorrow.

Table - Sample menu for a week

Delicious and healthy breakfast

The best breakfast dish is porridge. It contains mineral salts, dietary fiber, proteins, vitamins, fiber, starch. The carbohydrates in the porridge are easily digested, slowly absorbed, and maintain the required level of glucose in the body. The baby has a feeling of satiety until lunchtime, he has enough energy for active games. The most popular cereals at this age are buckwheat, rice, semolina, oatmeal. However, you can expand the menu and offer millet, wheat, pearl barley, lentil, corn, pumpkin. Porridge can be cooked in water and milk, with the addition of butter, vegetable oil, cream. Porridge can be salty and sweet. You can add jam, fresh and frozen berries, fruits, dried fruits, candied fruits to the sweet. Meat, minced fish, stewed vegetables are added to salted porridge. It is convenient and quick to cook porridge in a slow cooker. Cheesecakes, cottage cheese and vegetable casseroles, omelets are also well suited for breakfast.

What can you offer for lunch

Usually, a variety of soups and broths are prepared for young children as a first course. Less often the menu includes borscht, pickle or cabbage soup, these dishes should not be too sour. The basis for the first course can be chicken, rabbit, turkey broth. Fatty decoctions are poorly absorbed. You can also make vegetarian vegetable soups if your baby is getting enough animal protein and fat in other types of meals. What kind of soup can you make for lunch? Chicken with homemade noodles, pea, bean, lentil, buckwheat, rice, cheese, pumpkin with meat or vegetables, with meatballs, cauliflower, sorrel, dumplings.

Popular recipes for a 2-year-old child include cream soup and cream soup. This is a hearty meal that is somewhere between the first and second courses. Mashed soups usually contain butter, fresh chopped herbs. They can be vegetarian, with the addition of healthy roots of parsley, parsnip, celery. They also add minced meat, chopped boiled meat, fish. For the second courses for lunch, you can serve salads from fresh and boiled vegetables.

What to eat

Why do you need an afternoon snack? To get a little hungry and endure until dinner. Children should not overeat, but prolonged fasting is not good for them when blood glucose levels drop. An afternoon snack can be made as a treat. If the baby is given a fresh bun with butter for an afternoon snack, spread with jam on top, it will be both healthy and tasty. The kid will get dessert right away. You can offer a glass of milk, kefir, yogurt, compote with cookies. Most children willingly eat sweet cottage cheese, casserole, cheese cakes, fruit, fruit and vegetable purees, fruits.

What to cook for dinner

For dinner, light and nutritious food should be given. What kind of dishes can you cook? Vegetable stew with meat, steamed fish cakes, zrazy, meatballs, liver with vegetables, pancakes with various fillings, dumplings, vegetable pancakes, vegetable mixes, scrambled eggs with vegetables, omelet with cheese. It is believed that it is better not to give meat dishes in the evening, since they take a long time to digest. In this situation, it is better to focus on the daily routine, the child's appetite. As a side dish, there can be pasta, porridge, mashed potatoes. Also, dairy products, noodles, cereals with milk are well suited for dinner, baked fruits as a dessert. From fresh fruits, bananas and green apples are well absorbed in the evening. If the baby dines early, then before going to bed, you can give a glass of kefir.

How to make the right menu for your dinner? Usually, at this meal, the baby should get everything that he did not receive during the day. For example, if there was no dairy, then for dinner you can give cottage cheese with kefir, cheese or milk porridge. If during the day there was fresh salads, then they need to be included in dinner. However, overfeeding at night is not worth it. Many mothers note that babies often have an increased appetite in the evening. At night, it is better not to give sandwiches, rolls, sausages, sausage, salty and sweet.

Nutrition for allergies

At first glance, the diet of a child with allergies may seem scanty. Of course, cooking for allergy sufferers takes more time and mom's imagination. Most often, there is an allergy to these types of products: citrus fruits, chocolate, honey, vegetables and fruits of red, orange color, fish, seafood, eggs, nuts (especially peanuts). But there are cases of allergy to gluten - a protein of some cereals. Then the child should not be given wheat, oatmeal, barley, semolina porridge, pasta, bread, rolls, cookies. Milk allergy may also occur at age 2, which usually resolves by age 5, when the enzyme system is more mature. If you are allergic to whole milk, you should replace it with soy, rice, oat milk, which is rich in protein and minerals.

Nutrition for constipation

What to look for if your baby has frequent constipation?

• With constipation, a sufficient amount of fiber and fluid must enter the body.
• If the baby has a tendency to constipation, perhaps these are signs of dysbiosis.
• It is imperative to include high-quality fermented milk products in the diet to normalize the microflora.
• For breakfast, you can offer porridge rich in fiber: barley, buckwheat, millet, oatmeal.
• Dried fruits can be added to cereals: prunes, dried apricots, raisins.
• It is preferable to cook porridge in water.
• A decoction of prunes, dried fruit compote with the addition of prunes helps well with constipation.
• Pears, blueberries, black currants have a fixing property, so they should be given in limited quantities.
• Fresh and boiled vegetables should be present in the daily diet: cucumbers, zucchini, tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, peppers, beets.
• From fruits, apples, plums, apricots, berries are preferable.
• Before going to bed, offer fresh kefir or yogurt.
• In fermented milk products, you can add a little oat bran, which is sold at the pharmacy.

Enriching the menu is useful not only for the healthy physical development of the body, but also for the expansion of gastronomic tastes, "food" culture. After all, the world is cognized with the help of taste and smell. It is necessary to remember some rules when introducing new products into the diet: offer small portions (a few teaspoons); feed in the morning; do not give several new dishes at once. If the baby has an allergic reaction to the product, the dish should be canceled for now.

A little about gastronomic culture

Gastronomic education of a child begins at an early age. A baby at 2 years old needs to be taught not only the rules of table etiquette, but also to instill in him healthy eating habits. How to form this without greatly oppressing the tastes of the baby? How to make him eat everything without coercion and bribery?

• Delicious titles... It is one thing to tell your child that this is noodle soup, and another thing to call it some magical yummy. Unusual names attract a child's attention. And when he gets older, he himself can come up with the names of the dishes.
• Table setting and dishes... It is good if the baby has children's dishes and napkins. It's nice when there is a beautiful tablecloth on the table, a vase of flowers. Also, children are more willing to eat "funny", brightly served dishes in the form of smiling faces, animals, etc. Eating should not be associated with play in your little one, nevertheless, such tricks help feed discerning gourmets.
• Example of other children... If there are older children in the house, it will be much more interesting for a two-year-old to chew in their company. From them, he can learn the manner of behavior at the table. If the elders eat with gusto and praise the vinaigrette, the child will do like everyone else.
• Do not bite. A child's diet at 2 years old should be designed so that he can get hungry before lunch or dinner. If the baby had a delicious and satisfying afternoon snack, then dinner is usually postponed until later. After an afternoon snack, you do not need to give your child anything (except perhaps an apple or a banana). Then he will eat whatever is offered to him at supper.
• Don't use food as a pedagogical tool... You cannot teach a baby to eat for consolation or fun, bribing or switching attention, a spoon for mom, a spoon for dad, etc.
• No rush. The kid needs to be taught to eat slowly, not to swallow pieces, to chew food thoroughly. Eating food should be a pleasant ritual for him.
• Tasting opportunity... On the table you need to put such dishes that a two-year-old baby could taste, and so that there are as few prohibitions as possible. The French say: "Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are." The development of taste is the development of personality. Perhaps it sounds too French for Russian people, but the taste of life is also learned through gastronomic culture.
• Sit down at the table together... Food tastes better at a common table. It tastes even better when the whole family gathers for lunch. If it is not possible to do this every day, then family dinners on weekends should be traditional.
• Sufficient portion... Often two-year-olds are given only first courses for lunch. If, nevertheless, the second one with a side dish turns on, then you need to give half a serving of the soup. If the child has eaten a lot at lunch, he may sleep poorly, refuse to have an afternoon snack.

Read more about the formation of a “food” culture and the rules of healthy eating in the book by Karen le Billon “French children eat everything. And yours can. "

The nutrition of a child at 2 years old does not conceal any special culinary techniques and gourmet delights. Food should be healthy, fresh and of high quality, the diet should be balanced and varied, with a sufficient amount of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, trace elements and vitamins. And the child's taste whims can always be corrected by resorting to small pedagogical tricks.

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Your baby is 2 years old. He can run and jump, kick a ball, build towers from blocks, cut with scissors, even walk backwards. You want to be the best mom and do more for him, like create the perfect menu.

The daily routine of a 2-year-old fidget is changing.

• You get up at 7.30 and do exercises with your baby.
• At 7.45, race to the bathroom.
• At 8 o'clock there is a ready-made breakfast on the table.
• From 8.30 am to 11.30 am you play or walk.
• It's lunch time at 12 noon.
• From 12.30 to 15.30 the baby sleeps.
• At 15.45 you are hardening.
• At 16 o'clock - a light snack (afternoon snack).
• From 16.30 to 19.00 you walk and play again.
• 19.30 - dinner time.
• At 20.30 - evening swimming.
• At 21.00 the baby goes to bed.

But this is the perfect daily routine. Don't have a nanny and a cook? Does your grandmother work or live far away? And do you go to the grocery store yourself? In those 30 minutes between classes and a walk with your child, you have so much to squeeze in!

By the age of two, children can eat from the “common table”. A two-year-old toddler usually already has 20 teeth that can chew on small pieces of food. And there is no need to wipe the food as before.

What is the “common table” in your family? Does it really fit the bill? To simplify your life, it is advisable to transfer all family members to proper nutrition - wholesome and balanced. Finding the right dishes is not difficult at all. And everyone will win.

1. We cook products, bake, simmer, but do not fry.
2. The maximum amount of vegetables and fruits.
3. Porridge from affordable and favorite cereals every day.
4. Only freshly prepared food.
5. We try not to mix proteins and carbohydrates.
6. We drink a lot of clean water.

Strategic planning

It is advisable for the whole family to draw up a meal plan for the week with recipes. You will receive more bonuses if the children tell you what they want to see at ease. Write a shopping list for the week together and go shopping together. Resist the temptation to buy chips, sugary drinks, smoked sausage... A meal plan drawn up together will help optimize purchases, teach children not to buy fast food. At the same time, you will not forget anything and, perhaps, even save on excesses.

What to include in the list?

The baby's nutrition is a priority in the family, so you should focus on the recommendations for a 2-year-old:

• four meals a day for children during the day;
• hot meals at any meal;
• breakfast and dinner make up 20-25% of the daily norm, lunch - 40%, afternoon tea - 10%;
• per day, a 2-year-old baby needs 1200-1400 g of food or 1000-1400 kcal: 1.5 cups of vegetables, 1 glass of fruit, 2 cups of dairy products, 50 g of protein foods, 110 g of cereals, 4 tsp. any oil;
• the optimal ratio of fats, proteins and carbohydrates for children is 1: 1: 4;
• the children's menu should be varied, the recipes should be interesting;
• if the child eats "like a sparrow", we increase the calorie content of meals, or feed them often, but little by little throughout the day.

Sample menu for the day

1. We are planning a simple dish for breakfast: or porridge. Oatmeal cooks quickly if you just pour boiling water over it, cover it with a towel, let it brew for a few minutes and add a piece of oil. Buckwheat and millet porridge are also a good solution.
2. For lunch - simple vegetable soup or borscht. For children, it is better to cook it in water or diluted broth. Puree soups are delicious and nutritious. The set of vegetables in them can be different: zucchini, pumpkin, potatoes, white cabbage, broccoli, carrots. Boiled meat, stewed or baked fish, vegetables, salad - also fit into the concept of a healthy diet. If pasta is on the menu, try to skip meat and fish. Dessert and drinks to choose from.
3. For a children's afternoon snack, fruits, jelly with a slice of whole grain bread, kefir or are suitable.
4. Make dinner light: casserole, lazy dumplings, steamed cheesecakes, vegetable stew, boiled meat or a slice of steamed fish (the last two menu items are appropriate if the amount of protein products has not been exhausted during the day).

Before going to bed, some 2-year-olds are used to drinking milk. Modern research warns that nutrition cow's milk under the age of 3 years can cause a calcium deficiency in the body and provoke an increase in nervous excitability. Therefore, it is better to exclude it from the diet.

Replace milk with milk mixture, or more correctly, with water, gradually reducing the amount. The moment will come when the baby gets used to falling asleep without a bottle.

Forget about sausages, sandwiches, cereal drenched in milk or yogurt, and try to train yourself to cook fast, tasty and healthy breakfasts for the whole family.

Breakfast recipes

• Add chopped banana and some oil to the finished oatmeal. So much tastier!
• Place the cheese slices in a layer on the bottom of the pan. Add on top. Mix eggs with water and top with cheese and tomatoes. Place the skillet in the oven for 5 minutes. The nutritious omelet is ready!
• For cheesecakes you will need: a pack of cottage cheese, two eggs, salt and half a glass of flour. Stir, gradually adding flour. Form the curd cakes, place in the pan and place in the oven for 5-7 minutes. It is even healthier to steam this dish. Put warm cheese cakes and sour cream whipped with berries on the table.
• Wrap an omelet from several eggs in pita bread, adding your favorite vegetables.

Delicious ideas

We are used to the fact that there should always be soup for lunch, and then the second. And more compote. Aren't you tired of cooking them seven times a week? Let's dream up and invite the kid to dinner at the Count's.

Noble sandwiches

1. Chop about a glass of vegetables into chopsticks.
2. Place steamed crispy broccoli in a separate pretty plate (choose the prettiest inflorescence).
3. Cut 30 g of boiled turkey, chicken or beef into thin slices and make sandwiches on the thinnest slices of bread.

Set the table as if it were a holiday, and then tell the story of a mysterious graph who shares his best recipes with you.

Salads in tins

1. You can arrange the food prepared for dinner in colorful baking dishes or tins for making ice.
2. Allow a 2-year-old to use a mild knife to cut lettuce leaves, cabbage or spinach, boiled carrots, pears or apples, and avocado pulp.
3. Put colorful vegetables, pieces of meat, sprigs of herbs in each mold or cell of the tray.

By involving children in cooking, you instill nutritional skills and teach how to set the dinner table. Besides, everyone knows that no tastier than dishes than cooked with your own hands.

Young parents feel the burden of responsibility for each feeding: what, how much and at what time the child ate. And if the beloved child did not manage to eat everything? Don't be dramatic. Release the pressure on your baby. You cannot force-feed: he has the right to decide for himself. You have prepared delicious and healthy meals from fresh products. Just enjoy your meal together.

Evening menu

An evening menu for a child at 2 years old may include:

• if there were no meat dishes for lunch;
• lean meat, if the baby loves it very much and did not eat it during the day;
• vegetables that can be given throughout the day;
• fruits - raw and baked;
• dairy products;
• porridge;
• casseroles;
• eggs as a stand-alone food or as part of light meals.

Dinner preparation time can be shortened by learning simple recipes.

Selected recipes

Cauliflower casserole

1. Preheat the oven.
2. Disassemble the head of cabbage into inflorescences and place in molds.
3. Top with sliced ​​tomatoes, sprinkle with grated cheese.
4. Bake for 25 minutes at 130 degrees.

For dinner, dishes baked in the oven (in foil, in pots, in a baking sleeve) are perfect. It is not too troublesome or time consuming.

Chicken in a pot

1. Remember to turn on the oven.
2. Cut the fillet into pieces of such a size that it is easy for a two-year-old to chew them.
3. Place the chicken in the bottom of the pot, add vegetables to taste, sprinkle with cheese, put in the oven and take care of the baby.
4. After an hour, invite the family to the table.

Even in pots, soups and cereals are good.

Pasta with broccoli

1. Divide a small head of broccoli into inflorescences, immerse them in boiling water for 5 minutes.
2. For a child 2 years old, it is advisable to additionally chop the boiled cabbage.
3. Place the broccoli in a preheated skillet with the oil and some remaining vegetable broth.
4. Boil the pasta and stir in a skillet with cabbage.

Dishes in 5 minutes

Sometimes parents have especially stressful days: in the morning they have to get up and run somewhere. There is no time left for cooking. How to feed the child in this case? Here are some options.

• Throw a banana, half an orange peeled from the peel into a blender, pour yogurt or kefir into the blender, beat on high speed. A treat for a two-year-old full of carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins is ready.
• A berry cocktail is prepared in a blender: half a glass of yogurt, a banana and a handful of berries (frozen). To warm the drink, run the blender at maximum speed and wait until the bowl is warm.
• Load the blender with peeled, banana, apple juice and your baby's favorite berries. By the way, kiwi is the leader in nutritional value among fruits.

Superfoods

It is advisable that the menu for a child 2 years old also includes the so-called superfoods, known for their useful properties... Feed them to your baby at least from time to time.

• oats;
• wild red fish;
• yogurt;
• spinach.

Child 2 years old still needs healthy eating... Set rules for family members and try to keep a daily routine. Encourage your baby to eat a variety of healthy foods contributing to its harmonious development.

The child's menu at 2 years old is becoming more and more similar to the diet of an adult, but should differ in the choice of products and the way they are prepared. To create the conditions for a growing body for full development, provide your baby with a balanced, varied and healthy diet with a sufficient amount of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

At 2 years old, a child needs to create conditions for a growing body

Diet

For most children 2 years of age, four meals a day is enough. Pediatricians recommend feeding the baby on a schedule, taking a break between feedings for 3.5-4 hours.

If the child eats for the first time at 8-00 o'clock in the morning, feed him lunch at 12-00. After a nap, prepare a light but satisfying afternoon snack - at 15-30 - 16-00. And call for dinner - at 19-00.

1. For breakfast, the basis of food should be porridge with the addition of a small amount of oil or fruit. Top it up with tea with a sandwich or biscuits.
2. For lunch, cook the first dish for the baby, add a vegetable side dish, meat or fish - cutlets, cabbage rolls, meatballs, stewed or baked.
3. Curd dishes, fruit salads, milk, biscuits, cocoa, yoghurts, juices are options for an afternoon snack.
4. For dinner, prepare porridge or pasta, stewed or boiled vegetables, meat casserole.

Such a schedule is designed for healthy child... Weakened, often sick babies need enhanced nutrition. In addition to the main meals, add a second breakfast and a snack before bed after dinner.

Allowable amount of food per day for proper nutrition:

Do not have hearty snacks, the baby will not have time to get hungry until the next meal. Get him personal cutlery - a plate with a picture of a fairy-tale character, a fork and spoon with a colored handle, colorful napkins.

It is worth considering the preferences of the baby, otherwise he will be capricious and completely refuse to eat

Study the preferences and tastes of the little person, do not try to feed him against his will - next time he may refuse to eat at all.

Features of the diet of a two-year-old child

The list of foods that must be present in the diet of a 2-year-old child, and what should be excluded at this age, are presented in the table.

Hypoallergenic fruits and vegetables should be on the table every day in any form.

Dishes for children 2 years old may not contain artificial colors, flavors, flavor enhancers. It is better to refuse a variety of sauces and mayonnaise sold in stores.

A 2-year-old should not eat junk food and other foods with flavors or food additives.

Do not get carried away with fried foods, try to bake food in the oven, simmer, boil or cook in a slow cooker.

By this time, the child has already grown about 20 teeth, so replace the wiped and chopped food with denser ones, cut meat, fish, vegetables into small pieces.

Diets, vegetarianism and other principles of avoiding certain foods are unacceptable for a healthy child. The body needs to get all the vitamins and nutrients in the proper amount.

Some parents face a problem while feeding their baby - whims, refusals to eat, crying. To cope with this position, establish an accurate feeding schedule and try not to deviate from it for more than 10 to 15 minutes. The child will develop a routine and habit of eating at the same time.

Sample menu for a week

Stick to 4 meals a day, observe the intervals between feedings. 1 meal - breakfast, 2 - lunch, 3 - afternoon tea, 4 - dinner. In between meals, you can offer the child fresh fruits, vegetables or juices from them, 2-3 pcs. biscuit biscuits.

You can give your child fruits and vegetables as snacks.

Choose and alternate children's meals so that the meals are not monotonous, use an interesting presentation to arouse the child's interest and desire to taste the food.

Ask what children are fed in kindergarten, add a few meals to your homemade diet.

Monday:

1. Oatmeal with caramelized fruits, tea, butter and cheese sandwich.
2. Borsch with veal, lazy cabbage rolls, buckwheat porridge, compote.
3. Cheesecakes, cocoa with milk.
4. Vermicelli with baby sausages, fruits, kefir.

Oatmeal with fruit is a great start to the day

Tuesday:

1. Cottage cheese casserole with strawberry jam, biscuits without cream, tea.
2. Vegetable soup, chicken breast baked with potatoes in the oven, jelly.
3. Cornflakes with milk.
4. Stewed vegetables with cutlets, fruit salad with yogurt.

Wednesday:

1. Pumpkin porridge with rice and milk, tea, bun with jam or honey.
2. Chicken fillet meatball soup, mashed potatoes, vegetable salad, multivitamin juice.
3. Cookies or baby waffles, kefir.
4. Fish baked with vegetables in the oven, fruits, kefir.

Pumpkin porridge is suitable not only for breakfast, but also for lunch

Thursday:

1. Omelet with boiled veal, cream cheese sandwich.
2. Fish soup, boiled potatoes with butter, vegetable salad with chicken, compote.
3. Curd dessert, drinking yoghurt.
4. Potato casserole with minced meat, fruit juice.

Friday:

1. Buckwheat porridge with beef in a slow cooker, tea, bun with butter, baked apple with honey.
2. Meat cabbage soup, rice with chicken liver, boiled beets, dried fruit compote.
3. Cottage cheese with sour cream and honey, biscuit biscuits.
4. Potato zrazy with minced meat, fruits, yogurt.

Saturday:

1. Semolina porridge, scrambled eggs, boiled chicken sandwich, tea.
2. Pea soup, veal meatballs, braised cabbage, fruit juice.
3. Lazy curd dumplings, cocoa in milk.
4. Vegetable casserole, cookie and fruit dessert.

Tea in the baby's diet should be present almost every day.

Sunday:

1. Cereals with milk, tea, bun with jam.
2. Soup with rabbit and cauliflower, fish balls, mashed potatoes, cranberry jelly.
3. Baked apples with curd mass.
4. Pasta with stewed rabbit in sour cream, fruits.

For children prone to allergies to lactic acid who were artificially fed with dairy-free formulas, boil porridge in water.

Simple and delicious recipes for every day

Try not to repeat the same dish for 2 days in a row, if you cook boiled meat on Monday, make stuffed cabbage rolls, cutlets or meatballs the next day.

Oatmeal with caramelized fruits

Products:

• 100 g of Hercules oat flakes;
• 200 ml of water;
• 1 large apple;
• 2 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• lemon juice - 1 tsp;
• butter - 30 g;
• milk - 300 ml;
• salt, sugar to taste.

Cooking technology:

1. Rinse the oatmeal: cover with water, rinse, repeat 2-3 times.
2. Transfer the oatmeal to a saucepan, add 300 ml of clean water.
3. Put on the stove, simmer until the water is completely evaporated.
4. Pour milk over the cereal and continue cooking for another 10 to 15 minutes.
5. Add salt and sugar to taste.
6. Peel the apples and cut them into cubes.
7. Pour boiling water over the lemon, cut in half, squeeze out the juice.
8. Sprinkle the juice over the sliced ​​apples.
9. Heat a frying pan, melt butter in it, put apples, top with sugar.
10. Simmer the heat, fry the fruit until caramelized for 2 to 3 minutes.
11. Put the porridge on a plate, make a depression in the center, put the apples in it, pour over the syrup.

Stewed vegetables with meat cutlets

Products:

• 500 g of cabbage;
• 1 carrot;
• 2 onions;
• 150 ml sour cream;
• 1 egg;
• 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
• minced chicken or turkey meat - 400 g;
• 1 tbsp. l. flour;
• salt.

Stewed vegetables go well with cutlets

Cooking technology:

1. Peel and wash vegetables.
2. Chop the cabbage, cut 1 onion into small cubes, grate the carrots.
3. Twist the meat through a meat grinder or chop in a blender with a second onion.
4. Knead the minced meat mass with the egg, salt.
5. Dip in flour and fry the patties in vegetable oil until tender, put in a separate bowl.
6. Pour the prepared vegetables into the pan where the cutlets were prepared, fry for 5 - 7 minutes.
7. Pour in 100 - 120 ml of boiled water, salt, continue simmering with the lid closed for 15 - 20 minutes.
8. Prepare the sauce: mix sour cream, flour, salt, pour into the vegetables, stir, heat for 3 minutes.
9. Put the cutlets to the vegetable mass, cover the lid, turn off the heat after 7 - 8 minutes.

When offering a dish to a child, sprinkle it with finely chopped fresh herbs.

Potato casserole with meat filling

Products:

• 1 kg of potatoes;
• butter - 30 - 40 g;
• milk - 150 ml;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• veal - 0.5 kg;
• onion -1 pc .;
• sour cream - 1 tbsp. l .;
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.

Cooking technology:

1. Cut the veal into small pieces, boil in salted water with spices.
2. Peel the vegetables, wash.
3. Cut the potatoes into pieces, boil, drain the water.
4. Make mashed potatoes from it with the addition of hot milk and butter, cool.
5. Stew chopped carrots and onions in refined oil until soft.
6. Twist the meat through a meat grinder, combine with cooled stewed vegetables.
7. Grease a glass container with a thin layer of butter, put half a serving of potatoes.
8. Top with minced meat from boiled meat with vegetables.
9. Cover the remaining mashed potatoes, brush the top of the casserole with sour cream.
10. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for 20 minutes.

Cottage cheese dessert with banana

Products:

• 1 liter of sour milk;
• 60 ml sour cream;
• ½ a bag of vanilla sugar;
• 1 tbsp. l. Sahara.

Cooking technology:

1. Thickened sour milk pour into a saucepan and put on fire.
2. Heat until the whey separates from the curd.
3. Spread the bottom of the colander with a gauze napkin, pour the contents of the pan into it.
4. Squeeze the cottage cheese, cool.
5. Place cottage cheese, sugar, sour cream and vanilla in a blender bowl and beat until airy.
6. Peel the banana, chop finely, mix with the curd puree.
7. Cook for one serving - 80 - 100 g.

Fish soup

Products:

• 150 g red sea ​​fish(fillet);
• potatoes - 100 g;
• onion - ½ head;
• rice - 2 tbsp. l .;
• 50 g carrots;
• salt;
• parsley.

Cooking technologists:

1. Peel the fish fillet from bones and skin, rinse, cut into thin strips.
2. Boil water in a saucepan, salt, put the fish.
3. Boil for 5 minutes, descale.
4. Cut the peeled potatoes, onions and carrots into small cubes, pour into the broth.
5. After boiling, place the washed rice.
6. Continue simmering over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes.
7. Add finely chopped parsley at the end.

Buckwheat porridge with beef in a slow cooker

Products:

• 1 glass of buckwheat;
• young beef - 200 g;
• ½ onion;
• 1 small carrot;
• butter - 40 g;
• salt - ½ tsp.

Cooking technology:

1. Remove the foil from the beef, cut the veins, rinse in cold water, cut into thin slices.
2. Fry lightly with the addition of vegetable oil.
3. Grind finely chopped onions and carrots until soft.
4. Rinse the buckwheat, cover with water for 1 hour to swell.
5. Pour buckwheat into the bowl of the appliance, salt.
6. Add stewed vegetables, sautéed meat.
7. Mix all the products, pour 2 cups of boiled water, add butter.
8. Set the "Extinguishing" mode.
9. After the beep, transfer the porridge with meat to a separate bowl.

Vegetable salad with chicken meat

Products:

• potatoes - 1 pc.;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• chicken meat - 200 g;
• sour cream (15%) - 100 ml;
• salt.

Cooking technology:

1. Boil vegetables, meat and eggs, peel, chop finely.
2. Mix all products, season with salt and sour cream.

Fish baked in the oven

Products:

• 300 g of lean sea fish (hake, pollock, tuna);
• onions - 100 g;
• sour cream - 100 ml;
• 150 g carrots;
• greens;
• 100 ml of water;
• salt, allspice, bay leaf.

Cooking technology:

1. Remove the entrails from the fish, take out the bones, cut out the fillets.
2. Wash the vegetables, peel them off, cut into small cubes.
3. Finely chop the greens, mix with sour cream and water.
4. Put salted pieces of fish in a glass dish, cover with vegetables, put spices, fill with sour cream sauce.
5. Place in an oven preheated to 180 ° C, bake for 25 minutes.

Healthy, balanced diet - the guarantee of the correct development of a 2-year-old child. An active baby needs nutritious, high-calorie, healthy food fully satisfying the needs of a growing organism.

Due to the rapid development of the body, the nutrition of a child at 2 years old is fundamentally different from what it was just a few months ago. The menu is more varied and satisfying, new products and methods of their processing are gradually introduced into it. At the same time, the usual routine changes slightly, which is sometimes accompanied by the whims of children.

Some parents try to give 2 years old babies completely "adult" meals, but this is not entirely correct. It is best to use “baby” recipes to feed all family members. They will not only bring tangible benefits, but will certainly please the household inhabitants of all ages.

Basic rules and nuances of drawing up a diet for a 2-year-old baby

By the age of 2, children already have about 20 teeth that help them cope with solid food. Given this fact and the improvement of intestinal motility, the need to grind food for children is no longer necessary. In addition, when thinking over a menu for a child for every day, you must adhere to the following rules:

1. Nutrition should be balanced. Recipes must be selected so that the baby regularly receives proteins, fats and carbohydrates, minerals and vitamins.
2. Even at the age of two, children should not eat pickles, canned foods, smoked meats, hot spices, fast food (these are not only hamburgers, but also various chips, nuts, crackers), mushrooms, exotic seafood, semi-finished products.
3. Every day, the children's menu should include vegetables, fruits, cereals, dairy products, cream and vegetable oil... Do not lean on potatoes and brown bread. We introduce fish into the diet at least 2-3 times a week, chicken or quail eggs - no more than 3 times a week.
4. Need to follow water balance children. They should consume drinking or filtered water at the rate of 35 ml per 1 kg of body weight per day. If it is difficult to maintain the norm due to the fact that the baby refuses water, the deficiency can be replenished with unsweetened compotes or herbal tea, but not ready-made juices.
5. At the age of 2 years, the baby can already eat fried foods, but do not abuse them.
6. Despite the fact that it is customary for two-year-olds to be fed 4 times a day, it is recommended to arrange an additional meal between breakfast and lunch. At this time, it is enough to offer the toddler an unsweetened fruit, a fermented milk product or a fruit and vegetable salad.
7. Many parents offer sweets to their children even at such an early age. This is fraught with the development of allergies, the appearance of tooth decay, digestive problems, and refusal to eat the right food. It is best to remove these foods from the menu for at least three years, replacing them with homemade desserts made from natural products.

The daily rate of individual components is selected individually. But usually pediatricians recommend adhering to the following figures: 100 g of meat, 30 g of fish, 50 g of cottage cheese or dairy products, up to 300 g of porridge and up to 300 g of vegetables, up to 200 g of fruit, 100 g of bread.

Breakfast and afternoon tea recipes

The right start to the day gives you a charge for several hours ahead, so breakfast should be light, but hearty and tasty. It is good if the basis of the morning menu will be cereals, fruits, dairy products. In order to interest children, and not make them eat something useful, but not very appetizing, you should pay attention to the following recipes:

• For two servings, designed for babies 2 years old, we need 75 g of natural oatmeal, a little less than a glass of water, a glass of milk, a couple of apples peeled and peeled, a tablespoon of butter, two tablespoons of brown sugar, a few drops of lemon juice, salt and sugar to taste. We wash the oatmeal several times, fill it with water, and boil over low heat until it swells. Then add milk, bring the mass to a boil and leave on low heat for a quarter of an hour. While the mass is cooling, cut the apples into cubes, sprinkle with lemon juice, and fry in butter, sprinkled with sugar, until brownish. Put the porridge in a bowl, decorate with apples and pour over the syrup.

Tip: Today, even in children's products, dyes, stabilizers, sweeteners and other harmful components are often added. Not all manufacturers do this, but you should carefully read the label before purchasing a product. By the way, it is recommended that you familiarize yourself with the list of components allowed for childhood... You can often find the inscription “without preservatives” on the packaging, and in the composition you can see citric acid.

• The best option for children who, due to their impressive weight, must switch to dietary meals... For two servings, we need a glass of cottage cheese, half a glass of pumpkin pulp, two tablespoons of sugar (the volume can be reduced) and semolina, half a chicken egg, half a glass of low-fat sour cream, a pinch of vanilla sugar and lemon zest, a teaspoon of starch. Mix cottage cheese with half the sugar and semolina, all the vanilla and sour cream, beat with a mixer until smooth. Grind the pre-baked pumpkin with a blender and mix with the remaining ingredients. In the bowl of a multicooker or baking dish, first put the curd mass, then the pumpkin mass and cook from 40 minutes in the oven to 1 hour 20 minutes in a multicooker.

The recipes given can be slightly modified depending on the preferences of the baby. These dishes are perfectly absorbed by the child's body, regardless of which half of the day they were eaten.

Lunch recipes

From the age of two, it is recommended that a child be offered two dishes for lunch, then he can easily hold out until the end of the day, taking a break for an afternoon snack. It is best to cook something liquid for the first and something dense for the second. Even the most capricious and fastidious children can enjoy the following recipes:

• We need half a carrot and a small beet, half a celery stalk, a quarter of an onion (if the child accepts this ingredient on the menu), an unsweetened peeled apple, a clove of garlic, olive oil for frying and half of the processed cheese without additives. Fry chopped onions, celery, carrots and garlic in oil until soft. Add beets cut into small cubes and apple slices there. Fill everything with a liter of boiling water (or transfer to boiling water), add salt to taste. Cook until all the ingredients are soft, then pour the mass into a blender and grind until smooth. Pour the soup into bowls and add the diced cheese.

• For two servings of casserole, we need 300 g of peeled potatoes, half a carrot, a couple of cabbage leaves, half a boiled chicken egg, a teaspoon of butter, a tablespoon of sour cream, a quarter glass of water, half a glass of milk and a little salt. Boil the potatoes, then drain the water and evaporate the product until dry. Preparing the filling from chopped cabbage and carrots. Fry them lightly in oil, add water and carcasses until softened. Knead the egg with a fork and add to the finished vegetables. Grind the potatoes in mashed potatoes, add milk and salt, put half in a baking dish. Next comes the filling, another layer of potatoes and a layer of sour cream. Cook for no more than 20 minutes in the oven over medium heat.

It is not necessary to prepare something new for your child every day. He will gladly eat the same dish twice, but only if it is fresh, just cooked, and not reheated.

Dinner options

When choosing recipes for preparing an evening meal, you need to take into account what the child already had on the menu that day. If there were vegetables or meat for lunch, then you can cook fish for dinner, which must be included in the diet of children aged 2 years. By the way, if for dinner you still want to cook meat for toddler, then let it be better recipes using turkey or chicken fillets.

• A dish cooked in a slow cooker or oven will diversify the menu and provide the baby with many useful components. The casserole turns out to be very tasty, therefore it is popular not only among children. It is better to cook at once for 4 servings. To do this, take 500 g of fish fillet, a couple of chicken eggs, half an onion, a quarter cup of rice, half a glass of heavy cream, spices and salt to taste. We clean the fillet from the seeds and, together with the onion, scroll through a meat grinder, and beat the eggs with seasonings and salt. Boil the rice almost until tender, mix all the ingredients, it is recommended to whip the cream first. Put the mass in a mold and cook for half an hour in the oven or 45 minutes in a slow cooker.

In addition, there are no less interesting, but the same easy-to-implement recipes that diversify the menu of a child at the age of 2 years and will delight everyone at the same time. You just need to not be afraid to experiment with natural ingredients.