Simple recipes for broccoli for babies

Recently, recipes for cooking broccoli are of increasing interest, especially from those housewives in families who have small children. What caused such attention to this, the product that was not known in our country before?

Broccoli or asparagus, in many respects similar to its relative - cauliflower. The only difference is that the broccoli inflorescences are less compact and have a green or sirenic-green color. This cabbage contains up to 90 mg of vitamin C, carotene, vitamin E, folic acid. It is rich in potassium, phosphorus, sulfur, iron, manganese and calcium and vegetable protein, not inferior in its properties to the animal. Dishes from cabbage broccoli are indispensable in baby food. With regular use of broccoli, children are strengthened by the nervous system and immunity, the blood composition improves . Such children are cheerful, mobile, balanced and have no problems with digestion.

Children's cuisine takes a special place in the food system, so not all recipes for broccoli can be useful for young mothers. The following recipes will please the kids, starting from the age of three, and will be a delicious addition to the menu for the whole family.

Cutlets from cabbage and broccoli.

Necessary ingredients:

- 1 small cauliflower inflorescence;

- 1 small inflorescence of broccoli cabbage;

- a small onion;

- yolk 1 egg;

- wheat flour (as required);

- a mixture of dried dill, parsley and green onions;

- bread crumbs for breading;

- Any vegetable oil;

- salt.

The advantage of this dish of broccoli is that the cutlets are cooked in the oven, thus keeping the useful substances and vitamins contained in the cabbage.

Cooking method:

In a saucepan with boiling water, lower the cauliflower entirely, without dividing it into inflorescences, and, after 10 minutes, add broccoli and cook all together until ready.

Throw the finished cabbage into a colander, to make the glass water, cool it. Cabbage broth can be used for cooking vegetable soup.

Cool the cabbage divided into small inflorescences, add the onion, yolk, slightly added on vegetable oil, add salt, add spices.

In the mixture obtained, add the flour in such a way that a thick, non-spreading mass is obtained.

Dampen your hands with cold water, form oval cutlets and dress them in crushed breadcrumbs. Further, almost all similar recipes for broccoli are advised to fry cutlets in a frying pan. However, there is another option:

Cover the baking sheet with baking paper, richly greased with vegetable oil, and lay out the cutlets on it.

Bake cutlets in a preheated oven to 180 ° C. When one side is browned - turn over and bake until ready.

Broccoli cabbage soup.

This vitamin-rich soup, very simply prepared, has a fine, delicate taste and is able to decorate even the festive table.

Necessary ingredients:

- 1 inflorescence of broccoli cabbage;

- about ¼ cup of rice;

- small carrots;

- bulb;

- a glass of green peas (fresh or canned);

- 1/2 sweet red and yellow pepper;

- 1-2 small cloves of garlic;

- a tablespoon of any vegetable oil;

- ½ tsp turmeric;

- salt;

Fresh parsley, fresh dill.

Cooking method:

Cut carrots - straws, sweet peppers - half rings, onions - small cubes, broccoli divided into inflorescences of different sizes, chopped garlic.

In boiling water, fill the rice and boil it until half cooked. Then consistently add fresh green peas (if the peas are canned, it is put at the very end of cooking), carrots, broccoli, lightly sprinkled onion oil and sweet pepper.

When rice and vegetables are almost ready, put garlic, turmeric, salt in the soup and cook for another 5 minutes.

When the soup is ready, decorate it with finely chopped dill, a few twigs of parsley and immediately serve.

Each mother cares about that the dishes from cabbage as often as possible appeared in the menu of her beloved child and were appetizing, useful and diverse. However, the imagination of even the most experienced hostesses is not boundless. And then the recipes for broccoli can come to the aid, because something new always pleases our loved ones.