A friend thought I should share my recipes (adapted from various sites) for the yummies Ive been making for my lil hungry hippo, so here they are. Enjoy!
Chicken Stix
1 c ground chicken or turkey
1 med carrot or 1/2c carrot puree
1 med apple or 1/4c apple puree
1/2 garlic clove, minced
1/2 small onion
1 egg yolk, beaten
1/4c fresh breadcrumbs or baby cereal
pinch of dried thyme or basil
pinch of ground pepper
Peel and grate carrot, apple and onion into a bowl. Mix in the ground meat, egg, breadcrumbs or cereal, herb and pepper. Combine well. Take small balls of the mixture and shape into little "sausages" (or you could make patties) . Makes about 12. Place on a lightly greased grill pan and bake 350F for about 10 mins or until browned. Allow to cool before serving. Store in an air tight container in the freezer for future consumption.
These are so yummy, I cant help but to steal a stix for myself!
UPDATED: So I decided to make these alil different and I think they are better. Not too big of a change; its easier and yields more. I used the whole 1.75 lb of ground turkey, 1/2c baby rice cereal, 1 clove minced garlic, 4 tbsp carrot puree and half apple- grated, 1/2 onion- grated, 2 pinches of basil and 1 egg yolk- combined together. Then I took a mini muffin tin and greased it, then filled each mold to the top with the mixture. Baked for about 15-20 mins at 350F- until the juices were pouring out. I took them out the oven and let them rest so some of those juices could be reabsorbed. Then I popped them out onto a baking sheet to cool completely and later put in the freezer for about 15 mins. After those 15mins I went back and put those mini loafs into a freezer ziplock bag. Made 26 mini loafs.
Meatballs
1 c lean ground beef or turkey
1/2 c mashed potato or baby cereal
pinch of basil
Preheat oven 350F. Combine ingredients in a bowl and roll into bite sized balls. Make sure to not over mix bc you will make the end result tough and dry. (I roll into grape-sized balls and cut them in halves when I serve) Place on baking sheet and cook for about 20 mins or until browned. Let cool.
I serve these with squash puree as a dipper. Also great with alil cheese and cooked tomato. You can store and freeze these in a ziplock bag.
Sweet Potato Pancakes
2 tbsp Apple puree or Pear puree
1/2 c cooked sweet potato mash
2 egg yolks or 1 egg
1/3 c flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4c milk or water
drop of vanilla (optional)
dash of cinnamon (optional)
Mix sweet potato and apple puree with egg in a medium mixing bowl. Stir in the flour, baking powder, milk and vanilla. Batter should be lumpy and similar to regular pancake mix. Heat up a greased skillet over medium heat. Spoon batter onto skillet making rounds. When the round starts to bubble, its time to flip it. Use your spatula to flip each pancake and cook the other side 1-2 mins.
I like to serve these in cut up pieces with a dab of apple sauce on each piece. These are great to serve sweet or savory, for breakfast or lunch. I make these in batches and freeze in pairs- wrap each pair in syran wrap and then store the bundles in one big ziplock bag.
Apple Muffins
1/4 c soften butter
1/4 c sugar
1 egg (or 2 yolks)
6 tbsp apple puree
1 c flour
2 tsp baking powder
pinch of cinnamon
pinch of nutmeg
Preheat oven 350F. Cream butter with sugar in a bowl. Beat in egg. Beat in apple puree. Stir the dry ingredients together and then add them to the bowl, mixing just enough to combine. Spoon into greased mini muffin tins and bake for 15mins or until the edges are browned. Let cool on a wire rack and freeze.
I bet you could mix up the fruit in these. For example; instead of apple puree you could do plum or mango or bananas (but then dont do the cinnamon and nutmeg). You could probably add bits of fruit too; like bits of apple, raisin or blueberries. I think Im going to try that next time..... These can also be sweet or savory. For example they go well with Apple raisin puree OR Sweet Potatos as a topping or spread.
If you have any yummy recipes you'd like to share, PLEASE do! I love making food for my lil man and he loves eating like a big kid =D
Hope you enjoy!
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