Kid’s meals or recipes for kids are foods specially made for children. They are often tempting and, at the same time, nutritious so that children can eat them without exhausting their mothers. They also provide them with energy and important nutrients necessary for their growth. Healthy foods for children have great varieties and choices, but the nature of the child is alienated from most healthy foods, while they crave fast food from outside the home. Here are many recipes to prepare with the help of your kids.
Nutritious Meals
Children often refuse to eat nutritious meals and vegetables, so you have to include it as a hidden ingredient in other meals; you can grind it and include it in making burgers or pizza and pastries and add some salad or vegetables to sandwiches. This way, they get a balanced meal without complaining or overburdening you by not eating it.
Zucchini, Carrot and Corn Pancakes
A quick and easy recipe from the American kitchen, it is a delicious and healthy recipe for making children’s meals in a new way. Try the white bean curry with coconut milk if you like this recipe.
Ingredients
¾ cup of liquid milk
3 eggs
90 grams of butter
¾ cup of flour
2 grated zucchinis
2 grated carrots
125 grams of sweet corn
¼ cup of chopped fresh parsley
¾ cup of grated Parmesan cheese
salt and pepper as needed
cooking oil
3 pieces of tomatoes, wings
50 grams of arugula
2 tablespoons Italian salad dressing
Preparations
Mix the milk, eggs and butter in a large bowl.
Put the flour in another bowl, then add the egg mixture.
Stir the mixture together until combined.
Drain the zucchini from the excess liquid.
Add the mixture with the zucchini, carrots, corn, parsley, and ⅔ Parmesan cheese.
Add salt and pepper.
Put a teaspoon of oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat, and put ¼ cup of the dough in the skillet.
Leave it for 3 minutes on each side until it softens.
Repeat the last step until you have used up all the dough.
Put the tomatoes and arugula in a bowl, add the seasoning and the rest of the Parmesan cheese, tossing them together.
Serve pancakes with salad.
White Bean Curry and Coconut Milk
This is a quick and easy Indian recipe to help you master cooking delicious and healthy meals for your kids. It is a new dish found in the international kitchen.
Ingredients
2 tablespoons of oil
1 teaspoon of mustard seeds
1 tablespoon of curry
1 onion, thin slices
1 piece of ginger, size 2 cm, grated
4 cloves of garlic, grated
4 cardamom pods open
½ teaspoon of turmeric
½ teaspoon of hot sauce
1 teaspoon of dried coriander
1 teaspoon of salt
½ teaspoon of pepper
⅔ cup of coconut milk
800 grams of white beans, drained
250 grams of cherry tomatoes divided
2 teaspoons of sugar
juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoons of chopped fresh coriander
Preparations
Heat the oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
Add mustard seeds, curry and onion and stir for 5 minutes.
Add ginger, garlic, turmeric, salt, pepper, and spices, and stir for two minutes.
Add coconut milk with 200 ml of water and bring the mixture to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low and leave for 5 minutes.
Add the beans, tomatoes, sugar and lemon juice, stir, and then simmer for 4 minutes.
Add chopped parsley and serve immediately.
Pasta Salad
Easy and simple steps. This recipe contains many nutritional benefits, and its colourful components are a delight that attracts your children easily.
Ingredients
300 grams of fun-shaped pasta
8 thin slices of bacon
½ cup of mayonnaise
½ cup of full-fat milk
4 tablespoons of white vinegar
½ teaspoon of salt
Pinch of sugar, optional
100 grams of cherry tomatoes (yellow and red), halved lengthwise
200 grams of cheddar cheese, cut into small cubes
3 green onions, thinly sliced
ground black pepper
24 whole basil leaves, chopped
Preparations
Cook the pasta according to the package instructions, then drain and rinse in cold water until cool. Leave it aside.
Cut the bacon into ½ inch pieces and place in a large skillet over the stove. Fry until slightly crunchy, then transfer to a plate lined with paper towels.
Mix mayonnaise, milk, vinegar, salt, and “optional” sugar to prepare the sauce in a small bowl.
Mix pasta, sauce, tomatoes, bacon, cheddar cheese and green onions in a large bowl. Taste and adjust seasonings, adding more salt and pepper if needed.
Add the basil, stir the salad and serve.
Goulash Stuffed with Spinach and Feta Cheese
We offer a straightforward recipe with a few steps from the Syrian kitchen so that you excel in making nutritious and delicious children’s meals.
Ingredients
½ a cup of oil
2 cloves of minced onions
500 grams of chopped spinach
2 tablespoons of chopped dill
2 tablespoons of flour
220 grams of crumbled feta cheese
4 scrambled eggs
Salt and Pepper
650 grams of goulash chips
300 grams of melted butter
Preparations
Preheat the oven to 175°C.
Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
Put the onions in the pot and stir until softened.
Add spinach, flour and dill, and cook for 10 minutes.
Lift it from the fire.
Add cheese, eggs, salt and pepper.
Lay a Goulash sheet, grease it with butter, put another sheet on top and grease it with butter, divide it in half lengthwise.
Put a tablespoon of the spinach mixture on the short side of the rectangle.
Fold the goulash over the filling triangularly, as you would the samosa.
Repeat the process until the ingredients are used up.
Arrange the triangles on a tray, grease it with butter, and put it in the oven for 45-60 minutes until it turns golden.
Salty Cupcake with Flavours
Salty cupcakes with flavours is an easy, delicious, new recipe for your children. It is suitable between meals or as an easy dinner, and it is suitable for women working in the preparation because it is fast food such as pancakes and cannelloni. Here’s how to make a salty cupcake with flavours.
Ingredients
2 cups of flour
3 eggs
½ cup of milk
1 tablespoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
¼ cup of olive oil
2 tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese
For decoration
1 teaspoon of tomato sauce
2 tablespoons of mustard
400 grams of a creamy cheese
Preparations
In an electric mixer, mix all the liquid ingredients well.
In a bowl, mix all the dry ingredients.
Pour the two mixtures on each other and knead until you get an appropriate texture, gradually adding the parmesan cheese while kneading.
Bring a cupcake pan.
Pour the mixture evenly into cupcake moulds.
Oven heated at 180
Put the molds in the oven until fully cooked.
Before serving, mix the Kiri cheese in the electric mixer, then divide it in half, mix it with mustard and the other mix with tomato sauce, then decorate the cupcake with cream with a distinctive flavour.
Broccoli Florets Muffin
Easy and simple steps. This recipe contains many nutritional benefits and colourful components, a delight that attracts your children easily. Here is how to prepare this fantastic dish:
Ingredients
1 cup of broccoli florets
½ cup of flour
½ cup of corn flour
1 cup of yoghurt
2 tablespoons of butter
1 scrambled egg
1 teaspoon of sugar
½ teaspoon of baking soda
¼ teaspoon of salt
Preparations
Boil the broccoli florets in boiling water until tender.
Mix the flour, baking soda, cornmeal, and salt in a bowl.
Take another bowl and mix butter with sugar, eggs and yoghurt.
Mix the dry mixture with the liquid mixture and stir well.
Take cupcake moulds and grease them with butter, then pour the dough into them.
Dip broccoli florets in each mould and cover with dough.
Put the molds in the oven for 40 minutes until they are thoroughly cooked and golden in colour.
Give it to your little ones.
Roast Beef with Mozzarella Pie
Undoubtedly, all kids, and even grown-ups, love mozzarella. Here is how to prepare this fantastic dish:
1 egg: (whipped with a pinch of salt and a pinch of black pepper)
1 tablespoon of sesame
1 tablespoon of iris
Preparations
Stuff the puff pastry dough with roast beef, turkey and mozzarella cheese.
Seal the dough tightly over the ingredients.
Put the pies in the oven tray.
Grease the face with scrambled eggs.
Garnish with a sprinkle of sesame and iris.
Put the tray in the oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes.
Serve it warm or cold.
Apple Yoghurt
Iron-rich foods from international recipes prepare as healthy breakfasts for your little ones; it is one of the easy and quick recipes.
Ingredients
1 apple cut into cubes
1 tablespoon of butter
2 cartons of yoghurt
1 cup of biscuit
1 teaspoon of starch
1 cup of apple juice
1 tablespoon of cinnamon
Preparations
Fry the apple cubes with butter on the fire, add the cinnamon and stir well.
Add the apple juice and starch and stir the mixture for 5 minutes.
Bring a serving plate, put the biscuits and yoghurt, add the apple mixture, stir, and serve.
White Cheese Pie with Olives
Easy and simple steps. This recipe contains many nutritional benefits, and its colourful components are a delight that attracts your children easily. Here is how to prepare this amazing dish:
Ingredients
10 slices of Puff pastry dough
250 grams of feta cheese
1/4 cup of black olives: (chopped)
1 egg: (scrambled)
1 tablespoon of sesame: (for garnish)
1 tablespoon of iris: (for garnish)
Preparations
Grease the feta cheese on the puff pastry pieces.
Distribute the pieces of the sliced black olives.
Fold the dough on the filling in the form of a triangle.
Put the pancakes in the oven tray.
Grease the face of the pancakes with the scrambled egg.
Garnish the face with sesame and iris.
Put the tray in the oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes.
Serve it warm or cold.
Desserts and Sweets for children
Here are some easy and quick recipes for desserts and sweets especially designed for kids.
Carrot and Banana Muffin
Although this recipe is very easy to prepare, it’s super delicious, and kids will definitely ask for more.
150 grams of cooked ready-made baby food (zucchini flavour)
2 grated carrots
2 scrambled eggs
1 cup of flour
½ cup of crushed oats
1 teaspoon of baking powder
¼ teaspoon of cinnamon
A sprinkle of nutmeg
½ teaspoon of salt
Preparations
Heat the oven to 190 C. I lined a cupcake tray with oil and flour.
Hide the butter and sugar until it becomes creamy in texture.
Add bananas, baby food, carrots and eggs, and continue mixing.
Add the flour, oats, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, and stir until you are sure all the ingredients are mixed.
Put a large scoop into the cupcake slots.
Put it in the oven for 20 minutes.
Tropical Fruits Ice Steak Recipe
This choice is from the international kitchen; your little ones will love it. They will love its delicious taste.
Ingredients
1 cup of chopped pineapple
1 cup of chopped mango
4 passion fruits
2 cups of lemon juice
Longitudinal moulds to put ice cream in
Preparations
Mix the fruits and lemon juice until it becomes a smoothie.
Put it in the longitudinal steak moulds and put the steak sticks in it, then put it in the freezer until it freezes, then take it out and serve it to your little ones.
Caramel Strawberry Lollipops
An international recipe prepared to make you happy. Your little ones are delicious, give it to them, and they will love it very much.
Ingredients
20 strawberries
1 cup of sugar
20 straw sticks
½ cup of water
Preparations
Put a straw stick in each strawberry and keep it aside.
Bring a bowl, put sugar and water and put them on the fire, and stir until the sugar turns golden and becomes caramel.
Dip the strawberries in the caramel and then serve them to your kids.
Strawberry Cake
Strawberry cake is one of the most delicious international desserts for children. Serve it to your little ones in easy and simple steps, and they will enjoy its delicious taste as a delightful dinner dessert with a refreshing juice.
Ingredients
2 cups of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
½ teaspoon of salt
6 tablespoons of butter at room temperature
1 cup of sugar
½ koi yoghurt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 cup of clean and chopped strawberries
2 mashed bananas
Preparations
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Mix the butter and sugar until well dissolved.
Add eggs, vanilla, yoghurt, and flour and mix well.
Add the mashed bananas and the chopped strawberries and stir until you get a homogeneous paste.
Bring a mould greased with butter and pour the dough into it, then put it in the hot oven for 45 minutes until the cake is done.
Slice and decorate with strawberries, then serve.
Caramel Apples
It is one of the most delicious international desserts that children love; try it today and make them happy with it.
Ingredients
10 small apples
2 cups of brown sugar
1 cup of butter
2 teaspoons of vanilla
Salt
1 can of sweetened condensed milk
1 cup of corn syrup
Nuts
Preparations
Wash the apples well and insert the popsicles into them.
Bring a pot and put it on the fire and put the butter, condensed milk, brown sugar, vanilla, corn syrup and salt and stir well.
Leave it to boil for 15 minutes until it turns into caramel.
Dip the apples in the caramel and then in the crushed nuts, put them in the freezer for a while, and serve them to your little ones.
Cinnamon Toast
Cinnamon toast is excellent as a fresh, sweet snack or breakfast that children love. It takes no time to prepare and can be served between meals with a cocktail juice or as dinner desserts such as pancakes, cupcakes, and Cinnabon cake.
Ingredients
10 toasts
200 grams of butter
3 tablespoons of sugar
2 tablespoons of cinnamon
Preparations
In a non-stick frying pan, brown the toast from both directions.
Brush it with butter, sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
Cut it into triangles and serve.
Doughnuts in the Oven
We offer a very easy recipe with a few steps so that you excel in making nutritious and delicious children’s meals. Here is how to prepare this amazing dish:
Ingredients
1 cup of butter
1 cup of sugar
¾ cup of milk
½ cup of flour
1 egg
4 tablespoons of yeast
3 tablespoons of baking powder
7 spoons of vanilla
Cinnamon to taste
Preparations
Mix yeast, milk, oil, sugar and baking powder.
Cut the dough and shape it as desired, leave it for 20 minutes and put it in the oven at medium heat.
Remove from the oven, let cool, then decorate with powdered sugar or melted chocolate.
Refreshing Fruit Smoothie
You can prepare this drink for your kids in the morning before the start of the school day will love it very much.
Ingredients
2 cups of milk
1 cup of strawberry
2 bananas
2 tablespoons of honey
Preparations
Mix the milk with banana, strawberry, and honey in the electric mixer.
Serve it in serving cups for your little ones.
Trifle for the Kids
We offer a very easy recipe with a few steps so that you excel in making nutritious and delicious children’s meals. Here is how to prepare this amazing dish:
Ingredients
4 pieces of wheat biscuits
1 can of mixed fruit (small)
2 cups of milk
2 tablespoons of sugar
2 tablespoons of custard (powdered)
Preparations
Ask the children to help you get 4 individual-coloured plates.
Then, ask them to break up the biscuits and distribute the crumbs on these plates and the fruit, keeping some for decoration.
To prepare the custard: In a medium-sized casserole, put the milk, sugar, custard powder, and rose water.
Keep stirring using a hand grate until the custard melts.
Put the casserole on medium heat while stirring the ingredients, using a wooden spoon, until the mixture reaches a boil. Reduce the heat, and continue to stir gently for a minute.
Distribute the hot custard on the dishes, and decorate it with the remaining fruit.
Put it in the fridge for two hours before serving.
Chocolate and Orange Cookies
We offer a very easy recipe with a few steps so that you excel in making nutritious and delicious children’s meals. Here is how to prepare this fantastic dish:
Ingredients
3 cups of flour
2 teaspoons of starch
1 teaspoon of baking powder
½ teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of Salt
1 cup of soft butter
1 cup of white Sugar
1 cup of brown sugar
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla
1 teaspoon orange extract
1 tablespoon orange zest
2 cups of chocolate chips
Preparations
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line a cookie tray with butter paper.
Mix the flour, starch, baking powder and baking soda in a bowl and set aside.
Beat butter, brown, and white sugar with an electric mixer until creamy.
Add eggs and vanilla and beat.
Add orange extract and orange zest and blend.
Add the flour mixture and mix until the ingredients are homogeneous.
Add the chocolate chips and stir.
Make walnut-sized balls and place them spaced apart in the tray.
Put the tray in the prepared oven for 12 minutes.
Leave the cookies out of the oven for 10 minutes to cool down, then serve them warm or cold.
Almond Cookies with Chocolate and Coconut
A straightforward recipe with a few steps, we offer it to you to excel in making nutritious and delicious children’s meals. Here is how to prepare this fantastic dish:
Ingredients
2 cups of flour: (almond flour / finely ground almonds)
1 cup of cocoa powder
½ teaspoon of salt
100 grams of butter: (soft at room temperature)
1¼ cups of Brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon of vanilla
½ cup of chocolate chips
½ cup of almond: (chopped and roasted)
½ cup of coconut
Preparations
Mix the butter and brown sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy.
Add the egg and vanilla and beat.
Reduce the speed of the whisk and add the almond flour mixture, cocoa and salt on medium speed until the ingredients are combined.
Add the chocolate chips and almonds and mix.
Collect the dough, put it in plastic wrap, and put it in the refrigerator for an hour before working with it.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Make walnut-sized balls from the dough, cover them with coconut and place the cookies on a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
Press a little on the balls to simplify them, then put the cookies in the oven for 16 to 18 minutes until they are cooked.
Remove the cookies from the oven and cool for 10 minutes, then serve warm or cold as desired.
You can keep cookies for a week in an airtight jar.
Eman Sameh 
Maha Yassin