Meatballs for weaning: simple, tasty and healthy recipes
Introduction
Complementary feeding on demand is a fascinating journey, during which you can focus on specific preparations that allow you to combine taste, health and savings at home.
Among these, there are meatballs for weaning.
If you want to discover the benefits of meatballing for your little one's nutrition , this content is for you.
Preceded by an index to help you choose the paragraphs to study in depth - just click on the title - it is based on the invaluable advice of Doctor Federica Dell'Oro, the nutrition biologist of the DrSilva team.
For a complete look at the universe of complementary feeding on demand, you can refer to his video course “Practical, easy and stress-free self-weaning”.
If, instead, your desire is to receive constant updates to better follow your baby's development, I'll wait for you on Instagram on the profile @drsilva.com_official .
Meatballs in self-weaning: the advantages
Meatballs during weaning have several advantages.
They are soft - here I have spoken in depth about the appropriate consistencies of foods to offer to the little one - and, if prepared by choosing the ingredients well, they can represent a complete meal.
Furthermore, if prepared in the right shape, which I will discuss in the following lines, they can be easily taken from the plate by the child.
Weaning meatballs are very suitable for situations in which the little one already shows a selective attitude and, for example, does not like to eat vegetables.
Furthermore, as mentioned in the previous paragraph, making meatballs your own allows you to recycle leftovers and create an excellent fridge-emptying strategy.
Having clarified this necessary premise, we can get to the heart of the examples and recipes.
The best recipes for meatballs during weaning
Choosing meatballs for weaning allows for great versatility in the kitchen.
In this video , you can discover a practical example useful in cases where you have leftover risotto, specifically with red cabbage.
In such circumstances, you can recycle the leftovers and turn into meatballs. Since, as Dr. Dell'Oro specifies in the video, there is no parmesan , you can add chickpea flour as a protein source.
With rice, a source of carbohydrates , and cabbage, a vegetable that provides several valuable nutrients , we can talk about a complete dish.
After pouring the chickpea flour into the risotto, work the mixture with your hands. It is essential that the ingredients remain together, but that the result is soft.
In fact, legume flour can become a little stringy when cooked.
To enable the child who masters the palm grip to handle the meatball , it is advisable to give it an elongated shape.
If, however, you opt for the round meatball to offer to the rest of the family , you cannot present it to the little one like this, but you have to cut it into small pieces.
Once the child has acquired the pincer grip , he will be able to handle them on his own (at the beginning of self-weaning, you can help him with a fork).