Child friendly food/snacks and Brotzeit in Munich

Are you at a loss at what to feed your children? Stuck in a brotzeit rut?

Check out these suggestions from parents:

I finely sliced a leak (they claim to hate leak), cooked it in butter, added a bit of orange mustard (it came free with some smoked salmon), added a little flour, added milk, left over sour cream and cream fraiche, smoked samon, salt and pepper. Mixed in tagliatelle with it. 

wurst, sliced carrot, brezen, salty brezelis.

sliced carrots, cutted cucumber, Kohlrabi (don´t know the english word), apples, fennel, Paprika (peppers?).

Shepherds Pie, Chicken Stew, Sausage Casserole and Fish Pie. Lasagna is always good too...otatoes Goulash, salmon pie with bechamel... Risoto, chicken frie rice, vegetarian or meat couscous, beef stroganof with eggs noodle, meat loaf, fritatas, quiche, macaroni bolognese, mac & cheese (with berg kase)!!

Vegetables in Béchamel Sauce

Quesadillas, lasagna, tomato soup with grilled cheese, veggies with feta cheese and rice, stuffed peppers...are my children's favorites.

Our boys love any soup as long as it is wizzed up with cream so it's smooth and doesn't have bits in; Great with bread to dunk in it. Another favourite is cauliflower and broccoli cheese

Butter chicken, dahl & rice my daughter gobbled up. Fresh fish & chips. Boiled eggs that she got to help peel went over really well. Also risotto and coleslaw, separately. She's crazy about homemade granola (periodically for afternoon snack, and once in a while for dinner). While veggie-less, there can be plenty of nuts/fruit/seeds in it. 

Our dinners mainly consist of 3 to 5 different components: 1) potato or rice or noodles or couscous or quinoa or bulgur PLUS2) two sorts of vegetables (eg peas&carrots or corn& olives or broccoli&tomato or zucchini&bell pepper etc etc).PLUS3) Salt, pepper, some spices and herbs, or garlic, onion, etc here i try to make it "international" - Let's say cilantro for Mexican style or cinnamon and cumin for Moroccan, extra garlic and olive oil to make it Mediterranean, etc smile emoticon PLUS4) optional: any meat or cheese (feta, mozzarella etc)I mostly mix it all together and either serve it warm or as a salad (just add vinegar and oil)I try to create as much variations as possible and I get veggies from our local veggie stand. Also things that i have never tried or prepared before. That makes the cooking process quite interesting and I often have to look up recipes online.You can also add: 5) optional: sauces, dips, pesto of all kind - i make those myself from various veggies or yogurt-quark mixes, tomato puree (instead of ketchup) etc 

My kids love soups and stews of all kind. We cook huge amounts and freeze them in little portions. this way we always have something to warm up whenever i don't have time to cook. Today we had chickpeas tomato and kale stew. Yesterday it was Bulgarian soup with potato, carrot, red bell pepper and chicken smile emoticon And often it is just a simple Brotzeit: a slice of bread with butter and cheese and a cut up tomato and some cucumber

Oh and different sorts of fries: we cut up zucchini, potatoes, carrots, egg plant, etc in slices, add olive oil, Salt, oregano etc and put it in the oven. Serve with sour cream

1. sweet potatoes and chicken fingers, 
2. roast chicken with potatoes and carrots they go crazy for, and once everything is chopped and in the oven the work is done. 
3. chicken soup, 
4. quesadillas, whatever they like inside, 
5. pea soup with Speck or wienies... I am not really a recipe person but if you want more details on any of these let me know, I'll try:)

My son eats Roti's ..just plain ones with ghee or stuffed with grated radish/carrot and cheese or any filling of your choice. In case you eat Indian food, there is a lot more I can suggest

Borsch, Chicken soup, Turkey leg soup with barley, potato, carrot and pickled cucumbers, then the chicken liver beef-stroganof style with buckwheat. Or mashed potato with anything like meatballs, cutlets, fried fish. Or zucchini or pumpkin+potatoes pancakes

I vary the Brotzeit with my son. Sometimes it's a healthy muffin (either chia banana or apple hemp) or "oat and applesauce cookies", sometimes it's berries with plain yogurt and a müsli as topping in a separate container. Sometimes it's half a sandwich (a whole one would be too much). I usually add some fruit or vegetables (carrot sticks, cucumber slices) or dried fruit or nuts. If we have lunch/dinner leftovers that can be eaten cold, he will also sometimes take a small container of those (couscous salad, milk rice). A sweet treat for the Brotzeit box are also dried fruit/nut/oat bars or balls.nuts and raisins, homemade whole wheat waffles, PBJ, Peanut butter and banana sandwiches, grapes, cheese and salami cubes


Linked suggestions from parents

Jamie Oliver
Dora Zuppe
Meet the Dubiens
Mother Magazine
Teeny Taste Buds
Plant Powered Kitchen
Annabel Karmel



Books
Finger Food
Bebe Gourmet