r/Cooking • u/Seeker-2020 • 21h ago
Help with egg recipes please
My twins are 14 months old.
Twin A tried egg recipes - omlettes, hard boiled, scrambled, pancakes, French toast, in egg dosa. She tried very dish, some she ate more, some less of it which gives me hope the taste will grow on her.
Twin B tried all the above and literally spits everything out after the first bite. She can only eat egg in banana oat pancakes masked by the flavor of bananas. Other than egg seems to be an absolute no go.
Is there any other recipe with eggs I can make to help her eat more of it where the eggy taste texture is not so obvious? We are doing no added sugar as long as we can.. definitively till age 2. So no sweet recipes other than fruit sugars.
We don’t eat meat so I want to try and include egg and dairy for balanced meals.
Thank you.
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u/Alchemist1342 21h ago
Egg drop soup? Certainly the consistency will be different.
Egg foo young? Specifically the crispy edges shouldn't have the eggy taste or consistancy.
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u/Zagrycha 20h ago
There is not a single nutrient in eggs that are hard to get from veggies and dairy, so as a worst case scenario don't feel bad if they just end up not liking them.
Have you tried smothering the eggs in sauce? Soy sauce, soup broth, maggi sauce, ketchup, something? I ask this not as a recommended for a permanent menu item, but to question if the reason they dislike it is the texture. If the issue is texture then you would approach the issue completely differently from an issue of taste.
It is also possible they dislike both, if that is the case it's probably best to just not have eggs much, at least until older. They might suddenly decide they like them when older, kid's minds change alot. I remember as a child my mom fed me avocado and I absolutely hated it, but as an older kid and adult I love avocado when prepared the exact same way it was fed to me in that early life memory haha.
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u/SweetDorayaki 20h ago
The only potential thing is choline.
OP, maybe steamed egg made with broth (and with or without an add-in like scallop, goji berries, shiitake mushroom, green onion, a drizzle of infused oil to finish, etc).
Thai fried omelet.
Poached eggs (we do it in the microwave) or onsen/medium boiled egg (specifically cooked so yolk is jammy). They can also be cooked, then cooled in ice bath, shell removed, then marinated in a ziploc or container overnight.
Egg noodles?
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u/Zagrycha 20h ago
Nuts, seeds, dairy, leafy veggies, beans, and potatoes all contain significant amounts of choline. Egg is a great vegetarian source of choline but it is nowhere near the only common source.
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u/aprincipi 19h ago
Is there any chance she’s allergic to eggs? They taste peppery to me, and make my mouth tingle after a single bite. The fact that she eats the banana pancakes makes me doubtful, but consider it?
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u/ThatsARockFact1116 19h ago
Fritters? My very picky autistic kid basically lived on broccoli or zucchini fritters for years.
For broccoli, steam until fairly tender, mash, add an egg or two, panko bread crumbs enough to bind, a little s&p, and parm, if they like it (think like pancake consistency) and then sauté off into little pancakes, if the kids like dipping - tomato sauce or heck tomato soup would work.
For zucchini - shred a zucchini or two, add a good amount of salt and let it sit for 20 mins, squeeze the water out and discard, add the ingredients and proceed as above only don’t add more salt since they’re generally salty enough.
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u/DeepSeaDarkness 21h ago
You can add a lot of eggs to baked goods like pancakes
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u/Seeker-2020 21h ago
Yes we do banana oat pancakes like I
Mentioned but I don’t know other baked recipes. Could you name a few so I can search for the recipes please?8
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u/icouldbeeatingoreos 21h ago
Baked oats? I think some of them add sweeteners like maple syrup but you can leave that out.
You could also make little savoury pancakes (flour based) by adding cheese and cooked spinach to the batter and blending. They would be green - dont know if that’s an immediate no for your child.
You could also try a Japanese okonomiyaki (with ingredients adjusted to what you think they’ll eat). This gets veggies and eggs in.
Scones are also endlessly customizable. Find a plain scone recipe (I like using buttermilk so you could also look for a buttermilk biscuit recipe) and then you can make them savoury or sweet and freeze them. I’ve made leek and bacon and cheese, blueberry, pumpkin…
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u/lil_goose_caboose 20h ago
Does she eat pasta or grits? Scrambled eggs hidden in Mac and cheese or cheese grits are delicious. And grits technically are a whole grain
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u/pammypoovey 18h ago
Pop overs and Yorkshire pudding. Yp is my favorite thing to eat in the world. You can make them in a cupcake tin, you don't need the special pan.
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u/GalianoGirl 17h ago
Please, please listen to your child. There is a reason she is refusing to eat eggs. Hiding them in other foods is not the answer.
My parents forced me to eat eggs, they decided I was a difficult child because I would go hungry instead of eating them.
Turned out eggs are a migraine trigger for me.
Imagine as young as 3 I would go hungry to avoid feeling shitty.
In young children a migraine does not always present as a headache.
I can eat baked goods that include eggs, as the volume of egg per portion is small.
You need to speak with a dietitian that is very knowledgeable about vegetarian diets for young children.
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u/MindTheLOS 21h ago
Quick breads - think banana bread, zucchini bread, pumpkin bread, the possibilities are endless - use eggs, and you can make them as muffins, even mini muffins, for easy toddler portions. There are a ton of recipes out there that will avoid processed sugars.
My nephew ate pretty much everything under the sun (my sister was lucky) but she introduced a ton of foods to him via muffins.
The other thing I would suggest is googling for egg ladder recipes. When babies/toddlers have an egg allergy, there is a very specific way they are introduced to eggs to try and reduce or even eliminate the allergy. It involves eggs in baked goods. While your twins don't have an egg allergy, those recipes, since they all focus on baked goods, will tend to downplay the taste and texture of eggs. You'll just have to cull through the recipes to avoid sugar, or make a substitution.
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u/wantonseedstitch 20h ago
Latkes or veggie pancakes, including okonomiyaki? Especially with something to dip in.
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u/Puzzleheaded-Ad7606 20h ago
Remember you can drop eggs in broth (wisk eggs then slowly add warm broth to the eggs in small amounts while wisking to temper the eggs and then add the now warm egg and broth mixture into the pot of hot broth), soups and stews to thicken them.
Pasta Carbonara
Potato salad (Southern US Style) use a food processor to make the boiled eggs into basically powder. You can add a ton of eggs without it being eggy.
You can also add raw eggs, sautéed onions, and flour to mashed potatoes and make pan fried potato pancakes.
Just FYI I love hemp hearts for extra protein and added nutrition.
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u/KaraAuden 20h ago
Seconding egg drop soup. Also, fresh egg noodles, steamed eggs with soy sauce, and you can make a pumpkin bread the same way you make banana bread to mix things up.
Also, slightly off-the-wall idea, deviled eggs are very eggy, but they have a lot of other very strong flavors too -- personally I wasn't a big fan of eggs as a kid but loved deviled eggs. If she goes for them, that opens up the world of egg recipes with other strong flavors drowning out the eggs, as opposed to keeping eggs subtle. (Like egg bites with sundried tomato or feta cheese and bell pepper, pancakes with berries, soft-scrambled edges with ketchup, etc.)
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u/ttrockwood 19h ago
Try tofu scramble, just be sure to add enough seasoning , can also add some chopped veggies and shredded cheese in there just keep the heat medium not too high
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u/Any-Impression 18h ago
There’s a Greek lemon soup that uses egg to make the broth creamy and rich and you can’t taste it at all. I’m blanking on the spelling of the name of it, but it’s like angliolvio or something like that sorry to any Greeks I offended
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u/No-Isopod-7951 13h ago
The only way my toddler will eat eggs is boiled and mashed with kewpie in a sandwich.
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u/Useful_Region9179 5h ago
Egg muffins made in a muffin tin. With veggies and cheese
Waffles. A different shape might interest her
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u/padishaihulud 21h ago
Souffles are like eating a cloud, and you can flavor them sweet or savory.
They can be a bit finicky to make properly, but is not too hard if you're familiar with making a bechamel and with the folding technique.
There's also steamed eggs or chawanmushi. The eggs in that are more of a "jello" texture.