Tiny Ground Beef or Lamb Meatballs for Toddlers
From:	New Zealand Beef and Lamb Marketing Bureau
Comments:	As soon as 8 month old, toddlers can eat some meat loaf pieces, tiny meatballs or meat patties with their fingers. For older children, these meatballs are delicious served along with a vegetables salad, or served into a pita bread or a small soft roll.

17 1/2 ounces [500 g] lean ground beef or lamb 1 small onion, chopped 1 egg yolk 1 cup [250 mL] freshly made breadcrumbs 2 teaspoons [10 mL] oil Flour Tomato sauce [optional] Plain yogurt [optional] Mashed potatoes [optional] Sour cream [optional]

Into a bowl, well mix together ground beef or lamb, chopped onion, egg yolk and freshly made breadcrumbs. Shape mixture into approximately 20 tiny meatballs; ligthtly flour meatballs. Heat oil into a non-stick frpan over medium heat. Brown meatballs into hot oil for approximately 15 minutes, until no longer pink inside. Drain meatballs. For 8 to 9 month old babies, these delicious meatballs are perfect to eat with their fingers, tomato sauce or plain yogurt on the side to dip in. Another delicious dip would be mashed potatoes, mashed along with sour cream or plain yogurt.