In our new video series Kids in the Kitchen, our kids are the ones doing all the cooking.

Enjoy episode three, where six-year-old Maeve Kennedy shows us how she to make her favourite dinner - meatballs (recipe below).

If your child would like to share what they're cooking up while they're home, we'd love to see or hear about it! Send us an email at icl@farmersjournal.ie.

Maeve's meatballs

Ingredients

  • 200ml buttermilk
  • 150g breadcrumbs
  • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 Tbsp Dijon (or English) mustard
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 500g minced beef
  • Pasta and tomato sauce, to serve
  • Directions

    1. Preheat your oven to 200°C and line a baking tray with parchment paper. Set aside.

    2. In a bowl, combine the buttermilk, egg, garlic, Worcestershire sauce and mustard. In another bowl, add the breadcrumbs, salt, pepper and oregano. Mix the wet ingredients well and pour over the breadcrumbs. Stir to combine and let soak for 10 minutes.

    3. Add the minced beef to the soaked breadcrumbs and mix well.

    4. Roll the meat mixture into balls (keep them roughly the same size so they take the same amount of time to cook) and place them on the lined baking tray.

    5. Bake in the hot oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until completely cooked through. They can then be added to tomato sauce or served with mashed potatoes.