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Vegetables provide a large amount of nutrients that are good for the overall development of children. Therefore, adding vegetables to your baby's dishes is recommended by many nutritionists. However, many parents still do not know how to cook vegetable porridge for babies?
1. What are the effects of vegetables on children's health?
According to health experts, the nutrients in vegetables bring a lot of benefits to the health as well as the development of both brain and body in young children. Specifically:
1.1. Nutritional supplements
Vegetables and fruits contain a lot of vitamins and minerals, compounds that are very beneficial for children's health. Accordingly, parents need to add vegetables to their children right from the beginning of the weaning period (usually when they are 6 months old). The vegetables and fruits that are easily absorbed, rich in nutrients can be mentioned as:
Carrots are vegetables that contain a lot of vitamin A which is good for the eyes; Spinach is a rich source of iron, which helps prevent anemia symptoms in children; Citrus fruits, tangerines, ... are fruits that are rich in vitamin C - a vitamin that improves the function of the immune system; Apple is a fruit that is very beneficial in promoting health and has the ability to prevent cancer when it contains up to 16 types of antioxidants Polyphenols;... Regular addition of vegetables and fruits Many colors will help children have enough nutrients beneficial to health, and at the same time stimulate taste, help children not feel picky eaters, refuse strange foods.
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1.2. Reduces the risk of obesity
Vegetable ingredients contain a lot of fiber, low fat and low calories. Parents should give children more vegetables and fruits instead of sugary snacks or foods containing fat, this will help reduce obesity in children.
With the great benefits that vegetables bring, parents should fully and diversely add to their child's daily nutritional menu such as cooking vegetable porridge for the baby, feeding the child with a variety of vegetables. soft tubers,...
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2. Some recipes for baby vegetable porridge
2.1. Pumpkin porridge with beef
This is a recipe for baby vegetable porridge that is very beneficial to health, because these are all naturally sweet ingredients and contain many essential nutrients for children (such as vitamin A and iron), help children feel good.
Ingredients:
Beef; Red pumpkin. Method:
Put the beef in a frying pan with a little oil and garlic; Next, add the pumpkin and stir-fry with the beef until cooked; Puree cooked beef and pumpkin, then bring to a boil again.
2.2. Cook vegetable porridge with peas and pork
Ingredients:
Peas; Pork. Method:
Steamed with chicken peas and pork; Then, sift the peas until smooth; Bring finely ground, soft pork; Mix the peas and minced pork, and add the mixture to the white porridge. Next, cook until the porridge boils and the mixture of peas and pork is well incorporated into the porridge; Scoop out to keep warm for baby to eat.
2.3 Vegetable porridge with spinach and salmon
Ingredients:
Spinach; Salmon . Method:
Depending on the child's ability to eat raw, choose to chop separately or puree minced salmon and spinach (each dish separately); Put the pot on the stove, put a little unsalted butter in the pot to melt. Pour in the salmon and stir-fry until cooked, then pour in the spinach and stir-fry again. Next pour some water into the pot and simmer until fully cooked; Pour the prepared white porridge into the pot, continue to stir so that the porridge can blend with the vegetables and salmon. Continue to cook until the porridge boils, then scoop it out to warm for the baby to eat. SEE ALSO: Notes on how to cook porridge for 9-12 month old babies
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3. Do you need seasoning to cook vegetable porridge for your baby?
When cooking vegetable porridge for babies, parents must remember an immutable principle: do not add seasoning when cooking vegetable porridge. According to the recommendations of nutritionists, for children under 1 year of age, mothers should absolutely avoid adding spices such as salt, fish sauce, and monosodium glutamate to their baby's weaning food.
This principle is to ensure the health of the child's digestive system, especially the kidneys. Parents do not need to worry too much about whether the child's food will be pale or unappetizing, because the vegetables will have a naturally sweet taste. In fact, the amount of mineral salt needed for children at the age of weaning is <1g and vegetables can completely provide just this amount of salt.
Above is the information shared about the recipes for preparing vegetable porridge for babies. Basically, the way to cook vegetable porridge for babies is almost the same, very simple and easy to do. Hopefully these recipes will be of great help to parents during the journey of raising healthy and scientific children.
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