Your baby is already ready to try something new when he is no longer full of his usual mother's milk or formula, if he shows interest in your food, he can grab a piece and put it in his mouth. This usually happens between 5 and 9 months of age. So, it's time to introduce your child to vegetables. And for this you need to learn how to prepare vegetable puree for the first complementary foods on your own or choose the right one ready-made, when to give it and what to expect from this innovation.
The first vegetable puree: when and what to give
On the issue of complementary foods - the timing of its start and the choice of ingredient - experts in baby nutrition do not have a consensus. Much depends on the state of health of each infant, the individual pace of development and the method of feeding.
If the baby is breastfed, he does not need anything else until six months of age. And after six months, one mother's milk is not enough to provide the developing body of the baby with all the important substances. Then comes the "finest hour" of vegetable puree. By this time, the not fully strengthened digestive system is already able to cope with a new product without the risk of gas formation or diarrhea. For kids on artificial feeding the most suitable time is the age of 4 or 4.5 months.
By the way, the actual timing of the introduction of vegetable complementary foods in different parts of the world is different: in Europe, for example, this happens at 3-4 months of infant life. In particular, German pediatricians do not hide the fact that the purpose of these events is the gradual persistent weaning of the child from the breast in more early term, mainly so that mom can get back to work as soon as possible.
Its time to begin
The baby can already try vegetable puree if:
- his weight has doubled since birth;
- he knows how to eat in an upright position;
- he can chew food with large pieces.
Experts recommend starting complementary foods with vegetables rather than fruits. Otherwise, an early addiction to sweets will form, followed by a rejection of another. healthy food, caries can develop and metabolism worsens (plus an extra load on the pancreas, kidneys). Vegetables are less "interesting" than fruits, but contain all the vitamins and minerals necessary for growth.
With a poor weight gain in a baby, a pediatrician may recommend first introducing porridge into the diet. In other cases, vegetables are the best option.
It is better to start giving vegetable puree in the morning so that you have time to monitor the baby's condition and track down possible consequences of feeding (allergies or digestive problems).
It's okay if the baby turns away from the spoon, cries or spits out healthy food - just give him some time and try these methods:
- give a new food at the next feeding or after a couple of days;
- add some breast milk/formula for a more familiar taste;
- after a few days, give a puree of another type of vegetable.
You can feed the baby little by little more than once or twice. Experience shows that children may agree to try mashed potatoes only after ten or even fifteen unsuccessful attempts. But refuse to introduce complementary foods if the child is unwell or in a bad mood: he is unlikely to positively perceive experiments with his menu.
First vegetables
So, what vegetables to start complementary foods with? Among the huge variety of products, it can be difficult to determine which ones are best for your baby, and which ones are better to wait. It is most convenient to use the universal advice of children's nutritionists, who have studied suitable vegetables for the first feeding, their composition and beneficial features and also determined the risk of an allergic reaction.
| Type of vegetable | Characteristics | Allergy Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Zucchini / squash | Useful for children with a tendency to allergies. Removes excess water from the body. Suitable for overweight children. Not recommended for loose stools | Short |
| Cauliflower | Contains a high proportion of vitamin C, it contains a lot of iron, protein. Suitable for overweight children | |
| Broccoli | Broccoli | |
| Potato | It contains potassium, phosphorus, vitamins. High-calorie. A lot of starch (to remove excess starch, you need to soak for an hour in water before cooking). Better to use in small quantities. Not recommended for constipation | Average |
| Carrot | It has more vitamin A than other vegetables (which is why it is good for the eyes), a lot of natural antibiotics. Has a pleasant taste. It is better to start feeding with boiled carrots |
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| Pumpkin | Enriched with pectin, vitamins. Low calorie. Suitable for overweight children |
When deciding which vegetable puree to start with, give preference to zucchini, cauliflower or broccoli. After two weeks, when you make sure that the child is used to it, try giving him puree from pumpkin, carrots, white cabbage, green peas or spinach. Beets, tomatoes, onions are offered from 9-10 months, when the children's body can normally perceive them, and do this with caution, because they can cause allergies.
Especially carefully you need to choose products if the baby's father or mother had or has a food allergy.
Vegetable purees from 4 months, and in general at the beginning of complementary foods, should be monocomponent (from one specific vegetable). After getting acquainted with the listed products, if there is no negative reaction, you can offer the child multicomponent nutrition.
Complementary feeding scheme
From the very beginning, vegetable puree should be a meal on its own - breakfast or lunch. Vegetables will become a side dish only when meat and fish appear in your child's diet.
So, the new dish should be included in children's menu gradually, almost imperceptibly. When you introduce vegetable puree complementary foods, the feeding pattern may be as follows.
- Start early in the day with 1/2 teaspoon, then breastfeed/formulate. Every day, double the volume and bring it up to 50-100 ml, if the baby's well-being, the nature of the stool has not changed.
- If the baby no longer wants to eat, do not insist - immediately offer him the usual food (breast milk, formula).
- Adverse reaction occurs (redness/rash/skin itch, diarrhea/constipation, abdominal pain) - discontinue the product, wait until the symptoms disappear and try another.
- Did you have a reaction to an increased amount of a product that was previously perceived as normal? Take a break for a couple of days, and then return to the previous volume of food.
- After the first week (if the child feels normal), completely replace one feeding with vegetables. Over the next seven days, adaptation to the new food will occur.
- How to introduce vegetables into complementary foods: each the new kind add to the food one at a time, after 7 days (it’s easier to track a possible reaction and understand what exactly it happened to; it is recommended to keep records - date, type of food, dosage, reaction).
"Microdose" at the very beginning is the best solution. And the slower the volume increases per feeding, the less likely it is that the child will develop diathesis.
Buying or preparing
Factory baby food recommended for use by leading global and domestic healthcare organizations. European and Russian manufacturers provide products of the highest quality, so the choice of parents depends only on their preferences and financial capabilities.
When buying ready-made baby food in a store, you should pay attention to:
- package integrity (no dents, tightly closed lid);
- the color of the contents (if it can be seen through the packaging);
- labeling on labels (minimum age of the child, expiration date, manufacturer's contacts);
- compound.
Ideally, vegetable puree has an optimal uniform structure, natural color, additionally enriched useful substances, hypoallergenic, does not contain spices, preservatives, "strange" additives, including starch as a thickener. It is sterile, it has everything you need nutrients regardless of the season.
If you want to make your own first meal puree, choose your vegetables carefully. They should not have defects, but they should not look too “glossy” (most likely, fertilizers unknown to you were used during cultivation). Best of all - vegetables from the proven "grandmother's garden".
You can stock up on food for the future: for example, in freezer cabbage is well stored, and in winter on the balcony - carrots, potatoes.
For cooking vegetables, it is good to use a double boiler: this fast way, which also allows you to save vitamins. Pour the vegetables through a sieve (for small amounts) or mash with an immersion blender. At about 10-11 months, you can knead foods with a regular fork: the inclusion of large pieces will help the baby learn to chew.
Here general principles cooking useful vegetable dish for your child.
- Take one kind (let's say broccoli), rinse in running water.
- Pour boiling water over the vegetable, cut, put in a saucepan.
- Pour the product with clean bottled water, cover the pan with a lid and cook over low heat for 20-30 minutes, until soft.
- Drain the water (not completely), mash the still hot vegetables along with the broth.
- Add 2-3 drops of olive oil to the resulting mass. sunflower oil(in the future, you can bring up to 1 teaspoon), you can have a small amount of boiled milk.
- Stir until smooth. Don't add salt.
- Let the puree cool or slightly warm.
Important: Be sure to prepare fresh food before each feeding.
If you would like to try making different vegetable purees for kids, the recipes we offer will help you with this. We remind you that these products can appear first in the diet, they will not cause allergies, they will be well absorbed and will bring many benefits.
Zucchini puree
You will need a small zucchini (without cracks, dents or other damage) and bottled water.
- Wash the vegetable thoroughly, remove the skin, remove the core and cut into small cubes (about 1x1 cm).
- Pour the pieces with a small amount of clean water, bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook for 15-20 minutes until they are soft.
- Drain almost all the broth, grind the boiled zucchini until smooth, without lumps (wipe with a sieve or use a blender). If the consistency is too thick, pour in a little broth and mix.
cabbage puree
You will need cauliflower (7-10 florets) and 50 ml of purified water, breast milk or adapted formula).
- Rinse the small inflorescences thoroughly, place in boiling water, leave to boil for 10-15 minutes (the same amount of time will be required if you cook in a double boiler).
- Throw the boiled vegetables in a colander, cool.
- Mash with a blender or rub through a sieve, gradually adding water / cabbage broth (gr. milk or mixture). Bring to the consistency of liquid sour cream.
carrot puree
Take 100 g of root vegetables, 25 ml of boiled milk, three drops of vegetable oil.
If you observe an atypical reaction of the child to a new food, you need to consult a pediatrician or contact an allergist for an examination. And in order to avoid problems, it is best to try first of all hypoallergenic vegetable purees for the first feeding - they are perfectly digested, provide the baby's body with the necessary macro- and micronutrients, fiber, vitamins. And only after getting used to them is it worth treating the child to mashed potatoes from other vegetables.
Vegetable puree, as a rule, becomes the first food for the baby. They satisfy the needs of the growing organism of the crumbs in vitamins, vegetable protein, dietary fiber ... In a word, purees are very useful, especially if they are made with love at home :)
Mashed potatoes (from 5 months)
Ingredients: 2 potatoes, 4 tablespoons milk (breast milk or formula), 1 teaspoon butter.
Cooking: wash the potatoes well. Peel it off. Wash again. Steam the potatoes or bake in the oven until soft. Strain the still hot potatoes through a sieve or puree in a blender. While whisking the potatoes, gradually pour in the hot milk. Put the resulting puree on fire and boil for another 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and add butter. Cool down.
Cauliflower and courgette puree (from 6 months)
Ingredients: 50 g of cauliflower, 60 g of zucchini, 2 tablespoons of milk (breast or mixture), half a teaspoon of vegetable oil.
Cooking: Rinse the vegetables well under running water. Peel the cabbage, divide it into small inflorescences. Cut the zucchini into small pieces. Put vegetables in enamel pan. Pour boiling water over everything so that the water completely covers the vegetables.
Close the lid and cook until fully cooked. Rub the still hot vegetables with the broth through a sieve until a homogeneous mass is obtained. You can use a blender. Add hot milk to puree. Boil for 1-2 more minutes. Add to puree vegetable oil and stir.
Carrot-potato puree (from 7 months)
Ingredients: 2 potatoes, 1 carrot, 4 tablespoons of milk (breast or mixture), 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil.
Cooking: wash carrots and potatoes well. Clean and wash again. Cut vegetables into cubes. Put them in an enamel pot. Pour boiling water over so that the water covers the vegetables. Simmer the vegetables over low heat, covered, until tender.
Pass hot vegetables through a sieve until smooth. You can use a blender. Add milk, salt, vegetable oil to the puree. Bring to a boil, remove from heat and set aside.
Carrot puree (from 7 months)
Ingredients: 1 medium carrot, hot water, 2 tablespoons milk (breast milk or formula), 1/2 teaspoon butter.
Cooking: wash the carrots well, peel them, wash them again. Cut the washed carrot into cubes, transfer it to an enamel pan, pour boiling water over it so that the water covers the carrots. Steam or simmer the carrots, covered, until the carrots are soft and the water is boiled away.
Rub hot carrots through a sieve until smooth. You can grind carrots in a blender. Add butter, hot milk and mix everything. Boil for another 2-3 minutes. Refrigerate before serving.
Zucchini and chicken meat puree (from 9 months)
Ingredients: 150 - 200 g zucchini pulp, 50 g boiled white meat chicken or turkey, 1/2 cup milk, 1 tablespoon butter.
Cooking: wash the zucchini well. Remove the skin from it and cut into small pieces. Steam until fully cooked. Hot, grind the zucchini through a sieve until smooth. Mix with chopped poultry meat until smooth. Pour in hot milk, salt and boil for another 2-3 minutes. Add butter to the puree.
Cauliflower puree with milk (from 6 months)
Ingredients: 100 g of cauliflower, 2 tablespoons of milk (breast or mixture), half a teaspoon of vegetable oil.
Ingredients: rinse the cauliflower well. Cut it into florets. Remove green leaves. Put the small cauliflower florets in an enamel pot. Pour boiling water over it so that the cabbage is completely in the water. Close the lid and simmer until the cabbage is cooked and the water has completely evaporated.
Rub the hot cabbage through a sieve until smooth. You can use a blender. Add hot milk to the puree and boil for another 1-2 minutes. Add vegetable oil to the finished hot puree.
Apple-pumpkin puree (from 6 months)
Ingredients: 100 g pumpkin pulp, 1 apple, 1 teaspoon butter.
Cooking: rinse the pumpkin and apple well. Peel off the skin, remove the seeds. Cut the fruit into pieces. Fill the pumpkin with water and cook over low heat under a lid until the pulp. Add an apple. Boil for 10 more minutes. Grate the still hot fruits on a fine grater together with the broth until smooth. You can use a blender. Boil puree for another 102 minutes. Cool, add butter and serve.
Puree from potatoes, carrots, cabbage, beets and pumpkin (from 8 months)
Ingredients: 1/5 potatoes, 30 g of carrots, pumpkins, beets, white cabbage, 2 tablespoons of milk (breast or mixture), half a teaspoon of vegetable oil.
Cooking: wash vegetables thoroughly. Peel them, cut into small pieces. Put the chopped vegetables in an enamel pan, add water, close the lid and simmer over low heat. Complete evaporation of water must not be allowed. When the vegetables are soft, rub them hot through a sieve until smooth. You can use a blender. Add hot milk to puree and bring everything to a boil. Add vegetable oil.
Bon appetit!
Puree from assorted vegetables- tasty, healthy and will add variety to the daily menu. Such vegetable puree can be both an independent dish and a side dish for meat, poultry, fish. Add butter to your taste - creamy or vegetable, it turns out harmoniously in any version.
To prepare vegetable puree, prepare the ingredients according to the list.
Vegetables need to be washed and cleaned.
I suggest cooking potatoes separately from all other vegetables, because it is best to cook mashed potatoes by hand with a pusher, and mash other vegetables with a blender.
Use a slow cooker or just a saucepan to cook vegetables.
In a slow cooker, you can simultaneously boil potatoes in water, and all other vegetables - steam over it.
Potatoes and zucchini for cooking should be cut, medium-sized carrots, onions and garlic cloves should be left whole.
In small young zucchini, seeds can be left or removed after cooking; in large zucchini, use pieces of pulp without seeds for cooking.
Set the mode that gives a long boil: "quenching", "multi-cook 110-120 degrees", "steam", etc. The cooking time for mashed vegetables is 20-25 minutes, depending on the variety and size of the cut potatoes.
From boiled potatoes puree by adding stock or hot milk and butter or vegetable oil to taste.
Puree steamed vegetables using the attachment of a blender or in the bowl of a blender.
Zucchini is quite juicy, so additional liquids are no longer required in this vegetable puree.
Mix both purees together. Mix them either into a homogeneous mass, or into ... heterogeneous - multi-colored.
By the way, the site has interesting options for carrots and green peas.
Serve the vegetable puree hot.
Bon appetit!
cook delicious puree for children, one of the parents can.
You just need to get acquainted with the secrets of proper cooking.
How to prepare mashed potatoes for a child?
The dish is prepared from vegetables, dietary meat or from a mixture of these products. It is recommended to use zucchini, broccoli, beets, carrots, cauliflower, potatoes. Vegetables should be thoroughly washed in water. Next, peel off the top layer. Then rinse again in boiled water.
It is better to cook the ingredients in a glass or ceramic bowl with a little water. The liquid should slightly cover the food. Each type of vegetable requires a different period of time to cook. This must be taken into account. It is not recommended to cook different vegetables in one container. For each fruit, it is better to choose a separate pan. Then neither the taste nor the aromatic properties of the ingredients will mix.
As soon as the vegetables are ready, they need to be pushed through a sieve. A blender is also used to grind the mixture. If the puree is too thick, add a small amount of milk, vegetable broth or boiled water. At the very end, put a small piece of butter or a little vegetable oil. In puree for children over 12 months old, it is recommended to add the yolk and carefully chopped greens. In puree for the first feeding, salt and sugar do not need to be poured.
How to prepare meat puree for a child? For this dish, you must choose lean poultry, rabbit or horse meat. raw ingredient should be washed thoroughly under running cold water. The meat does not need to be put into the water in advance. Tendons, excess fat and membranes must be removed to make the dish soft.
The meat must be cut into small pieces across the grain and placed in a pot of cold water. When the water boils, it must be drained. Next, rinse the meat slices and collect new water. finished product smash in a blender until puree. After the mass has completely cooled, add a little broth in which the meat was cooked. Seasonings are not recommended. Vegetables can be added to the main product, after boiling and grinding into a puree.
It is worth paying attention to the fact that food for a child older than 1 year does not need to be crushed much. After all, the baby needs to learn to chew food.
Before serving mashed potatoes to a child, you should try the treat yourself. This will avoid such troubles as feeding a cold product, scalding with hot food.
Meat baby puree
Ingredients
saline solution- 2 ml
boiled meat - 170 g
skim milk - 12 ml
butter - 6 g
flour - 4 g
Cooking method
1. Grind boiled meat in a meat grinder.
2. Dry the flour to a pale cream color.
3. Brew with hot milk.
4. Stir the mixture well.
5. Mix the mass with chopped meat.
6. Put the required portion of oil.
7. Pour in saline solution.
8. Grind the mass to a puree state.
9. Dip the dishes with the contents into a container of boiling water.
How to cook delicious vegetable puree for a child
Ingredients
carrots - 70 gr.
cabbage - 55 gr.
potatoes - 75 gr.
turnip - 190 gr.
milk - 130 ml
sugar - 11 gr.
butter - 7 gr.
sea salt - 3 gr.
Cooking method
1. Wash the carrots.
2. Remove the top layer.
3. Rinse the cabbage under running water.
4. Cut the skin off the turnip.
5. Put vegetables in a saucepan.
6. Pour a small amount of water into it.
7. Pour out half the sugar.
8. Boil vegetables for 20 minutes. Stir.
9. Add water if necessary.
10. Peel potatoes. Wash.
11. Cut large pieces.
12. Put in a pan with a mixture of vegetables.
13. Cook the dish for 30 minutes.
14. Squeeze the cooked ingredients through a sieve.
15. Pour milk into a separate container. Heat up.
16. Pour into puree.
17. Salt.
18. Boil the mixture.
19. Add the indicated portion of butter to the finished puree mass.
20. Beat with a whisk to make the mass without lumps.
Puree for the little ones
Ingredients
fructose - 8 g
carrots - 65 g
breast milk - 78 ml
zucchini squash - 110 g
Cooking method
1. Wash vegetables well.
2. Put in a saucepan.
3. Completely fill with water.
4. Send the container to the fire.
5. Cook the ingredients until all the liquid has evaporated.
6. Pour boiled vegetables with milk.
7. Add fructose.
8. Beat the mass in a blender.
9. Serve puree warm.
How to cook vegetable puree with beef for a child
Ingredients
beef - 110 g
young potatoes - 120 g
carrots - 45 g
Cooking method
1. Cut the meat into medium pieces.
2. Boil until done. Don't forget to skim off the foam.
3. Cut a thin skin from a potato.
4. Chop into strips.
5. Get rid of the top layer of carrots.
6. Cut into cubes.
7. Add to the container when the meat is almost ready.
8. Grind cooked meat in a combine with a special nozzle.
9. Pour the mass to the vegetables.
10. Grind with a pusher.
11. When the potatoes have cooled, the mashed potatoes will thicken slightly.
12. Lunch for the child is ready to eat.
How to cook vegetable puree for a child from 5.5 months
Ingredients
broccoli - 320 g
Cooking method
1. Peel the cabbage.
2. Divide into inflorescences.
3. Pour boiling water over.
4. Cook in a small amount of water until soft for about 9 minutes.
5. Pour the broth into a separate bowl.
6. Rub the warm cabbage pieces through a sieve.
7. Dilute the too thick mass to the required consistency by adding a decoction.
8. Pour breast milk into it.
How to make tongue puree
Ingredients
beef tongue boiled - 220 g
Cooking method
1. Rinse your tongue.
2. Send to the pan.
3. Fill with water. Cook 3 hours.
4. Lower for 5 minutes in cold water.
5. Remove the ingredient from the skin on all sides.
6. Chop into medium-sized pieces.
7. Grind to a puree.
8. Add boiled water.
9. Serve a delicate dish for dinner.
How to make baby meat puree
Ingredients
young veal meat - 65 g
vegetable broth– 55 ml
butter - 12 g
greens - 8 g
Cooking method
1. Wash the meat well.
2. Cut out bones and tendons.
3. Grind the fillet.
4. Put the pieces in a small container.
5. Simmer until done.
6. Cool the finished meat.
7. Scroll through a meat grinder with a minced meat attachment.
8. Push the resulting mass through a sieve.
9. Add broth.
10. Pour in a pinch of salt.
11. Bring the mixture to a boil.
12. Stir.
13. Put butter.
14. Add chopped dill and parsley.
15. Fragrant puree for children can be served for lunch.
How to cook vegetable puree for a child with dietary meat
Ingredients
milk - 26 ml
butter - 2 g
lean meat - 55 g
wheat flour - 5 g
potatoes - 95 g
meat broth - 66 ml
Cooking method
1. Wash the meat.
2. Chop into medium-sized pieces.
3. Put in a saucepan with hot water.
4. Boil with closed lid.
5. Sauté the onion.
6. Grind the cooked fillet and peeled onion through a meat grinder.
7. Put in a saucepan.
8. Pour the broth into it.
9. Cook for 4 minutes with constant stirring.
10. Pour browned flour onto a dish.
11. Pour in a small portion of the broth.
12. Stir the mixture.
13. Pour into the meat.
14. Cook the dish for 6 minutes.
15. Add butter.
How to cook mashed potatoes for a child with rice groats
Ingredients
rice - 44 g
butter - 13 g
milk - 130 ml
salt - 1 g
young and fresh veal meat - 105 g
Cooking method
1. Separate the meat from the films.
2. Cut into pieces in the middle.
3. Boil in a pot of water. Cook 50 minutes.
4. Rinse rice in clean water.
5. Boil in a separate bowl.
6. Grind the finished rice through a meat grinder.
7. Twist the minced meat with a meat grinder.
8. Rice mix with minced meat puree with a blender.
9. Put the finished mass into a deep saucepan.
10. Pour milk into it.
11. Salt.
12. Mix the ingredients. Bring the mixture to a boil.
13. When the puree for children is ready, put the necessary portion of butter.
14. appetizing dish ready. You can feed your baby.
If several types of vegetables are cooked in a container, they must be added gradually. After all, each product has a different softening rate.
For a baby, a dish prepared from different types vegetables.
Trial portions of mashed potatoes for children are better not to salt.
In a dish prepared for children from 7 months old, you can pour a few milliliters of sunflower oil.
Spices and also feathers onion it is better to finely chop or beat together with other ingredients using a blender.
Butter and vegetable oil, as well as breast milk, are added to puree to increase its calorie content.
Too thick mass can be diluted with boiled water or vegetable broth.
During cooking mashed potatoes, potato cubes are best placed in a container of cold water. When cooking the product immediately in hot water, the outer layer of each slice will be more watery. This will affect the taste of the finished treat.
Zucchini and cabbage puree is low-calorie and is more suitable for feeding an overweight baby.
In puree for children of the second year of life, you can add iodized salt.
To improve the nutritional properties of puree for children, it is recommended to drive in the yolk. The product must be whipped in a hot liquid, and then introduced into the dish, without bringing it to a boil.
It is not recommended to reheat mashed potatoes that the baby has not eaten. The treat may contain germs.
Cauliflower retains grain even after thorough grinding.
Serve puree immediately after preparation. The longer the dish is, the less vitamins it contains.
Too thick puree can be diluted with special baby water.
Vegetables and meat should be of the highest quality. The ideal option is products grown on their own.
To prepare puree, it is advisable to use spring or filtered water.
Vegetable and fruit purees pediatricians advise introducing a child into the diet as the first complementary foods at the moment when it becomes completely obvious that the baby is no longer enough mother's milk. After the first dose, you need to carefully observe the baby's reaction to a new dish and continue complementary foods only if no negative symptoms are found.
Recipes for baby purees up to a year
Purees prepared according to recipes for children under 1 year old are distinguished by a delicate structure and do not cause difficulties for babies when swallowing. In addition, they contain the vitamins, minerals and trace elements necessary for the child, have a beneficial effect on the digestive processes and contribute to the full development of the body.
Ripe carrot puree is considered one of the healthiest. It contains many trace elements and natural substances necessary for the harmonious development and growth of the baby. In order for carrot carotene to be better absorbed by the children's stomach, it is recommended to add a small amount of fat to the dish.
Ingredients:
- carrots - 100 g
- olive oil- 1/3 tsp
- artificial milk formula or natural breast milk - 25 ml
How to cook:
- Wash the carrots very well, peel the outer skin and cut into medium-sized, thin rings.
- Put in an enamel pan, pour half a glass hot water and boil over medium heat for about 15 minutes.
- Rub hot carrots through the finest sieve, add olive oil and warmed milk. Mix well until smooth and give to the baby. Start with 1 teaspoon and then increase daily by 50%.
For making pear puree, it is better to choose sweet and juicy varieties such as Conference, Williams or Duchess. They give the dessert a magnificent, unsweetened taste and a pleasant, soft texture.
Ingredients:
- medium-sized pear - 1 pc.
- water - 70 ml
How to cook:
- Wash the pear, peel, divide into quarters, free from the core and seeds, and then finely chop.
- In a small container, bring water to a boil, pour pear slices into it, cover with a lid and boil for 8-10 minutes over low heat.
- Cool the finished fruit slightly and beat in a blender for 1 minute.
- Transfer the puree to a glass container, close with a plastic lid and put in the refrigerator. In this form, it can be stored for two days.
pear puree Advice: It is not recommended to add spices, salt, sugar and spices to baby purees. The stomach of a child may not perceive these ingredients well and react negatively to their presence in dishes. Vegetables and fruits used for cooking must be fresh and unspoiled. They must first be thoroughly washed and be sure to remove the skin or skin.
Puree from fresh apples ideally absorbed by the child's body, contains great amount vitamins and improves the overall process of digestion. Kids of all ages eat it with great pleasure. To give a brighter taste and rich aroma, cinnamon, cloves or lemon juice are put in the dish. However, if you want to cook applesauce for a baby or a child up to a year old, it is better to refrain from spicy additives, as well as from granulated sugar.
Ingredients:
- juicy sweet apples - ½ kg
- sugar - 1 tbsp
- freshly squeezed lemon juice - 1 tbsp
- cinnamon - ½ tsp
How to cook:
- Rinse apples under running water, dry on a kitchen towel, peel, remove the insides and cut into large pieces.
- Put the fruit in an enamel pan and pour cool water so that it completely covers them.
- Boil on low heat for 15-20 minutes. As a result, the apples should become soft.
- Remove from water, pat dry and blend very well in a food processor or blender. The finished fruit mass should be completely homogeneous.
- Combine puree with sugar lemon juice, transfer to a saucepan and boil over medium heat for at least 5 minutes. Stir constantly so that the apples do not burn and do not stick to the bottom.
- Cool, arrange in jars and cork with nylon lids. Keep refrigerated.
Advice: If the consistency of the puree is not too homogeneous, you can additionally rub it through a fine kitchen sieve.
Baby vegetable purees
Vegetable purees are a fundamental part of a complete baby food. They are made from carrots, pumpkins, zucchini and other gifts of the fields, previously boiled or baked in the oven, and then chopped in a blender.
For children pumpkin puree it is worth choosing small fruits weighing from 3 to 5 kg. There is much more juice and sweetness in their pulp than in very large ones, and there is practically no fiber content. The dish prepared according to this recipe is suitable for babies aged 4-12 months. It tastes delicate and has a very delicate, unobtrusive aroma.
Ingredients:
- pumpkin pulp - 100 g
- dill - a pinch (without stems)
- mother's milk or artificial milk formula
How to cook:
- cut the pumpkin into small cubes and bake in the oven until done.
- Cool slightly, put in a blender, add dill, a little mother's milk (or milk mixture) and beat into a fluffy mass.
- To begin with, introduce 1 teaspoon into the diet, gradually increasing the volume.
Zucchini puree can be introduced into the daily menu of both infants and children older than a year. For the smallest, pediatricians advise preparing a dish without salt and sugar, so as not to put an unnecessary burden on the delicate body of the baby.
Ingredients:
- zucchini - 1 pc.
How to cook:
- Wash the zucchini very well and remove the skin. Cut into large pieces and place in cool boiled water for 20 minutes so that all the harmful substances that enter the fruit during fertilizer come out.
- Place the vegetable in a small saucepan and fill with clean water so that it completely covers the pieces.
- Boil for about 20 minutes over medium heat until fully cooked, cool slightly and grind very thoroughly with a blender.
- Start giving the baby with 1 teaspoon, daily increasing the volume by 2 times.
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