Zucchini complementary food

Zucchini is a vegetable that few people use as complementary food for babies. The most common ones are whole grains and white porridge. However, complementary foods can only be added slowly after the baby is 8 months old. Because the baby's stomach is relatively fragile in the early stage, we should pay attention to not adding too much complementary food, so as not to affect the baby's gastrointestinal health and make the baby dependent on complementary food. At the same time, zucchini must be made into vegetable puree before it can be fed to the baby.

How old can babies eat zucchini?

You can consider adding zucchini as complementary food after your baby is 6 months old.

Children can eat zucchini in moderation. Zucchini is rich in nutritional value, containing potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, vitamins and other nutrients. It can supplement the nutrients needed by the human body, especially calcium. It is easy to digest and absorb, and has a refreshing taste. It is a vegetable suitable for babies. However, it is recommended that you start adding complementary foods to your baby when he is 6 months old, and when you first start adding them, they should be made into a puree to make it easier for your baby to eat and digest.

Benefits of eating zucchini for babies

1. Zucchini contains an interferon inducer, which can stimulate the body to produce interferon, enhance immunity, and play an anti-viral and anti-tumor role.

2. Zucchini is rich in water and can moisturize the skin.

3. Zucchini is low in energy and eating it with high-energy animal foods is in line with the principles of nutritional science.

4. Zucchini is rich in fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal motility and accelerate the body's metabolism. It has a good effect on detoxification, beauty care, prevention and treatment of constipation.

5. Zucchini is rich in protein, minerals, vitamins and other substances. It contains no fat and also contains substances such as citrulline, adenine, aspartic acid, and has a very low sodium content. It has the effects of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, relieving restlessness and thirst, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and reducing swelling and dispersing nodules.

6. Zucchini is rich in calcium and is easily absorbed by babies, so it can promote the growth of baby's bones and have a certain effect on the baby's growth and development.

How to make zucchini puree for baby food

1. Original zucchini puree

Ingredients: 1 zucchini, some water

Method: 1. Wash the zucchini, peel it and set aside.

2. Remove the zucchini seeds, cut into small pieces, and steam for about ten minutes.

3. After it cools down, pour it into a mixing cup and blend it into a paste with a stirring stick. 4. After it is pureed, it can be eaten. Put the rest in a supplementary food box, freeze it into ice bricks, and heat it up when eating.

Suitable for babies over 6 months old.

2. Zucchini and Tomato Puree

Ingredients: 1 zucchini, 1 tomato

practice:

1. Wash the zucchini and tomatoes, and use a spoon to scoop out the seeded part of the zucchini.

2. Cut the zucchini into small pieces and steam it in a baby food machine for 10 minutes.

3. Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for a while. Peel the tomatoes and cut off the hard part near the stem. Cut into pieces.

4. Hot pan and cold oil. After the pan is hot, turn off the heat, add oil, add tomatoes, turn on the heat and stir-fry for a while. Add a small amount of water. Cook the tomatoes. A small amount of soup remains.

5. Pour the steamed zucchini into the blender. Zucchini contains more water. No need to add water. Blend directly into puree, then pour the tomatoes and soup into the blender.

6. Blend the tomatoes into puree. Can also be blended with zucchini. We eat together anyway. The zucchini and tomato puree is ready, add it to the rice cereal and feed it to your baby.

Suitable for babies over seven months old.

3. Zucchini and Pumpkin Puree

Ingredients: Pumpkin and zucchini

practice:

1. Wash the pumpkin, peel and seed it, cut it into pieces and steam it.

2. Use a blender to blend into a paste. After the pumpkin is steamed, there will be water in the bowl. Puree it along with the water.

3. Keep the amount needed for the current meal and pack the rest into boxes. It is best to freeze single varieties of complementary foods.

4. Wash the zucchini, cut into pieces, steam it, and blend it into a puree in a blender. Keep the remaining pieces and freeze the rest in boxes.

Tips: Suitable for baby food over seven months old.

4. Zucchini and sweet potato puree

Ingredients: 1 zucchini, 1 sweet potato

practice:

1. Wash zucchini and sweet potatoes.

2. Use a small spoon to remove the pulp of the zucchini and cut into slices; cut the sweet potato into cubes.

3. Put them on a plate and steam them. Put them in a Vitamix food processor and blend them into a puree. Add a little boiling water to each one, otherwise it will be too dry and too little to blend.

4. Pour into the supplementary food box, let it cool down and then put it in the refrigerator for quick freezing. 5. When eating, pour out two pieces and steam them, then mix with 2-3 spoons of rice flour.

Suitable for babies over 7 months old.