Baby's early complementary food recipes

Complementary food is always necessary during the baby's growth stage. Generally, babies can be exposed to some complementary food when they are four to six months old. It is best to keep the food light. At the same time, the baby's complementary food should be adjusted according to the baby's development. Baby's complementary food should not be too hard or too strong in taste. You can choose rice soup, noodles, rice paste, millet porridge and other foods that are easy to digest and absorb.

1. Fresh millet paste

Ingredients: 15 grams of rice.

Method: Wash the rice and soak it in warm water for 2 hours. Put the soaked rice into a blender, add a little water, and blend into a fine rice paste. Pour the rice paste into a container. Pour the rice slurry into a milk pan, add about 8 times the amount of water, and heat slowly over low heat. Stir the rice slurry constantly with a spoon to prevent it from sticking to the pan. After the rice slurry boils, continue to cook for 2 minutes and then serve.

Nutritional tips: Rice porridge has the effects of nourishing the spleen, harmonizing the stomach, and clearing the lungs. It also has the functions of invigorating qi, nourishing yin, and moisturizing dryness. It is beneficial to the development and health of the human body. It can stimulate the secretion of gastric juice, help digestion, and promote the absorption of fat. It can also make the casein in the milk powder form loose and soft small clots, making it easy to digest and absorb.

2. Millet porridge

Ingredients: millet, water, ratio is (1:10).

Method: Soak the millet for 30 minutes, put it into a pot and cook. After boiling, simmer for 40 minutes on low heat, turn off the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Nutritional tips: Millet porridge is rich in nutrients and contains vitamins and minerals, such as carotene, vitamin B1, B2, etc. The protein content is 8.9% and the fat content is 3.0%, which is 1%-3% higher than ordinary rice. When making porridge with millet, be careful not to make it too thin.

Vegetable recipes for four-month-old babies

In the early stage of complementary feeding, you can mainly eat single vegetable soup. Remember not to add seasoning when cooking the soup. Because babies' taste cells are very sensitive, the original flavor of vegetables is a completely new experience for them.

1. Ingredients for vegetable leaf juice: 200 grams of green vegetables (spinach, rapeseed, cabbage are all acceptable). Method: Wash the vegetables and soak them for 30 minutes. Remove the vegetables and chop them for later use. Add a small bowl of water into the pot, add the chopped vegetables after boiling, cover the pot tightly and cook for another 5 minutes. Use a spoon to press the vegetable to extract the juice and add it to the soup, then it is ready to eat. Nutrition Tips: Green leafy vegetables are rich in vitamins and folic acid, which are essential for human development. Green leafy vegetable juice can help the human body absorb rich calcium, iron and vitamins.

2. Ingredients for fruit and vegetable soup: appropriate amount of apples, sweet potatoes, and water. Method: Cut apples and sweet potatoes into small pieces. Pour an appropriate amount of water into a small milk pan. Add apples and sweet potatoes and cook. Once softened, pour into blender along with the sauce. Mash apples and sweet potatoes into paste. Nutritional tips: Eating more sweet potatoes can improve the body's immunity. Sweet potatoes are rich in starch, vitamins, cellulose and other essential nutrients for the human body. They are also rich in mineral elements such as magnesium, phosphorus, calcium and linoleic acid.