Grandmothers stubbornly lament that young parents do notthey want to feed the baby with “normal” food, since the child is emaciated and he urgently needs a chop fried in butter and soup in meat broth. If this story is about you, then we hasten to reassure - you are doing everything right, preparing a separate meal for your crumbs. Contrary to popular belief, young children are extremely undesirable to eat food from a common "adult" table. The stomach of the baby is not fully formed - it simply cannot cope with heavy food. There will be various problems, disorders in the gastrointestinal tract of the child. Nevertheless, the diet of the baby should be complete and rich in nutrients. We offer you simple and quick to prepare, tasty and healthy dishes for children. For your attention we present recipes for soups for children from six months.
In Russian cuisine, the first liquid dishes -An integral and important component of the diet. Hardly anyone of us has heard from moms and grandmothers that "the soup is good for the stomach." Is it really so - a moot point and debatable, because in many countries of the world people do not use soups at all or very rarely. In addition, first courses contain less nutrients and are, rather, a “warming up” appetite dish.
One way or another, but the soup is childish, undoubtedly an important and necessary dish. When can I give a try hot soup? Pediatricians have the following recommendations:
Children's menu must include vegetablessoups. They are easily digested, improve intestinal motility due to the high content of fiber. Cooking such soup is nothing easier. To do this, you first need to prepare a variety of vegetables. Depending on the age and preferences of the baby, as well as the season, the components of this soup can be: potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, beets, zucchini or pumpkin. Choose to taste. For children older than a year, you can add any cereal or small noodles to this dish, and also fill with milk, add chopped greens.
Peel and chop all selected vegetables,then place in a pot of boiling water. Boil until cooked. If the dish is supposed to be for a child up to 8 months, then the ready-made vegetables along with the broth can be whipped in a blender or mashed with a fork.
Children's cream soup is different from other typesfirst course dense consistency. When preparing it, it is also important to consider the age of the child. For the smallest, a vegetable soup is suitable; for the eldest, you can offer a dish in meat broth with the addition of various interesting ingredients.
How to cook cream soup for children:
Children's soup can be cooked in fish broth.Fish children need to choose low-fat, for example, such species as hake, pike perch, perch. To prepare children's soup, you need to clean the main component - the fish, pour it with cold water and boil over low heat. In the same broth immediately after boiling water, add spices, cut into large pieces: carrots, onions, greens. When removing the foam, boil until the fish is ready.
After the fish has boiled, strain the broth.And put it on fire again. Add diced potatoes. Already boiled carrots, onions and greens, beat with a blender or remember well with a fork. After the potatoes are ready, add the resulting puree to the broth and carefully move everything.
The children's menu should contain fish products, they should be given at least once a week, as they possess the essential substances necessary for the health and full growth of the crumbs.
Many children like meatball soupto babies. Meatballs can be chicken, duck or beef. For their preparation, you must grind the selected meat in the meat grinder twice. In the resulting stuffing you need to add a raw egg (one half, and the other half will need to be added directly to the soup) and some flour. Form the meatballs. Balls should be easy to form and not crumble, to be small in size.
В кипящую воду забросьте получившиеся фрикадельки and cook until half cooked. In the meantime, prepare the vegetables: peel and chop the carrots, potatoes, bell peppers. Add to the boiling broth. Place the small noodles in the pan. Just before being ready, pour in the soup, stirring the soup with a fork, the remaining half of the raw egg.
In this soup, you can add milk, grated cheese, herbs, crackers.
Serving meals for children is a whole art,requiring fantasy. A properly served baby soup will be enjoyed by the baby, and he will willingly eat it. Children's soups from the year can be decorated, for example, as follows:
It’s not so difficult to make soup for a childbut it is important to treat the process with soul, love and fantasy. Recipes soups for children can come up with their own, while taking into account the age characteristics and needs of the child. It is recommended to change the look of the first dish daily. But new components should be introduced gradually, tracking the baby's reaction to the product. Bon appetit baby!