How to make winter melon as baby food supplement

Winter melon and minced meat noodles

Preparation materials: 50g of winter melon, 20g of minced meat, appropriate amount of noodles, 1 spoon of broth

Method:

1. Wash the winter melon, peel it, cut it into small pieces, put it in boiling water and cook. You can cut the winter melon into small pieces according to the situation.

2. Boil the noodles in boiling water until they are cooked. Remove and cut the noodles with chopsticks.

3. Put the minced meat, winter melon and stock in the pot, bring to a boil over high heat and simmer over low heat for about ten minutes. Pour it out onto the rotten noodles and mix well with chopsticks.

Nutritional Tips:

This winter melon and minced meat noodles are suitable for babies over eight months old. When giving the noodles to your baby, be sure to cook the noodles until they are soft. This will make it easier for the baby to swallow.

Winter melon and egg yolk soup

Prepare ingredients: 100g of winter melon, one egg yolk, two slices of ginger, 10g of wet starch, and 500g of water.

Method:

1. Peel the winter melon, wash it and chop it into cubes. Boil the eggs, remove the egg whites and keep the yolks for later use.

2. Put water and ginger slices in a casserole and bring to a boil. Add diced winter melon and cook.

4. Chop the egg yolk, put it in the pot and cook for one minute, then add moist starch to thicken it.

Nutritional Tips:

Pair egg custard with vegetables, rice noodles or rice porridge, which will be more nutritious and better for your baby to absorb protein.

Sweet winter melon juice

Ingredients to prepare: 300g of winter melon with skin, 300 ml of warm water, 2 tsp of syrup or honey, 1 lemon.

Method:

1. Peel the winter melon, remove the seeds, and cut into small dices.

2. Cut the lemon, squeeze in the lemon juice, add water and syrup or honey and crush it with a blender.

3. Add lemon juice to the beaten winter melon juice one at a time and stir evenly.

Nutritional Tips:

Sweet winter melon juice is refreshing and delicious. Winter melon is rich in dietary fiber and can also lower cholesterol in the body, lower blood lipids, and prevent atherosclerosis. The crude fiber in winter melon can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, excrete carcinogens accumulated in the intestines as soon as possible, help babies clear away heat, detoxify, and have smooth bowel movements.

Winter melon, minced meat and celery porridge

Prepare ingredients: rice, winter melon, green cabbage hearts, and lean meat.

Method:

1. Boil water in a pot, add rice and millet and cook.

2. Cut the winter melon into small pieces (chop as little as possible if you are a month old), chop the lean meat into small pieces, and chop the vegetables into small pieces.

3. When the rice is half cooked (when it is about to bloom), add the winter melon and lean meat (put some water to split it first to avoid clumping) and cook.

4. When the rice is cooked, add chopped green vegetables, cook for another minute or two, season with salt and serve.

Nutritional Tips:

Try not to add salt to the complementary foods for babies under one year old. Babies aged 7-8 months can add vegetable porridge, but don’t eat too much at one time. , otherwise it will be difficult for the baby to digest.

Winter Melon and Pork Mash

Preparation of ingredients: pork, winter melon, and ginger.

Method:

1. Wash the pork, slice or shred it. Cut the ginger into shreds, mix the pork with the shredded ginger, and steam together with the winter melon.

2. After the meat and winter melon are steamed, pick out the shredded ginger and use a blender to beat the meat into a puree. You can add a little boiling water when stirring to make it easier to stir.

3. Add winter melon and beat briefly. The winter melon is very soft when steamed. You can just crush it with a spoon without beating it.

Nutritional Tips:

Mix the minced meat into the rice noodles to allow the baby to gradually transition to staple food, which will be easier for the baby to accept.

Fresh shrimp and winter melon puree

Prepare ingredients: a small piece of winter melon, 6 fresh shrimps, and appropriate amount of ginger.

Method:

1. Peel and remove the flesh from the winter melon, cut into small pieces, soak the shrimps in water and wash.

2. Put the winter melon in the pot and cook it directly without adding water. The water will come out of the winter melon. Peel the shrimps and remove the shrimp threads.

3. Cut the shrimp into puree and mince the ginger. Put the shrimp and ginger into the boiled winter melon and cook.

4. Use a food mixing stick to smash it into a puree. You can eat it with granular noodles or porridge.

Nutritional Tips:

Fresh shrimp is rich in calcium, which is beneficial to the baby's bone development, but if the baby is allergic to seafood, do not eat it.