Hearing her last words, I put down Sandy, squatted down and picked up the cucumber she put on the booth and looked at it carefully. This is a local variety. A cucumber is about as long as an oak tree (the distance between the open thumb and the middle finger), and the pedicle of the cucumber is still there. I can tell at a glance that it's just picked and very tender. Smell close, smell sweet. Just buy it all. It is rare to meet this kind of fresh vegetables without pesticide treatment now.
When I came home from work at noon, I thought about how to cook for Sandy with cucumbers. I searched online and found that the cucumber and chicken meatball soup is quite good, except that there is no chicken at home. Let's try pork creatively! So I started preparing ingredients. Carrots, eggs, pork, rice, and fresh cucumbers just bought. Here we are!
Cucumber is rich in water and contains essential nutrients such as vitamin C, carotene, potassium, calcium, phosphorus and iron. At the same time, it also has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, relieving exterior syndrome, moistening dryness and eliminating fire. It is suggested that mothers can cook more meals for their babies in hot summer to keep them cool in summer.
First, peel carrots and cucumbers and blanch them in boiling water. Blanch carrots for five minutes, then take them out and cut them into cubes for later use. Blanch the cucumber for three minutes, then take it out, shred half and dice the other half for later use.
Tip: carrots and cucumbers have different cooking endurance, so they should be blanched separately. There are many cucumber seeds in the flesh of cucumber, which is difficult for the baby to chew and digest. It is recommended that/kloc-babies under 0/2 months remove the pulp first.
After the fresh pork is cut into small pieces, it is put into a complementary food machine with diced carrots, and the prepared rice, egg white and a little salt are added.
Tip: Fresh pork can be replaced with chicken breast or chicken leg. Add egg white to make the meat stuffing more tender and smooth. If the baby is allergic to egg white, you can also use the same amount of water instead. It is not recommended to add salt to babies under 12 months.
Start the complementary food machine and beat the pork and carrots into a paste. The finer the beating, the better the taste.
Pour the delicate meat sauce into a bowl and add the diced cucumber. Stir well with chopsticks until it is thick and not easy to slip.
Put the meat sauce in a paper bag, and cut a finger-sized slit in the paper bag.
Boil the water in the pot, turn it to a low heat after boiling, and help squeeze the minced meat in the paper bag into the pot with a spoon.
Cook until all the balls float, then add shredded cucumber. Babies over one year old can add a little salt to taste according to the baby's taste, and then continue to stir evenly.
Pour in a little pure grape seed oil or walnut oil and stir well. Out of the pot
Cucumber and pork meatball soup is ready! Very delicate, soft and chewy, bright in color and refreshing in taste. I also ate a few myself. When a bowl is full, Sandy finishes it three times, five times and twice. She squinted at me and laughed while eating. I know she must want to express "another satisfying meal!" Ha ha!
I'm Sandy's mother, from Enshi, Hubei. Get up early at five o'clock to learn parenting, health and personal growth for 90 days! Insist on making complementary food for Qianmei alone! On this road, I would like to meet you at the same frequency and walk hand in hand!
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