Pumpkin is rich in dietary fiber, which can effectively relieve constipation. It also contains a large amount of pectin, which can remove toxins and other harmful substances from the body and protect gastrointestinal health. Red dates also have the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, improving immunity, making the baby's body stronger.

Recipe name: Red Date Scissor Noodles

Reference age: 12 months or more

1. Ingredients to prepare: 50 grams of pumpkin, 30 grams of organic red dates, medium gluten 50 grams of flour, 100 ml of formula milk.

2. Cut the pumpkin into cubes.

3. Put the pumpkin pieces and red dates in a steamer with cold water and steam over high heat for 20 minutes.

4. Use chopsticks to remove the core of the steamed red dates.

5. Peel the pitted red dates. The baby's stomach is relatively weak and the red date skin is not easy to digest, so it must be removed.

6. Pour the red date meat and 80 ml of water into the wet grinding cup and stir evenly.

7. After whipping, pour it into a glass bowl and weigh 35 grams.

8. Add all-purpose flour to the red date puree and stir with chopsticks until it becomes flocculent.

9. Pour the mixed floc onto the kneading mat and knead it into a smooth dough with your hands.

10. Boil the water in the milk pot, cut the noodles with scissors, and cook over high heat for 8 minutes. Mothers can adjust the size and thickness of the scissor surface according to the baby's chewing ability.

11. Remove the cooked scissor noodles through a sieve and let it cool in a cold boiler. Overcooling can make the noodles taste more chewy.

12. Pour the steamed pumpkin and formula milk into the wet grinding cup and stir evenly.

13. Turn on the electric ceramic stove to medium heat, brush a thin layer of oil in the pan, pour in the pumpkin puree, and stir continuously with a spatula for 5 minutes until the pumpkin puree becomes thick.

14. When the pumpkin puree thickens, pour in the scissor noodles and cook for another 2 minutes.

15. The fragrant and delicate pumpkin puree is wrapped in slightly chewy scissor noodles, which tastes very good.

16. The red date scissor noodles are ready! If your baby is tired of noodle soup and noodles, this bowl of scissor noodles will definitely surprise your baby. It doesn't look like home-cooked food at all, more like an exquisite pastry. Eat the sweet scissor noodles with the soft and glutinous pumpkin puree, and you will enjoy every bite.

Instructions for adding:

●Mothers can also add some other vegetable juices to the dough, which will make the color richer.

●The scissor noodles will be a little chewy. If the baby's chewing ability is not good, the mother should cook it for a little longer and try to cook it as soft as possible.

Extension of knowledge:

Baby noodles on the market are mainly divided into granular noodles, straight noodles and butterfly noodles. Mothers can choose according to the age of the baby.

1. Granular noodles are more suitable for babies aged 6 to 8 months. Its particles are small and easy to swallow. It can help the baby transition from muddy to granular, and can also train the baby's swallowing ability.

2. Straight noodles are more suitable for babies over 8 months old who have already started teething. Mothers can cook the food to the appropriate softness and hardness according to the baby's chewing ability to help train the baby's chewing ability.

3. Butterfly noodles or some other shaped baby noodles are more suitable for babies over 10 months old.