Babies should accept some dietary arrangements at about four months, but they should not eat randomly when they are just given food. As the child grows older, the baby will generally begin to eat at around seven or eight months. When teeth begin to appear, you can feed your child some vegetables at this time. Carrot complementary food is a delicacy with relatively nutritional value. It needs to be steamed first, mashed into a paste, mixed with honey or sugar, and fed slowly to the baby.

Carrots are a very commonly used complementary food in baby feeding. Starting from 4 months old, you can add carrot puree to your baby. On the one hand, it will supplement the nutrients needed for the baby's growth. On the other hand, it will allow the baby to try and adapt to new foods, laying the foundation for a smooth transition to adult diet in the future.

Carrots can be made into honey carrot puree. The method is as follows: 200 grams of fresh carrots, washed, 25 grams of honey, 15 grams of butter, and 2 grams of minced ginger. Cut the carrots into small pieces, put them into the pot with honey, butter, minced ginger and a little boiling water, stir evenly, cover and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Stir occasionally during the cooking process until the carrots become soft and simmer. After taking it out of the pot, wait for it to cool down before feeding. Leftover carrot puree should be placed in the refrigerator and consumed as soon as possible.

This dish is bright red in color, sweet and soft, rich in nutrients, and is very suitable for babies. It is rich in vitamin A procarotene, with a content equivalent to 360 times that of potatoes, 45 times that of apples, and 23 times that of citrus. It is also rich in carbohydrates, protein, calcium, iron, vitamins B1, B2 and vitamin C.

Nowadays, you can find nutritious rice noodles containing carotene on the market, as well as carrot puree and other vegetable purees specially made for babies. You can choose to feed your baby according to your needs.

Carrot delicacies for older babies

For older babies, there are more dishes that can be made with carrots. Some babies don't like to eat carrots because they have a special taste. Adults can think of ways to make carrots more acceptable to babies by improving cooking methods.

For example, you can make vinegar-cooked shredded carrots. Cut the carrots into shreds, add shredded ginger to a pan with hot oil, add shredded carrots and stir-fry, pour in balsamic vinegar and mix well, add a little sugar and MSG and take it out of the pan. . The taste of this dish is slightly sour and slightly sweet, which can better remove the taste of carrots and is easy for babies to accept.