Because winter melon can relieve summer heat and damp, if the baby's appetite is not very good in summer, you can give the baby some winter melon soup, and you can add a handful of soybeans to the soup to neutralize the coldness of winter melon, thus improving the baby's appetite. However, because the winter melon is cold, the baby is still young, and the gastrointestinal function has not been fully developed. If the baby eats too much, it is easy to have indigestion, and then there will be stomach pain and diarrhea.
2 What are the benefits of baby eating melon? Winter melon contains a special substance, glacial diacid, which can reduce the probability of sugar being converted into fat, and the fat content in winter melon is already very low, and the calories are not high, so it is especially suitable for fat babies. In summer, babies' appetites are not very good, and winter melon has the effect of clearing away heat and promoting fluid production, and relieving summer heat and getting rid of troubles. At this time, babies can drink winter melon soup, which can not only relieve summer heat but also replenish water, killing two birds with one stone.
3 Baby's practice of eating winter melon meatball soup Materials: winter melon 1 00g, mutton stuffing 300g, egg white1piece, chopped green onion10g, Jiang Mo10g, chicken essence 3g, dried starch 5g, salt 5g, white pepper 3g, cooking wine.
Practice: First, put the egg white, Jiang Mo, chopped green onion, salt, cooking wine and sesame oil into the mutton stuffing and stir well. Then peel off the skin of the wax gourd and cut it into small slices with a thickness of 3 mm. Boil the broth or water in the soup pot, put the wax gourd slices in and cook for 3 minutes. Then turn it into a small fire, take a proper amount of mutton stuffing with a small spoon and rub it into the shape of small balls in the palm of your hand, and then put them into the soup one by one. After all the balls are shaped in the soup pot, change it to a high fire and boil for 2 minutes. Finally, put the right amount of chicken essence and white pepper into the soup pot, and sprinkle sesame oil and coriander leaves after the soup is served.
Efficacy: The meatballs are fresh and tender, and the wax gourd is smooth, which can quench thirst, stimulate appetite, clear away heat and resolve phlegm, especially suitable for children.
Dried white gourd material: 500g of dried white gourd, 50g of dried white gourd, water starch 1 teaspoon, Shaoxing wine 1 teaspoon, chopped green onion, Jiang Mo each 1 teaspoon, and appropriate amounts of salt and chicken powder.
Practice: First, remove the skin, pulp and seeds of wax gourd, clean it, cut it into pieces, marinate it with a small amount of salt for 10 minutes, drain the water for later use, and soak the dried seaweed in warm water. Then put the pot on a high fire, pour the oil into the pot and pour the wax gourd slices when it is 60% hot. When the wax gourd slices turn emerald green, drain the oil and put it on the plate. Secondly, heat the remaining oil in the pot, then saute Jiang Mo and chopped green onion until fragrant, then pour half a glass of water, chicken powder, dried shrimps, Shaoxing wine and salt, pour the wax gourd slices into it after boiling, bring it to a boil with strong fire, and then simmer it with low heat. When the wax gourd slices are thoroughly cooked, put the starch thicken in and stir fry, and then you can go out of the pot.
Efficacy: The water content of wax gourd is sufficient, which has the effects of eliminating dampness, relieving summer heat, relieving cough and relieving annoyance, clearing away heat and toxic substances, and has a good effect of urination, while dried seaweed can supplement calcium. After the baby ate the melon and dried seaweed, it not only supplemented calcium, but also achieved the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying.
4 Precautions for Baby to Eat Winter Melon 1. Because the cold of winter melon is easy to stimulate the baby's stomach, the baby still can't eat more winter melon. If they have symptoms such as indigestion, stomachache and diarrhea, parents should immediately stop feeding their babies melon. If they continue to eat melon, it will easily aggravate their condition. In particular, you can't give your baby raw wax gourd, because it is very cold and has a lot of bacteria, which makes it easy for your baby to have a stomachache.
2. If you want to add complementary food to your baby, it is best not to add wax gourd too early, and you can add it when your baby is a little older and has better gastrointestinal function. At first, it is best for the baby to cook porridge with winter melon or drink winter melon soup, and then eat winter melon meat after adapting.