dhb For every mother who is preparing complementary foods for her baby, she needs to pay attention to the diversity of complementary foods, among which "coarse grains" are essential. However, many mothers have never paid attention to this aspect in their daily diet before. They may not even know what "whole grains" are. So how should the baby be arranged here? So today I will talk about the topic of "whole grains":

1 ｜Misunderstandings about whole grains

Moms have two levels of opinions on how to add "whole grains", two types of "whole grains" Misunderstanding" a situation:

The staple food is almost only rice and noodles, or even only rice for the whole day, such as this arrangement:

Breakfast: rice porridge?

< p>Lunch: Rice?

Dinner: Noodles

This staple food arrangement accounts for almost 80%. It lacks cereals and potatoes and is very simple.

Another situation:

Some mothers realize that they should enrich their staple food, but due to their limited meal intake, there is no rice at all, only whole grains, such as potatoes/sweet potatoes. to replace a staple meal. Since whole grains have low energy, generally only 1/3 of rice, and are larger in size, the baby's stomach capacity is inherently limited, which will lead to insufficient energy intake. It seems that the baby eats a lot, but there is no "dry food".

For example, this arrangement:

Breakfast: purple sweet potato, corn?

Lunch: potato?

Dinner: rice

This kind of staple food arrangement is closer to the staple food arrangement of adults’ “weight loss meal”. The total amount of carbohydrates is far from enough, and the baby is prone to hunger. It may seem that he has eaten a lot, but in fact he may not be full. 2 ｜The combination of whole grains and potatoes

So how should we give our babies rich staple foods and a reasonable combination of whole grains and potatoes? Follow the two principles below! (Thanks to Qing Ning’s mother for cooperating with the pictures)

1. Make sure that the staple food includes refined white rice and noodles, and in at least 1-2 of the three meals, coarse grains account for 1/3-1/4.

Since babies aged 0-2 years have a small stomach capacity, but have a large demand for energy, and must ensure the intake of some low-energy, large-volume vegetables and whole grains, high-energy, small-volume rice noodles, vegetable oil It is still necessary, and the baby's complementary food cannot be made according to the "weight loss meal" of adults.

2. Choose 2-3 kinds of whole grains to add to your staple food every day.

The types of whole grains you can refer to include oatmeal, oatmeal, brown rice, sorghum rice, red rice, rhubarb rice, wheat kernels, buckwheat, black rice, corn grits, millet, quinoa, and various miscellaneous beans. For example, red beans, black beans, and mung beans.

These ingredients can be found in major supermarkets, or you can also search for them in JD.com Tmall Supermarket. You may not necessarily buy so many types every time. Keep 5-6 kinds at home, and just replace them with new ones after eating.

3 ｜Practical operation

1. On the premise of ensuring a certain amount of rice, 1/3-1/4 of miscellaneous grains or beans and potatoes are enough, each time 1-2 species. There is no need to add additional sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes to a staple food that already contains 1/3 of the cereals.

2. If it is pure rice, it can be paired with a few small pieces of grains, which is about 1/3 compared to the staple food. Especially for little ones, these potato corns can be used as finger foods to practice grasping.

Tips:

1. Staple foods need to be rich in variety, but coarse grains can account for up to 1/3 of a meal. Whole grains and potatoes cannot completely replace a staple meal.

2. Vegetable juice noodle steamed buns are purely dyed. The nutritional value is ≈ white noodles and white steamed buns. If you should add whole grains, you should still add it.

3. Whole grains are difficult to chew. You can soak whole grains and beans for 2 hours before cooking. The baby may refuse, but you should still insist on giving it to the baby.

4 ｜Upgraded staple food combinations

How to upgrade your own staple food combinations? Breakfast: rice porridge, multi-grain porridge, white flour steamed buns and pumpkin steamed buns

Lunch: noodles

Dinner: rice, red beans and rice

5 | Summary

< p>How? Now that you have specific examples, do you understand how to prepare whole grains for your baby?

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