Your child is not interested in eating? That must be because the food itself is not attractive enough! This time, let’s make a rainbow cheese bread, which will attract the baby’s curiosity just by looking at it. As a mother, you must be worried about whether the pigments used in it are harmful to your baby's health, or how to choose cheese?

Follow the step-by-step diagram↓

Material preparation:

Shredded cheese (mozzarella)

Sliced ??bread

Food coloring (three colors)

Butter

All ingredients can be added as you like, and there is no certain amount.

Step 1: Add a few drops of coloring to the three shredded cheeses respectively. Remember that a few drops are enough. If you can’t control the amount, add it drop by drop until you get the color you are satisfied with (plain color added The more there are, the darker the color will be). Then mix in another color, 3 colors in different amounts.

Step 2: Mix it up. The secret is to mix it a few times without evenness, so that it will have a layered feel.

Step 3: Spread butter on the bread.

Step 4: Spread rainbow cheese shreds and put two slices of bread together.

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The paving looks like this, you’re done!

Step 5: Bake in the oven until the surface is golden brown, cut in half, and start!

Here comes the key point~ Knock on the blackboard, we all talk about pigment discoloration, but in fact, pigment is not as scary as we think.

Food colorings are also divided into two categories: natural food colorings and synthetic food colorings.

Natural food pigments: pigments extracted directly from animals, plants or microbial tissues, such as red yeast rice, chlorophyll, cochineal, curcumin, carotene, etc.

The advantage is that it is generally harmless to the body, but the disadvantage is that it has poor stability and is prone to discoloration and fading.

Synthetic food coloring: Made from aniline dyes separated from coal tar, such as amaranth, carmine, lemon yellow, sunset yellow, and brilliant blue.

The advantages are good stability and bright colors. The disadvantages are also obvious. The dosage of synthetic pigments needs to be controlled.

Most of the pigments sold on the market are synthetic pigments. The few drops added in the video will not affect the body at all. Mothers can choose trustworthy baking brand pigments for older children. .

As for the baby, it is better not to eat as much as possible. If the mother wants to use color to attract the baby's attention, she can choose cocoa powder, pure natural vegetables or fruit powder, but the color will not be so bright. But better than health.

Cheese is a good choice for babies to supplement calcium. In the video, mozzarella is used, which everyone is familiar with. It has an excellent drawing effect after heating. On the other hand, the sodium content of mozzarella is also It is relatively low and can also be given to babies after 1 year old.

But mothers should pay attention, it is better not to choose processed cheese for their children! Processed cheese is a product made from one or more kinds of cheese, which are crushed and then melted with emulsifiers and stabilizers added. During the processing, spices and seasonings can be added according to the needs of different tastes. It also contains additives such as preservatives.

Processed cheese and original cheese are actually easy to distinguish:

1. Processed cheese will be marked "Reprocessed" on the packaging.

2. Look at the ingredient list. The ingredient list of original cheese generally only contains milk, edible salt, bacteria, and rennet. As shown in the picture above, if water, emulsifier, vegetable oil, and so many ingredients are added, it is definitely processed cheese.