No regret of effort, every day, the mother diligently prepares a whole "banquet" tray for the baby with the wish that her baby will eat or grow up quickly. However, no matter how well you eat, your baby is still somewhat thin. Mom, not only is it important to choose the right food, but how to prepare it is also very important
You may not notice, but how to cook for your baby every day also greatly affects the ability to absorb nutrients. Lack of quality, babies can easily become stunted and sick. Let's take a look at the common mistakes of mothers, and learn for yourself, mom!
Sometimes, it is the mistakes in the mother's cooking style that affect the children
1 / Add cold water while cooking
This action not only prolongs the time to cook the bones and meat, but also causes the nutrients in the broth to precipitate, reducing the nutrients in the dish. At the same time, the taste of the dish will also be affected a lot.
2 / Stir stirring continuously
It is possible to prevent food from being burned, but using a spoon to stir constantly will also make the food easily crushed, limp and reduce nutritional value, making it difficult for the baby to absorb nutrients in the food, affecting the child's development .
3 / Waiting time is too long
Did you know that vitamins in fruits and vegetables are very volatile during processing? Therefore, according to the recommendation of nutrition experts, after cutting vegetables, mothers should use them to cook for babies right away, to avoid wasting precious vitamins. Remember, the longer you wait, the more vitamins are lost, mom!
4 / "Matching" is not perfect
A diverse and well-balanced menu of ingredients is essential for your baby's healthy development. However, the combination of dishes does not always yield good results, Mom. For example, tomatoes and cucumbers themselves are two foods containing many vitamins, but when combined, the abundant vitamin C in tomatoes will be "destroyed" by cucumber. In addition to loss of substance, some wrong combinations can also negatively affect your baby's health.
Menu for 2-year-olds: Be careful when combining food To ensure the diversity in the menu for 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds, mothers are not afraid to combine one dish with another to help children feel excited about the story. eat more. However, do you know that not all combinations are safe. A small mistake in nutrition can also harm your child's health.
5 / How to cook for children is not suitable
Compared to boiling or stewing, steaming or baking will retain more vitamins and minerals in the food. Especially, if in the process of stewing, the more water and the longer the cooking time, the more nutrients will be lost.
6 / It's not good too much
Wanting to "thoroughly" eliminate pesticides and harmful chemicals, mothers spend a lot of time washing vegetables and fruits and washing rice. However, this is not necessarily good mother! Rinsing the rice too carefully will cause a loss of nutrients, especially the B1 content in rice seeds. Just as vegetables are washed too carefully, soaking too long will "fly" a significant amount of nutrients.
7 / Wrong choice
Mother, in the soup with minced vegetables, which part contains more nutrients? The part or the water part?
In the mind of many mothers, when cooking soup, most of the nutrients in vegetables and meat will "melt" and dissolve into water, so water is the most nutritious part, the most worth eating part. But in fact, this is not true mother! Nutrients, especially abundant fiber, are still present in the "useless" part, not the "nutritious" water. Therefore, instead of purifying the "essence" in the water, you should give me the whole meal!
>>> See more discussions with related topics:
Nutritious snacks for babies: Meat porridge with water spinach
Nutrition for 3-year-olds weighing 12.5 kg