Four daily recipes for children: mung bean and sweet potato soup to improve immunity

In addition to normal breastfeeding, young children need to take in other nutrients to ensure healthy growth. However, many parents are troubled by not knowing what to feed their children. In fact, many ingredients in the home can be used to make food for young children.

1. Mung bean and sweet potato soup

Ingredients: 20g mung beans, 50g sweet potatoes, a little sugar

Method: 1. Wash the mung beans, boil them over high heat, remove the bean skins, and then simmer over low heat. 2. Wash and peel the sweet potato, cut into small pieces, put into the mung bean soup, turn to medium heat and cook for about 10 minutes. Add sugar as appropriate when drinking.

Efficacy: Sweet potatoes are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and B vitamins, as well as a large amount of fiber, which can improve the baby's immunity and prevent constipation.

2. Brown rice milk

Ingredients: 30g brown rice, 100g milk

Method: Wash and soak the brown rice for 1 hour, add it into a blender and blend it with milk. Put it in a pot and bring to a boil over low heat, then cook for 2 minutes.

Efficacy: Brown rice is rich in crude fiber and iron, and is more nutritionally comprehensive than refined rice. After being mixed with milk, calcium and high-quality protein are added, which can provide more nutrition to the baby.

3. Radish fish ball soup

Ingredients: 50g green radish and carrot, 20g fish balls, 1 stalk of celery, a little salt and sesame oil

Method: 1. Peel the radishes, wash and cut into small pieces; wash the celery and chop into small pieces. 2. Add water to the pot and bring it to a boil. Add carrots and green radish cubes and cook thoroughly. Then add fish balls and cook until done. Sprinkle with chopped celery and salt. Cook for 1 minute and add sesame oil.

Efficacy: Green radish and carrots are rich in vitamins and minerals such as calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, etc., and are very suitable for babies to eat regularly; fish balls contain a lot of B vitamins, which are also good for babies.

4. Tremella, lotus seeds and mung bean soup

Ingredients: 10g lotus seeds, 10g white fungus, 20g mung beans, 1 tsp rock sugar, some wolfberry

Method: 1. Rinse the lotus seeds and mung beans with water, put them into a soup pot, add water and cook over high heat. After cooking, remove the bean skins. 2. Wash the white fungus and tear it into pieces. After the lotus seeds and mung beans are boiled, add the white fungus and cook them together over medium heat for about 10 minutes. When the white fungus is melted, add the rock sugar and wolfberry and cook for a while.

Efficacy: Lotus seeds and white fungus are rich in fiber, which can stimulate intestinal peristalsis, help expel gas and defecation, shorten the time that stool stays in the intestine, and thus promote physical health. Mung beans have the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. This soup is a great way to help your baby clean their stomach.

Warm reminder: A monotonous diet for young children can easily lead to abdominal distension and diarrhea. Cooking some Tremella and lotus seed soup can promote gastrointestinal motility and promote physical health.