Vegetables - the main product in the children's diet. They begin to accompany the kids from the age of six months, when the children try the first meal in their life. One of the most beloved and easily digestible vegetables is cauliflower.
When a child turns six months old, all mummies are faced with the question of complementary feeding. Pediatricians are advised to start this acquaintance of a young gourmet with white or green vegetables, thereby securing the crumbs from the occurrence of allergies. Cauliflower is ideal for these purposes, because it is tasty, healthy and easy to prepare.
The purpose of cooking before preparing baby puree for baby
Introducing the "curly" fruit for food, it is necessary to boil it well. During heat treatment, all undesirable inhabitants, bugs and worms, will come out of the cabbage. This often happens when a product is bought at a farmers market and does not pay enough attention to inspection. Besides, cooking destroys all harmful substances in the form of fertilizers and sprays when growing.
Difference for fresh and frozen
To properly prepare a fresh version of the fruit - first thoroughly rinse it, disassemble into inflorescences, and then start boiling.
Frozen pieces were usually already washed and cut before being sent to the freezer, therefore, do not need to be washed and defrosted again. They can be immediately sent to a container of boiling water. Here it should be noted that exposure to frost partially destroys important vitamins and minerals in cabbagetherefore, the benefits are a bit less.
How to boil a vegetable for a child and how long will it take after boiling?
First of all, carefully inspect the product - do not eat places marked with black specks or other visible damage.This suggests that the vegetable crop began to deteriorate. Also, the yellowed leaves of the head indicate “not the first freshness”. Gastrointestinal tract of the baby is not yet strong, so - do not take risks. Frozen cabbage should not be darkened areas and large pieces of ice.
- Any ingredients - be it a fruit, vegetable or cereal - try to cook at one time, so pinch off a small amount - a couple of inflorescences without coarse legs and rinse well under cold running water. Special brushes do a good job of removing dirt.
For removal of insects and pesticides, soaking the product for half an hour in a bowl of cool boiled water is well suited
- Pour a small amount of water into the pan - to cover the contents - and put on the fire. When the boiling process begins, place the preform in it and cook for 10-12 minutes after the secondary boiling under the lid closed.
- Do not add salt or any other spices.
- Steaming a vegetable is even more beneficial, because steam retains all the vitamins and minerals and saturates the child's body with them. For these purposes, use a double boiler or a special basket that is set above the boiling pan. This process will take no more than 15 minutes.
It is not forbidden to cook food for kids and in the slow cooker. However, spend more time on this method - 25 minutes.
Microwave is also suitable for such purposes. In glassware, the product is enough for 7-10 minutes at maximum mode until fully prepared.
- Do not cook over time - as all the healthy and taste properties will finally collapse under the prolonged influence of temperature.
When the time is up, check for readiness. Pierce it with a fork or knife - cutlery should easily enter it. It will not be superfluous to taste it - it should easily stretch your tongue against the sky. So - ready.- Then, drain the water, and chop the blender to obtain a homogeneous slurry. If you do not have special appliances for mashing, then mash with a fork, and then rub through a sieve or gauze.
- If the mass is too loose, slightly dilute it with vegetable broth, breast milk or formula for artificial feeding. 1-2 teaspoons will be sufficient. The perfect consistency is like kefir. After a month, when this dish becomes familiar, add a drop of vegetable oil to the mush.
First of all, carefully inspect the product - do not eat places marked with black specks or other visible damage.
When the time is up, check for readiness. Pierce it with a fork or knife - cutlery should easily enter it. It will not be superfluous to taste it - it should easily stretch your tongue against the sky. So - ready.In more detail about how much to cook fresh cauliflower, so as not to spoil the finished dish, you can find out in this material, and you can learn more about how much to cook frozen cauliflower here.
For the first test, enough half a teaspoon of mashed potatoes. If you do not have any problems with digestion and allergic reactions do not appear, you can safely increase to a daily rate of 50 grams. By the year the rate is brought to 200 grams. Assimilation will be even easier if the mother during the breastfeeding itself eats cauliflower dishes.
A child who celebrates the first year of life does not have to be given a ground version. Offer him the boiled pieces as a side dish or in a soup.
Cooking container
The choice of dishes should be considered carefully. It is best to cook in an enamel saucepan or made of stainless steel. It is not recommended to use an iron or aluminum container - the metal body reacts with the chemical composition of the product.
Cauliflower - incredibly useful. It copes well with the problem of constipation and low hemoglobin levels in children. Do not forget that the taste habits of the child are laid already in the first year of life, so try to acquaint him with the greatest possible gastronomic diversity.
