Dishes from legumes are popular. These delicious diet treats are on the menu of many people. Pea is the leader among the other relatives, and the most common dish from it is soup. He is loved and popular in many families. When a child appears in the family, a logical question arises: when can children be given pea soup, which is cooked at home quite often.
Pea soup on the baby menu
Peas in its composition contain vitamins, essential trace elements and a lot of protein. It activates the nervous system, the brain. As a full meal, pea soup can be given to a child after 1-2 years. If until this time the baby eats a spoon of such soup, for example, as a pedagogical food, there will be no harm.
Pea soup, like any new dish, should be given gradually. Start with one or two spoons, watching the reaction of the baby. Legumes are, albeit a dietary food and contain a large amount of protein, but cause excessive gas formation.
How to cook pea soup for a child
So, finding out whether it is possible for a child to pea soup, you need to cook it correctly. After all, the classic recipe for smoked ribs is not suitable for use by a small child. There are several basic principles for the preparation of soups (not just pea, but any) for children after a year:
- Cooking soup stands on a vegetable broth.
- You can cook soup in meat broth. To do this, use low-fat pulp, finely chopped. Pieces of meat put in cold water. After boiling, remove the meat and drain the water. Rinse the meat with cold water and pour boiling water. After half an hour of slow boiling, the broth is ready.
- Peas for quick boiling is better to soak in cold water in the evening.
- We put the ingredients for the soup in decreasing order of their cooking time: peas, carrots, potatoes, onions.
- At first, it is better to cook mashed soup - so it will be easier for the baby to eat, and the stomach to cope with its processing.
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For the preparation of pea soup for children under three years old, it is better to use fresh or frozen green peas, rather than dry peeled peas. So the dish will be more dietary, healthy and easy. Such a soup can begin to be given to children after six months.
Invalid baby ingredients
Some products should not be used when preparing pea soup for a child:
- smoked meats;
- fat meat;
- spice;
- bouillon cubes.
To simplify the work of the mother, you can not cook the baby separately pea soup. Just a soup that was cooked for the whole family, diluted with water or vegetable broth twice.
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