It is very important to properly organize the baby’s nutrition in the first year of life, because the “foundation” of his health in the future depends on this. The most important food for the baby is mother’s milk, which ideally satisfies all the needs of the baby and adapts in composition during the process of growing up the baby. Also, a very important stage is the introduction of the first feeding, as parents need to know which vegetables and fruits will have a beneficial effect on the growing children's body. Let's consider how to make tasty and healthy mashed potatoes from zucchini for babies at home.
If a mother, for some reason, cannot breastfeed her baby, then the baby receives an adapted milk mixture from birth, which is called "substitute for mother's milk", since it is close to it in terms of vitamin, mineral, carbohydrate, fat and protein composition . As soon as the child begins to show interest in adult food, he sits confidently in the highchair and he has the first teeth - this is a signal that it is time to please the baby with the first complementary foods. Today for kids there is a huge selection of different jars with baby food, among which grated vegetables: mashed carrots, pumpkins, mashed potatoes from zucchini. For infants, ready-made options are great, but they often hit the parents' pockets, so many mothers prefer to cook fruit and vegetable purees at home.
Among vegetable purees, a pediatrician doctor will most likely advise you to choose mashed potatoes from zucchini for the first feeding. For children, zucchini are good in that they have dietary properties. There is no coarse fiber in the pulp of the zucchini, which is hard to digest and irritates the intestines. Zucchini is useful for its choleretic effect, it contains many trace elements: sodium salts , phosphorus, iron, calcium, potassium. Also in the squash are vitamins of group B, vitamin C, nicotinic acid. If the baby is very active, then zucchini will suit him as well as possible, as it has a calming effect on the nervous system, and also prevents the development of anemia.
In order to make healthy and tasty baby puree, it is desirable to have a zucchini on your garden bed to pluck it a little immature. If this is not possible, choose zucchini in the store or in the market. Its tail should not be dry, the skin is whole. Zucchini should not be stored for a long time, because they lose water and become not so tender and healthy. For the winter version, mashed squash for babies from frozen pulp is suitable.
It is very important to make mashed potatoes for the baby well digestible and tasty, while maintaining nutritional value so as not to lose useful vitamins. The process of making mashed potatoes will take some time. The zucchini needs to be washed, the skin cleaned and filled with water, put in a soak for four hours. At the soaked zucchini, remove the seed pulp and cut it into slices or cubes. Puree from zucchini for babies can be made in the following ways: bake in the oven, stew or use a double boiler.
How to quickly cook zucchini, depends on its maturity, approximate time - up to 25 minutes. Grind the finished pulp in a blender or other convenient way. For children from six months you can add a little olive oil in mashed potatoes and lightly salt for taste. Zucchini goes well with other vegetables - pumpkin, cauliflower, carrot. Zucchini is better not to interfere with potatoes, not only does it contain carbohydrates that contribute to weight gain, it is also difficult for young children to digest starch, which is contained in potatoes, this can cause constipation and other digestive system disorders.
It is not necessary to store cooked mashed potatoes for a long time in order to avoid the loss of vitamins; it is better to eat mashed potatoes immediately or freeze a portion for one time.
You need to start the first feeding with one teaspoon of vegetable puree, gradually increasing the portion. It is not recommended to introduce complementary foods on hot days, as well as for various diseases, in these situations, unfamiliar foods can cause intestinal upsets.