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Soups are best given as mid morning food . During colds, cough, congestion and fever soups are served as main meals too for my daughter as she gets cranky to eat food. In this post I have compiled 7 healthy soup recipes for babies and kids.
HEALTHY SOUP RECIPES FOR BABIES AND KIDS
You can click on the respective headers to get the recipe of soups mentioned .
1. Chicken Soup
Chicken soup is a yummy and delicious soup which can be started from 8th month for babies. If your baby is suffering from cold and cough , there is nothing like this soup.
In fact Chicken soup is a low fat soup recipe too.
Chicken soup can be made in a watery clear consistency or thick consistency by blending the vegetables like carrots, beans , peas etc along with the shredded cooked chicken pieces.
2. Spinach Soup
If your baby or kid dislikes leafy vegetables , this soup is for him/her . Spinach is rich in iron and what another way to provide it than this soup?
This soup has potatoes too so that it hides the rawness of spinach. You can also add corn, lentils or cheese to this soup.
Make sure the corn kernels are well blended so that the baby doesn’t choke. You can also take the juice of the boiled corn kernels.
Spinach soup can be given for babies from 7th month.
For babies above 1 year old, you can add milk cream too instead of potatoes .
3. Mixed Vegetable Soup
Mixed vegetable soup is apt for picky eaters. Fussy eaters who are experts in picking out the vegetables from their plate, mixed vegetable soup is the answer.
Any vegetables can be used for this soup ; that’s the beauty of this mixed vegetable soup. Rich in minerals and nutrients this soup can be started for babies right from 6 months in the form of clear liquid.
4. Lentil Soup
Lentil soup or ‘dal paani’ is rich in proteins and iron required for the healthy development of babies. It has a unique taste and best served with a teaspoon of ghee.
Lentil soup is also considered as the source of good carbohydrates too.
5. Tomato Soup
Tomato soup is my last resort when I have run out of vegetables on that particular day. Simply boil tomatoes with skin ON, peel off once cooled,deseed and then mash to a soup consistency.
Rich in lycopene that offers powerful antioxidants, tomatoes add that glaze and glow to your baby skin too.
Add a little salt and provide it your baby. You can also add butter to this soup.
6. Moringa Leaves Soup
Moringa leaves soup is an extremely healthy vegetarian soup. Moringa leaves being rich in Vitamin A and other essential nutrients is available throughout the year and a good leafy vegetable to be introduced to your baby.
Make sure that moringa leaves are not used for cooking in monsoon time as there is possibility of small insects in it.
7. Beetroot Carrot Soup
Beetroot carrot soup is simple to make yet delicious and full of goodness. Babies who are anemic or with low hemoglobin levels can benefit from this soup.
Beetroot carrot soup is rich in betacarotenes, folate, magnesium, iron and other nutrients .
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