A delicious soup that can be enjoyed by the whole family.
age: above 15 months
Ingredients:
- 2 beef steak tomatoes cut into small pieces
- 2 raw eggs, beaten
- minced pork meat 4 ounces /100g
- a teaspoon corn starch
- a teaspoon soy sauce
- a spoon of cooking oil
- sesame oil
- salt
- spring onion or chives cut into small pieces
How to cook:
1. mix the minced pork with corn starch and soy sauce evenly
Mix minced pork with starch and soy sauce
2. use medium heat to heat up a spoon of cooking oil
3. put the already cut tomato pieces into the pot, stir fry them for a few minutes until the tomato juice comes out
Put cut tomato in a pot
4. add cold water into the pot, keep medium heat
5. while waiting for the water to boil, you can start to make the already mixed minced port into small meat balls with a teaspoon (see picture), put the balls into the soup once they are made, if the soup starts to boil before you finish making all the meat into balls, turn the heat from medium to low
Form minced pork into meatballs
6. after all the meat balls are in the soup, use medium-low heat to boil the soup for 3-5 minutes, until all the meat balls are cooked
7. turn the heat back to medium-high, pour the beaten egg inside, stir for 20-30 seconds, then turn off the heat
Add beaten egg into boiling soup
8. add salt into the soup, garnish with a few drops of sesame oil and spring onion/chives
This porridge recipe for baby contains everything your child needs to grow up! The Pork and egg are rich in protein and the vegetables in this porridge provide your baby with lots of vitamins and trace metals.
age: above 8 months
Ingredients:
- 1.7 ounces / 50g of Rice. My usual choice is Jasmati Rice. Check out the Amazon link to see what others think about this wonderful and tasty rice.
Ginger Juice
- water about 1.7 cups / 400 ml
- minced pork 0.3-0.4 ounces / 10g
- vegetable 0.5 ounces / 15g cut into small pieces: can be chosen from a wide range of leaf vegetables, e.g. Pak Choi, Chinese cabbage, spinach, etc.
- one raw egg yolk, beaten to the consistency similar to make scrambled egg
- 1 teaspoon ginger juice (can also be produced by pressing ginger in garlic press)
- Some drops of La Tourangelle Toasted Sesame Oil. Of course you can use other brands as well but I really like the one from La Tourangelle because of its great flavor.
How to cook:
1. Marinate the minced pork with ginger juice, a small teaspoon of corn starch, 1-2 teaspoons of water
2. Add rice and water into rice cooker, and use slow cooking option to cook until you cannot see the shape of the rice (some rice cookers have a “porridge” option). If you do not own a rice cooker, just use a pot to cook, cover the pot and use low heat, it will take around 1-2 hours until it is ready.
Rice Cooker
3. The time to add minced pork into your rice cooker is when the rice and water mixture inside starts to boil, then stir so that the meat mixes well with the rice
4. When the porridge is about to be cooked, add vegetable pieces, continue to cook until the vegetable pieces are soft
5. Add egg yolk, stir until the porridge is boiling again
Two healthy and easy to cook soup recipes for babies:
1. Chinese chicken soup
This is a common delicious Chinese soup that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Your baby can drink the soup and eat the fully cooked vegetables. Your child can also eat the meat if you cut it into small pieces after the chicken is ready. This soup is healthy and can help you to recover quicker when you get a cold. The soup itself can also be used as an ingredient for other baby/toddler recipes.
- 15 pieces of Shiitake Mushrooms (can use fresh ones or dried ones, if you are using dried ones, wash them and soak them in water overnight)
- Optional: carrots, potatoes, sweet corn, yam
How to cook:
1. Put the washed chicken in a pot, then fill with cold water, the water level should be just above the chicken so that the whole chicken is soaked in water
2. Use strong heat until the water starts to boil, then use a spoon to get rid of the foam on the surface of the soup, then put in ginger, Goji berries, mushrooms, dates
3. Use low heat to cook for one hour, if you are using guinea fowl, then it will take probably 1.5 to 2 hours
4. Optional: you can also put in sweet corn, carrots, potatoes or yam. Carrots can be put in together with the ingredients in step 2, potatoes and yams need to be put in when the soup is about to be ready as they do not need to be cooked for very long time before they get soft.
Young babies cannot eat salty food, so take some soup out for your little one. For other family members, you can add a little salt and pepper and spring onion pieces in the soup.
2. Pork rib soup
age: above 8 months
Pork ribs can be combined with a lot of different ingredients to make delicious soup, but they are all easy to cook, and it is a nice addition to a meal for the whole family. Here are some examples for different kinds of rib soup:
Rib and sweet corn soup (carrots and/or potatoes can be an optional ingredient)
Rib and yam soup (carrots can be an optional ingredients)
Rib and lotus root soup (which is ideal for summer/autumn)
Rib and white turnip soup (which is ideal for winter)
Rib and Seaweed soup (use dried kelp or kombu seaweed, they need to be washed and soaked in water for a night before use)
Rib soup with tomato and potato
Rib and mung bean soup (seaweed can be added as an optional ingredient, you should soak the mung beans for a night so that they will be easier to cook)
Ingredients:
The main ingredients for this soup are pork ribs. The ribs should be cut into small pieces. The quantity varies as it depends on how many people are going to eat the soup. The quantity of the secondary ingredient should be 1/3 to ½ of the ribs you want to use. Below I list some common ingredients which are needed for all the soups:
- pork ribs
- ginger 3-5 slices
- Goji Berries about 15 pieces (for the first five soups only)
- optional: potatoes, yams, carrots, etc. (see examples above)
All the mentioned soup variations are easy to cook and have similar cooking procedures:
How to cook:
1. Put the rib pieces in a pot and add water, the amount of water should cover the ribs and other ingredients. Use strong heat to cook until the water starts to boil. Then use a spoon to get rid of the foam on the surface of the water.
2. Cut secondary ingredient into cubes (seaweed into pieces), and add into the pot (if your chosen soup contains white turnip or potato or yam, then they should be added when the soup is about to be ready), as well as ginger, goji berries and dates. Use low heat to cook for 1 hour to 1.5 hour
3. Take some soup and yam/carrots/turnip for your little one, the rest for the family can be salted and garnish with spring onion pieces.
Tipp: if you are cooking rib and tomato and potato soup, it is better to stir fry the tomato pieces in a pan with some cooking oil until the juice is out, then put it together with the ribs, the flavor will be better.
Some toddler meal ideas that can be enjoyed by the whole family.
1. Steamed pork with soup
This is a healthy and delicious dish. Because it is steamed it is not
oily and only slightly flavoured. It is a popular food for people of all
ages especially and originates from Hubei province in China.
Mix minced pork with corn starch, ginger juice and soy sauce
1. Mix the minced pork, corn starch and the ginger juice with one teaspoon of soy sauce and 2 teaspoons water. Make sure all ingredients are well mixed.
Form a layer of meat inside the bowl
2. Put the mixture in a bowl (which you will be using in the steamer), and use a tablespoon to press the mixture along the bowl's side so that it forms a layer that sticks to the bowl from inside, leave about a half inch / 1cm empty space to the rim of the bowl and make a hole in the middle at the bottom (like in the picture above)
Add water
3. Add water to a level until the meat is covered
4. Steam for 15-20 minutes using a Steamer until it is fully cooked (if your rice cooker has a steam tray, then you can steam it while you cook rice)
5. Add a few drops of sesame oil, another teaspoon of soy sauce and some chives
2. Assorted Tofu
This is a perfect dish to eat with some rice. Your child will benefit from both plant and animal protein, as well as vegetable fibers.
1. Mix the minced meat with ginger juice, salt and half of a teaspoon corn starch, leave for 15 minutes.
2. Put the soup in a pot, then add carrots, boil until carrots are soft, then put Chinese leaf and Tofu inside, cook until Chinese leaf is soft, sprinkle some salt
3. If you want to thicken the soup, put 1/3 of a teaspoon corn starch into 3-4 tablespoon water, mix well, then put into the boiling soup, continue to cook and stir for one minute.
3. Rice
Rice is a good source of carbohydrates, Vitamin B3, B5, B6, Manganese, Phosphorus and Zinc. These are vital nutrition for our daily life.
I normally cook white rice (fragrant jasmine rice) together with millet and polenta (corn grits). This makes the cooked rice a nice mixture of white and yellow color, which is more appealing to children. On the nutrition side, millet and polenta are both rich in B vitamins, millet is also rich in iron. They can compensate the nutrition of rice and make it more nutrition-balanced.
1. Tomato potato beef soup
This dish can be enjoyed by the whole family. It contains carbohydrates, meat protein and vegetables and provides many of the nutrition your toddler needs. The slightly sour taste of the tomato is also an appetite stimulator for children.
age: above 18 months
Ingredients:
- beef 3.5 ounces / 100g cut into small cubes
- potato 2 ounces / 60g peeled and cut into small cubes
1. Mix the beef pieces with a little bit corn starch, salt, pepper, leave for 15 minutes
2. Put a table spoon of cooking oil in a Wok or pan, use medium heat to stir fry the tomato pieces until tomato juice comes out
3. Add some hot water into the wok, wait till the water starts to boil, put potato pieces and beef inside
4. Wait until everything is cooked, add salt and chives/spring onion
5. Enjoy!
2. Broccoli and meatball soup
This is a delicious soup that also can be enjoyed as a family. Please mind that if you are cooking this dish as part of a meal for the whole family, you will need to use more of each ingredient. Broccoli is a very healthy vegetable, not only it is very rich in Vitamin C and K, it is also well known for its anti-cancer properties. Minced pork/beef is rich in protein, Vitamin B6 and B12. Combined with some rice, it is a nice meal with vegetable, meat and carbohydrates.
age: above 12 months
Ingredients:
- minced pork or beef or a mixture of the two 1.5-2 ounces / 50g
1. Mix the meat with a teaspoon corn starch, a teaspoon of soy sauce and one to two table spoon of water
Cut broccoli into small pieces
2. Cut the broccoli into small pieces as shown in the picture. If your child is very picky and does not eat the flower part, you can also use the stem of the broccoli, just cut the skin away and cook it with the flower part
3. Put a cube of soup stock in the water (if you are using tube, then half of a port is enough) and boil the water
Shape minced meat into small balls
4. When the water starts to boil and the soup base has melted completely, use a teaspoon to shape the meat into small balls and put the balls in the water
5. Cook the meat balls for 2-3 minutes in the boiling soup, then put the broccoli inside, continue to cook until everything is cooked and the broccoli is in a texture that you like
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Jay Gruber
. Check out the Amazon link to see what others think about this wonderful and tasty rice.
. Of course you can use other brands as well but I really like the one from La Tourangelle because of its great flavor. 
(can use fresh ones or dried ones, if you are using dried ones, wash them and soak them in water overnight)
until it is fully cooked (if your rice cooker has a steam tray, then you can steam it while you cook rice) 
3-4 ounces / 100g cut into small cubes 
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or pan, use medium heat to stir fry the tomato pieces until tomato juice comes out
or tubs is ok)
