At 7 months, infants should include 3 meals with new foods throughout the day, being a fruit snack in the morning and afternoon snacks, and a salty lunchtime snack.
Each new food should be introduced on the menu at intervals of about 3 days to facilitate the identification of foods that may cause allergies in the baby or problems such as gas, diarrhea and constipation. In addition, breastfeeding or the use of infant formulas should be maintained at other meals of the day. Here's how feeding should be at each stage of a baby's life.
So, here are 4 recipes that can be used in complementary feeding of the baby at 7 months of age.
Papaya Sweet Papaya
Cut an average slice of papaya papaya or 2 slices of papaya papaya. Remove the seeds and scrape the fruit pulp to give the baby, being careful to avoid large lumps or lumps.
Apple and carrot cake
This pimple is rich in vitamins C and B, antioxidants and calcium, which are important nutrients to strengthen the immune system, prevent anemia and strengthen bones.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 small carrot
- 1 apple without peel
- 200 ml of breast milk or infant formula
Method of preparation:
Wash the carrot and apple well, remove the peel and cut into cubes, taking to cook in the milk over low heat until the carrot is very soft. Put the mixture in a container, knead with a fork and wait cool before serving for the baby.
Potato, meat and broccoli
The ground beef should be made from lean cuts such as muscle, soft cushion, hard cushion and fillet.
Ingredients:
- 1 small potato
- ½ beet
- 1 tablespoon ground beef
- 2 tablespoons chopped broccoli
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- Onion and garlic to season
Method of preparation:
In a pan, sauté the onion and the ground beef in the oil, and then add the potato and the beet. Cover with filtered water and cover the pan, allowing to cook until all the ingredients are very soft and with a little broth. Add the broccoli and leave to cook for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat, place on a small plate and knead all ingredients with a fork, serving the baby when it is warm.
Little Lady of Mandioquinha
This pimple is rich in vitamins A, B, E and iron, important nutrients to keep the baby, bones and skin from being seen, and to help prevent anemia.
Ingredients:
- Average
- 5 leaves watercress
- 1 tablespoon chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon shredded chicken breast
- ½ egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
- ½ clove garlic
- Method of preparation:
Peel the mandioquinha, wash well along with the watercress leaves, cut into cubes. Cut into small cubes 1 tablespoon of chicken breast and bring all the ingredients to cook with the onion and garlic sauteed, until the mandioquinha become very tender and the chicken cooked.
In another pan, put 1 egg to cook. When the meal is ready, shred the chicken and knead all the ingredients, also adding half of the egg yolk to give the baby.
See more examples in 8-Month-Old Baby Recipes.
