Introducing simple recipes for each season of pumpkin. Highly recommended for baby food!!!

Pumpkin is an ingredient that can be eaten by babies in the early years. Sure, do be careful not to give too much, but it has a natural sweetness and will be eaten well, liked and enjoyed by babies.This time, we will introduce the preparation method and storage method for hard pumpkin, and the recipes for each of the early, middle and late stages of the baby food period.

When can you eat pumpkin as baby food?

Pumpkin, a green-yellow vegetable that is rich in vitamin C and vitamin E, beta-carotene, and dietary fiber, and has high nutritional value, is said to be eaten from about 5 to 6 months after birth. Pumpkin has a good nutritional balance, is sweet and easy to eat, so it is also recommended as a vegetable to eat for the first time. In baby food, the skin, seeds, and cotton around the seeds have a lot of fiber and are not suitable for baby food, so remove them.

Pumpkin bottom

Here are some tips for using pumpkin for baby food. Please try it.

Take the seeds and cotton firmly

Remove pumpkin seeds and cotton with a spoon. Purchasing pre-cut or frozen pumpkins is convenient because it saves you the trouble of preparing.

Heat and then scrape the skin

Pumpkin skin is hard and will be difficult to scrape with a knife. Pumpkin can be easily scraped by heating. You can also use a spoon to cut out the pumpkin fruit after heating. When cutting pumpkin, it will be easier to cut after heating.

Recommended heating method

If you want to heat the pumpkin quickly, it is recommended to heat it in the microwave and steam it. Since it softens in a short time, you can reduce the trouble of making baby food. If you want to heat a lot at once, you can boil it in a pot. You can also cook rice and then heat it with a rice cooker. It's easy because you just wrap the pumpkin cut into bite-size in aluminum foil, put it on rice and water, and cook it normally.

How to preserve pumpkin

The shelf life of pumpkin is 1 to 2 months in a cool and dark place for whole pumpkin, 1 week in the refrigerator for cut pumpkin, and 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator for boiled and prepared pumpkin. Pumpkin is a vegetable that can be stored raw or boiled and then frozen, so if you cannot use it, store it in the freezer as soon as possible. When freezing pumpkin raw, remove the cotton and cut it into pieces that are easy to use, and freeze them so that they do not overlap. For boiled pumpkin, paste or chop it according to the stage of baby food, then divide it into small pieces and freeze it. It is convenient to use an ice tray or a freezing tray for baby food. The freezing shelf life is about one month, both raw and boiled, but the taste and nutrition will gradually decline, so use up as soon as possible.

Early baby food recipe

In the early stages of baby food, make a baby food that your baby can easily swallow. Since the amount of water varies depending on the variety and individual of pumpkin, it is recommended to adjust the amount of water when making it.

〇Pumpkin paste

Ingredients (1 serving)

Pumpkin 15gPlain hot water, appropriate amount

How to make

1. Boil the pumpkin softly2. Grind the boiled pumpkin3. Add plain hot water and stretch to a hardness that is easy for babies to eat.

〇Pumpkin potage soup

Ingredients (1 serving)

Pumpkin 15 ml30 ml of powdered milk melted in hot water

How to make

1. Boil the pumpkin softly2. Grind the boiled pumpkin3. Add powdered milk melted in hot water and mix well.

Mid-term baby food recipe

In the middle of baby food, the ingredients that babies can eat will gradually increase. You can combine various ingredients such as vegetables and fish with the recipes introduced below.

〇 Pumpkin and broccoli bread porridge (pap)

Ingredients (1 serving)

Bread 15gPumpkin 20gBroccoli 10gMilk 60cc

How to make

1. Make milk. If the bread has ears (crust), cut it off and cut it into cubes of about 1 cm.2. Boil or microwave the broccoli and chop it with a kitchen knife.3. Put milk in a pan and soak the bread4. Crush the bread with a spoon over low heat. Add mashed pumpkin and broccoli and simmer lightly to complete.

〇Pumpkin sandwich

Ingredients

Bread 1 piecePumpkin 20gMelted milk 5 ml

How to make

Apply pumpkin paste to the sandwich and cut it into bite-sized pieces.

Late baby food recipe

In the latter half of baby food, how about a pumpkin dish that your baby can eat by hand? I will also introduce recipes that are good for snacks.

〇 Pumpkin croquette with cheese

Ingredients (6 pieces)

Pumpkin 50g1/2 baby cheeseBread crumbs 50g

How to make

1. Crush the softened pumpkin and divide it into 6 equal parts.2. Fry the bread crumbs in a nonstick frying pan until light brown. At this time, mix well and be careful not to burn3. Place 1 on plastic wrap, place finely chopped baby cheese in the middle, wrap and roll. Make 6 of this4. In 2 in a plate, roll 3 and sprinkle it on the surface (coat)

〇 Pumpkin pudding

Ingredients

Pumpkin 200g1 whole egg1 cup of milkSugar 3 tbsp

How to make

1. Heat the pumpkin in the microwave until it is soft2. Prepare 1 and mix with eggs.3. Put milk and sugar in a heat-resistant container, mix lightly, and heat in a microwave oven.4. Add 3 little by little to 2 and mix5. Strain the pudding liquid made in 4 with a strainer and pour it into a heat-resistant cup.6. Steam in a low heat steamer for 15-20 minutesIt would be nice if you could make a baby food that your baby can enjoy and eat deliciously by using pumpkin that is full of nutrition according to each baby food season.