Oatmeal for an 8 month old baby. How to cook rice porridge for babies

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Porridge is a special type of dish made from various cereals and legumes. At first glance, it seems that preparing it is not so difficult, because it is based on cereals and the liquid in which it is boiled. But this impression is wrong, and a long time ago there were even specialists in this field - cooks.

However, every mother should be able to and know how to cook porridge for a child, even if she has such a profession, because porridge is the first dish in a baby’s life after breast milk.

Cereals: what are they?

You can find a wide variety of cereals on store shelves, but not all of them are suitable for feeding a small child. When choosing the first cereal for complementary feeding, you need to give preference to those that have the following properties:

• Single-component, that is, there is only one grain in the composition. This is due to the fact that it will be easier to calculate an allergy to a specific component, unlike multigrain products.
• Gluten-free, because in most cases gluten is poorly digested and often causes allergies and stomach diseases. These include oatmeal, semolina, millet and barley groats.
• Dairy-free, since cow protein can cause allergies, and is a very difficult food for babies.

Knowing how to properly cook porridge for a child, choose the following three types of cereals to start complementary feeding:

1. Buckwheat is the lowest allergen, so almost all children tolerate it well. It is easily digestible, but at the same time contains complex carbohydrates, which provide the child’s body with energy for a long time. In addition, buckwheat is one of the richest sources of iron, which is very important for the rapid growth of a child in the first year of life.
2. Rice is very nutritious and rich in B vitamins. For children who have a tendency to loose stools, rice is the undoubted leader, because it “strengthens”.
3. Corn is children's favorite porridge. It is nutritious and contains many useful microelements.

After the child grows up a little, you can introduce porridge from the following cereals into the diet::

1. Oatmeal is a porridge for babies, rich in antioxidants and is the healthiest grain from the point of view of nutritionists. In addition, it has a slight laxative effect.
2. Millet - good for of cardio-vascular system, but it is digested very slowly.
3. Semolina is very high in calories, so it helps you gain weight. But in the first year of life it is better to give it up, and subsequently use it as a treat rather than a daily breakfast.

First porridge: when to start

Since your baby will have to cook porridge every day, you need to think about the timing of introducing it into the diet. Pediatricians recommend starting to feed porridge at six months. But you need to take into account some points:

• If the child is in good health, then at 5 months they begin to give vegetable purees, and a month later - porridge.
• If the child is underweight and often suffers from intestinal disorders, it is necessary to start introducing “adult” food with porridge.
• For large and overweight children, the introduction of cereals can be delayed until 7-8 months.

In any case, each child needs to select an individual feeding regimen.

Features of feeding

When choosing what kind of porridge to cook for a child under one year old, do not forget that she needs to be fed according to a completely different scheme than for already grown-up babies:

• Introduce complementary foods gradually - half a spoon in the morning, monitoring the reaction throughout the day. If there are no problems with stool and no allergic rashes appear, you can safely continue, increasing the dose every day. If it’s the other way around, then you should postpone introducing a certain cereal to a later time and not give other cereals for at least a week.
• When introducing new cereals, maintain a time interval of a week, waiting for the body to get used to the previous product.
• There is no need to add sugar and salt to the porridge, because early age they will bring absolutely no benefit to the child’s body.
• It is better to make the first porridges with breast milk or water.
• To diversify porridge recipes for infants, after 7-8 months you can include fruits or vegetables in the dish.

First porridge: buy ready-made or cook it yourself?

Now many parents are tormented by doubts: whether to buy ready-made porridge or cook it themselves. Heinz, Nestle, Malyutka - this is not the entire list of manufacturers of baby food in boxes. Pediatricians also have different opinions on this matter. Therefore, before making a choice in favor of one of them, you need to find out what advantages and disadvantages they have.

Advantages of cooked porridge:

1. Whole grains are always healthier than processed grains, so porridge will bring more health benefits to the growing body.
2. The child will develop chewing skills faster, since you can always vary the grind size.
3. Homemade is much tastier than ready-made, because mom cooks it herself and there is no synthetic taste in it.

Disadvantages of homemade porridge:

1. It takes a long time to cook - you need to not only boil it, but also grind it first, and not everyone wants to do this every day for the sake of one spoon.
2. You need additional equipment - a coffee grinder or blender to grind the cereal.
3. Not all grains contain a stable composition.
4. If the preparation rules are not followed, the porridge may become useless, that is, no beneficial properties she will no longer possess.

Advantages of purchased ready-made porridge:

1. Cooking quickly is a definite plus in the case of a small child: the mother does not always have free time for cooking, especially since the baby will only need a couple of spoons for the first time.
2. Enriched with vitamins – additional complex
3. Easy to use, so you don’t have to worry about how to cook porridge for a one-year-old child.

Disadvantages of boxed cereals:

1. High price - not all families can afford it, because open packaging is good for two weeks. And since at the beginning you need very little of it, half the pack will end up in the trash.
2. The dishonesty of some manufacturers and the possibility of counterfeiting, so you can stumble upon a low-quality product.
3. In some cases, it contains synthetic additives, and you may also be allergic to them.

Most best option– combine both types of cereals, starting complementary foods with store-bought ones and gradually moving to cooked ones. The most important thing when choosing either ready-made porridge or whole grains is to pay attention to the manufacturer and expiration dates. And children are different: some enjoy eating homemade porridge, while others prefer store-bought ones.

Oat milk porridge recipe

If you prefer products homemade, then you need to know how to cook milk porridge for a child. To do this you will need:

• oatmeal;
• formula, goat's or cow's milk.

Cooking procedure:

1. The grains need to be sorted, washed well and dried before cooking. For convenience, it is better to do these procedures in large quantities in advance so as not to do it every day. Typically, cereals are prepared in a ratio of 1 to 2, so for half a mug of porridge you need a glass of milk. For infant dosage is: 1 teaspoon of porridge per 100 ml of liquid. You can also cook the porridge in water, and add milk to the finished one.
2. Grind in a coffee grinder, or if you don’t have one, then use a blender after cooking.
3. Pour the resulting mixture into heated milk (do not put it in boiling oatmeal), stir occasionally and simmer over low heat until cooked. It is better to choose a metal pan with a thick bottom, because milk does not burn in it; another best option is a multicooker.
4. Add a little oil (4-5 g), but only if this is not the first porridge in complementary foods and the baby is not allergic to cow protein.

Now that you know how to cook oatmeal for a child, your child will never be left without tasty and healthy food. We wish your kids good health and bon appetit!

Useful video on how to cook porridge using the mixture

Nutrition for infants should be balanced and healthy. After all, a small organism grows and at the same time requires constant enrichment of the diet. At 8 months, babies are already allowed many foods, including meat, fruits, vegetables, kefir, and cottage cheese. In addition to these products, bottle-fed babies can already enjoy fish. It should not be forgotten that introduction to new elements of the diet should be done carefully, starting with minimal portions and gradually increasing the dose. What foods can and should be given to an eight-month-old baby, how to create an approximate diet for a week? More on this later.

Nutrition of a child at 8 months - what new foods should be introduced into the diet

At eight months, the baby continues to be fed breast milk or formula. It is advisable to keep these products in the diet for at least 1 year twice a day - in the morning and at night.

• Vegetables. An infant at this age already eats many vegetables: zucchini, cauliflower, pumpkin, potatoes, carrots. At 8 months, the baby can safely introduce green peas and beans. First, legumes are served as a puree, then mixed with vegetables, meat, fish, or added to soup. Onions are also introduced into the baby’s diet. It is added to puree soup and served in combination with other vegetables. The maximum amount of vegetables per day for a child of eight months is 180 grams.
• Porridge. Porridge must be present on the child’s menu. It is recommended, in addition to the usual buckwheat, corn, and rice, to introduce your child to oatmeal. Prepare healthy dish You need it in water, with the addition of breast milk or formula. After getting acquainted with a new type of porridge, cereal-based dishes can be diversified by adding fruits and vegetables. The best option are considered to be porridges intended for baby food. All the necessary elements for the normal functioning of the baby’s body have already been added there. The optimal dose per day for the specified age is 180 g.
  
• Fermented milk products. At this age, the baby already eats kefir, cottage cheese and yogurt. These products do not replace full feeding, but are given as a supplement to food. It is allowed to flavor them with fruits and dried fruits. Dairy products should be without artificial additives and low fat content. A more suitable option for feeding a child is kefir and yogurt, prepared independently using starter culture or purchased at a dairy kitchen. They will enrich the baby’s intestines with beneficial bacteria and prevent the development of pathogenic microflora. The norm for consuming cottage cheese per day is 50 grams, kefir, yogurt – 200 ml.
• Fruits and dried fruits. Fruits are the main source of vitamins and microelements that will strengthen the baby’s immune functions and resist the development of vitamin deficiency. A child at this age already eats apples and pears, so you can additionally please him with peaches, bananas, cherries, blueberries and currants. If the baby has no problems with stool, then introduce him to prunes, raisins, dried apricots, and melon pulp. You can diversify your consumption of fruits a little by mixing them with yogurt, cookies or cottage cheese. Amount per day – 80 gr.
• Meat. Meat is rich in all the microelements necessary for a growing body - animal protein, phosphorus, magnesium, iron and potassium. The main new item in the baby's menu, which is on breastfeeding, - meat. Children who were content with milk formulas begin to get acquainted with this product 1 month earlier. The introduction begins with low-fat varieties - rabbit, veal, turkey. Since not all babies at this age can chew food fully, it is better to give the product in the form of puree or pate. When the stage of familiarization with meat has been completed, and no undesirable reactions are observed, you can begin adding the product to vegetable purees, cooking soups in meat broth, and preparing soufflés. Consumption rate per day is 50 grams.
  
• Fish. While breast-fed babies have just begun to get acquainted with meat, the menu of artificially-fed babies already includes fish products. It is better to introduce the baby to white sea fish - hake, cod, pollock. After trying these varieties, after 2-3 weeks you can offer your baby salmon, carp and pike perch. Fish at this age should be given 2 times a week. The product should be served in the form of puree or soufflé. After some time, you can diversify the dish with vegetables. Fish is rich in B vitamins, amino acids, polyunsaturated fats, and minerals. This is very important for a growing organism. The optimal dose is 5-30 g.
• Beverages. The baby’s diet must already include vegetable and fruit juices (80 ml). At this age, it is better to dilute them half with water. Introducing juices should happen only after the baby has tried fruit purees, and if no reactions occur, then you can safely make him happy. Be sure to drink boiled or filtered water. In addition to juices and water, you can include decoctions based on raisins, prunes, and dried apricots in your baby’s diet. It is also allowed to cook compotes from dried fruits (without adding sugar).

What else can be introduced into a baby’s diet?

1. A baby at this age can eat wheat bread (5 grams per day).
2. Gnaw and suck crackers (5 g).
3. You can already add cookies to cottage cheese and fruit puree (5 grams per day).
4. Porridges are allowed to be flavored butter– no more than 4 g.
5. Can be added to soups and vegetable puree vegetable oil(maximum - 5 ml).
6. Chicken yolk is also necessary for babies at this age. The optimal dose at 8 months is half a week.

Features of the daily diet, taking into account the type of feeding

Feeding time	Breastfed	Artificially fed
6.00	Breast milk	Formula milk
10.00	Dairy-free porridge, single-ingredient or made from several grains. Can be flavored with butter. Fruit puree.	Milk porridge with added butter, fruit puree.
14.00	Vegetable soup with vegetable oil, meat pate (soufflé, meat puree), bread, fruit-based juice.	Vegetable puree with the addition of meat or fish with vegetable oil, bread, half an yolk, fruit-based juice.
18.00	Kefir, or yogurt and cottage cheese with cookies, porridge.	Kefir or yogurt with added fruits, dried fruits, cottage cheese with cookies (crackers), porridge.
22.00	Breast milk	Formula milk

If we talk about the recommendations of the famous doctor Evgeniy Komarovsky, he advises slightly changing the sequence of dishes. The pediatrician recommends giving the baby cottage cheese and fermented milk products for second breakfast, and a hearty porridge for dinner.

Sample menu for each day of the week

At this age, the baby is already content with a variety of dishes. As for the differences in the menu of a bottle-fed baby and a breastfed baby, it is practically no different from the “infant” one. The only thing to add is fish dishes. You can serve them on Tuesday and Saturday for lunch instead of meat.

As usual, every day of the week begins (first breakfast) and ends (meal before bed after dinner) with mother's milk or an adapted milk formula. All other meals are described in more detail in the table.

Day of the week	Eating	What can you offer your baby?
Monday	Breakfast No. 2	Buckwheat porridge with prunes (120 g), cottage cheese (40-50 g).
	Dinner	Cauliflower and zucchini puree (150 g), rabbit meat pate (40 g), a slice of bread (5 g), half an egg yolk, Apple juice(40 g).
	Dinner	Corn porridge (60 g), yogurt with peach puree (150 g), cookies (5 g).
Tuesday	Breakfast No. 2	Oatmeal dairy-free (100 g), applesauce(60 g), yogurt (40 g).
	Dinner	Vegetable soup made from carrots, onions, zucchini, potatoes with the addition of turkey (150 g) and vegetable oil, pear juice (50 g).
	Dinner	Rice porridge with pumpkin (80), kefir (80), cottage cheese (40).
Wednesday	Breakfast No. 2	Corn porridge (120 g), prune puree (30 g).
	Dinner	Vegetable puree with veal (200 g), juice from black currant(40 g).
	Dinner	Oatmeal porridge (60 g), cottage cheese with pear (50 g), kefir (100 g), baked apple.
Thursday	Breakfast No. 2	Buckwheat porridge with pear (120 g), apple- plum puree(50 g).
	Dinner	Pumpkin and potato soup (150 g), fish puree with vegetables (40 g), infants - turkey soufflé (40 g), peach puree (40 g), bread.
	Dinner	Rice porridge (60 g), yogurt with pear (100 g), compote (60 g).
Friday	Breakfast No. 2	Corn porridge with pumpkin (120 g), cottage cheese with the addition of prunes, cookies (50 g), pear puree (50 g).
	Dinner	Meatball soup (170 g), banana (30 g), apple juice (60 g).
	Dinner	Corn porridge (60 g), kefir (150 g), pear juice (40 g).
Saturday	Breakfast No. 2	Oatmeal porridge (120 g), plum puree (40 g), cottage cheese (50 g), apple juice (40 g).
	Dinner	Rabbit souffle (40 g), vegetable puree from carrots, peas, pumpkin (150 g), bread, compote (40 g).
	Dinner	Rice porridge (60 g), kefir (120 g), apple and pear puree (40 g), crackers.
Sunday	Breakfast No. 2	Rice porridge with pumpkin (120 g), cottage cheese (50 g), plum puree (40 g), cherry juice (40 g).
	Dinner	Cauliflower, peas, carrot puree (150 g), rabbit pate (40 g), bread, dried fruit compote (40 g).
	Dinner	Buckwheat porridge (60 g), yogurt with peach (150 g), apple juice (40 g).

A child’s diet at this age can be very varied. The same foods offered to the baby should not be repeated throughout the day. Be sure to include meat, vegetables, cereals, dairy products and fruits in your baby’s menu every day. This will provide the body with everything nutrients and vitamins.

Here are some tips that will be useful for mothers when planning a menu.

1. For breakfast you can serve not only porridge, cottage cheese, fruit puree, but also meat, fish, and yolk. Drinks allowed include fruit drinks, fruit juices, compotes, and jelly.
2. Lunch must include vegetable dishes, meat and fish. After this, you can please your baby with dessert in the form of fruit and berry puree, baked fruits, juices, mousses, soufflés.
3. Your baby should consume maximum protein before lunch.
4. For an afternoon snack, the baby must eat fermented milk products with the addition of fruits, dried fruits, and cookies.
5. Dinner is based on the principle of breakfast.
6. The child must drink after all the food.

To make your task easier, you should take care of drawing up a weekly menu for your baby in advance. You need to plan your diet taking into account all the products recommended at this age and your daily needs.

Video about feeding a baby at 8 months

Features of creating a daily feeding regimen and menu for children with allergies

We don’t think it should be pointed out that a child with allergies should eat only hypoallergenic formulas. Under no circumstances should you give such a baby cow's milk. According to generally accepted standards, complementary foods are introduced to children with allergies 1 month later.

If the child is 8 months old, the following allergenic foods should not be included in the diet:

• chicken eggs;
• whole milk products;
• fish;
• citrus;

You should be careful when introducing crumbs of orange-red vegetables, fruits and berries (carrots, red apples, cherries, etc.) into the menu. The basis of nutrition should be lean meats, fermented milk products prepared at home or purchased at a dairy kitchen, and vegetables. Porridge (gluten-free) should be cooked only with water. Meat is allowed to be introduced only at 9-10 months, and fish - closer to a year. As for fruits, the child should first be introduced to a green apple, and then gradually introduce pears, plums, bananas, and yellow currants into the diet. Eggs are completely eliminated until 1 year of age or replaced with quail eggs.

Every mother who has a baby is concerned with the question: what complementary foods should be introduced to the baby and at what age? Porridge is considered one of the main types of food for children after six months. But are all of them allowed to be consumed for up to a year? What are the benefits and harms of a particular porridge? How much should they be given to infants? More about this in the article.

Classification of cereals:

1. By type of cereal: rice, buckwheat, corn, semolina, oatmeal, millet, wheat, barley, pearl barley.
2. Dairy and dairy-free.
3. Gluten (containing cereal protein - gluten) and gluten-free. Cereals: buckwheat, rice, millet and corn cereals belong to the gluten-free group.
4. Homemade and store-bought.

At the beginning of complementary feeding, porridge should be dairy-free, gluten-free and consist of only one grain. Most often, rice or buckwheat. Then corn is gradually added. The rest of the cereals at 6–7 months of age It is not recommended to consume them because they contain gluten, which often causes allergies.

Approximately from 8 months you should gradually begin to introduce oatmeal and multigrain cereals.

From 9 months You can try millet, barley, pearl barley, wheat porridge.

Semolina is usually included in a child’s diet last - after 1 year.

For babies aged 6–8 months, porridge is prepared with water or breast milk. Whole cow's milk is not added due to the risk of an allergic reaction. From 9–10 months you can cook a dish with milk and half and half water. It is better to start consuming all-milk cereals only from 1 year of age.

Which cereals are better to choose: homemade or store-bought?

This depends on several factors: the baby’s taste preferences, the mother’s financial capabilities and whether she has time to prepare the dish.

Arguments for buying porridge in bags:

• most of them are hypoallergenic (do not contain gluten, sugar, preservatives, milk components);
• they are enriched with vitamins (however, many mothers do not consider this beneficial, since all vitamins are chemically produced, and therefore choose a product without additives);
• prepare them conveniently and quickly;
• The ready-made store product has a liquid consistency, which is suitable for children under one year old.

Arguments for homemade porridge:

• the composition of the dish is formed by the mother herself (there are no questionable components, you can add the necessary ingredients at your discretion);
• inexpensive in cost;
• they have a longer shelf life than store-bought products;
• The thicker consistency of homemade porridge promotes the development of the child’s chewing muscles.

Useful properties of cereals

Gluten-free cereals

The safest because they do not contain vegetable protein gluten and are suitable for feeding the youngest (from 6 months).

• Rice. Rich in carbohydrates, which are well absorbed by the body.
• Buckwheat. Contains B vitamins, iron, magnesium, zinc, copper. Improves the functioning of the digestive system due to the large amount of fiber. Due to its rich iron content, it reduces the risk of anemia in a child. Prevents constipation and effectively removes harmful substances from the body.
• Corn grits. It contains a large amount of vitamins B, A, E, PP, iron, starch. It helps improve intestinal function, helps eliminate flatulence and colic.
• Millet. It contains a lot of fiber, protein, B vitamins, PP, zinc, potassium, and iron. Positively affects work circulatory system and liver, removes toxins.

As the baby grows up, it’s time to gradually accustom him to more “adult” and varied foods. Suitable for children from 8 months.

• Oat groats– a valuable source of phosphorus, calcium, vegetable protein, fiber, vitamins B1, B2. Helps strengthen bones and teeth, has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the nervous system.
• Barley cereals (barley and pearl barley) contain vitamins B, A, E, PP, potassium, calcium, iron, fiber. Porridge helps remove harmful substances from the body, improve the functioning of the digestive system, and strengthen the immune system. Helps cope with allergies.
• Wheat groats. Stimulates metabolism, improves performance gastrointestinal tract, removes harmful substances from the body.
• Semolina. It is well absorbed, rich in vitamins B, PP, vegetable protein and starch, which give the body growth and energy. Porridge is very filling and high in calories.

How to properly introduce porridge into your baby’s diet?

For preparation, take 5 g of cereal per 100 g of water. You need to start introducing the porridge with ½ teaspoon in the morning, carefully monitoring the baby’s reaction. If there is no allergy, then the volume of the dish is increased to 150 g over the course of a week. Then the concentration increases and amounts to 10 g of porridge per 100 g of water.

How to cook porridge for babies

The cereal must first be washed and dried. Before cooking, grind in a coffee grinder or blender. Then pour it into cold water (for example, rice or buckwheat) or into boiling water for cooking.

Cook the porridge over low heat, stirring constantly. Cooking time depends on the type of cereal. To give the porridge a brighter taste, you can combine it with vegetables (pumpkin, broccoli) and fruits (apples, pears, bananas).

Once ready, you can add breast milk or formula, vegetable or fruit puree. Until 1 year, salt and sugar are not added.

Note: it is better to give porridge from a spoon, as this is food close to adult food. When a child eats it from a bottle, the product does not have time to be properly wetted with saliva.

Porridge is a valuable product that affects the full development and gives energy and strength for the growth of the baby. Let your diet become healthier and more varied with them!

There is a lot of controversy about this food product. Young mothers doubt at what age to start giving it to their baby. Some advocate introducing semolina after the first year of life.

How to cook semolina porridge for an 8-9 month old baby?

Pediatricians advise not to overuse semolina products. This is not an easy food for a child’s stomach and there is a risk that the baby will not receive enough nutrients. It is filling, has a lot of calories, but has little benefit.

You can use semolina from 7 months, and it is better in a very liquid form so that there are no lumps there. There are many recipes for preparing such a product.

Is it possible for an 8 month old baby semolina porridge? It is considered high in calories, but brings little benefit. It is advised not to cook it for your baby often. Start giving it not with the first complementary foods, but later with porridges made from buckwheat, rice, even corn.

How to cook semolina porridge for a child 8-9 months old:

• recipe number 1. Bring half a cup of liquid to a boil. Carefully, stirring constantly, pour in the semolina. 2 small spoons will be enough. Don't forget to add salt. Semolina porridge for a 9 month old baby is cooked over low heat, stirring all the time. After 15 minutes, add 1.5 glasses of milk, a little fruit syrup, let the porridge boil, remove from the stove. Add oil already in the plate;
• recipe No. 2. Cook semolina porridge for an 8 month old baby, perhaps in another way. Bring a quarter cup of water to a boil. Gently add a large spoonful of semolina and add salt. Cook over low heat, stirring all the time. Then add a glass of milk, syrup, bring to a boil, remove.

The consistency of semolina porridge should be liquid. It is better to take a one to one ratio of cereal to liquid. The amount of water and milk will be equal to each other. Otherwise, the child may refuse porridge, become capricious and not eat. Don't be afraid to add sugar.

Semolina porridge increases the appetite of an 8-month-old child. Currently, it is classified as a gluten-containing cereal.

It is believed that it is difficult for the stomach and can provoke an allergic reaction, excessive fatness, and dysbacteriosis. However, opinions on this issue differ.

Methods for preparing semolina porridge for 8-9 month old babies

In vegetable broth. Wash carrots and potatoes well. Clean them. Cut, boil in two glasses of water. Make the fire low, cover the dish with a lid. When the broth is ready, strain and leave it on the fire. After boiling again, add a large spoonful of semolina. When adding it, stir gently and add salt. After 15 minutes, remove from heat, adding oil.

With carrot juice. Boil 2 cups of milk. Add, stirring, 3 teaspoons of cereal, cook for 15 minutes. Rinse the carrots thoroughly, peel, pour over boiled liquid, and grate. The result will be carrot puree, which must be squeezed to obtain juice. It is poured into the already prepared porridge, salt, butter, and syrup are added there.

With apple or berry puree. One and a half glasses of milk are brought to a boil. Then add one and a half tablespoons of semolina in a thin stream, add salt, and cook for 20 minutes. Wash the apple well, remove the skin and grate. If you are using berries instead of apples, rinse them and pass them through a sieve. Half a glass of berries is enough for this amount of liquid. When semolina porridge for a 9-month-old baby is ready, add puree, salt, add butter, and remove from heat.

It often happens that there are a lot of different products in the refrigerator, but we can’t figure out what to cook for our gourmet. I suggest baby menu at 8 months with simple, interesting dishes.

Wheat porridge with apple

Ingredients:
0.5 cups wheat cereal,
1.5 glasses of water,
0.5 glasses of milk,
1 teaspoon butter,
1 apple

Preparation:
Wash the wheat grits, add water and cook until tender, about 25 minutes. Rub the porridge through a sieve or grind in a blender. Pour in hot milk, stir and cook for about 5 minutes. Peel and seed the apple and grate it on a fine grater. Put butter into the prepared porridge, stir, add grated apple.

Rice porridge with pear

Ingredients:
50 gr. rice,
5 gr. butter,
1/2 cup milk,
1 glass of water

Preparation:
Rinse the rice several times, put it in a saucepan, add boiling water and cook until the rice becomes soft. Grind the rice using a blender or rub through a sieve. Add boiled hot milk, stir. Add butter to the prepared porridge and mix thoroughly. You can add 30 grams to rice porridge. pears, grated on a fine grater.

Porridge "downy"

Ingredients:
2 cups buckwheat,
2 eggs,
4 glasses of milk,
30-40 gr. butter.
For refueling:
2 cups cream, 3 tbsp. spoons of sugar, 5 raw yolks, salt.

Preparation:
Grind buckwheat with 2 raw eggs, place on a baking sheet and dry in the oven. Boil crumbly porridge in salted milk, add butter and, when it cools, rub it through a sieve onto a dish. Preparing the dressing: boil the cream with sugar. Beat the yolks, stir them with the cooled cream, put on the fire and heat, stirring until melted. Divide the porridge into bowls and drizzle with dressing before serving.

Buckwheat milk with zucchini

Ingredients:
1.5 cups buckwheat,
500 gr. zucchini,
4 glasses of milk,
3.5 tbsp. spoons of butter,
2 tbsp. spoons of granulated sugar,
salt.

Preparation:
Fry buckwheat in a frying pan with a small amount of oil (1/2 tablespoon) until yellow. Peel the zucchini, cut them into pieces, put them in a saucepan, pour in the milk and cook until soft. Then pour the toasted cereal into the pan with the zucchini, stir and bring to a boil, then add butter (1 tablespoon), sugar, salt to taste and mix everything. Cover the pan with a lid and place in the oven for 2 hours. Serve with melted butter - 2 tablespoons.

Millet porridge

Ingredients:
millet - 3 tablespoons,
water - 1.5 cups,
baby milk "Agusha" - 0.5 cups,
butter - 1 teaspoon

Preparation:
Rinse the millet, add boiling water and cook for 15 minutes, stirring. Pour hot milk over the porridge and stir. Cook the porridge until tender for about 15 minutes.
Remove from heat, season with butter.

Cauliflower puree

Ingredients:
cauliflower - 200 g,
baby milk (Agusha or Tema) - 100 ml,
butter - 1 teaspoon,
flour - 1 tbsp. spoon

Preparation:
Wash the cauliflower, scald with boiling water, separate into florets and cook in a covered pan until softened, about 20-25 minutes. Rub through a sieve or grind with a blender. Thoroughly stir the flour into the milk and, stirring, bring to a boil. Add grated cabbage and butter to the milk sauce and stir.

Meat puree with carrots

Ingredients:
veal - 50 gr,
carrots - 1/2 pieces,
milk - 1/2 cup,
butter - 1 teaspoon,
flour - 1 teaspoon

Preparation:
Boil the meat. Peel the carrots and boil. Pass the carrots and meat through a meat grinder 2 times. Dilute flour with cold milk. Add flour and milk to the minced meat. Boil over low heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add butter.

Broccoli puree

Ingredients:
broccoli - 180 gr,
milk - 50 ml,
butter - 5 gr.

Preparation:
Rinse the broccoli and pour boiling water over it. Simmer under a tightly closed lid until cooked and the water has evaporated. Rub the hot broccoli through a sieve or chop with a blender. Add boiled hot milk and boil for 1-2 minutes.

Zucchini puree

Ingredients:
zucchini - 1 piece,
potatoes - 2 pieces,
lemon juice - 1 teaspoon,
1 teaspoon olive oil,
1/2 cup milk,
1 quail egg yolk

Preparation:
Wash the zucchini and potatoes, peel and rinse again. Cut into cubes. Place in a saucepan and add boiling water so that the water only slightly covers the vegetables. Cook over low heat until tender, about 20 minutes. Remove vegetables from the broth and rub through a sieve. Add the yolk of a hard-boiled egg, olive oil, lemon juice to the resulting puree, stir well. Pour in hot milk.

Vegetable soup

Ingredients:
potatoes - 1 pc.
cauliflower - 25 g.

onion - 1/2 pcs.
green beans - 1 tablespoon,
turnip - 25 g,
zucchini - 25 g,
baby milk (Agusha or any other) - 1/2 cup,
butter - 1 teaspoon

Preparation:
Wash, peel, and cut potatoes, onions, turnips and zucchini into small cubes.
Cauliflower wash, disassemble into inflorescences. Pour a small amount of cold water over all vegetables, bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook until tender for about 20 minutes. Rub hot vegetables through a sieve or grind in a blender. Add boiled milk to the vegetable mixture, stir, bring to a boil over low heat. Add butter to the finished soup and stir.

Compote from apples and plums

Ingredients:
300 g apples,
200 g plums,
0.75 tbsp. Sahara.

Preparation:
Pour sugar into a saucepan, pour in 2 cups of hot water, add peeled and chopped apples and cook for 10 minutes. Add pitted plum halves to the boiling compote, boil and cool.

Soup pumpkin with meat

Ingredients:
50 g turkey,
3 tbsp. spoons of diluted mixture,
100 g pumpkin,
1 carrot,
greenery.

Preparation:
Wash the meat, put it in boiling water, cook for about an hour over low heat under the lid.
Cut the pumpkin and carrots into small pieces. Place them in a saucepan half an hour before the end of cooking the broth. When the meat and vegetables become soft, cool the soup and beat thoroughly with a mixer. Stirring constantly, pour milk into it. Finely chop the greens and add to the dish.

Soup -carrot and spinach puree

Ingredients:
2 carrots,
20 grams of spinach,
1/2 tsp flour,
a piece of butter the size of a small hazelnut,
1/4 tbsp. milk,
1/4 yolk.

Preparation:
Place peeled and chopped carrots in a saucepan and simmer in a small amount of water for 30 minutes, then add peeled and finely chopped spinach, butter, flour diluted with part of the milk and continue to simmer for another 10 minutes in a sealed container. Then rub the vegetables through a sieve, dilute the resulting puree to the desired thickness with boiling water or vegetable broth, pour in a salt solution and boil. Grind the hard-boiled yolk with some boiled milk and add to the finished soup.

Puree from green peas

Ingredients:
green peas - 1.5 cups,
flour - 1 tsp,
egg (yolk) - 1 pc.,
milk --1/2 cup,
butter - 2 tsp.,
salt.

Preparation:
Boil the peas until tender, rub through a sieve while hot. Dry the flour in a frying pan, add hot milk and cook for 3 minutes. Beat the butter, yolk and combine with pea puree, boil and remove from heat.

Puree meat

Ingredients:
Beef meat - 40 g,
water - 50 ml,
butter - 3 gr.
Yield - 50 gr.

Preparation:
Cut the meat into small pieces, add water and simmer until soft. Grind the cooled meat twice through a meat grinder, then rub through a fine sieve, add broth, add a little salt, bring to a boil, add butter, mix thoroughly, remove from heat.

Pudding rice with fruit

Ingredients:
50 g rice,
100 ml milk,
100 ml water,
2 quail eggs,
12 g fructose,
15 g raisins,
20 g candied fruits,
5 g butter.

Preparation:
Cook milk rice porridge. Add egg yolks, washed raisins, chopped candied fruits and pour in the beaten whites. Place in a greased pan and bake in the oven.

Pudding from pumpkin and apples

Ingredients:
200 g pumpkin,
130 g apples,
20 grams of boiled rice,
10 g fructose,
20 grams of sour cream,
1 quail egg.

Preparation:
Grate the pumpkin and apples on a coarse grater. Mix with rice, fructose, sour cream and beaten egg. Place in a greased pan and bake in the oven.

Puree from liver in a pot

Ingredients:
liver - 100 g,
baby milk - 30 ml,
butter - 5 g.

Preparation:
Wash the liver (preferably beef), peel off the film, cut into small pieces. Place the prepared liver in a pot, add water and simmer for about 20 minutes (at a temperature of 180 degrees). Grind the liver using a meat grinder. Add milk and bring to a boil. Add butter to the finished puree and mix thoroughly.

Let your kids be well-fed and happy!

There is, perhaps, no grain around which there would be as much controversy as there is around. Previously, children were fed semolina porridge almost from infancy. Well, modern pediatricians do not recommend introducing it too early, citing the fact that there is no benefit in it, but it can cause harm. But they still give this porridge to children, because it is nutritious and tasty, and children eat it with pleasure. But it’s still not worth giving it to children who are overweight often, since they will gain even more weight on this porridge.

How to cook liquid semolina for babies?

Ingredients:

• semolina – 1 teaspoon;
• filtered water – ½ cup;
• cow's milk - ½ cup.

Preparation

Sift the semolina. Bring the water to a boil, add some salt if necessary, but just a little, since babies under one year old don’t really need salt, as well as sugar. Add the cereal in a thin stream, stirring. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring. Then pour in the milk. If necessary, add a little sugar, stir and bring to a boil. The semolina porridge will come out quite liquid, but that’s what we need. This 5% semolina porridge can be poured into a bottle and offered to the baby. At first, only part of the feeding should be replaced, and over time, when it becomes clear that the child is digesting the porridge well and there are no unwanted reactions, the whole feeding can be replaced with semolina.

Ingredients:

• cow's milk - 3/4 cup;
a small piece of butter. If the baby is already familiar with fruits or berries, add them to the prepared porridge. This way its taste will be perfectly enriched, and you don’t have to put sugar in it at all.

Now you know how to cook semolina for an 8 month old baby. As you can see, it's simple. Bon appetit, little gourmets!

All porridges are good for a child, and after a year, even the most indigestible ones, such as pearl barley and millet, are allowed to be included in baby food. Every mother needs to know how to make porridge tastier and whether it should be soaked and how long, the proportions for each cereal, how much to cook, what to serve with. The recommended recipes below involve cooking the porridge over low heat - with rapid boiling, the liquid quickly evaporates, and the porridge needs additional water.

• Porridge for children should be with the addition of butter.
• Salt is added to all porridges to taste - about a pinch for 3 servings.
• So that the baby eats it willingly, you can sweeten it with jam, or. If a child eats porridge that is not sweet, then you should not spoil him or sweeten him. Sweet porridge is served as an independent dish for breakfast and dinner, savory porridge can be used as a side dish.
• It takes much longer for cereal to boil in milk, so basically all cereals are boiled in water right away, and milk is added at the end of cooking.
• For all porridges, the cereal must be washed under running water. The cereal is washed before soaking, not after.
• You need to pre-soak hard-to-digest porridges (pearl barley, millet, barley), or any other porridge, in order to cook it faster and end up with a boiled and tender breakfast.

It is better to cook porridge in small quantities so that the child can eat it at one time. Heated porridge loses vitamins.

Rice

Rice porridge goes well with jam, fresh and dried fruits, nuts, vegetables, and fish.

For children, you should choose regular round white unparboiled rice.

Before cooking, rice should be thoroughly rinsed until the water is no longer cloudy. Then cook with water in a ratio of 1:2, cook over low heat, stirring constantly, as this porridge often burns. When the rice is boiled (after 15–20 minutes), you should add milk in an amount equal to water. When the porridge boils, add butter, a little salt, you can sweeten it with sugar or honey and close the lid to infuse. You can cook porridge only in water, in this case we cook at the rate of 1:4. At the end, if the water has boiled away too much and the porridge has become too viscous, you can add more milk or water and bring to a boil. Rice porridge can be combined with meat, jam, stewed vegetables, nuts, raisins and others.

In the slow cooker: cook for 30 minutes in milk porridge mode.

Buckwheat

The most unpretentious porridge to prepare. Buckwheat needs to be sorted out; it often contains unprocessed grains and pebbles. Buckwheat should be washed under water no more than three times, so as not to wash out the water-soluble ones.

Pour water over the cereal at the rate of 2 cups of water per ½ cup of cereal and set to simmer over low heat for 20 minutes; do not stir it during cooking. When the porridge is cooked, add ½–1 glass of milk, turn it off when everything boils again. At the end, butter is added, and the porridge is infused for about 15 minutes. If you are cooking dairy-free porridge, then you need to calculate the cereal and water in a ratio of 1: 2.5–3. The more water you add (1:4, 1:5), the more boiled and tender the porridge will be. Buckwheat is also useful as an independent dish, but goes well with meat, mushrooms, fish, vegetable stew, fresh vegetables, prunes, and chocolate.

In the slow cooker: cook for 30 minutes. There is a special mode for buckwheat; in this case, the porridge turns out crumbly. If you cook buckwheat in the milk porridge mode, the result will be a viscous porridge.

Oatmeal

Porridge made from oatmeal, the flakes are deprived of the natural shell of the grain itself, which contains most vitamins

Oatmeal is more difficult for the intestines to digest, and “Extra 1” flakes are less healthy, so for children it is better to use rolled oats, alternate different types oatmeal.

Oatmeal porridge. Soak the cereal in water in a ratio of 1:3 overnight, and in the morning cook in the same water for about one hour. At the end of cooking, add milk in an amount equal to 1/3 of the volume of porridge. You can do more if you want a more homogeneous porridge.

Cereal porridge. For 1 tablespoon of cereal you need to take half a glass of milk and a little water so that there is enough to cover the bottom of the pan. When the milk boils, add the flakes and cook for about five minutes. During cooking, the porridge should be stirred 3 times. At the end, salt, butter and sweetener (sugar, berry jam, honey, dried fruits) are added. You don’t have to infuse the porridge, but eat it immediately after it has cooled. Prepare the fastest cereals"Extra 3"; “Extra 1” and rolled oats should be cooked for at least 15 minutes. You can combine anything with oatmeal: honey, jam, meat, fish, sausages.

In the slow cooker: rolled oats are cooked in milk porridge mode for 40 minutes. The cereal is cooked in stewing mode after preliminary soaking for at least one to one and a half hours.

Corn

The product is difficult to prepare - it often burns, so it must be cooked with the addition of water.

For 1 unit of cereal, take 2 units of water and 2 milk. The cereal is filled with water and cooked with constant stirring for 20–30 minutes. Then, when the water boils away, the thick porridge begins to gurgle, milk is poured in, you can turn off the porridge after boiling. At the end you can add salt, butter and sugar. The porridge should sit for at least 10 minutes after cooking. Corn porridge is combined with dried fruits, grated fresh apple, canned peaches, and pineapples.

Manna

The porridge cooks very quickly and does not burn. Unlike other porridges, it is prepared exclusively with milk. tastes watery and unpleasant.

To prepare semolina porridge for one mug of milk you will need 2 tablespoons of cereal. A little water and milk are poured into the bottom of the pan, then semolina is poured in in a stream. To make the porridge without lumps, pour the cereal into cold milk; if you like lumps, you can pour the cereal in a thin, thin stream while simultaneously stirring into the boiling milk. To completely eliminate lumps, you can dilute the cereal in small quantities cold water and immediately pour the mixture into the pan. Cook for 2-4 minutes, stirring constantly, the porridge often “runs away”. Be sure to add butter, salt and sugar. You can eat the porridge immediately after it has cooled. Children eat especially well semolina porridge prepared with.

In the slow cooker: The semolina should be cooked for 8 minutes with the lid open.

Millet

To cook delicious millet porridge, millet, milk and water should be added in a ratio of 1:1:4, respectively.

Prepares within 30 minutes. There is no point in soaking it overnight. For a unit of cereal you should count one unit of milk and 4 units of water. The washed cereal is poured into boiling water, everything is cooked for about 15 minutes (until the water boils away). Then milk is added and simmered over low, barely noticeable heat for another 15 minutes. The porridge should have a homogeneous consistency, with well-swollen grains.

In the slow cooker: millet porridge is cooked for 1 hour in the milk porridge mode, then for another half hour in the heating mode.

Pearl barley

The porridge is cooked in water for a long time. Proportions – 1:3. The washed pearl barley is poured with cold water in a ratio of 1:4 for several hours. This water is drained and another is added, on which the porridge will be cooked. Boil the porridge for at least 50 minutes. If desired, you can add a little milk at the end. After an hour, butter or vegetable oil is added to make the cereal soft. Then it is better to leave it for 30 minutes under a lid in a warm place. Pearl barley porridge goes very well with meat and meat dishes.

Porridge cooked with milk is less digestible, so it is not recommended for feeding children.

In the slow cooker: pearl barley is cooked in the same proportions, in the mode for buckwheat or stewing. If the cereal was pre-soaked, cook for 1 hour; if not, about 2 hours.

Barley

It is necessary to cook in a deep bowl, because the porridge increases in volume several times. Proportions are 1:4 if you cook in water, 1:2:2 if you add milk. The washed cereal can be soaked for 1 hour, then cooked until thickened for about 20 minutes, milk is added at the end, when everything boils again, you can turn it off and put the porridge to infuse in a warm place or wrap it in a warm towel and cover with a pillow. Children prefer to eat pearl barley and barley porridge with milk, boiled chicken, meat, fried fish. Barley porridge is especially good if, after cooking, it is baked with butter in the oven.

About semolina porridge especially in the program “School of Doctor Komarovsky”:

The ONT channel tells how to cook different cereals: