This winter, combat your child’s decreased appetite with a nutritious and tasty solution – Mixed Vegetable Soup for babies and toddlers. Packed with a variety of vegetables, this soup is not only healthy but also delicious. It’s an ideal choice to warm up your little one during the chilly season and ensure they receive essential nutrients. Don’t let your child’s reluctance to eat get you down; try this Vegetable Soup for babies and toddlers and watch them enjoy a nourishing meal.
How to make Mixed Vegetable Soup for Babies & Toddlers?
Mixed Vegetable Soup
Ingredients
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 carrot finely chopped
- 7-8 French beans finely chopped
- 2-3 florets of broccoli finely chopped
- 3-4 button mushrooms finely chopped (can be avoided for babies)
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 2 tsp butter
- Salt
- Black pepper powder/ Jeera Powder
- 1 tbsp milk (can be added for babies older than 1 year)
- 1/2 glass water
- Veggies of your choice can be added.
Method
1. In a pan, heat a small amount of butter along with a drizzle of oil, infusing the soup with rich and savory flavors. This combination of butter and oil adds a delightful richness to the vegetable soup for babies, elevating its taste and making it even more appealing to their palate
2. In the heated pan, add onions and sauté them until they beautifully transform into a delicate shade of light pink. The sautéed onions bring a subtle sweetness and depth of flavor to the vegetable soup for babies, enhancing its taste and creating a harmonious balance of flavors.
3. Add freshly grated ginger to the pan and cook until the raw smell dissipates. The aromatic ginger adds a subtle warmth and depth of flavor to the vegetable soup for babies, making it even more enticing and enjoyable for their taste buds.
4. Add all the chopped vegetables, including carrots, beans, peas, and cauliflower, to the pan and stir-fry for two minutes. This step adds a nutritious and flavorful touch to the vegetable soup for babies, ensuring that they receive a variety of vitamins and minerals in each spoonful.
5. Pour the appropriate amount of water into the pan, allowing it to gradually heat up until it reaches a rolling boil. The boiling water will infuse the vegetables with its essence, extracting their flavors and nutrients, resulting in a nourishing and delicious vegetable soup for babies.
6. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and a dash of black pepper powder into the pan, adjusting the seasoning to your taste preferences. These additions will further enhance the flavor profile of the vegetable soup for babies, providing a subtle yet delightful seasoning that complements the natural taste of the vegetables.
7. Allow the water to simmer over a low flame, maintaining a gentle heat, until all the vegetables in the soup become tender. This slow cooking process ensures that the flavors meld together and the vegetables soften to the desired texture, making the vegetable soup for babies a comforting and nourishing dish
8. Finally, add milk to the simmering soup and allow it to boil for a brief period. This addition of milk lends a creamy and smooth texture to the soup, enhancing its taste and nutritional value. It completes the preparation of the vegetable soup, which is now ready to be served as a wholesome and comforting meal for your little one.
9. The vegetable soup is now ready to be served! Its delightful aroma and nourishing ingredients make it a perfect choice for babies and toddlers during the winter season. Ladle the warm soup into bowls and watch as your little one enjoys each spoonful. This homemade soup is not only delicious but also packed with essential nutrients from the vegetables, providing a healthy and comforting meal.
10. Serve the vegetable soup in a bowl and garnish with coriander for added freshness and flavor.
Editor’s Note
For babies, when you introduce soup, sieve off the top water and feed a couple of times. Then the whole soup can be blended in a mixie or blender and can be given.
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Recipe by Kanika Aggarwal Garg
Kanika has a masters in computer science and now a stay at home mom to 15 month cute little boy Onish 
She loves to cook and tries new and yummy recipes to make her fussy toddler to eat.
Mixed Vegetable Soup for Babies and Toddlers
Ingredients
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 carrot finely chopped
- 7-8 French beans finely chopped
- 2-3 florets of broccoli finely chopped
- 3-4 button mushrooms finely chopped can be avoided for babies
- 1 tsp grated ginger
- 2 tsp butter
- Salt
- Black pepper powder/ Jeera Powder
- 1 tbsp milk can be added for babies older than 1 year
- 1/2 glass water
Instructions
- In a pan heat some butter and a drop of oil.
- Add onions and sauté till they turn pink.
- Add grated ginger and cook till the raw smell leaves.
- Add all the chopped vegetables and stir fry for two minutes.
- Add water and let it boil. Season with salt and black pepper powder.
- Let the water simmer on low flame till the vegetables are tender.
- Serve warm
Hi Hema,
My daughter is 11 months old , as she has her food with in 5 mins she do her potty .. per day she does for 2 to 3 times a day … am feeding her with home made Uggu , kichidi and thin layers of chapati soaked in formula milk and her wait is only 7 1/2 kgs only ..
Please suggest me to increase he weight .
Hi Sujatha,
2 to 3 times pottying in a day is not to be worried. It’s not to be concerned about as long as he does not cry during potty or pass blood. As soon as the food reaches the stomach, it starts a peristaltic wave which pushes the stools in the rectum, this expulsion happens only after digestion. You can add weight gaining foods regularly in his diet for best results. But weight is not to be worried if your baby is active and healthy 🙂
Can I give this soup to my 7th month old baby
Hi Reena,
Yes, it can be given, if all the vegetables are already introduced individually. Please don’t add salt until baby becomes 1 year.
Hello Hema
Ur effort is really fruitful
Thanks a lot ?
Thank you for your words of encouragement dear.
Hello,
My twin baby is 23 months old but don’t want to eat anything except milk with suji or sabu. They take this in sleeping even though in day time. Its become a great problem for me to feed them in this way. I have tried my best to feed them various items in waking but they cry and shout not interested to take food. This has an impact on their health.
How could i change their food habit?
Hi Shyamali, I understand that it is no cake walk with Tweens. and Certainly you are doing all a mom could. If you have some help at home then you can perhaps take turns to feed. Do not feed food while kids are lying down that is rather wrong. Prepare beautiful and fancy food plates for both of them and try to leave from there after you do so. Do not make food activity pushy else the kids may develop distaste. Remember when they get no attention, eventually they will eat what you offer. It certainly will take time to help them get into this habit, but keep trying. Check the site for variety of food you can give for this age group.
Helo Dr.Hema
My baby is 7 month old. Can i give this soup to him.. It’s been said to avoid salt before 1 year. Should i avoid adding salt here?
You can try dear, provided all veggies are individually tasted by the little one earlier. Secondly don’t add salt.
Helo dr.
I m a regular reader of ur blog nd find it very helpful for new mom.my son is 8 months old,can i give him suji kheer nd pine apple?plz advc.thanx.
Yes you can give,
My princess has started 9th month today. This recipe includes ginger, so is it advisable @ this age? N I had one more question to ask you that can I use hard anodized cooker n a non stick frying pan for making baby food?
Hi Hema,
My baby is 7 months and just to clarify once the soup is prepared (after boiling vegiges), i need to blend it all including water to give her.
Other question i have is what all other vegetables can be added?
Also, its been said to avoid salt before 1 year. Should i avoid adding salt here?
Thanks,
Meenakshi
Hello Dr. Hema….
Can I give mixed vegetable soup to my 10th old baby in summer season….is it health for him?????
Hi Hema,
Can I give this Soup to my 7 months old baby. If Yes, what all I should avoid.
TIA
Dear Sweta,
You can skip mushrooms and milk for your baby
Thanks a lot Hema.. Hope she likes it, coz she is very fussy while having boiled veggies and all..
She is fine having cerelac (home made) …Can’t give her Rice products as her Annaprasanna is yet to be done.. So lil worrie
Sweta
Glad to be of help 🙂
Thanks a lot Dr Hema
U r awesome. My angel is 7 months old. It’s helping me to serve her varieties. Just wanted to know that do u hv any which I can download.
Thanks
Nidhi
Dear Niddhi,
Please subscribe to our newsletters, you will get an ebook free 🙂
Dear Dr Hema,
Good to know the recipe for vegetable soup .In this recipe you have used milk along with salt and
I have read somewhere that we should not take milk with salt ,I am not sure about the reason but would really appreciate if you can help me with this because most of the time I got confused what kind of non salted snack I can provide to my 13 months old daughter along with milk and so I left with no other option but milk only .
Thanks
Hi Shweta,
Thank you for your comment. It is believed in Ayurveda that the milk metabolism will be affected by the salt and hence it is said to be avoided. You can skip milk for this soup. You can give some healthy cookies as evening snacks for your baby.
Hope this helped
Cheers
Hema
Thanq for your support in feeding my little darling in this season. You are really help full.
Thank you Lavanya, happy to know it helped 🙂
Hi
A recipe for tomato soup would be grateful!! As I have a 10 month old.. Just planning to start with tomato soups!!
Yes, will post it soon