The Benefits of Eating Soups

Soups are a superfood that nourish kids with vital nutrients and vitamins, strengthen their immune system, and keep them warm, full, and hydrated—plus they easily introduce your young ones to a variety of vegetables.

Constant exposure to different ingredients is the key to food acceptance, which is important to raising adventurous eaters. The results of a recent experiment by Dutch scientists confirmed that consistent exposure to unfamiliar vegetables may be enough to get kids to eat more of them.

What’s more, soups may be even easier for some kids to explore because the flavor of the veggies gets milder after being cooked in water or broth with seasoning. Silky smooth pureed soups can also make new vegetables seem less scary to some kids.

Soups can also be a hidden source of protein, especially those with fish and seafood. By adding baked salmon, for example, to your creamy vegetable soups, you can start introducing fish to your little ones as well!

If you’d like to start experimenting with fish soups, we have four salmon soup recipes for you to explore here.