Tomato & Beef Soup

Name: Tomato & Beef Soup
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings

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Easy

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#iron

#protein

#soup

#blood_building

A tangy warming iron soup — tomato simmered with beef; appetising broth, tender meat, vitamin C boosting iron absorption.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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67%

DAILY RDI

Vitamin C

57.3mg

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66%

DAILY RDI

Zinc

7.3mg

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47%

DAILY RDI

Protein

33.6g

+ 4 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Tomato beef soup is a tangy, warming iron soup in pregnancy.

🔬 Modern Science

Beef gives heme iron and protein; tomato's vitamin C aids absorption — a warming, digestible soup.

✅Strong evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Cube and blanch the beef.

Fry tomato to a pulp, add beef and water, simmer 50 min.

Add potato or carrot, simmer 15 min more, season.

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🌿Folate

10%(57.1µg)

🦴Calcium

4%(44mg)

💪Protein

47%(33.6g)

Iron

21%(5.7mg)

Vitamin D

2%(0.3µg)

Vitamin C

67%(57.3mg)

Zinc

66%(7.3mg)

* % based on pregnancy daily reference intake (RDI)

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References

[1] 中国营养学会.《中国孕期妇女膳食指南2023》.

动物性铁源配维C食材吸收率最高。

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