Seaweed & Egg Drop Soup

Name: Seaweed & Egg Drop Soup
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 2 servings

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MINS

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SERVINGS

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Easy

LEVEL

#under_15

#vegetarian

#iodine

#soup

The ultra-quick soup on every expecting mom's table — seaweed for iodine, egg for protein, ready in three minutes.

MumEat recipe

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Nutritional Highlights

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10%

DAILY RDI

DHA

20.5mg

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10%

DAILY RDI

Protein

7.4g

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DAILY RDI

Vitamin D

1µg

+ 4 more nutrients

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Why This Recipe?

🌸 Traditional Wisdom

Seaweed egg-drop soup is the most homely quick iodine soup in pregnancy.

🔬 Modern Science

Seaweed is a good iodine source; pregnancy raises iodine needs (230mcg/day), and egg adds protein — limit frequency given high iodine.

✅Strong evidence

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Instructions

3 steps

Tear seaweed into a bowl; ready the dried shrimp.

Boil water, swirl in beaten egg.

Pour over the seaweed, season with salt, sesame oil and scallion.

💡紫菜含碘高，每周2-3次即可。

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Full Nutrition Breakdown

🦴Calcium

5%(47.3mg)

⚡Zinc

6%(0.6mg)

☀️Vitamin D

7%(1µg)

DHA

10%(20.5mg)

Iron

7%(1.9mg)

Protein

10%(7.4g)

Folate

4%(25.7µg)

* % 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2022》.

孕期碘推荐230mcg/day，海产是主要来源，注意适量。

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