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18 Stage 3 Baby Food Recipes (Easy + Delicious)

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These 18 Stage 3 Baby Food Recipes are easy to make, delicious for baby to eat and completely homemade! They are combination purees with soft chunks that will get baby ready for the next stage – finger foods. Great for babies 9-12 months.

Medically reviewed and co-written by Jamie Johnson, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), and Lauren Braaten, Pediatric Occupational Therapist (OT).

Stage 3 Baby Food Recipes

Now that your baby has mastered Stage 1 as well as Stage 2 baby food purees, it’s time to move on to the last phase of their puree journey – Stage 3!

Stage 3, or Chunky Purees, is the last stop of the puree culinary adventure for baby – the next phase is finger foods.

What exactly are Stage 3 Baby Purees? Well, put simply, Stage 3 baby foods are a puree with small chewable chunks inside. Having small manageable chunks in a puree gets your baby ready for finger foods by having them explore similar tastes that they are used to but with completely different texture profiles.

Baby has to learn how to move the chunks around their little mouths, how to chew on those chunks and finally they have to learn to swallow them without gagging or choking. It’s a sensory and exploratory practice that takes some time, but trust me, baby will learn how to do all of these things in no time at all.

Looking for even more baby food ideas? You can also check out my best-selling cookbook for even more information and recipes.

Reasons to Love these Homemade Stage 3 Purees

wholesome
delicious
freezer-friendly
nutrient-dense
full of whole grains – millet, whole wheat pasta, quinoa, etc
great ideas for breakfast, lunch and dinners
can be made slightly chunky or really chunky depending on where baby is at with this stage of purees
baby doesn’t have to have teeth for these chunky purees – they will be able to gnaw at any of these chunks with their gums

Frequently Asked Questions

When can you introduce baby to stage 3 purees?

You can introduce Stage 3 purees to your baby around 9 months of age. You will want your baby to have had a great deal of practice eating smooth combination purees before you serve them chunky purees.

What are Stage 3 Baby Foods?

Stage 3 baby foods are a thick puree with soft chewable pieces of food inside.

What is the difference between Stage 2 and Stage 3 baby foods?

The only difference between Stage 2 and Stage 3 baby food is that Stage 3 baby foods are slightly chunkier than Stage 2 purees. Traditionally, Stage 3 baby foods are meant to be the last step in the puree process before you start your baby on finger foods. You are giving your baby some time to practice mouthing and chewing on small pieces of cooked foods before handing them solid foods. Of course, you can always introduce finger foods at the same time as Stage 3 purees.

Why are Stage 3 Baby Foods Important?

Stage 3 baby foods are important because they will help teach baby what to do with small chunks of food in their mouths, how to move the chunks around their mouth, how to “chew” these chunks as well as how to swallow them. This stage is important because you are exposing them to a ton of different textures and taste sensations.

How to Make Stage 3 Baby Purees

You can make any homemade Stage 2 baby food puree into a Stage 3 baby food simply by not blending the produce into a smooth puree.

Cook the fruits, veggies, grains and meat according to the recipe.
Place in a food processor or blender.
Pulse the puree in 5-10 second intervals until you have small ‘pea’ size pieces and everything is incorporated.
Serve to your baby.

Can you do Finger Foods and Stage 3 Purees at the Same Time?

Yes, you can start finger foods at any age! This stage is all about texture and taste exploration, so the more you introduce to your baby now, the easier it will be for them when they start eating table foods. You can read my Ultimate Guide to Finger Foods for more information.

HELPFUL TOOLS

These tools will make it a lot easier to make homemade baby food purees. For more of my favorite kitchen tools make sure to check out my shop.

blender or food processor
baking sheet
saucepans
knives
veggie peeler
spatula
freezer tray
storage containers for fridge
stasher bag
reusable pouches
baby food maker

How to Store Baby Purees

Every recipe below has specific instructions on how to store that particular puree, but these are the general guidelines.

REFRIGERATOR

You can store the puree in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.

FREEZER

Most homemade puree can be frozen for up to 4 months.

Spoon puree into a freezer storage container. Do not overfill.
Place the lid on the storage container or cover with a piece of saran wrap, and label with the date and recipe name.
Place the tray into the freezer and let it freeze completely — preferably overnight.
Pop-out the baby food cubes and place them in a ziplock baggie or stasher bag. Don’t forget to relabel the baggie or stasher bag for future reference.

Need more information on how to store your baby foods? Head over to my Best Baby Food Storage Containers – Plus 6 Tips on Freezing and Thawing post!

FEEDING TIPS

Have a spare spoon (or three!) – even very young babies often want to be involved in feeding themselves as much as possible. Giving your baby an extra spoon to hold can be helpful in giving her a sense of control and also promotes hand-eye coordination. Allow your baby to use spoons as a teether during the meal. There are many great options out there but a few we particularly love include the Olababy 3 Piece Set, the NumNum Pre-Spoon GOOtensils, and the ChooMee FlexiDip Baby Starter Spoons.
Purees are great to keep in your baby’s regular rotation of foods – but if you start feeding with traditional weaning using purees, make sure to progress beyond eating ONLY purees. Once your baby can safely and comfortably swallow purees (usually by 7 or 8 months) it’s time to introduce other textures, such as teething biscuits and soft-cooked finger foods. Moving onto additional textures in a timely manner may help prevent feeding difficulties at a later age.
Throwing spoons is a common phase that all babies go through at one point or another. One of the best ways to handle spoon throwing is to ignore it and keep feeding your baby as usual (with an extra spoon you already have at the table). If your baby ends up also throwing back up spoons #2 AND #3, simply encourage your baby to eat with their hands until they appear to be finished with the meal. ***Give baby plenty of opportunities to practice putting items in and taking items out of containers outside of mealtimes.

Chunky Summer Veggie Pasta

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This Chunky Summer Veggie Pasta for Baby and Toddler combines all the flavorful tastes of summer into one bite-size dish!

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Oatmeal with Beets + Carrots

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Yummy healthy oatmeal gets mixed with beets and carrots, spices, and raisins for a veggie packed breakfast your toddler won’t be able to resist.

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Green Baby Puree with Chicken

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Green Baby Puree with Chicken is a delicious chunky puree that can be made in under 30 minutes! It is loaded with healthy green vegetables, lean protein and topped off with some apple sweetness.

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Blueberry Chickpea with Rosemary Baby Food Puree

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This puree is packed with antioxidants, fiber, Vitamin A and C from the blueberries and protein, zinc, manganese, folate and iron from the chickpeas. All of that goodness packed into a super simple and delicious puree!

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Avocado for Baby – Puree & BLW

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Avocados are a superfood and great first food for babies 6 months and up. Serve them pureed, smashed, or as a finger food for baby-led weaning.

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2 cups sweet potato, peeled and chopped (roughly 2 small sweet potatoes)
2 cups strawberries, trimmed and chopped
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 cup cooked farro

Steam: In a medium saucepan, bring 2 inches of water to a boil. In a steamer basket add the sweet potatoes, cover and steam for 15 minutes. Add the strawberries and sprinkle with cinnamon and steam for 3 more minutes. Let cool slightly. Reserve steamer water.
Blend: Transfer the cooked sweet potatoes and strawberries as well as the cooked farro into a blender or food processor. Pulse in 5-10 second increments until all of the ingredients are combined and you have small pieces of food.
Eat: Serve to baby and enjoy.

Age: 8+ months

Yield: 20 ounces

Storage: Fridge – store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Freezer – can be frozen for up to 4 months.

Notes on Strawberries: in the spring time when strawberries are not at their juiciest, I find that giving them a quick steam helps make their flavor more impactful. If you are making this at the height of strawberry season and your strawberries are bursting with flavor, feel free to skip the steaming step and you can add them straight to the blender before pulsing.

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Green Baby Puree with Chicken (High in Protein and Iron!)

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by Michele Olivier on June 5, 2014 (updated Oct 14, 2019)

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This 4-Ingredient Green Baby Puree with Chicken is a delicious chunky puree that can be made in under 30 minutes! It is loaded with healthy green vegetables, lean protein and topped off with some apple sweetness. It’s jammed packed with calcium, protein, fiber, vitamin A. Everything you want your baby to love and eat in one easy puree. It couldn’t get any easier then this!

Green Baby Puree with Chicken

It’s not even officially summer yet and the calendar is already filling up – playdates, soccer, swimming, movies in the park, picnics, oh and maybe spending some time getting ready for this baby that is coming…very very soon.

The last thing that is on my mind, and I know on yours, is spending all night cooking for the little one. We need something easy, something delicious and something nutritious but most importantly we need something that requires very little time in front of the stove.

It’s a good thing this puree is really a one-stop-shop kinda meal and can be made in under 30 [mostly hands free] minutes. It is loaded with healthy green vegetables, lean protein and topped off with some apple sweetness. Mixed together you get a puree that is jammed packed with Calcium, Protein, Fiber, Vitamin A and Iron which is very important for healthy growth and development.

Everything you want your baby to love and eat in one easy puree.

It couldn’t get any easier then this.

I would recommend making and freezing a double or triple batch of this yummy puree for all of your busy summer nights ahead.

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2 small zucchini, roughly chopped
2 apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
1-2 cups baby spinach, packed
1/2 organic skinless boneless chicken breast
1/4 tsp pepper (optionl)

Bring 2 inches of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Place the chicken in a steamer basket over boiling water, cover, and cook for 10 minutes.
Flip the chicken over, sprinkle the pepper onto chicken, if using. Add the zucchini, apple and then the spianch on top of the chicken. Cover and cook for 10 additional minutes. Do not mix and keep spinach on top. Let slightly cool. Reserve steamer water.
Remove chicken to check for doneness and then roughly chop.
Transfer all ingredients into a blender or food processor. For stage 2 puree – blend for 1-2 mintues or until you achieve desired consistency, adding reserved water in 1/4 cup increments if needed. For stage 3 puree – pulse in 5 second intervals until you have achieved the desired chunky consistency, adding reserved water in 1/4 cup increments if needed.

Age: 6+ months

Yield: makes roughly 20 ounces of puree

Storage: Fridge – store in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days. Freezer – can be frozen for up to 4 months (this and thisare my favorite freezer storage containers).

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Products follow enter in the following order: vegetable mono puree (zucchini, broccoli, colored cabbage, carrots), dairy-free cereals (corn, buckwheat, rice, oatmeal), fruit purees. From 8 months, you can start introducing meat purees (rabbit, turkey, veal) and egg yolk.

When administered a new product should be monitored for the reaction of the child's body. When allergic reaction, contact your pediatrician for advice.

After injection vegetables, cereals and fruits, you can cook vegetable puree soups, fruit purees, cereals with fruit purees.

From 8-10 months soups and vegetable purees can be given a less tender consistency by grinding them through sieve or mash well with a fork. From 10 months, the child can be offered a finger complementary foods - small pieces of well-boiled vegetables and ripe fruits without peels (broccoli, potatoes, cauliflower, zucchini). So baby will learn to eat in pieces and develop fine motor skills of the hands.

Meals for children up to a year should be boiled, baked or steamed, without adding salt and seasonings.

On our website you you will find many options for what you can cook for a child up to a year old for breakfast, lunch, dinner, afternoon snack or snack. There are simple, tasty and healthy recipes for cereals, dishes from vegetables, meat and fish. Our recipes are very simple and quick to prepare, because a child under one year old needs constant supervision and care. mothers have very little free time.

You can make a menu for a child for the day or a week, saving the recipes you are interested in as favorites.

And most importantly, we always in touch! If you have any questions about the recipe, write in the comments under it and we will respond promptly.

We wish you baby have a good appetite!

Feeding a 9-month-old baby, recipes and feeding tips

Feeding a baby 9-month-old baby. In the first year after birth, babies grow very quickly and their nutritional needs change rapidly as they grow.

Feeding a 9-month-old baby, recipes and feeding tips

When your baby is nine months old, you will be asked to make changes to his diet. This means that you will be asked to switch from breast milk or breast milk to solid foods.

If you want to know the feeding schedule for a nine-month-old baby, what foods can be fed, feeding tips and other related topics, read the next part of the article!

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What kind of food should a 9-month-old baby eat?

try الأطفال food when they reach this stage. While some children may be more interested in fruits, others may prefer vegetables.

Some children may also like pureed or mashed potatoes, while others may like chewy foods or a more textured food.

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Here are some food ideas to feed your 9-month-old baby:

1. Fruits/Vegetables

Here are some fruits and vegetables you can add to your baby's diet:

Apricot
plum
Watermelon
carrots
Green beans
beetroot
Pumpkin
Broccoli
Potato
tomatoes
Eggplant
zucchini
Cauliflower

2. Not vegetarian.

Here are some non-vegetarian foods that can be given to a 9 month old baby:

yolk
Chicken
high temperature
fish (other than shellfish)

3. Other Nutrients

Here is a list of other foods you can feed a nine month old baby:

Bread
Oats
Tofu
yogurt
cheese
butter
walnut
barley
Nut
Quinoa
Semolina

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How much milk is enough to Feed a 9-month-old baby?

By 9 months, he may have already eaten three main meals and one or two snacks in between, which may include fruits, vegetables, cereals, and other types of foods.

Feeding 9-month-old baby, recipes and feeding tips

However, breast milk or formula is still important for your baby and should be an important part of his nutritional plan. This is because your baby still needs enough protein in their diet, and milk is one of the most important sources of protein to help with this.

A nine-month-old baby can produce between 16 and 24 ounces of milk, depending on the amount of solid food the baby consumes throughout the day.

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Foods to avoid for 9 month old baby solid foods, you should be especially careful when feeding certain types of food, as they can cause complications in young children.

Here are some foods to avoid when breastfeeding 9-month-old baby:

Honey in any form should be avoided as it can cause infant botulism, an infection that can damage your baby's intestines. Also, honey at such a young age can affect the development of your child's teeth.
Raw eggs may lead to salmonella contamination; So make sure you feed your baby well cooked egg yolk and egg yolk.
Sugary foods such as candy, ice cream, custard or cookies should be avoided. Also, don't forget to watch how much sugar you add to baby food.
Do not give fish that are high in mercury, as this may harm the central nervous system of your growing child. Some fish high in mercury include sharks, marlin, swordfish, etc.
Whole nuts are bad for your baby because they are difficult to chew and can cause choking in babies.
Too much salt can damage your child's kidneys. Therefore, do not forget to add very little salt to baby food.

Nursing recipes 9-1 month old baby

Think of some delicious and nutritious recipes for your baby, here we have some easy recipes you can try!

1. Sweet potatoes and peaches.

The perfect dinner recipe for your little one that contains the health benefits of peaches and sweet potatoes.

ingredients:

2 ripe peaches
1 medium sweet potato
some water
Cinnamon as needed

how to prepare:

Sweet potatoes and peaches climb well.
Soak in excess water, peel and cut sweet potatoes and peaches. Keep it aside.
Preheat the microwave oven to 375 degrees.
Arrange sliced peaches and sweet potatoes in a flat baking dish.
Sprinkle with cinnamon and add water to coat the pieces.
Cover a baking dish with aluminum foil and cook for 15-20 minutes or until the food is done.
Remove the contents from the baking dish and mash as your child likes.

2. Scrambled eggs and sweet potatoes.

This is one of the nutritious 9 month old baby food recipes that has all the goodness of eggs and sweet potatoes.

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Ingredients:

1 egg (you can use egg yolk)
½ cup puree
some pepper
1 teaspoon butter

how to prepare :

Take a bowl. Add mashed potatoes and eggs.
Mix well.
Melt the butter in a frying pan, then add it to the potato and egg mixture.
Continue stirring with a spoon until the mixture is combined.
Pour the contents into a bowl and mash if you want to adjust the consistency to your child's preference.