Fast and fresh baby food

Fast & Fresh Baby Food Cookbook: 120 Ridiculously Simple and Naturally Wholesome Baby Food Recipes by Jacqueline Burt Cote, Paperback

Introduction 8

Chapter 1 Only the Freshest Ingredients

Opting for Organic 12

Fresh, Frozen, or Canned? 13

Superfoods 14

Buying Locally Grown 16

Allergy Awareness 16

Cleanliness and Safety 18

A Word on Dessert 18

Chapter 2 Fast and Easy Cooking

Cooking Methods for All 22

Tools and Equipment 22

Storing, Thawing, and Reheating 23

Planning and Prepping Ahead 24

How to Use This Book 25

Chapter 3 Smooth Introductions

Single-Ingredient Purées

Cooked Fruit Purées 30

Raw Fruit Purées 32

Steamed Vegetable Purées 33

Cereals 35

Fruit and Vegetable Combination Purées

Green Beans and Pear Purée 36

Apple and Mango Purée 37

Avocado and Banana Purée 38

Peas and Carrots Purée 39

Plum and Nectarine Purée 40

Carrot and Mango Purée 41

Sweet Potato and Green Beans Purée 42

Avocado and Pear Purée 43

Zucchini and Banana Purée 44

Apple, Nectarine, and Banana Purée 45

Chapter 4 New Flavors and Textures

Single-Ingredient Purées

Cooked Fruit Purées 50

Raw Fruit Purées 51

Steamed Vegetable Purées 52

Sautéed Greens Purées 53

Cereal Combinations

Quinoa and Banana Purée 54

Apple Pie Oatmeal Purée 55

Avocado, Sweet Potato, and Brown Rice Purée 56

Blueberries and Quinoa Purée 57

Papaya, Kiwi, and Oatmeal Purée 58

Fruit and Vegetable Combination Purées

Blueberry-Apple Yogurt Purée 59

Kale and Avocado Purée 60

Peas, Pear, and Broccoli Purée 61

Cauliflower and Sweet Potato Purée 62

Kiwi, Asparagus, and Banana Purée 63

Peach, Blueberries, and Carrot Purée 64

Papaya, Banana, and Cantaloupe Yogurt 65

Broccoli, Cauliflower, and Carrot Purée 66

Green Beans and Papaya Purée 67

Butternut Squash, Cauliflower, and Peas Purée 68

Kiwi and Zucchini Purée 69

Peach, Kale, and Tofu Purée 70

Watermelon and Pear Purée 71

Asparagus, Honeydew, and Peas Purée 72

Apricot, Cherries, and Banana Purée 73

Meat Combination Purées

Chicken, Pears, and Quinoa Puree 74

Chicken and Avocado Puree 75

Chicken, Apricots, and Prunes Purée 76

Chicken and Zucchini Purée 77

Turkey, Mango, and Cucumber Purée 78

Turkey and Plums Purée 79

Turkey, Carrots, and Broccoli Purée 80

Pork and Apples Purée 81

Pork, Carrots, and Brown Rice Purée 82

Beef, Sweet Potatoes, and Swiss Chard Purée 83

Beef and Parsnips Purée 84

Beef and Green Beans Purée 85

Chapter 5 Balanced Bites and Finger Foods

Combination Purées

Peach, Plum, and Strawberry Oatmeal Purée 90

Chickpea, Sweet Potato, and Cauliflower Purée 91

Black Beans, Collard Greens, and Parsnip Purée 92

Chicken, Apple, and Sweet Potato Purée 93

Chicken, Peas, and Banana Purée 94

Chicken, Peach, and Pumpkin Purée 95

Turkey, Kale, and Papaya Purée 96

Turkey, Cauliflower, and Apricot Purée 97

Turkey, Peas, and Apple Purée 99

Pork, Cherries, and Pears Purée 101

Beef and Carrot Purée 102

Beef, Asparagus, and Pear Purée 103

Beef, Zucchini, and Cherries Purée 104

Beef, Green Beans, and Prunes Purée 105

Finger Foods

Avocado Toast 106

Applesauce Muffins 107

Roasted Sweet Potato Nibbles 108

Tofu Bites 109

Fun-Size Asparagus Frittatas 110

Turkey and Cheese Quesadillas 111

Broccoli and Carrot Pancakes 112

Sweet Potato and Bean Balls 113

Baked Pear Slices 114

Apple Date Bars 115

Baby Meals

Cottage Cheese and Kiwi 116

Strawberry-Papaya Yogurt Mix-Ins 117

Confetti Couscous 118

Tasty Turkey, Sweet Potato, and Bean Stew 119

Butternut Squash "Mac and Cheese" 121

Tofu, Quinoa, and Avocado Bowl 122

Mini Apple-Turkey Meatballs 123

Leftover Chicken and Brown Rice with Sauteed Kale 124

Easy Black Bean and Zucchini Soup 125

Mini Meat Loaf Muffins 126

Alphabet and Veggie Pasta 127

Chapter 6 Real Meals and Snacks

Real Meals

Whole-Wheat Banana Pancakes 132

Breakfast Couscous 133

Tofu Scramble 134

Quick Red Lentil Soup 135

Simple Butternut Squash Soup 136

Mac and Cheese Soup 137

Mozzarella Poppers 138

Quinoa-Veggie Fritters 139

Creamy Polenta with Tomato Sauce 141

Mexican "Pizza" 142

Mini Spinach Pizzas 143

Spinach Pesto Pasta 144

Speedy Pasta Primavera 145

Gnocchi Bolognese 146

Baked Mini Rice Balls 147

Chicken Fried Rice 148

Ham and Cheese Pockets 149

Fish Fingers 151

Taco "Salad" 152

Beef and Broccoli 153

Snacks

Good Greens Smoothie 154

Strawberry-Banana Surprise Smoothie 155

Almond Butter Cereal Balls 156

Sunflower Seed Butter and Banana Pinwheels 157

Zucchini Mini Muffins 158

Edamame Hummus 159

White Bean Dip 160

Cheese Fondue Dip 161

Hummus and Carrot Pinwheels 162

Cheesy Carrot Balls 163

Appendix A Recipes for the One-Year Birthday Party 164

Appendix B Sample Meal Plans 173

Appendix C Measurement Conversions 177

References 178

Index 181

10 Easy Homemade Baby Food Ideas (No-Cook, Super Fast, Stage 1)

Learn how to make the EASIEST homemade baby food recipes (stage 1) for your little one with these super simple no-cook ideas. Plus: I have the best tips for making them ahead and freezing them so you can batch cook and simplify your days!

Homemade Baby Food

As a mom to three kids, I know firsthand how the urge to make homemade baby food can be both exciting and a little daunting. And if you have a busy schedule or other kids in the house, finding the time to actually do it can seem impossible. But, there are so many healthy foods that you can transform into stage 1 baby food purees with hardly any work or special equipment at all!

TIP: I use a regular blender for all of these recipes, so you don’t need to buy a special baby food maker unless you want to.

Baby Food Recipes for 6, 7, and 8 Month Old Babies

These homemade baby food ideas are designed for younger babies who are still eating thinner purees, but you can of course use them for older babies and toddlers too. Each can be served as is, or you can combine more than one together to create new flavors if you’re feeling creative!

TIP: If you want to add fat or protein to any of these fruit or veggie purees, simply stir in a little whole milk yogurt, coconut cream, or Avocado Puree.

Best Way to Make Baby Food

I’ve found that the easiest and most approachable way to make baby food is to simply use a blender. With fresh ingredients and a little water, breastmilk, or formula to thin it as needed, you can easily make your baby meals without investing in equipment you may not use very long.

TIP: You’ll want to start with at least 1 cup of any base ingredient to ensure that there’s enough in the blender to fully blend up.

Tools You Need to Make Homemade Baby Food

To make these baby food recipes you’ll need:

Blender (you could also use an immersion blender if yours is very strong)
Water, formula, or breastmilk to thin as needed
Knife for chopping produce
Spoon
Bowls
Ice cube tray
Freezer bags for storage
Baby food storage containers

Stage 1 Baby Food

These baby foods are meant for early eaters as they are typically very thin and easy for a baby to move around in their mouths. I follow the recommendations to wait until 6 months to start solids, so I personally don’t worry excessively about this distinction as I like babies to experience some texture in their purees. (The ones you find at the store are low allergenic foods and are meant for 4+ months.)

Stage 2 Baby Food

These baby foods are typically a little bit thicker, sometimes include more than one ingredient, and offer a wider variety of ingredients. Most babies are ready for these sorts of purees around 7-8 months, or once they’ve mastered thinner purees. (Again, since I like to do a combined baby feeding approach with both baby led weaning and purees, I don’t worry too much about following the calendar to decide when to introduce these.)

TIP: As a backup to my homemade baby foods, I love the options from Amara Organic Baby Food (paid affiliate link) since you simply need to stir it together with breast milk, formula, or water and it’s ready to serve.

And now, for my ten go-to homemade baby food purees that you don’t even need to cook!

1.

Avocado Puree

To make avocado puree for a baby, you just need a fresh avocado, a blender, and some lemon juice if you plan to store it for later. I sometimes even do this with just a fork if the avocado is super soft! It’s a perfect way to introduce a low allergenic food that’s rich in healthy fats.

TIP: Get the full recipe for Avocado Puree here.

2. Bean Puree

Baby’s early foods don’t have to be all one food group and beans are a great food to have in the mix. You can do this easy bean puree with chickpeas, pinto beans, black beans, or even white beans, thinning it as needed with water, formula, or breastmilk. This is a great puree to mix with a little sweet potato or butternut squash.

TIP: Get the full recipe for Bean Puree here.

3. Blueberry Puree

Using fresh or frozen blueberries, this easy berry puree is loaded with fresh flavor and antioxidants. It’s delicious on its own or stirred into plain whole milk yogurt or baby oatmeal. (Note that it thickens up as it sits in the fridge, so you’ll need to stir it well to serve.)

TIP: Get the full recipe for Blueberry Puree here.

4. Kiwi Puree

With a bright flavor, this puree is great for babies who seem to love flavor—and it’s a fun one to make and store for later. You’ll want to make sure that you choose very ripe and sweet kiwi and taste it before you make the puree to ensure that it’s not too tart. (If it seems tart, you can mix with banana or applesauce.)

TIP: Get the full recipe for Kiwi Puree here.

5. Mango Puree

Using fresh or thawed frozen mango, this baby puree blends up in seconds. It’s bright, flavorful, and a great source of immune-boosting vitamins. Taste your mango to be sure that it’s sweet and not too tart. (If it’s tart, you can add Applesauce or ripe Banana Puree.)

TIP: Get the full recipe for Mango Puree here.

6. Peach Puree

Turn fresh or frozen and thawed peach slices into a super smooth Stage 1 baby food with this easy blender method. You’ll want to strain out the skin since it’s hard to blend up smooth, even with a high powered blender, but that’s so easy to do! This baby food recipe is a nice alternative to applesauce.

TIP: Get the full recipe for Peach Puree here.

7. Whipped Peanut Butter

This may not have occurred to you, but whipped peanut butter is a great baby food! This is a perfect way to introduce baby to peanut butter and to offer it safely there after. You just need to stir water into unsweetened creamy peanut butter until it forms a whipped consistency like yogurt. It’s smooth, not too sticky, and packed with protein.

TIP: Get the full scoop on introducing peanuts to baby here.

8. Pineapple Puree

Blend up fresh or frozen pineapple chunks into a tropical baby food puree that’s smooth and creamy. This is yummy on its own or paired with whole milk plain yogurt. Taste your pineapple to ensure that it’s not too tart. (If it’s tart, you can add Applesauce or ripe Banana Puree. )

TIP: Get the full recipe for Pineapple Puree here.

9. Strawberry Puree

Fresh strawberries blend up into a perfectly smooth homemade puree without the need for any additional liquid. You can serve this as is, or mix with applesauce if desired. The flavor of your berries will determine the flavor of your puree, so be sure to taste them for sweetness.

TIP: Get the full recipe for Strawberry Puree here.

10. Banana Puree

Ripe bananas make great homemade baby food with the help of just a blender. This is a super simple baby food to make at home and it’s easy to digest as a Stage 1 baby food. Use ripe bananas with brown spots to ensure that the puree tastes sweet and is easy for baby to digest.

TIP: Get the full recipe for Banana Puree here.

Homemade Baby Food Storage

The easiest way to store homemade baby food is to add fresh purees to an ice cube tray and freeze. Once frozen, simply pop out the cubes and store in labeled freezer bags for up to 3 months. These are a perfect way to make it easy to send homemade baby food to daycare or to simply get ahead for the coming week.

TIP: Find more information about storing baby food—including the best small food storage containers—here.

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Tips for Making the Best Homemade Baby Food

Use at least 1 cup base ingredient to ensure that a blender has enough volume to blend well.
Thin any homemade puree with water, formula, or breast milk.
Freeze any baby food you won’t use within 3 days in an ice cube tray. Transfer frozen cubes into freezer storage bags for up to 3 months. Thaw these frozen baby food recipes in an airtight container in the fridge overnight before you plan to serve.
Taste all fresh foods for sweetness and to ensure that your puree isn’t too tart. To tame tartness, mix any puree with Banana Puree , Avocado Puree, Applesauce, or Mashed Sweet Potato.
If you want to add fat or protein to any of these fruit or veggie purees, simply stir in a little whole milk yogurt, coconut cream, or Avocado Puree.
Use breastmilk or formula in place of the water if desired.
Mix two purees together for more complex flavors.
Add texture to any puree by stirring in baby oatmeal or hemp seeds.
For more details on each of these, find them here: Avocado Puree; Banana Puree, Bean Puree; Blueberry Puree, Kiwi Puree, Mango Puree, Pineapple Puree, Peanut Butter Puree, Peach Puree, Strawberry Puree

I’d love to hear your feedback on this way of making simple baby food, so please comment below. I so appreciate hearing your experience with my recipes!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Author Amy Palanjian

Cuisine American

Course Baby Food

Calories 42kcal

Servings 4

▢ 1 cup blueberries, diced strawberries, diced peaches (peeled), diced kiwi (peeled), diced pineapple (peeled), diced banana (peeled), diced mango (peeled), diced avocado (peeled), OR beans (rinsed and drained)
▢ water, formula, or breast milk (as needed)

Choose one fruit, the avocado, or beans and add to a blender.
If making the puree with blueberries, strawberries, peaches, kiwi, pineapple, mango, or beans, add ¼ cup water and blend, adding more water as desired to make a thin, very smooth puree. If making avocado or banana, just blend (without water) until very smooth.
Serve or store in an airtight container for 3-5 days in the fridge, or up to 3 months in the freezer.

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Storage Containers
Silicone Ice Cube Tray

Use at least 1 cup base ingredient to ensure that a blender has enough volume to blend well.
Thin any homemade puree with water, formula, or breast milk.
Freeze any baby food you won't use within 3 days in an ice cube tray. Transfer frozen cubes into freezer storage bags for up to 3 months. Thaw these frozen baby food recipes in an airtight container in the fridge overnight before you plan to serve.
Taste all fresh foods for sweetness and to ensure that your puree isn't too tart. To tame tartness, mix any puree with Banana Puree , Avocado Puree, Applesauce, or Mashed Sweet Potato.
If you want to add fat or protein to any of these fruit or veggie purees, simply stir in a little whole milk yogurt, coconut cream, or Avocado Puree.
Use breastmilk or formula in place of the water if desired.
Mix two purees together for more complex flavors.
Add texture to any puree by stirring in baby oatmeal or hemp seeds.
For more details on each of these, find them here: Avocado Puree; Banana Puree, Bean Puree; Blueberry Puree, Kiwi Puree, Mango Puree, Pineapple Puree, Peanut Butter Puree, Peach Puree, Strawberry Puree

Serving: 0.25cup, Calories: 42kcal, Carbohydrates: 11g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 1mg, Potassium: 57mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 7g, Vitamin A: 40IU, Vitamin C: 7mg, Calcium: 4mg, Iron: 1mg

Tried this recipe?Rate in the comments and tag @yummytoddlerfood on IG!

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The ideal baby food up to 6 months is breast milk, but if it is not possible to feed the baby with mother's milk, then mixtures that are sold in stores come to the rescue. When choosing a ready-made mixture, follow the rule: the closer the mixture is to breast milk in composition, the better.
All formulas are thoroughly tested before entering the store, so they are all safe, which cannot be said about homemade food. But their price may differ, depending on how high-quality and modern the mixture is.
More modern formulas usually contain ingredients that have only recently been scientifically proven to be useful (eg, lutein). But this does not mean that traditional mixtures that do not contain this substance should be abandoned.
From 6-7 months, the baby begins to receive complementary foods, and by 8-9 months the proportion of mixtures in the child's diet is reduced to 50%, and the rest falls on fruit and vegetable puree, dairy-free cereals from ground cereals that do not contain gluten. At the second stage of complementary foods, meat puree can be introduced into the diet. It is not recommended to give juices to children under 1.5 years old.
Children under 1 year of age should not drink tea. It is better to boil baby water before drinking.
Starting from the age of 1, the baby can eat cottage cheese and other unsweetened fermented milk products. You need to be careful with yogurt: it may contain sugar, which is not recommended for children at this age. Kefir should be excluded from the diet of preschoolers, as it is highly acidic and may contain alcohol. Powdered milk for a baby can only be used as part of baking or in case of emergency.
Sugar and salt are generally recommended to be excluded from the baby's menu until at least 3 years old. Caution should be given to the child honey - it can cause allergies.
Do not allow children to eat foods intended for adults. Sausages and sausages are not baby food. They may contain phosphates, preservatives, and too much salt and sugar, which is harmful to the baby.

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