Homemade baby food for 8 months
Top 10 Baby Food Recipes for 8- to 10-Month-Olds
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Effortless Apples and Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1/3 cup boneless chicken or turkey, chopped and cooked
- 1/4 cup soft cooked apple (no skin or seeds), or 1/4 cup natural applesauce
- Handful of diced carrots (optional)
- Pinch of cinnamon (optional)
Directions:
- Place chicken with cooked apple in a food processor or blender.
- Add cinnamon.
- Puree or mash to a consistency suitable for baby, adding water to thin if necessary.
Quick Tip! This recipe freezes with mixed results. It may thaw to a gritty and watery texture. For best results reheat in a saucepan so that ingredients may easily be recombined.
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Peachy Keen Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients:
- 1 sweet potato, peeled and diced
- 2 ripe peaches, pitted and cubed
- Water
- Pinch of cinnamon or ginger
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 375° F
- Combine sweet potato and peaches in a shallow baking dish and add just enough water to slightly cover the food.
Sprinkle a pinch of cinnamon or ginger over the dish and stir, cover with foil.
- Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until peaches and sweet potatoes are fork tender—check on the water level often.
- Once fully baked, reserve any remaining water and transfer sweet potatoes and peaches to a bowl to cool.
- Puree or mash as needed for baby’s texture preference.
May be frozen but some wateriness may occur upon thawing—try adding some plain whole milk yogurt to reconstitute.
Quick Tip! You can double, triple or even quadruple this recipe and turn it into a delicious holiday side dish for the grown-ups and bigger kids in the family. Simply mash all the ingredients together, add a ½ cup whole milk yogurt per each doubling of the recipe and then return the mix to a baking dish. Drizzle with maple syrup, sprinkle on some chopped nuts and warm in a heated oven for 15 minutes.
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Lentil, Sweet Potato and Apple Salad
Ingredients:
- 3 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 large apple (Macintosh or Granny Smith work well!)
- 2 cups water or broth (low sodium, all natural chicken or vegetable broth) for the lentils
- 1 cup water (to steam sweet potatoes and apples)
- 1 cup yellow lentils (or any dried type of lentils)
- 2 Tbl. olive oil
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp. (or a small pinch) cardamom
Directions:
- Peel the sweet potatoes and cube in 1 inch cubes.
- Peel, core and dice the apple into small dices.
- Bring 2 cups of water or broth to a boil in one saucepot and add the lentils.
- Return the lentils to boil and then turn heat to low.
- Simmer lentils on low heat for 20 to 30 minutes or until the lentils have become soft.
- Add 1 cup of water to the other saucepot and insert a steamer basket into the pot.
- Add the sweet potato cubes and diced apple to the steamer basket and steam for approximately 20 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are fork tender.
- Once the lentils and sweet potatoes and apples are cooked, remove from the stove top and drain excess liquid from each saucepot.
- Allow foods to cool to warm.
- Once foods have cooled, combine the foods together in a large bowl with 2 Tbl. of olive oil.
- Sprinkle in the spices and toss well.
Quick Tip! Mash the salad and serve as a finger food meal or puree for babies who are not enjoying lumps and bumps. Sweet potatoes, apples and lentils are a powerful combination. This salad is great for grown-ups too and will serve up lots of iron, protein and vitamin C as well as vitamin A.
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Parsnip, Apple and Carrot Mash
Ingredients:
- 4 parsnips
- 4 carrots
- 2 apples
- Pinch of cinnamon
- 1 Tbl.
olive oil
Directions:
- Peel and dice carrots, parsnips and apples then add them to a bowl with olive oil and a pinch of cinnamon, stir to combine.
- Dump the contents of the bowl into a lightly oiled baking dish and bake at 400° F for approximately 25 minutes or until all the foods are fork tender.
- When finished roasting, allow to cool and then puree as needed, adding water to thin if required.
While this dish may be frozen, upon thawing you might find a mushy or gritty texture. For best results, freeze in portions that have not been pureed and then thaw and puree as needed.
Did You Know? Parsnips contain a good amount of calcium, vitamin C and even folate. These root vegetables have a delicious nutty and sweet taste that most babies love.
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Sweet Potato Scramble
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup sweet potato puree
- 2 egg yolks (you may use whole eggs if you wish)
- Butter or olive oil
- Pinch of pepper
Directions:
- Warm the butter or olive oil in the frying pan.
- Combine sweet potato and eggs in a bowl and whisk together.
- Add mixture to the warmed pan and scramble with a wooden spoon until thoroughly cooked.
- Puree or mash as needed to reach baby’s texture preference.
Not recommended for freezing but makes a perfect finger food and can be stored in the fridge for up to three days.
Did You Know? While eggs may have a bad reputation for being high in cholesterol, making eggs a part of baby’s diet will not lead to dangerously high cholesterol levels. Babies need more fats and even some cholesterol for healthy growth and development.
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Baked Apples
Ingredients:
- 3 or 4 large apples (Macintosh, Gala or Braeburn all work well.)
- Butter (optional)
- Cinnamon (optional)
- Brown sugar and raisins (optional but a must add if you will be serving to the “big kids”)
Directions:
- Core the apples but leave the peel on.
- Wipe center insides of each apple with butter if desired and/or add a few drops of water-sprinkle some cinnamon over the apples if you like.
- Add raisins and a tiny dash of brown sugar to the inside of each apple if you like.
- Place the prepared apples upright in a baking pan. Add 2 inches of water to the pan and cover with foil.
- Bake at 400° F for approximately 40 minutes or until skin puckers and/or fruit begins to bubble.
- Once apples have baked, allow them to cool in the baking pan then transfer the apples to a large mixing bowl.
Did You Know? Baked apples may fall apart while baking—this is perfectly fine! You may turn them into applesauce or gently mash them for finger foods.
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Creamy Peachy Rice
Ingredients:
- 1 cup cooked brown rice
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1/2 cup peach puree
- Pinch of cinnamon
Directions:
- Combine all the ingredients in a medium saucepan.
- Bring ingredients to a gentle simmer and continue to simmer on low until creamy and well blended.
Freezes with mixed results
Quick Tip! This recipe can be used to make any quick and easy rice pudding. Use whole milk to replace the yogurt if desired and try adding raisins and figs.
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Yogurt Meals
Ingredients:
- 1 large tub plain, whole milk yogurt
- Assorted fruits and vegetables, pureed or mashed
Directions:
- Combine yogurt with a variety of baby’s favorite fruits or veggies, divide into portions and freeze or store in the refrigerator.
Quick tip! Here are some more yogurt combinations to try:
Peary Creamy Oats: Blend yogurt with pear sauce and cooked oatmeal
Creamy Sweet Potatoes and Rice: Blend yogurt with sweet potatoes and rice—add a pinch of cinnamon if you like.
Green Beans with Yogurt and Applesauce: Blend yogurt with green beans and applesauce.
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Easy Pumpkin and Apples
Ingredients:
- 1 cup fresh pumpkin, peeled and diced *
- 2 cups apples, peeled, cored and chopped *
- 1 cup water
- Pinch of cinnamon
Directions:
- Combine all the ingredients in a medium saucepan.
- Bring ingredients to a gentle simmer and continue to simmer on low until soft and fork tender
- Allow to cool then mash or puree if needed.
Freezes with mixed results. It may be watery upon thawing, stir well to reconstitute
Did You Know? Pumpkin and apples will offer an abundance of vitamin A, vitamin C, folate and even calcium into baby’s diet. This combination just can’t be beat and would be great to help boost iron absorption; serve with meats whenever possible.
*You may use natural ready-made applesauce and canned pumpkin if desired; be sure to use plain pumpkin and not pumpkin pie mix.
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Sweet Potato Fries
Ingredients:
- 1 pound (approximately 4 medium) sweet potatoes
- Olive oil
- Spices like cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg or cardamom
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400° F. Scrub sweet potatoes clean then peel them—leave the skin on if you feel baby can tolerate them.
- Cut sweet potatoes into strips or other shapes that you may then cut down after baking.
- In a large bowl, add about 1/4 cup of olive oil and pinches of the spices you prefer.
- Toss the cut up sweet potatoes into the bowl and stir so that the potatoes are drenched with the olive oil mix.
- Dump sweet potatoes onto a baking sheet, drizzle remaining olive oil over the potatoes.
- Stir and swirl the potatoes on the baking sheet before placing in oven.
- Bake for approximately 30 to 45 minutes or until tender.
*All recipes excerpted from The Wholesome Baby Food Guide and WholesomeBabyFoodGuide.com
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Once your baby starts eating solid food, a whole new world opens up for them.
Whether you're going the traditional spoon-feeding route or trying baby-led weaning, you're likely starving for ideas for what to feed your baby. Making your own baby food can seem daunting, but with a little planning, it's super easy – and it can be cheaper than buying prepared baby food.
From thin purees to full finger-food meals, here are some baby food recipes for every stage of your solid feeding journey.
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Baby food recipes for 6 to 8 months
Babies are typically ready to start eating solid foods around 6 months. Signs that they're ready include having good head control, being able to sit up, and showing an interest in food. If your baby watches you while you eat, opens their mouth when you offer them a spoonful of food, or even tries to grab food off your plate, those are good indicators that they're ready.
You can start your baby off with just about any pureed, single-ingredient food – like bananas, berries, or many of the foods listed below.
The exceptions are the top allergenic foods, such as fish, wheat, eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, and dairy. It's best to give your baby low-allergy foods at the very beginning, like apple or chicken puree. Once you know they can handle those foods, you can start introducing potentially allergenic foods.
When introducing your baby to a common allergen, serve it for three to five days before introducing another type of food. That way, if your baby has an allergic reaction, it'll be easier to tell what caused it.
Try these baby food recipes for your 6- to 8-month-old:
- Apple and pear sauce
- Baby oats with prunes
- Butternut squash puree
- Green pea puree
- Mango and banana puree
- Peach or nectarine puree
- Roasted pears
- Sweet potato puree
- Turkey or chicken puree
- Whipped cauliflower
- Yogurt and berry swirl
- Zucchini puree
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Baby food recipes for 9 to 12 months
By the time your baby is about 9 months old, they're ready for some more complex dishes – often, you'll find yourself feeding them whatever you and the rest of your family are eating.
While you're expanding your baby's eating horizons, remember they still don't have that many teeth and can't chew hard or crunchy produce like raw carrots – and be on the lookout for choking hazards, like whole grapes and popcorn. But there are still plenty of other options for babies at this age: flaky salmon, ground beef, roasted vegetables, baked potatoes, pasta dishes… the list goes on.
If your baby doesn't like new textures, don't worry. The key at any age is to offer your baby a variety of foods and to keep trying. Even if they don't like the food at first, keep offering it to them – sometimes, you may have to offer your baby a food up to 20 times before they'll accept it.
By this age, your baby is also typically ready to start trying out finger foods, like O-shaped toasted oat cereal, banana slices, or well-cooked pasta cut into bite-size pieces, about a ¼ of an inch in size. Several of the recipes below, like guacamole, hummus, and whipped cauliflower, make perfect dips to pair with finger foods so your baby can start learning to eat independently.
It'll be messy, of course, but it's a great time for them to practice their hand-eye coordination and skills with their newfound pincer grasp.
If you're ready for some more food adventures with your baby, try adding spices to their meals. While it isn't recommended to give babies added salt or sugar in their diet until they're at least 2 years old, fresh herbs and other spices are fair game (and a little added salt is okay). Try adding cinnamon to their oatmeal or rosemary to their ground beef.
And if you really want to experiment with new flavors, your baby may even enjoy a bit of spicy food – but avoid foods with a lot of added sugar, salt, or processing. (If you're a fan of spicy food yourself and ate it while breastfeeding, your baby might even have some built-in tolerance for spice.)
Try these recipes for your 9- to 12-month-old:
- Asparagus risotto
- Baby guacamole
- Barley and mushroom mash
- Broccoli and cauliflower cheese
- Chicken curry with green beans and zucchini
- Coconut milk rice pudding with blueberry compote
- Homemade hummus
- Lentil and spinach stew
- Pasta with spinach and ricotta
- Oatmeal with apples
- Quinoa, black beans, and corn
- Rice with peas, carrots, and egg
- Root veggie mash
- Salmon, asparagus, and peas
- Shepherd's pie
- Smashed chickpea and butternut squash chili
- Tomato and avocado scramble
- Tropical fruit salad
If you're ever unsure about what to feed your baby or how much food to give them at any age, check out our age-by-age guide to feeding.
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Rebekah Wahlberg is an associate editor at BabyCenter, the world's number one digital parenting resource. She lives in Southern California with her silly dog Booger, where she enjoys hiking, yoga, and watching Netflix when she "should" be reading. Wahlberg is passionate about creating content that helps parents and parents-to-be equip themselves with everything they need to succeed.
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How to feed a baby at 8 months
Shalunova Anastasia Ivanovna
Member of the Russian Union of Nutritionists, Dietitians and Food Industry Specialists
— Anastasia Ivanovna, does the nutrition of a child at 8 months differ from the diet of a one-year-old child?
— Yes, different. By eight months, additional baby foods with greater density and nutritional value are needed as the more active baby develops new needs. The most important stage in the formation of a balanced diet begins, the purpose of which is to lay the right eating habits in order to transfer the child to the common table by the year and feed him with adult food, which is customary to eat in the family.
— What is the optimal combination of complementary foods with breast milk and infant formula?
— During the day, complementary foods and the usual milk food for the baby — mother's milk or an adapted formula — are given in different feedings. In the morning and evening, the mother will continue to breastfeed or formula, and for breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea she will offer the child complementary foods.
— In what cases is the start of complementary foods delayed?
— There are a number of reasons for delaying the introduction of new complementary foods:
- allergic reactions;
- unformed gastrointestinal tract and rejection of complementary foods;
- unformed nervous system;
- complications or operations after childbirth;
- chronic diseases;
- benign and malignant neoplasms;
- lack of nutritional interest with an unformed need for complementary foods.
— Why is it important to expand the baby's diet at 8 months?
— Eight months is a period of increased activity, intensive growth, formation of the food apparatus, digestive, urinary, and immune systems. All this requires the expenditure of a large amount of energy and the introduction of additional complementary foods that contain nutrients, vitamins, minerals in greater quantities than dairy food and the first complementary foods.
— What to feed a baby at 8 months?
- By eight months, the child can already try a large number of puree food options - these are vegetables, fruits, cereals. But the older the baby becomes, the less the products are crushed so that he gets acquainted with the pieces, learns to chew and swallow them. Age-appropriate foods are numerous. But it is worth remembering that at least four days are allotted for adaptation to one new nutritional component in order to have time to track the body's reaction.
If the baby responds well to one product, move on to the next.
What can a baby eat at 8 months
— What foods are harmful at eight months?
- The cooking method will play a role here. For the baby, the products are not fried, but boiled. It is not recommended to consume juices, soda, products with food additives, sweeteners, flavors and preservatives. We do not give the child sauces, canned food, fatty meats, as well as poorly digestible semi-finished products. Whole milk as an independent product at this age is too early to give.
8 month old baby menu option
Cream-soups MAMAKO ® with goat's milk is a natural product for normalizing digestion and adapting the baby to the adult menu.
Why does the child not want to eat complementary foods?
— Such behavior is possible due to the lack of food interest or due to the immaturity of some functions or organs of the child — not everything depends on the mother here, it will be necessary to resolve the issue with doctors and try to introduce new products.
Food interest is considered to be situations when a child reaches for a spoon, looks into a plate, is interested in different tastes. If this is not the case by eight months, it is worth contacting an allergist, a nutritionist, a gastroenterologist through a pediatrician.
Read also
- Why a child refuses to eat complementary foods and what to do in such situations.
— How can I tell which complementary foods my baby is allergic to?
- The easiest way to track allergies is through observation and keeping a food diary. Flushing, screaming and crying, and constipation can occur alone or along with other symptoms of a food allergy. It is necessary to introduce new food very carefully, not to give everything at once, so that the body adapts to complementary foods, and in the case of an allergic reaction, it is easier to recognize its pathogen.
Nutrition at eight months should be varied and balanced. The nutrients of each new product are important, because the child needs to be supplied not only with energy, but also with dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals.
Vegetables, fruits, meat, cereals already complement fermented milk products - kefir, yogurt and cottage cheese. But whole milk should be postponed to an older age.
* Breast milk is the best food for babies. WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding for the first 6 months of a child's life and continued breastfeeding after complementary foods are introduced until the age of 2 years. Before introducing new products into the baby's diet, you should consult with a specialist. The material is for informational purposes and cannot replace the advice of a healthcare professional. For feeding children from birth.
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Homemade baby puree: recipes
Homemade fruit and vegetable puree: cooking secrets
Vegetable and fruit puree often becomes the first meal of the baby after breast milk or formula, so many mothers prefer to cook it on their own.
Although modern manufacturers convince us that baby food is devoid of preservatives and harmful additives, fresh vegetables and fruits are much healthier, especially when it comes to infant nutrition. Yes, and cooking baby puree at home is not so difficult.
Vegetables or fruits?
Let's try to make baby puree for our beloved baby. Despite the fact that pediatricians of the last century recommended starting complementary foods with fruits, it is better to first introduce the child to vegetables - modern doctors and nutritionists have come to this conclusion. Boiled vegetables do not irritate the gastrointestinal tract, are better absorbed, satisfy hunger, do not cause allergies and increased gas formation. In addition, vegetables do not contain fructose, which irritates the pancreas. And one more weighty argument in favor of the fact that it is better to start with vegetables - fruits are tastier, and if the baby tries them first, he will refuse vegetables, because they will seem to him more insipid.
How to prepare baby vegetable puree
What can baby puree be made from? The ideal puree for the first feeding is from cauliflower or zucchini. A little later, you can introduce pumpkin, broccoli, carrots, potatoes and green peas. Before cooking, vegetables are washed well, peeled, cut into pieces and cooked - steamed, in the oven or in the usual way, in water. The first two methods are preferable because oven roasting and steaming preserve the vitamins, minerals, nutrients, and natural color in the vegetables. And most importantly - such vegetables are much tastier. Some nutritionists recommend boiling vegetables with their skins on before peeling them, so choose your own cooking method.
If you do have to cook vegetables in a saucepan, use an enamel pot, add less water and dip the vegetables into boiling water. Boil until soft, but do not overcook vegetables and fruits, otherwise they will become tasteless and lose a lot of vitamins. Ready vegetables are chopped with a blender until smooth and slightly diluted with water, vegetable broth, breast milk or mixture to a gruel state, since the child does not yet know how to digest thick food.
Small pieces of vegetables in puree sometimes cause the baby to refuse to eat, so the knives in the blender should be well sharpened, and if there is no technique, you can grind the vegetables through a sieve. Salt and spices are usually not added to baby vegetable puree, and if the baby is more than 6 months old, you can put a little butter in the puree.
A few rules for making baby puree at home
- Use only fresh vegetables and fruits.
- Water for cooking vegetables must be filtered or bottled.
- If you are using frozen foods, choose only whole fruits and vegetables as they retain the most nutrients.
- All utensils for preparing baby food should be perfectly clean, so if the knife falls on the floor, it should be washed well. Also, the presence of pets in the kitchen during the cooking process is not allowed.
- Avoid vegetables and fruits high in nitrates such as spinach, lettuce, beetroot, melon, and watermelon in infants' diets.
- Store-bought vegetables are recommended to be soaked in water to remove nitrates: 1-2 hours for this, up to 24 hours for potatoes.
- Mix sour-tasting fruits and berries with sweet fruits - for example, blackcurrant goes well with banana or pear. Sour puree is unlikely to please the baby.
- Give your child only fresh food, but yesterday's puree from the refrigerator is better to eat yourself.
Handmade fruit puree for children
Children are more likely to eat fruit puree because fruits are tastier and sweeter. Fruits contain a large amount of vitamins, minerals, trace elements, fiber and antioxidants, so they are very useful for a growing body. However, fruits are strong allergens, especially berries, bananas, pomegranates and apricots, so they should be given with caution, watching the child's reaction. The most low-allergenic fruits are apples and pears, so it is better to start complementary foods with them, and then introduce all other fruits.
First, the baby is fed with a one-component puree made from only one product, and then you can mix different vegetables and fruits, and not only among themselves. Very tasty combinations of fruits and vegetables, such as apples and zucchini, pumpkins and pears.
Fruit must be of good quality, without damage, ripe and juicy, and the rules for preparing fruits do not differ from the rules for cooking vegetables. Naturally, fruit puree is not sweetened with honey and sugar - the later the child learns the taste of sugar, the stronger his health will be.
Aromatic pumpkin puree
Babies eat pumpkin with pleasure because of its pleasant sweetish taste, besides pumpkin is very healthy. It contains a whole storehouse of various vitamins, including vitamin T, which normalizes the metabolism in the body. For pumpkin puree, small pumpkins are suitable, since large fruits are not as tasty and difficult to peel.
Cut the pumpkin in half, and then into small pieces, one or two of which (depending on the appetite of the crumbs) cut into cubes.
Boil the pumpkin in a double boiler or in water for 20 minutes, while warm, beat with a blender to a smooth puree and dilute if necessary with water or a mixture. Add oil and salt depending on the age of the child.
Gentle Broccoli Puree
One of my favorite homemade baby puree recipes is broccoli. This cabbage is extremely useful because it contains potassium, iron, calcium and other valuable substances. It has much more vitamin C than lemon, and the reason for its nutritional value is its high protein content.
Separate the broccoli into florets, wash thoroughly and steam for 20 minutes. Cabbage cooks faster in water - fresh broccoli will take 7 minutes, and frozen - about 15 minutes. Broccoli puree does not need much water, it should lightly coat the vegetables. After the cabbage becomes soft, chop it in a blender or pass through a sieve. If you're mashing for kids older than a year old, be sure to add butter - the little ones will gobble up broccoli on both cheeks!
How to make baby pear puree at home
Pear is a very delicate, tasty and healthy fruit that rarely causes intolerance.
In addition to the high vitamin value, the pear has other beneficial properties - it facilitates digestion and removes toxins from the body.
For baby food, choose green pears to reduce the risk of allergies, which are rare among babies. Peel the fruits from the peel and core with seeds, and then stew the pear in a bowl with a thick bottom in a small amount of water for 15 minutes. Let the pear cool slightly and puree it in a blender with a little of the remaining pear broth. For large kids, fruits can not be boiled, but add half a teaspoon of natural honey to the puree.
Zucchini and apple puree
Little gourmets will love this delicious puree, besides, zucchini is considered the most hypoallergenic vegetables, which, due to their high potassium content, have a beneficial effect on the heart. Apples contain iodine, iron and phosphorus, and due to the high concentration of vitamin C, apples help in the prevention of colds and viral infections.
Wash the zucchini and apples well, de-seed them, cut into pieces and cook in a pot for about 20 minutes, considering that the zucchini will cook 5 minutes faster.
By the way, apples are steamed for 15 minutes, zucchini - 10 minutes. Next, vegetables and fruits are chopped in a blender, mixed and brought to a boil. For allergic children, this is the best side dish!
Exotic mango
Sometimes you can pamper your baby with exotic fruits - for example, make mango puree. This is a very delicate fruit with an original taste, containing 12 amino acids and improving sleep.
Choose only ripe fruits that are soft and red-yellow in color. Peel the mango from a thick skin and a large bone, put the pulp in a blender, add 2 tbsp. l. water and mash it, and then heat it in a saucepan for several minutes. For a baby up to a year old, it is better to give mashed potatoes with heat treatment to facilitate digestion, and older children can be fed raw mangoes.
Carrot-Potato Puree
Make normal potato puree without oil. Peel the carrots, grate them and stew them with butter and vegetable broth - about 1 tsp is required for 200 g of carrots.
butter and 150 g of broth. When the carrot becomes very soft, wipe it through a sieve, and then put it on a plate, put mashed potatoes on the second half. Let the child choose whether to mix two types of puree for him or eat separately!
Pumpkin and apple puree
This sweet, sugar-free pumpkin-apple puree, cooked in a double boiler, is suitable for children who are already accustomed to “adult” food and are able to perceive a new unusual dish. It is better to take a pumpkin with a gray or green skin and with bright pulp - such fruits contain more vitamins and other useful substances. Apples are green because they have fewer allergens.
Cut pumpkin and apple flesh without peel and seeds into pieces, place in a double boiler and cook for 20 minutes. Grind pumpkin, apples and raisins in a blender or by hand with a pusher if the child has already learned to chew. They say that this puree is very good for skin and hair, and you can check the truth of this statement yourself if you start feeding this dish to your baby.
