How to make homemade plum baby food

10 Easy And Delicious Plum Baby Food

Easy-to-prepare healthy recipes to help your little one enjoy the benefits of fruit.

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Plums are superfoods with health-promoting properties and high nutritional value. Many moms want to learn plum recipes for babies since common recipes may not be suitable and palatable. High amounts of phenolic compounds such as anthocyanins are secret behind various benefits of plums (1). Babies older than six months already taking solids can begin to eat plums as per pediatricians’ recommendations.

You may begin with simple plum recipes such as puree and in lesser quantities; otherwise, it can be hard for your baby’s immature digestive system. Read on to learn its benefits, how to incorporate them into a baby’s diet, and some healthy plum recipes for babies.

Health Benefits Of Plums For Babies

Plums are a low-calorie fruit that contains many vital vitamins, such as A, C, K, B and minerals such as potassium, copper, manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, and fiber, bioactive compounds, such as anthocyanins.

Dried plums or prunes are associated with bone health due to its unique nutritional profile that contains major phenolic compounds (2).

Both fresh and dried plums have laxative effects. as the fiber in it is mostly insoluble and contains sorbitol which has natural laxative effects. Thus, they are associated with healthy intestinal motility, thus keeping constipation at bay (3) (4).

Plums contain phytochemicals such as cyanidin and lutein. Some studies show that regular consumption of plums could possibly have beneficial effects on brain functioning (5).

Plums are considered a good source of phytonutrients such as flavonoids, neochlorogenic, and chlorogenic acid, which have high antioxidant activities. These compounds could help reduce inflammation and combat free radical damage in the long run (5).

Besides these, plums are considered to have anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy, and antimicrobial properties, which are all beneficial for your infant.

If you are planning to add plums in your baby’s diet, then in the next section, we present the various plum recipes that you can consider for your baby.

Delicious Plum Recipes For Babies

1. Plum Puree:

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This is the most basic baby food recipe that is ideal for babies who have started solids. As the baby progresses on solids, you can try adding different purees or mashed fruits to this recipe to intensify its nutritive value.

You will need:

1 cup fresh plums
Water – Room temperature and ice-cold

How to:

Wash the plums and let them dry. Add water in a pan and let it boil. Add the plums and let them stay in the boiling water for about 45 minutes. This process of treating plums is known as blanching. You may also try to steam them instead of blanching.
Meanwhile, put ice water in another pan and keep aside.
Using a spoon, remove the plums from the hot water, and immediately transfer them into the ice-cold water.
Remove the plum from the ice-cold water and use your fingers or a knife to peel off the skin.
Slice the plums from the middle and remove the seeds. Puree the plum in a blender or mash it till soft. You can add water or a bit of breast milk or formula milk to make it creamy.

2. Plum yogurt:

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This recipe is a step forward from basic plum puree. The addition of Greek yogurt improves the nutritional value of this plum baby food recipe. Besides, yogurt enhances the gut microbiota, which helps your baby’s digestive system remain robust.

You will need:

1 cup fresh plums
1 cup unsweetened plain Greek yogurt

How to:

Make plum puree using fresh plums, as shown in the previous recipe.
In a serving bowl, add plain yogurt and plum puree. Mix well and serve.
You may also add a half-teaspoon dry fruit powder to this recipe before serving it to your baby.

3. Oats and plum porridge:

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The high fiber content of plums and oats helps boost your baby’s digestive microflora. Besides, the rich micronutrient composition of this recipe supports your baby’s healthy growth and development.

You will need:

1 cup rolled oats
1 cup full-cream milk
½ cup fresh plums
Water

How to:

In a pan, add the milk and oats and cook according to the instructions given on the packet. Remove and keep aside.
Meanwhile, boil water in a pan and add the plums. After about 45 seconds, take them out using a spoon. Place them in chilled water and remove the peel.
Once cool, mash the plums using your fingers.
Add the mashed plum to the oats porridge.
If you wish, you may also add some finely sliced or powdered cinnamon, dried fruits such as almonds, walnuts, and pistachio to this recipe. This will boost the nutritive value of the recipe multi-folds.

4. Baked plums with cinnamon:

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Cinnamon has several health benefits when consumed regularly, and makes a good addition to your baby’s diet. The spice can be added to a variety of recipes to enhance their nutritive composition.

You will need:

1 cup fresh plums
1 tsp cinnamon powder
2 tbsp apple juice

How to:

Preheat the oven to 400°F (204°C).
Slice plums in half and remove the seed. Place them in an oven-safe dish.
Add apple juice and sprinkle some cinnamon powder over the top.
Cover the dish and bake for about 25 minutes or till the plums turn tender.
Once cool, remove the skin and mash using your fingers.
Serve the recipe warm with some toasted bread slices.

5. Roasted plums with yogurt:

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This recipe is yet another version of plum puree with yogurt. Here the plums are roasted instead of being blanched or steamed. This way of cooking enhances the flavor of the plums and makes the recipe more delectable.

You will need:

1 cup fresh plums
1 cup unsweetened plain yogurt
1 tsp vanilla pod or essence
1 tbsp unsalted butter
Pure maple syrup

How to:

Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
Slice plums in half and remove the seed. Place them in an oven-safe dish with the cut portion on the top.
Place a small piece of the vanilla pod on each plum piece. Also, add a little butter and a drop of maple syrup on each piece.
Place in the oven and roast for about 30 minutes or till the plums turn tender.
Once cool, remove the skin, mash, and serve as a puree mixed with yogurt.

6. Frozen plum puree:

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Most babies find ice creams and candies attractive. You can satiate your baby’s craving for cold desserts through this frozen plum puree recipe. This recipe is delicious and nutritious. Besides, this preparation might help soothe the aching gums of teething babies.

You will need:

1 cup fresh plums
Water

How to:

Cut plums in half and remove the seed.
In a pan, add water. Place the plums in the pan with the cut portion facing the water. Let it simmer on low to medium heat till plums turn tender.
Once cool, remove the skin.
Add the plums and the water to a blender and make a puree. Add more water to get a liquidy consistency. Place into an ice tray and freeze the baby plum puree.
Take out of the freezer just when you are ready to serve the same to your baby.

7. Plum Jam:

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Babies enjoy having jam due to its semi-solid consistency. However, the high sugar content is a concern. This plum jam recipe uses the natural sweetness of plum instead of added sugar. You can serve plum jam to your baby with a slice of wholegrain bread or crackers.

You will need:

1 cup fresh plums
1 tbsp ground allspice (optional)
1 tsp cinnamon powder
Water

How to:

Cut the plums in half and remove the seeds. Place in a pan and add water and sugar. Let it boil till the plums are soft.
Remove from heat and puree. Add the puree back to the pan and add allspice and cinnamon. Cook on low heat till it becomes thick, just like jam. Remove and let it cool before storing it.
Store the prepared jam in an air-tight container in your refrigerator and label the date of preparation.
Ensure to finish the jam within a stipulated time as homemade jams tend to expire faster than commercial ones.

8. Plums and bananas with quinoa

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Quinoa is a pseudocereal that makes a healthy addition to an infant’s diet. The nutritional properties of quinoa are promising, and its regular consumption is associated with several health benefits. This recipe is an interesting combination of quinoa with plums that will become your baby’s favorite in no time.

Note: This recipe contains cow’s milk and is suitable for babies older than 12 months. It is important that the quinoa is dehulled and your baby is not allergic to it.

You will need:

1 cup fresh plums
1 banana (mashed)
½ cup quinoa
1 cup full-cream cow’s milk
1 tsp cinnamon powder

How to:

Cook quinoa in milk as per the directions given on the packet of quinoa.
Add deseeded and peeled plums with the banana in a blender. Blend till you get a smooth semi-fluid consistency of the paste.
Add the paste to quinoa porridge. Sprinkle some cinnamon on top and serve it to your baby while it is still warm.

9. Plum and ginger smoothie

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Smoothies are easy to prepare, easy to digest, and can also meet your growing baby’s nutritional needs. This smoothie recipe is a blend of plums and banana with a dash of ginger juice.

You will need:

1 cup fresh plums
1 medium-sized banana
1 tsp ginger juice
1 tbsp dried fruits powder
1 cup water

How to:

Place the plums in a pan and add water. Let it boil till the plums turn tender. Remove from water, blend to a puree, and keep it aside for a while.
Add sliced banana, ginger juice, and dried fruit powder in the blender and blend until thoroughly mixed.
Add plum puree to the mix and blend once again. Ensure that the mix has no lumps. Add water to dilute the smoothie, if required. Strain the smoothie to remove any excess residual.
Pour it into your baby’s sipper cup and serve.

10. Plum, peach, apricot, and thyme custard

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This recipe brings the sweetness and creaminess of custard, along with nutrition from selected stone fruits like plum, peach, and apricot. It is a suitable recipe for babies older than six months. Before introducing it to your baby, check for any possible allergies.

Note: This recipe contains cow’s milk and is suitable for babies older than 12 months.

You will need:

1 ½ tbsp custard powder
1½ cup full-cream cow’s milk
½ cup plums
½ cup peach
½ cup apricot
1 tsp nuts (fine-chopped)
A pinch of thyme

How to:

Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C).
Cut the fruits and remove seeds. Place the fruits in an oven-safe dish with a cut portion facing down. Pour cold water over the fruits. Bake for about 40 minutes or until the fruits are tender.
Once cool, remove the skin. Place fruits in a blender and blend well until you get a smooth paste. Keep the puree aside for a while.
For the custard, take a small bowl and put custard powder in it. Now, add one-fourth cup of milk to it and mix well with a continuous whisk. Stir continuously to Ensure there are no lumps. Once done, set aside.
Now, heat the remainder of the milk in a pan. After five minutes of bubbling, simmer it and add custard powder slowly to the milk while stirring the milk continuously.
Mix until the mixture thickens to a creamy consistency. Switch off the flame once done and keep the pan aside to cool.
Once the custard and milk mixture has cooled, add the fruit puree to it with some finely sliced fruit pieces. Refrigerate the final mix for 20 minutes.
Serve with some finely sliced nuts and serve it to your baby at room temperature.

1. What can I mix with plum for baby food?

You can prepare a lump-free plum puree or mash and mix it with different foods, such as Greek yogurt, porridge, and oatmeal. Alternatively, you can mix plum puree/mash to puree/mash of other fruits and veggies to make nutritious baby foods. As your baby grows, you can serve them soft and ripe plum slices to practice self-feeding.

2. How do I introduce plums to my baby?

Like any other food, feed plum puree or mash to your baby in small quantities initially. Once the baby adjusts to the fruit’s taste and digestibility, gradually increase the puree/mash quantity. As stated above, you can also add plums to other foods in age-appropriate ways to enhance the overall nutritional value of the dish.

Knowing some plum baby food recipes can be helpful for moms. Dried and fresh plums are delicious and rich sources of essential nutrients such as vitamin A, C, E, and K, including potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus. This also contains fibers that promote digestive health. You may give cooked plums to babies since they may not be able to digest fresh fruit and cause abdominal pain or discomfort. Plum puree, plum yogurt, oats, and plum porridge are some of the easiest plum recipes for infants.

References:

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1. Igwe and Charlton; A Systematic Review on the Health Effects of Plums (Prunus domestica and Prunus salicina); National Center For Biotechnology Information
2. Taylor C. Wallace; Dried Plums, Prunes and Bone Health: A Comprehensive Review; National Center For Biotechnology Information
3. Stacewicz-Sapuntzakis M; Dried plums and their products: composition and health effects–an updated review. ; National Center For Biotechnology Information
4. Ezinne Igwe and Karen Charlton; A Systematic Review on the Health Effects of Plums ( Prunus domestica and Prunus salicina ); Researchgate
5. Raj K. Keservani et al.; Medicinal Effect of Nutraceutical Fruits for the Cognition and Brain Health; National Center For Biotechnology Information

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How To Make Homemade Plum Baby Food

Have you ever thought about making your own organic baby food? In this post, I am going to teach you how to make homemade plum baby food. It is quick, easy and much healthier and cheaper than buying the prepackaged junk at the grocery store. You can make a large batch once, freeze in one ounce portions, and your baby will eat for months! How cool is that?

If you are new to this series on making homemade baby food, you will want to check out my other posts on the subject:

Making Sweet Potato Baby Puree
Homemade Broccoli Baby Food
Homemade Spinach Baby Food Recipe
Homemade Baby Food: Banana and Sweet Potato

As a reminder (and for those of you that are new), I am not making baby food for my baby…. I don’t have one. I am making it for my nephew, Z. You should check out how stickin’ cute this little man is in this post. I made a promise to my sister when she was pregnant that I would make all of his baby food. I wanted it to be my contribution and it tapped my favorite skill, cooking, so it was a winner! I was able to make the majority of his baby food even with them living three hours away! Yay!!

In my post on homemade spinach baby food, I detail my setup process and the products that I have found to be the most helpful when making baby food. The plums were a little bit different from some of the other fruits and veggies that I have turned into baby food. I followed Kristina’s method over at Thirty Something pretty closely. You will need to peel the plums, cut them into chunks and take out the hard pit or seed in the middle. It involves a little more effort but it’s worth it 🙂 As it turned out, plums were one of Z’s favorites, so I made them quite a bit.

Just a little bit of a head’s up here…each plum doesn’t make a whole lot of baby food. You might get an ounce of baby food out of one plum, so plan accordingly if you are going to make a large batch….You will need to buy LOTS of plums 🙂

How To Make Homemade Plum Baby Food

Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

10 mins

Author: Becky's Best Bites

Organic and ripe plums

Wash the fruit
Carve an "X" in the bottom of each fruit (this will help with peeling later).
Prepare a large bowl with ice water and set aside.
Put about an inch or so of water in your large stock pot. Add a steamer basket to the pot, making sure that there is no water visible in the basket.
Bring the water to a boil over high heat.
Once the water is rapidly boiling, fill the steamer basket with the plums and cover the pot.
Steam the plums until they are soft and can easily be pierced with a fork (just a couple of minutes depending on how ripe the plums were).
Remove the plums and submerge in ice water.
Peel the plums, cut into chunks and discard the seed or pit in the center and transfer to the food processor.
Process the plums until it creates a puree. (You shouldn't need any additional water because of the high water content of the plums.)
Use a spoon to fill up the ice-cube trays with the plum puree.
Place trays of baby food in the freezer and freeze until solid, usually over night or up to 24 hours.
Once frozen, pop the cubes of plum baby food out of the trays and place into either vacuum sealer pouches or freezer storage bags.
Either vacuum seal the pouches or try to squeeze out as much air as possible out the freezer storage bags.
Place back in the freezer until needed.
Thaw as needed. Each cube is 1 ounce of baby food.

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Apple-plum baby puree ⋆ Cooking tasty, beautiful and home-style!

It's the beginning of autumn and it's time to harvest tasty and healthy plums, thorns (thorns), and the time has come to harvest mid-late and late apples. This year we didn’t have a particularly rich harvest for apples and plums, but it’s just enough to make delicious homemade apple and plum puree for our children. My sister recently had a replenishment in the family, my second nephew was born. It was for him, for her little son, that my sister Ekaterina prepared a variety of homemade fruit and vegetable purees. Today we will talk about how to make delicious, natural baby puree without additives and dyes from apples and plums with your own hands. In my future recipes, I will tell you how to cook delicious baby puree from pears, apples, as well as apple-pear puree, healthy zucchini puree and carrot-zucchini puree. We will also delight you with recipes for baby apricot and apple-apricot puree. I think many young mothers, and perhaps grandmothers, will like our recipes. After all, children need to be fed with the most natural products. And homemade baby puree is much tastier, more natural and of course healthier. And so, let's cook with us.

the author of the recipe is Ekaterina Belova

one Would need:

2 How to make homemade baby puree with your own hands from apples and plums for the winter:

You will need:

Ripe but firm apples (flesh without skin and core) - 3 kg.
Plum (torn or thorn plum, pitted) - 3 kg.
Water - 200-300 ml.
Sterile jars - preferably 100, 120, 150 ml.

How to make homemade baby puree from apples and plums for the winter:

We use apples for making puree, they are dense, but they should be sweetish in taste. So mashed potatoes for children will turn out not sour and very tasty. Plums (cake or thorns) will be used ripe, well separated from the pits. Wash and dry apples and plums. Peel the apples thinly, cut off the pulp. Plums sorted from the pits. We put everything in a suitable size pan or basin. Pour 150-200 ml. water and put to cook on a slow fire. Water should be added so much that the boiled fruit puree is not too thick, but not liquid either. Cook puree for 1-1.5 hours.

Add water as needed during cooking. After 1 hour of cooking, we got this puree of apples and plums.

While the baby puree is cooking, we will prepare the jars by washing them thoroughly with baking soda and sterilizing them. The easiest way to do this is in the microwave or in the oven. It is best to use jars of a small volume of 100, 120 or 150 ml, since you cannot give a lot of puree to small children at once. You can freely buy such puree jars through popular classifieds sites or through newspaper ads. My sister did just that. Thus, she took a very large number of jars at a rather ridiculous price.

We need to puree the finished baby puree with an immersion blender or simply rub it through a sieve, as we did before.

Arrange apple and plum puree in pre-sterilized jars. We cork the jars and send them under the covers for 2-3 days until they cool completely. This is how we subject baby puree to additional sterilization.
I would also like to note the fact that baby apple puree can be introduced as complementary foods to babies from 4 months of age. Prunes puree - from 5 months. And best of all, before starting the introduction of complementary foods, consult with your baby's pediatrician. After all, all babies are different, some are artificially fed, and some are on natural mother's milk, which is why the time for introducing complementary foods (the age of the child) will be different for everyone.

Bon appetit and tasty, vitamin winter, wish Svetlana and my home kulinarochka2013.ru!

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best homemade plum puree recipes

AnyutaN - Feb 18th, 2017

Categories: Puree

Tags: Plum puree

Plums usually ripen in large quantities. Having twisted a bunch of jars with compotes, preserves and jams, many are wondering: what else to cook for the winter from plums? We offer a solution - plum puree. This sweet and delicate dessert will undoubtedly be appreciated by the household. In addition, if there are small children in the house, then homemade mashed potatoes can compete with ready-made store-bought mashed potatoes.

Ingredients: Vanilla sugar, cinnamon, sugar, plums
Time for laying: Summer, autumn

Content

1 Purette processing
2 Simple recipes for puree
- 2. 1 Natural pure
- 2.2 Plum puree with sugar on the stove
- 2.3 Spicy puree
- 2.4 Microwave puree
3 Homemade plum puree for baby
4 How to store puree for the winter

Processing plums for puree

Plums should be thoroughly washed in water before cooking. This is especially true if the fruits were bought in a store. After that, they are sorted out, sorting out fruits with dark spots, rotten areas and damage.

Washed plums are dried on a towel or in a colander.

Easy Puree Recipes

Natural Plum Puree Without Sugar

The only ingredient for this dessert is plum. At the same time, it is desirable that the fruits are well ripened and sweet enough.

First of all, washed plums should be pitted. It is not at all difficult to do this: each berry is cut into pieces along the “groove”, then the halves are opened and the bone is taken out. Fruits are stewed until soft, adding a small amount of water to the saucepan. For 1 kilogram of fruit, 150 milliliters of liquid will be enough.

Soft plums are punched with a blender or passed through a fine grinder. So that no pieces of the skin remain in the mass, it is filtered through a sieve.

The dish is ready! You can eat! If the puree was prepared for future use, then it must be simmered on the stove for another 5 minutes, and packaged hot in jars.

The RecipeLand channel will introduce you to the recipe for natural plum puree without additional sterilization. The ratio of sugar and fruits is approximately 1:4.

If the drain is relatively small, it will not take very long to manually destone each fruit. If the harvest is calculated in buckets, then the work can be organized differently: whole plums are placed in a saucepan, a small amount of water is added, and the container is put on fire. The lid must be tightly closed. Boil the berries, stirring occasionally, until soft. It will take 10-15 minutes. The softened fruits are transferred to a metal sieve, and they begin to grind the mass with a pusher or a wooden spatula. As a result, the tender pulp will run through the grate, and the bones and the remains of the skin will remain in the colander.

Sugar is added to the puree. The mass is boiled for 7 minutes, and then packaged in a container for storage.

Spicy puree

plums - 1 kilogram;
granulated sugar - 250 grams;
vanilla sugar - 1 sachet;
cinnamon - 1 pinch.

Pitted plums are placed in a cooking container, filled with 1/3 of water and boiled until tender. The softened fruits are transferred, with the help of a slotted spoon, to a sieve and rubbed. Sugar and spices are poured into a homogeneous mass, the container is placed on the stove. Puree should be prepared for another 5 - 10 minutes until the grains dissolve. From the remaining plum broth, you can cook jelly or compote.

Puree in the microwave

500 grams of plums are de-stoned. Fruit halves are placed in a deep plate or saucepan suitable for a microwave oven. Add 50 milliliters of water to the cut. The power of the unit is set at 40% of the maximum value - this is approximately 300 - 350 watts. The exposure time is 15 minutes. After the signal, the plum is taken out of the microwave and sent to a sieve. If desired, sugar and vanilla can be added to the puree.

Maria Alexandrova in her video will talk about making mashed plums, cherry plums and sugar for the winter

Homemade plum puree for baby

The technology for preparing baby puree is similar to the previous recipes, the only thing is that sugar is not added to the dish. If the fruits are very acidic, then fructose can be used instead of sugar.

So that the child does not get bored with plum monopurée, its taste is changed with the help of various additives: