The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

We often list garlic as an ingredient in our baby food recipes and that sometimes prompts messages from our visitors. Some are from parents wondering if it’s really OK to feed babies garlic – and others are from parents saying they’re surprised just how much their little ones enjoy recipes with garlic added to them!

If [...]

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If you’re in the US, you may be thinking that this is a trick question – after all, a sweet potato IS a yam, right?
Wrong!
Although sweet potatoes are often referred to as yams in parts of America, sweet potatoes and true yams are actually completely different things!
Yams grow from tropical vines and are usually bigger [...]

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If your little one has been diagnosed with a milk allergy, then there are many foods he will need to avoid. Some – like dairy products – are obvious, but there are other foods containing milk that you may not have even thought about.
The following list includes many of the foods and ingredients that you [...]

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Did you know that green beans are packed with an amazing array of nutrients, including iron – the mineral that plays such an important part in your baby’s healthy growth and development?
If you haven’t yet introduced the humble green bean into your baby’s diet, then you might just want to give it a try after [...]

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We’ve been asked a few times whether or not it’s safe for babies to eat ice cream.
Usually, this hasn’t been because Mom or Dad has been thinking about regularly offering ice cream to their little one as a dessert! Instead, it tends to be because a well-meaning relative has given ice-cream to their baby as [...]

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Leading healthcare organizations around the world recommend that babies are given only breastmilk or formula for the first 6 months of life, because they provide all the nutrients that your baby needs. We support this advice and much of the information on our site relates to babies of 6 months of age and older.
However, we [...]

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We couldn’t help but be a little disappointed today by an article that appeared in the UK’s ‘Times Online’, which contained suggestions that store bought food may be BETTER for babies than home-made.
The article was based around information from the Government’s Pesticides Residues Committee that the levels of pesticides in typical weaning foods like bananas, apples and [...]

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We received a message from a visitor last week about white pumpkins and how they compare to orange pumpkins in terms of taste and nutritional value.
By coincidence, we’d just given a white pumpkin a try for ourselves for the first time… and I’m happy to report that we found it really delicious! If anything, it [...]

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Calcium is an important nutrient throughout life – but particularly so in infancy. It helps with the healthy development and growth of your baby’s bones and teeth – and less well known is the fact that it is used by lots of other parts of the body, including the muscles and the heart.
Fortunately, breast milk [...]

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Did you know that mango is one of the most widely consumed fresh fruits in the world?

This tropical treasure is packed with nutrients and has a flavour that’s hard to define – to us, it tastes like all our favourite fruits put together!
We’ve just added a brand new section to our site devoted to the [...]

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