The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

We call the avocado ‘nature’s perfect baby food’… and with good reason! Avocado – with its creamy, buttery texture – requires very little preparation and contains a considerable list of nutrients, including healthy fats, potassium, folates, fibre, vitamins, antioxidants, beta-carotene and iron! And if all that weren’t enough, studies have shown that eating avocado can [...]

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Washing fruits and vegetables before you prepare them for your baby is an important part of ensuring they’re safe for him to eat. Washing produce removes excess soil, bacteria from handling and some pesticide residues (although it is often safer to peel some produce items if not organic – please see this page for more [...]

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Today we have a delicious sweet ‘n savoury recipe for you combining the goodness of fresh mango with wholesome brown rice and tasty chicken. Mango – a rich source of a range of vitamins plus beta-carotene (the nutrient that gives mango its fabulous colour) – combines perfectly with savoury flavours. Some babies can begin enjoying [...]

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Dried fruit – which can be found in any grocery store but most abundantly, perhaps, in health stores – has a reputation for being…er…healthy! But is dried fruit actually as healthy as fresh fruit for your baby? Whilst dried fruit does have SOME advantages over fresh, truly fresh fruit will almost always be the healthiest [...]

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Today we have a very nutritious baby food recipe for you using one of our favourite ingredients – acorn squash. Rich in beta-carotene, potassium and fibre – and with a mildly sweet flavour – acorn squash makes a wonderful food for little ones. This recipe combines just a few simple ingredients with the squash, with [...]

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Your amazing baby grows at a tremendous rate during his first year. That incredible growth also applies to his brain, which makes millions of new connections as he responds to the world around him. As parents, we help with the development of our little ones’ brains by providing plenty of stimulation and exposing them to [...]

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We all know that fresh pineapple is a healthy fruit – but is it suitable for use in our baby food recipes? We’ve just added a brand new page to our site that’s packed with information about introducing pineapple to babies, including WHEN babies can eat pineapple HOW to choose and prepare pineapple for your [...]

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We’re complete garlic addicts in our house – baby and older children included! We love the wonderful flavour that it imparts to everything it’s added to – and it’s good to know that it provides lots of health benefits too! If you and your family love garlic as much as we do, then something you [...]

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Once considered rather exotic and unusual, papayas are becoming much more widely available. They have a somewhat unique, sweet flavour and are juicy and refreshing… but can you use them in your baby food recipes? You’ll be pleased to hear that the answer is ‘yes’ – and what’s more, we’ve added a brand new page [...]

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Butternut squash is one of our favourite baby foods! Its vibrant colour is a great indicator of the large amount of beta-carotene and other nutrients it contains… and its soft texture is just perfect for baby food beginners! It makes a good finger food, too – steamed butternut squash dice tossed with a little cinnamon [...]

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