The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

Need a homemade baby food recipe that you can put together in under five minutes? Then why not give this Tuna, Melon and Avocado Recipe a try. It tastes divine, it can be adapted for different stages of development and just look at some of the nutrients it provides…. Protein, B vitamins and Omega-3 essential [...]

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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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Once your baby has some teeth and is chewing well, the variety of foods you can offer him widens considerably! We happen to be big bread lovers and like to experiment with different ways of preparing it for our children once they’ve mastered the art of chewing – and one way that’s ALWAYS a hit [...]

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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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In general, you don’t need to go out of your way to offer particularly high calorie baby foods to your little one. For his first year of life, his breast milk or formula should meet all his nutritional requirements and encouraging him to consume more calories than he actually needs may lead to him drinking [...]

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Did you know that canned (or tinned) sardines are brimming with beneficial nutrients for your baby? They are rich in omega 3 fatty acids, which not only help with the development of your baby’s brain, but are also a great immunity booster. Sardines are also very high in calcium (particularly when packed with their bones) [...]

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You will sometimes see magnesium listed as a nutrient in some of the foods discussed on our website. But have you ever wondered just what magnesium is – and how it is used by your baby? Magnesium is actually an essential element of the human diet – we can’t make it ourselves, so we have [...]

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Alison from Coventry in the UK wrote to us over the weekend about an avocado she had bought to use in her baby food recipes. I don’t eat avocado myself (I’m not very adventurous with food but I want my baby to have a more varied diet than mine!). So after reading the information on [...]

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At the end of last week we received an interesting question from Meredith in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After reading on your website about the health benefits of avocado, I decided to offer it to my son Josh as his first food. When I went to the store, I found something called a SlimCado, which looked [...]

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Breastfeeding is one of the best ways to give your baby a strong immune system from birth, because breast milk is packed with your antibodies which are then passed on to baby. But there are certain foods that can help give your little one’s immune system a boost as he begins to rely on solids as [...]

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