Tag Archive 'barley'

As you’ll know if your a regular visitor to our site, we like to include all sorts of ingredients in our baby food recipes to produce dishes that are tasty, not bland! Two ingredients that we use often – and which form the basis for tasty cooking in general – are onions and garlic. The [...]

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Spicy baby food? if you’re new to our blog or website, then you might be surprised at the idea of spicing up baby’s meals, particularly if you’ve always been led to believe that baby food should be bland and unseasoned! But there are certain spices that add a new warmth and flavour to food without [...]

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Barley is a type of grain you may not have considered serving as a breakfast cereal. Rich in fibre and minerals, it also contains B vitamins – and it has a lovely nutty flavour. Most of us are familiar with pearl barley, which is most commonly used in soups and stews. And whilst pearl barley [...]

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We love hearing from parents around the world about how and when babies are introduced to solids in different cultures. So we enjoyed a message we received this weekend from Natalie, an Australian expat living with her Chinese husband and his family in Beijing. She told us about congee – a rice dish that’s often [...]

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