The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

Pasta makes a wonderful food for babies, particularly for babies with few or no teeth who need something soft and gummable to eat! This sweet potato cannelloni is a great dish because it brings together the goodness of these nutrient packed veggies with creamy ricotta to make an easy-to-eat meal that’s full of fantastic flavour! [...]

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Today we have a delicious quiche recipe that both your baby AND you will enjoy! We love making quiche – and the great thing is that it’s a very versatile food! It’s wonderful served hot or cold (as a matter of fact, our baby prefers it cold because the quiche is more ‘solid’ and easy [...]

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These baked mozzarella sticks are deliciously goo-ey and make a great snack food for older babies to eat with their fingers! We recommend these from about 12 months plus, as they have rather a crunch to them (we actually served them as a party food on our youngest daughter’s first birthday!). Traditionally considered to be [...]

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Is it cold in your corner of the world? We’re actually feeling very chilly here in the Bahamas right now! I know we’re nowhere near as cold as some places (our family in the UK has been telling us all about the ice and snow everyone is experiencing there) – but this is certainly the [...]

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If you were asked to name all the nutrients your baby needs for healthy growth and development, the one you might forget to mention is zinc! Whilst we’re all familiar with the importance of vitamins and minerals like vitamin C and iron, we don’t tend to hear as much about zinc – yet it’s an [...]

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Chicken nuggets… the name just conjures up images of unhealthy, greasy, ‘junk’ food, doesn’t it? But chicken nuggets don’t HAVE to be unhealthy – with a few modifications, a standard recipe for chicken nuggets can produce a wonderfully tasty and nutritious finger food for your baby! Our recipe calls for baking the nuggets instead of [...]

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A good gravy makes a delicious addition to many meals and can be a great way to make your baby’s less-than-favourite veggies a little more appealing! However, many commerically available gravy mixes and powders tend to be too salty to be safely included in your baby’s menu (more information here about the dangers of adding [...]

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We received a message today from Laura in the UK, asking if it is OK to give leeks to her little boy (age 6 1/2 months) . We’ve published our reply here, just in case YOU may have a similar question! “Leeks are a wonderful source of nutrition – high in folates, vitamin C, iron [...]

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