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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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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Today’s baby food recipe is delicious, easy to prepare and packed with important nutrients for your little one… Pumpkin is a rich source of beta-carotene, the wonderful antioxidant that gives pumpkin its rich orange colour. Apples are easy to digest and some sources now suggest that they may help protect the body against asthma. Bananas, [...]

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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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One of our favourite vegetables for making baby food – particularly when we lived in England – was the rutabaga (also known as the swede!). Relatively inexpensive, this deceptively unattractive root vegetable has SO many things going for it! Unfortunately, though, it seems to be rather unfashionable these days and is vastly under-used as a [...]

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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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You’ll often see beta-carotene listed as a nutrient contained in many fruits and vegetables – but have you ever wondered just how your little one uses beta-carotene and which foods are the best sources? Beta-carotene is a naturally occurring chemical, present in the pigment in plants and  responsible for the bright colour of vegetables such [...]

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Today’s vegetarian homemade baby food recipe is brimming with flavour and nutrients, including lots of beta-carotene from the squash plus protein and iron from the garbanzo beans. This is a very mild curry, ideal from 6-7 months of age (once baby has been separately introduced to all the ingredients). We like to mash it up [...]

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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, [...]

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