You make your own baby food because you want your little one to receive the very best nutrition, using fresh and wholesome ingredients. But did you know that there are five very simple ways to make your baby’s food even MORE nutritious? If your baby eats very little – or if you’re having difficulties getting [...]
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With five hungry children, we’ve never had to worry too much about what to do with leftover oatmeal (or leftover porridge, if you’re in the UK). But we DO receive emails from time to time from parents who have made a little more oatmeal than they need and wonder if we know of any alternative [...]
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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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These little turkey meatloaves are packed with flavour, delicious hot OR cold, full of wholesome goodness and a super baby finger food. They’re ideal for little ones who are biting and chewing well (from around 10 months+). To Make Teeny Turkey Meatloaves with Applesauce You Will Need 12 oz (3/4 lb) ground turkey (minced turkey) [...]
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Posted in Baby food preparation tips on May 10th, 2010
After posting a recipe last week calling for dried bread crumbs, we received a message from Tanya in the UK asking if she could make them herself by following our directions for making fresh breadcrumbs, but using very stale bread instead. Some people DO use this method for making dry bread crumbs, but we wouldn’t [...]
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Posted in New baby food recipes on May 7th, 2010
Back in January we wrote a post all about the virtues of a well made pizza (Why Pizza Is Not A Junk Food – Well, Not Always). Today we have for you the most un-junky pizza recipe you can think of – because, instead of an all-bread base, it has one made from eggplant (also [...]
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Once your baby is comfortably feeding himself and can bite and chew, then a simple, healthy sandwich makes just as convenient a lunch-time food for him as it does for you! The only problem is… you may be stumped for ideas as to just WHAT to put in your baby’s sandwiches! After all, typical deli [...]
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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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If you ask someone to make a list of ‘junk’ food, invariably pizza will be included on that list. But labelling pizza as an unhealthy food is doing a great disservice to a dish that can be very nutritious, easy to prepare and – perhaps most importantly – a big hit with children! Today’s post [...]
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Posted in New baby food recipes on Jan 18th, 2010
We recently wrote a post about our appreciation for the American ‘biscuit’ – which, for those of you in the UK, is more like a scone than what the British would describe as a biscuit. You can see the post, which includes a recipe for Whole Wheat Carrot Biscuits, here. Today, we have another ‘biscuit’ [...]
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