The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

If your use of dill is limited to fish dishes – or if you’ve never used dill at all – then today’s post will help you discover some tasty ways to make your baby’s food even more dill-icious! Dill comes in two forms – dill weed (a herb) and dill seed (a spice). Dill weed [...]

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If you’re feeling the chill in your corner of the world, then we have a lovely, warming baby food recipe for you today that can do double duty as a side dish for the whole family. Suitable from 6 months onwards (once your baby has been introduced to all the ingredients separately), this is a [...]

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We have some absolutely delicious homemade baby food recipes for you today, courtesy of our readers! Yes, we’ve just chosen the winning entry in our Baby Food Recipe Competition and published it – along with some more great entries from November’s contest – on our Baby Food Ideas page. Congratulations to Jacqueline Lloyd from the [...]

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It’s common knowledge that refined sugars are a big no-no in the diets of babies and young children. Quite aside from the harm that they do to emerging teeth, refined sugars are renowned for contributing to behavioural problems such as hyperactivity, attention deficit disorders and mood swings. But did you know that – from a [...]

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Breakfast has always been one of our babies’ favourite meals of the day, probably because it comes after a good night’s sleep (we hope!) and our little ones are happy… and hungry! Now that our youngest family member (Joe) is 10 months of age, he’s REALLY enjoying his finger foods – and never more so [...]

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When we lived in England, a ‘biscuit’ was what would be known as a ‘cookie’ in the US. Here in the Bahamas, however, the word ‘biscuit’ is generally used in the same way as in America – it means a little bread, made with a leavening agent and is pretty much the same thing as [...]

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You have probably heard that honey should never be given to babies under one year of age. The reason for this is that honey may contain bacteria that could lead to botulism. Once your baby reaches 12 months of age, his digestive system should be developed enough to kill the spores responsible for botulism infection. [...]

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Chapati is a type of traditional Indian flatbread that’s REALLY easy to make and the perfect accompaniament for baby’s homemade curries. Chapatis (sometimes known as chappatis or rotis) are made of whole wheat flour and are a type of ‘unleavened’ bread, which simply means that they do not contain yeast or any other leavening agent, [...]

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When your baby is teething, all he’ll want to do is chew… and there are plenty of teething biscuits out there designed to meet this need. The problem with most commercially made teething biscuits, however, is that they contain undesirable ingredients (including sugar) – and they tend to be expensive. So the best option – [...]

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Once your baby is past the stage of eating only pureed foods, it’s time to think about expanding his menu to include things that he can eat with his fingers (unless, of course, you do Baby Led Weaning, in which case you will have skipped the purees altogether!). We are often asked about including toast [...]

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