Tasty new homemade baby food recipes, feeding tips, baby related news, safety recalls, updates to our site and more!
Posted in Allergy/intolerance, Baby food preparation tips, Nutrition on Mar 3rd, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Feeding tips, New baby food recipes, Nutrition on Feb 23rd, 2010
Did you know that canned (or tinned) sardines are brimming with beneficial nutrients for your baby? They are rich in omega 3 fatty acids, which not only help with the development of your baby’s brain, but are also a great immunity booster. Sardines are also very high in calcium (particularly when packed with their bones) [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Safety recalls and warnings on Feb 2nd, 2010
Did you know that there’s a sweetener you can add to your baby’s food that actually provides some nutrients too? It sounds a little too good to be true, but blackstrap molasses adds a subtle sweetness to foods and is an excellent source of nutrition in its own right. So what is blackstrap molasses – [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Nutrition on Jan 21st, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Nutrition on Jan 13th, 2010
If you’ve ever watched the UK healthy eating programme ‘You Are What You Eat’ hosted by Doctor Gillian McKeith (which is regularly aired on BBC America) then you’ll have heard of Dr Gillian’s favourite ingredient – the adzuki bean! She calls it the ‘aduki’ bean, which is how it’s known in the UK, but it’s [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Nutrition on Jan 6th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Nutrition on Dec 17th, 2009
You will sometimes see magnesium listed as a nutrient in some of the foods discussed on our website. But have you ever wondered just what magnesium is – and how it is used by your baby? Magnesium is actually an essential element of the human diet – we can’t make it ourselves, so we have [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Nutrition on Nov 28th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Nutrition on Nov 23rd, 2009
Did you know that there’s an ingredient you can add to virtually any of your homemade baby food recipes that will make them even MORE nutritious? It may sound too good to be true, but by mixing wheat germ into your baby’s meals, you’re giving him extra vitamins, minerals, iron, folic acid, protein and calcium. [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, New baby food recipes, Nutrition on Oct 23rd, 2009
If you’re in the US, you may be thinking that this is a trick question – after all, a sweet potato IS a yam, right? Wrong! Although sweet potatoes are often referred to as yams in parts of America, sweet potatoes and true yams are actually completely different things! Yams grow from tropical vines and [...]
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