Posted in New baby food recipes on Oct 25th, 2009
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 frying them. [...]
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If your little one has been diagnosed with a milk allergy, then there are many foods he will need to avoid. Some – like dairy products – are obvious, but there are other foods containing milk that you may not have even thought about.
The following list includes many of the foods and ingredients that you [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 16th, 2009
We’d like to wish all of you who celebrate it a VERY happy Diwali this weekend!
What’s more, we even have a baby food recipe to help your little one celebrate the Festival of Lights along with you – courtesy of our visitor Asha, from India.
Asha told us how Diwali is often celebrated with the consumption of [...]
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Posted in New baby food recipes on Sep 26th, 2009
Eggplant is one of those veggies that doesn’t get used too often as a homemade baby food ingredient – but that’s often because it’s hard to think of what to do with it!
We already have a few tasty eggplant (or aubergine) baby food ideas on our site – see the link at the foot of [...]
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Calcium is an important nutrient throughout life – but particularly so in infancy. It helps with the healthy development and growth of your baby’s bones and teeth – and less well known is the fact that it is used by lots of other parts of the body, including the muscles and the heart.
Fortunately, breast milk [...]
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Posted in New baby food recipes on Sep 6th, 2009
Sausages are not – in general – a good food for babies. They tend to be high in salt and the less expensive brands often contain undesirable ingredients such as connective tissue – certainly NOT want you want to be introducing your little one to!
Today’s recipe, however, is for yummy ’sausages’ made with cheese, that [...]
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Posted in New baby food recipes on Aug 28th, 2009
Several days ago we wrote about How To Baby Size Your Pasta – that is, make regular pasta shapes small enough for your baby to manage.
Today, we have a recipe for a delicious, creamy sauce to serve with baby’s pasta, either mixed with the pieces or – as one of our children prefers it – [...]
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Breastfeeding is one of the best ways to give your baby a strong immune system from birth, because breast milk is packed with your antibodies which are then passed on to baby.
But there are certain foods that can help give your little one’s immune system a boost as he begins to rely on solids as his [...]
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Posted in New baby food recipes on May 9th, 2009
Today we have a simple homemade baby food recipe for you using yummy ricotta cheese and cannellini beans! The result is a smooth and creamy dip or spread – try serving it on toasted bagel pieces, with cooked veggies as dippers (for young babies), with raw veggies for older children – or even as an [...]
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Posted in New baby food recipes on Mar 23rd, 2009
If your baby is at the stage where he is managing to feed himself little sandwiches or bagel pieces, then why not try whipping up these yummy cheese scones for him? Our little ones just LOVED these, straight from the oven whilst they’re still nice and warm – and they’re great with just a little [...]
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