The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

With most of us enjoying warmer summer temperatures at the moment, we thought it would be a good idea to share with you a very simple finger food idea that we’ve been using for our youngest son for the last few weeks. It requires NO COOKING WHATSOEVER (yay!) which means that it helps us all [...]

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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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White potatoes can be rather boring as a food for baby, so it’s always nice to find new ways to jazz them up! Today, then, we have a simple baby food recipe for you that was devised to turn the humble spud into something special! This recipe would be ideal for babies from 6 months [...]

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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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We’re complete garlic addicts in our house – baby and older children included! We love the wonderful flavour that it imparts to everything it’s added to – and it’s good to know that it provides lots of health benefits too! If you and your family love garlic as much as we do, then something you [...]

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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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In general, you don’t need to go out of your way to offer particularly high calorie baby foods to your little one. For his first year of life, his breast milk or formula should meet all his nutritional requirements and encouraging him to consume more calories than he actually needs may lead to him drinking [...]

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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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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) [...]

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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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