The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

Need a homemade baby food recipe that you can put together in under five minutes? Then why not give this Tuna, Melon and Avocado Recipe a try. It tastes divine, it can be adapted for different stages of development and just look at some of the nutrients it provides…. Protein, B vitamins and Omega-3 essential [...]

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Mmmm – homemade baby food doesn’t get any better than this! Today’s recipe is for a deliciously simple dessert or breakfast, with a classic flavour combination your little one will love! What’s more, it’s a dish containing plenty of important nutrients, too… Dietary fibre from the apples to keep baby ‘regular’! Lots of vitamins and [...]

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We call the avocado ‘nature’s perfect baby food’… and with good reason! Avocado – with its creamy, buttery texture – requires very little preparation and contains a considerable list of nutrients, including healthy fats, potassium, folates, fibre, vitamins, antioxidants, beta-carotene and iron! And if all that weren’t enough, studies have shown that eating avocado can [...]

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Today we have a very nutritious baby food recipe for you using one of our favourite ingredients – acorn squash. Rich in beta-carotene, potassium and fibre – and with a mildly sweet flavour – acorn squash makes a wonderful food for little ones. This recipe combines just a few simple ingredients with the squash, with [...]

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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 – [...]

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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 [...]

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A member of our baby food group on Facebook asked yesterday about when babies can eat Jerusalem artichokes, so we thought it would be a good idea to give these interesting veggies a mention here on our blog today. Jerusalem artichokes – otherwise known as Sunchokes – are not related to artichokes at all. Instead, [...]

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We often list garlic as an ingredient in our baby food recipes and that sometimes prompts messages from our visitors. Some are from parents wondering if it’s really OK to feed babies garlic – and others are from parents saying they’re surprised just how much their little ones enjoy recipes with garlic added to them! [...]

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This dreamy creamy asparagus soup recipe has been a family favourite for years! Its luxurious taste makes it hard to believe that it’s actually VERY quick and easy to prepare – and it’s packed with goodness, too. Asparagus offers a whole host of nutrients to your little one, including * Folate – which helps regenerate [...]

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We received a message today from Laura in the UK, asking if it is OK to give leeks to her little boy (age 6 1/2 months) . We’ve published our reply here, just in case YOU may have a similar question! “Leeks are a wonderful source of nutrition – high in folates, vitamin C, iron [...]

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