The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

Today we bring you our favourite recipe for using up your leftover veggies from Christmas (or, indeed, from any meal) to create a simple yet yummy baby finger food!
Yes, we’re talking Bubble and Squeak – and for those of you who’ve never heard of it before, it’s a British dish (usually prepared on a Monday [...]

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If your baby is not particularly enthused by the site of broccoli on his plate, then this delicious soup may be a great way to get this valuable veggie into his diet!
Broccoli is packed with vitamins and anti-oxidants and is a food that we should all consume regularly throughout our lives – so it’s a [...]

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Simone wrote to us this weekend, asking about whether or not it is safe to use sprouted potatoes – or potatoes with green patches on the skin – in her recipes. She told us…
I tend to buy the larger bags of potatoes, but often find that some of them have started to go green or [...]

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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 and potassium. [...]

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None of our babies liked plain old mashed potato! They would gag and look most offended whenever we tried to include a little mashed potato in the feeding bowl… so we had to get creative!
Today’s recipe is for a truly yummy garlicky mashed potato that everyone in the family will really enjoy! Our little ones [...]

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Jacqui from Noosa, Australia, wrote to ask us if beetroot (or beets, as beetroot is known in the US) is safe for her baby to eat. She also asked us to suggest a beetroot baby food recipe – and here’s our reply, should anyone else be wondering the same thing!
Guidelines vary quite significantly around the [...]

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This fish pie baby food recipe is easy to make and combines the goodness of fish with nutritious veggies to make a healthy dish that’s packed with flavour!
This recipe always appealed to our little boy who refused to eat fish unless it was well ‘hidden’ in something else! Plus, the combination of white and sweet [...]

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Chicken… and fruit? It may sound yucky to you, but you might be surprised at just how well this recipe goes down with your baby!
For one thing, babies haven’t yet decided which types of food should ‘go’ together – so a sweet/savoury combination is perfectly acceptable.
Quite apart from that, however, is the fact that fruits [...]

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