The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

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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Dried fruit – which can be found in any grocery store but most abundantly, perhaps, in health stores – has a reputation for being…er…healthy! But is dried fruit actually as healthy as fresh fruit for your baby? Whilst dried fruit does have SOME advantages over fresh, truly fresh fruit will almost always be the healthiest [...]

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Last week we wrote about the many benefits of cinnamon as an ingredient in baby food recipes – and today we have an idea for you where cinnamon is used to complement savoury flavours rather than sweet! This recipe can be used from around 7 months of age, but it does contain tomatoes, the acidity [...]

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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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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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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 [...]

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Homemade, natural yogurt is delicious and a great source of calcium for your baby – but some little ones don’t always enjoy its ‘tanginess’ when it’s served by itself. Adding pureed fruit usually makes natural yogurt much more acceptable to baby – so today we have an interesting fruit combo suggestion for you to try! [...]

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If your baby is enjoying the aromatic delights of a nice curry, then he’s going to LOVE this healthy recipe that combines chicken and fruit flavours! Serve this curry with rice, or with an Indian bread such as nan or roti… the only difficult thing about preparing this dish is not eating it all up [...]

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Once your baby is old enough to feed himself, then why not try making him this simple banana bread! Not only is it VERY yummy, it contains NO added sugar – the sweetness comes from the bananas (which should be nice and ripe) and the raisins. Our whole family loves this recipe, which tastes great [...]

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We’re sometimes asked about whether or not it’s a good idea to give raisins to babies. Although they are nutritious, whole raisins may pose a choking hazard to younger babies – and some dentists believe that the regular consumption of whole raisins may contribute to tooth decay. They can, however, make a nutritious and tasty [...]

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