The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

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 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 are usually bigger [...]

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Julie Harris from London in the UK wrote to us yesterday to ask what she could substitute for eggs in recipes that need a binding agent. There is a history of food allergy in Julie’s family and she has decided to delay the introduction of eggs to her son Joshua (egg whites are a common [...]

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Tammy from Virginia in the US sent us a simple homemade baby food recipe yesterday that we thought we’d share with you today!
Tammy’s son Cody LOVES sweet potato – in fact, he loves it so much that he’s starting to refuse anything less sweet! We were discussing this with Tammy last week and suggested that [...]

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Rajeshree Joshi from the United States just won a $20 Amazon voucher for sending in our favourite entry in this month’s Homemade Baby Food Recipes competition. Rajeshree’s recipe – for Vegetable Khichdi – combines baby’s favourite vegetables with rice and lentils for a nutritious dish that you may not have tried out before!
You can see [...]

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There’s just one word to sum up this recipe dee..licious!
Quick and easy to make – but full of flavour and vitamins for baby – these wonderful fish cakes are great for babies who are feeding themselves. They are fairly easy to pick up (make sure they’ve cooled sufficiently first!) and have a nice soft texture!
This [...]

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Why Itty Bitty Sweet Potato?
Well, this recipe includes soft little lumps (or bits!) that make it ideal for babies getting to grips for dealing with texture.
We’ve chosen it as our featured recipe today for two reasons…

Preparation is simplicity itself.
This is the ‘meal of the moment’ for our newest family member, baby Joe!

Joe is almost 7 [...]

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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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If you thought that samosas had to be spicy and dripping in oil, think again! These yummy sweet potato samosas are baked in the oven and are not ’spicy hot’ at all! They make a wonderful finger food for older babies who are biting and chewing comfortably and they are very versatile, equally delicious served [...]

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If you’re stuck for inspiration when it comes to fish dishes for your baby, here’s a simple recipe to try that’s full of flavour and ready in under 10 minutes! It’s ideal for babies from around 7 months of age onwards, who don’t mind a little texture to their meals!
Our little ones enjoy this served [...]

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