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Posted in Baby food preparation tips, New baby food recipes on Mar 27th, 2010
Although preparing homemade baby food isn’t as time consuming as some may think, little short-cuts to shave off a few minutes here and there are always welcome! One great time-saver is using baking parchment, which can really cut down on the amount of equipment you’ll need to wash up after making baby’s food. Baking parchment [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, New baby food recipes on Mar 9th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Feeding tips, New baby food recipes, Nutrition on Feb 23rd, 2010
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) [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 26th, 2010
Last week we wrote a post about how to make healthy, homemade pizza, in which we mentioned using tomato puree. Our post prompted a message from mom Hayley in Wales, UK, who wrote to tell us how she makes her own tomato puree by oven-roasting the tomatoes. Hayley was happy for us to share her [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Nutrition on Jan 21st, 2010
If you ask someone to make a list of ‘junk’ food, invariably pizza will be included on that list. But labelling pizza as an unhealthy food is doing a great disservice to a dish that can be very nutritious, easy to prepare and – perhaps most importantly – a big hit with children! Today’s post [...]
Posted in New baby food recipes on Dec 15th, 2009
If you’d like to get a little more fish into your baby’s diet – but you’re stuck for ideas how to serve it – then you may like to give today’s Quick and Easy Fish Stew recipe a try. You should speak to your doctor before introducing fish to your baby, although – for most [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Feeding tips, Nutrition on Jul 19th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, New baby food recipes on Feb 12th, 2009
Ever have one of those days when there just doesn’t seem to be time to cook? With a new baby at home, we’ve had a lot of those lately – so we’ve used this recipe for Whole Wheat Pasta Bake rather often, as it is delightfully quick and easy to prepare! The recipe is suitable [...]
Posted in Baby food preparation tips, Nutrition on Nov 29th, 2008
Tamsin from Bristol in the UK told us how she introduced tomatoes to her daughter Brianna two weeks ago. Brianna has just turned 8 months old and is very much enjoying tomato-based sauces served over pasta. Tamsin told us I was a bit hesitant about introducing tomatoes as I heard they can sometimes give babies [...]
Posted in Nutrition on Apr 28th, 2008
New research from the British Society for Investigative Dermatology has revealed that there may be yet another welcome benefit to eating tomatoes! It turns out that the lycopene in tomatoes may help protect the skin against the sun’s harmful UV rays. Participants in the study, who were given 5 tablespoons of tomato paste per day [...]
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