The Homemade Baby Food Recipes Blog

As you’ll know if you’re a regular visitor to our site, we just LOVE to add a little pizazz to our baby food recipes with the use of complementary herbs and spices. The rich and varied flavours they provide can help you turn the simplest purees into all sorts of yummy treats, both expanding and [...]

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There’s no doubt about it… making your own baby food saves you money! A simple pound of carrots can be used to create a stockpile of meals for a baby food beginner at a fraction of the cost of commercially prepared purees. And once you discover how much you can save by making your own [...]

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Once your baby is comfortably feeding himself and can bite and chew, then a simple, healthy sandwich makes just as convenient a lunch-time food for him as it does for you! The only problem is… you may be stumped for ideas as to just WHAT to put in your baby’s sandwiches! After all, typical deli [...]

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If you and your little one like macaroni and cheese, then you’ll LOVE our recipe today, which is a bit of a variation on the original but is really easy to put together! This dish is rich in calcium and is also very versatile – in the ingredients listed below, we’ve used pureed carrots – [...]

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Today we have a recipe for you that’s very easy to prepare and which makes convenient, bite sized chicken treats that your baby can enjoy as a finger food. We started making these for our youngest son once he was a year old, although your baby may be able to manage them a little earlier. [...]

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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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Today we have an easy recipe for you that combines three delicious ingredients – sweet potato, parsnip and pear. The result is a puree so sumptuously sweet and tempting that your little one won’t even realize that he’s eating veggies! This recipe is ideal for babies from 6 months of age (or earlier if you [...]

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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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Following yesterday’s post about dill, we received a message this morning from Marianne in New York, US. She told us My husband is of Russian descent and I’ve used many of his family’s traditional recipes to cook for my own children. I thought your readers might like to try this simple salad recipe that uses [...]

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If your use of dill is limited to fish dishes – or if you’ve never used dill at all – then today’s post will help you discover some tasty ways to make your baby’s food even more dill-icious! Dill comes in two forms – dill weed (a herb) and dill seed (a spice). Dill weed [...]

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