As you’ll know if your a regular visitor to our site, we like to include all sorts of ingredients in our baby food recipes to produce dishes that are tasty, not bland!
Two ingredients that we use often – and which form the basis for tasty cooking in general – are onions and garlic.
How to Use This Information When Preparing Homemade Baby Food
You can begin introducing onion and garlic to your baby from around 6 months of age (with your doctor’s consent).
They should be given with foods your baby is already safely enjoying, as per the four day rule – just as you would introduce any new food. This helps you determine whether or not the addition of onions and garlic causes your baby any digestive problems or reactions.
Start with just a little and gradually increase the amount you offer. It’s easy to combine a little diced, sauted onion or garlic (or both) with your veggie purees, then add cooked grains like rice, barley or even oatmeal (pureeing again if necessary). The addition of onions and garlic is also a great way to enhance the flavour of a side dish of rice.
You may be amazed by just how much your baby enjoys these bold new flavours… and you’ll have the satisfaction of knowing that it’s not just the taste of your homemade baby food that has improved – its nutritional value is better too!
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