Good recipes for home-made baby food?

Answer 1

The *only* recipe I ever needed was this. Pick favorite food. Cook it if it's potatoes or rice. Grate it if it's carrot or apple. Offer to child.

Honestly, I think it is *such* a waste of time to "make baby food". If a baby has the maturity necessary to eat, she/he will be able to eat food. If not, just *don't* offer any!!

Babies are usually ready to start solids between 6 and 12 months old. Signs of readiness include the ability to sit unsupported, the appearance of teeth, and the development of the "pincer grasp" (when baby picks up small objects between the thumb and *one* finger). If a baby has none or only one of these, she/he is *not* ready for solids. If she/he has 2-3, then maybe. Give her/him a piece of banana (or a whole banana). If she takes a bite, chews, swallows, and wants more, then she/he is ready. Otherwise, try again in a week or two!

Answer 2

Foods that make great homemade babies food are beef stew , chicken and dumplings , mashed potatoes and gravy with chicken or turkey added all of these things are wonderful you just put them into the food processor and allow them to become the consistency of applesauce. You also want to include green veggies such as green beans, broccoli , spinach these things can be done at any time and stored in plastic containers in the refrigerator{ remember only make small portions anything over a week old you do not want to feed your baby}.If you own a food processor or blender the sky is the limit.

Answer 3

Bananas (4)6 months+
Vitamins: A, C, Folate
Minerals: Potassium, Phosphorus, Selenium, Magnesium, Calcium

1. Peel ripe bananas
2. Place banana in a food processor/food mill or blender and puree
3. You can also mash the banana in a bowl using a regular fork – heat in
microwave for 25 seconds prior to mashing for extra softness
4. Add formula/breastmilk or water to thin or add cereal (if desired) to thicken
up.

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Answer 4

i tried megan on sweet potato first and she hated it so I gave that a rest for a few weeks and tried her on banana which she loved. It's an easy one aswell as you just mash it up rather than having to boil it. We tried her with Mango too and then a combination of both which she loved. THe only problem we found with the banana was that if we gave her too much she got constipated. Since then we've tried cauliflower, brocolli and sweet potato together which she likes, she'll even have sweet potato on it's own. For breakfast she has apple and pear which is a winner too. All the mixtures I use come from Annabel Karmels book which I've found really helpful. Good Luck xxx

Answer 5

Peel loads of veg, such as carrot, turnip, potato, small onion etc, put into three casserole dishes. Add meat such as chicken to one casserole, steak to another and fish to another. Cook in oven until tender then put the contents of each dish in blender and blend according to age of baby. then separate into individual meal-size dishes and freeze.

You can do this once every two weeks and have healthy, well-balanced meals for your baby. Takes about an hour of your time to prepare and a couple of hours to cook but you can play with your baby while it is cooking. Well worth the effort...only problem is that the baby will prob never eat any prepackaged baby food, it just tastes so awful compared to home-made

Answer 6

My son used to love this:
wash well several leaves of spinach and dip them in hot water just to make them soft, but not to lose their colour
put in blender with two spoonfuls of plain yogurt (not sweet) and a pinch of salt
add a spoonful of ready made rice baby cereal/or just a spoonful of boiled rice
Mix everything in blender. You can add more yogurt if you want to make the mixture looser.
This is very easy, tasty and extremely healthy.

Answer 7

Try roasting different types of veggies, add a bit of seasoning and process in a food processor or blender. This works well with different fruit too! prepare it like cranberry relish just be careful not to add too much sugar to your fruit

Answer 8

basically anything we eat can be liquidised for babys... i used to go to the market and buy carrots cauliflower cabbage etc and chicken.. cook them as normal (with out salt) liquidise them and then freeze them in baby size meals and used as required... much cheaper and better for baby... my son was brought up this way, but my daughter was brought up on ready made baby food and the difference was amazing.. my son at the toddling stage would pinch sprouts and broccoli etc of your plate were as IT took my daughter till her late teens to tolerate peas n carrots.. it might seem time consuming at first but you can do enough for a month at a time... hope this helps..

Answer 9

Whatever the family was having then put it is a baby food grinder.
Spaghetti, green beans, fruit, did well.

Answer 10

Whatever you eat, liquidised down (unless you are a junk food junkie)