Baby Food Recipes

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  • Skyblueyellow
    Skyblueyellow Posts: 225 Member
    Oh, and a little tip--adding a few drops of lemon juice to a whole batch of something like bananas or apples can help with the ugly browning. Just a few drops for the entire batch will do just fine!

    I had a great amount of fun making my own. At first it was a little more time consuming but once you get rolling it really only takes 2 days a month to keep supplies up!
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    elphie754 wrote: »
    Cahgetsfit wrote: »
    but how do you know if the baby is going to have the same allergies as you?

    It doesn't matter if they do or not. I am so allergic to those ingredients that I can't have them in the house at all.

    so just make what you normally eat... why would baby eat any differently?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    elphie754 wrote: »
    Cahgetsfit wrote: »
    but how do you know if the baby is going to have the same allergies as you?

    It doesn't matter if they do or not. I am so allergic to those ingredients that I can't have them in the house at all.

    so just make what you normally eat... why would baby eat any differently?

    She's a brand new mom. I'm guessing she just didn't know what babies eat. I knew virtually nothing about babies before having one. I've never been a baby person and hadn't spent time around them so it was pretty much all new to me.
  • youngmomtaz
    youngmomtaz Posts: 1,075 Member
    Buy a blender or food processor and go at it. You could just mash with a fork as well. If I needed quick future servings I would freeze some in ice cube trays and pop them into transportable containers or baggies once frozen. Usually you start pretty simple for babies in the 6-9mth range and by a year they can eat less spiced/salted versions of whatever you eat. It does not have to be complicated, expensive, you do not need baby recipe books or instructions beyond "cook until soft, then mash". My youngest hated the texture of "baby food" and just started grabbing off of our plates when he was 10months old. By then I was just happy to get a break from bfing quite as often. Lol!

    I find the "reccomendations" change often. When my oldest was ready for some solids they told me to start with sweeter fruits and some veggies. My middle child they said veggies only for the first month, my youngest they were starting to be concerned about iron levels in bfd babies and instructed to start with puréed meat. "They" was the public health nurse and the ob. Really, not rocket science. Vary what your babe eats and he/she will be fine.
  • cross2bear
    cross2bear Posts: 1,106 Member
    The only "rule" that was suggested to me was that you introduce veggies before fruit, as baby may reject the blander veg selections in favour of the sweeter fruit options. My kids are 31 and 27 (years, not months!) and they both started out with the same food we ate, only whizzed in a food processor and frozen into ice cube trays, just as has been suggested here a couple of times.
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    cross2bear wrote: »
    The only "rule" that was suggested to me was that you introduce veggies before fruit, as baby may reject the blander veg selections in favour of the sweeter fruit options. My kids are 31 and 27 (years, not months!) and they both started out with the same food we ate, only whizzed in a food processor and frozen into ice cube trays, just as has been suggested here a couple of times.

    Yeah, that's an old "rule" and one that I have always thought was silly. Breast milk is pretty sweet. I think if a kid were to reject other flavors due to only wanting something sweet, a breastfed child would reject most solids. (I have no idea if formula is sweet.)
  • KWlosingit
    KWlosingit Posts: 122 Member
    My kids 20 years ago would never eat "baby" food or allow me to feed them. They wanted regular food that they picked up themselves and ate. Boy was it messy since I would only feed them very soft things but that is the only way they would eat.
  • SusanMFindlay
    SusanMFindlay Posts: 1,804 Member
    jemhh wrote: »
    cross2bear wrote: »
    The only "rule" that was suggested to me was that you introduce veggies before fruit, as baby may reject the blander veg selections in favour of the sweeter fruit options. My kids are 31 and 27 (years, not months!) and they both started out with the same food we ate, only whizzed in a food processor and frozen into ice cube trays, just as has been suggested here a couple of times.

    Yeah, that's an old "rule" and one that I have always thought was silly. Breast milk is pretty sweet. I think if a kid were to reject other flavors due to only wanting something sweet, a breastfed child would reject most solids. (I have no idea if formula is sweet.)

    Agreed. Breast milk is supersweet. Way sweeter than most fruit. Our kids both had fruit from early on and had no problem eating and liking vegetables.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Oh! I guess that's a rule...only one food at a time for a few days so if there is a reaction you know what it is.
  • elphie754
    elphie754 Posts: 7,574 Member
    mitch16 wrote: »
    One of the first foods that you traditionally start feeding a baby is cereal--but it looks like your allergic to many grains... Can you eat rice/brown rice?

    Yes I can eat rice.
    jemhh wrote: »
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    elphie754 wrote: »
    Cahgetsfit wrote: »
    but how do you know if the baby is going to have the same allergies as you?

    It doesn't matter if they do or not. I am so allergic to those ingredients that I can't have them in the house at all.

    so just make what you normally eat... why would baby eat any differently?

    She's a brand new mom. I'm guessing she just didn't know what babies eat. I knew virtually nothing about babies before having one. I've never been a baby person and hadn't spent time around them so it was pretty much all new to me.

    Thank you. You sort of hit the nail on the head. My knowledge of what baby can eat is minimal.
  • jo_nz
    jo_nz Posts: 548 Member
    Well, I was coming in to say Baby Led Weaning, but already well covered! Definitely worth a look.

    We did the "standard" process with our firstborn (spoon feeding, starting with purees), and he took so much longer to become a good eater and even as a primary school aged kid was not that great at taken reasonable bites. He'd often gag on his foods! And was much more fussy in general about what he would eat.
    2nd child did BLW and she was a whole different story - such a good eater from very early. So easy to unexpectedly stay out longer because there was no need for special food - just a little off our plates. For early dinners we did a lot of roasted/baked veges cut into finger (potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, parsnip, carrot) or steamed vege. Steamed broccoli was easy too. Then just a slice cut off the edge of my steak, and she'd tried everything.

    It's hard to say how much is down to the kids inherent nature & style of eating and how much was learned through the weaning process, but either way, I'd go with not having to spoon feed (maybe I'm just lazy?).
  • lissmayer
    lissmayer Posts: 86 Member
    My 3rd baby's first food was a chocolate cupcake straight from her sister's mouth. She's 16 months now, and last week I watched her eat 3/4 bag of broccoli.

    No matter how you feed your baby, it'll be great. Just trust your gut and do what feels simplest for you.
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