When you decide to introduce solids to your baby. First question comes in mind is : what food do I start with?
Well you don’t need any difficult recipes. In the beginning, solids are just a small part of the day.
Breast milk or formula is still the main source of nutrition.
At this early stage the food you will offer to the baby is more about him/her exploring the texture and taste and learning which food is causing allergy or intolerance .
5 easy purees:
1- Sweet potato puree
INGREDIENTS:
1 small sweet potato
1 – 2 tbsp breast milk, formula / water for thining.
How to make?
1: Peel and chop the sweet potato in small pieces.
2: Steam or boil until soft(about 10 to 12 minutes)
3: Blend with a little breast milk, formula or water untill smooth.
4: Serve lukewarm.
2- Banana Avocado mash
INGREDIENTS:
1/2 ripe banana
1/4 ripe avocado
How to make?
1: Mash banana and avacado together in a bowl with fork until smooth.
2: Add a splash of breast milk or formula to make a thin consistency.
3: Serve fresh.
3- Carrot and Apple puree
INGREDIENTS:
1 small carrot (peeled and choppped)
1/2 Apple (peeled and choppped)
How to make?
1: Steam or boil the carrot and apple untill tender(about 10 to 12 minutes)
2: Blend into a puree , add breast milk , formula or water to make it thin.
3: Let it cool before serving.
4- Carrot and Apple puree
INGREDIENTS:
1/4 cup of rice
1 cup of water/breast milk/formula
How to make?
1: Make fine powder of rice using blender
2: Cook this rice powder with water/breast milk/formula , stirring continously, untill thickened (5 to 7 minutes)
3: Mix some breast milk/formula to make smooth texture.
4: Serve at room temperature.
5- Pear puree
INGREDIENTS:
1 ripe pear
1 tbsp of water/breast milk/formula
How to make?
1: Peel, core and chop the pear in small pieces.
2: Steam or simmer until soft (8 to 10 minutes)
3: blend with water/breast milk/formul
4: serve lukewarm
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